Language is fascinating.
A simple phrase like "just words" takes on such a different meaning when used by a Hillary or Obama supporter.
The oratory of Barack Obama is the music of lyrical "just words" raising up bring us together to redress wrongs and heal our wounded nation.
Or is it "just words", empty rhetoric of a skillful politican creating the illusion of substance out of thin air for personal advantage?
Words are either powerful tools for change or empty vessels of deception depending on their congruence with truth as perceived by the listener.
The issue of which set of "just words" one hears is at the heart of the cult leader smear being floated by the coalition of Hillary and McCain to discredit the Obama phenomena.
What is the true measure of Obama's substance and integrity?
View this clip of Obama in action......A different kind of candidate........ What kind of "just words" do you hear?
The following was posted by an Obama supporter who was present at that rally and comes from an article written by Ron Chusid which is well worth reading.....The Obama Cult?.
On Feb 4th in Boston, Barack Obama proved to me how truly different he is. During the section of the speech where he repeatedly points out how hard it will be to change and transform our country and selves, he was critiquing how fear drives politics and how Democrats, in reaction to that, have often adopted those tactics.
When a supporter yelled out, "You mean Hillary" at that moment Barack could have piled on and given the crowd the veiled anti-Hillary one-liners it wanted. But instead, he said, "No, because it’s more extensive than that, sometimes it seeps into my own campaign too. It is habits of mind, habits of heart that we all start engaging in. Because we start thinking this is a game, a contest, we forget the kid who doesn’t have enough to eat..."
When Barack could have "torn down an opponent" (which the crowd would have loved), he instead chose to criticize his own campaign as a way to show how deeply internalized these things are and what he means by, and what he thinks has to, change. A politician opting to criticize himself rather than his opponent so that he could make a more important, broader point. Wow!
So right in the middle of a speech on transformation, in an unscripted, revealing moment, Barack Obama provided a living example of that transformation.
When I hear Barack Obama speak, I hear more than a shallow politician. I hear words that inspire me to join with my countrymen in a common purpose to reclaim our American Dream.
I hear a man taking great pains in the heat of battle to use his words carefully and with fairness.
I hear decency, wisdom, and intergity.
I hear just words.