A Glorious Night for Politics

Last night was a glorious night for politics. Senator John McCain delivered his best speech to date using the word “change,” the cornerstone of Senator Barack Obama’s campaign, 33 times. McCain was fierce, talking about Obama’s lack of experience and discretion to be a wartime commander in chief. Senator Barack Obama, in the most anticipated speech of his political career, was eloquent, praising Senator Hillary Clinton for her devotion to the American people calling her campaign “barrier-breaking.” Senator Obama also taking aim at Senator McCain knocking his claims for change amount to more of the same from the Bush administration. Two speeches, very different in tone, but arguably the best and most defining of their campaign to date! 

McCain, a 71-year-old former Vietnam POW, and Obama, a 46-year-old African American. Does it get any better than this? Last night I heard every channel and commentator talk about this historic moment, the first African American to become the Presidential nominee for the Democratic Party -- a sign that we as a country are truly color blind. It was ground breaking! Some day my children will read in the history books about what happened last night. I often tell people that the reason I chose to raise kids in New York City, where I was born, is because I want my children to grow up in a melting pot. My children don’t know what race, color or ethnicity is. They don’t even think about it. It’s not about the differences. They have an Irish Catholic mother and a Jewish American father whose parents are from Hungary and Romania. Our family dynamics are the norm here on the East Coast. 

I urge you this morning to do as I did this morning: read their speeches. Read McCain’s, Obama’s and Clinton’s without watching it. Look at the words. They tell you something that you often miss in the applause and the emotion of the moment. As someone who appears on television and watches the news constantly, I shouldn't be saying this but sometimes words mean more than the show and sometimes the opposite holds true. If you were awake last night you saw their speeches, if you missed them you can watch the video this morning but regardless take the time and go to the true meaning behind them. You can find the transcripts at foxnews.com. You'll see what I mean !!!  

Before I go, I thought I would give you these: the lyrics to U2's song "It's a Beautiful Day." This was the song that played last night as Obama walked on the podium, declared victory and became the nominee for President of the Democratic Party. What a brilliant song!  

The heart is a bloom

Shoots up through the stony ground

There's no room

No space to rent in this town  

You're out of luck

And the reason that you had to careT

he traffic is stuck

And you're not moving anywhere  

You thought you'd found a friend

To take you out of this place

Someone you could lend a hand

In return for grace  

It's a beautiful day

Sky falls, you feel like

It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away  

You're on the road

But you've got no destination

You're in the mud

In the maze of her imagination  

You love this town

Even if that doesn't ring true

You've been all over

And it's been all over you  

It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

It's a beautiful day  

Touch me

Take me to that other place

Teach me

I know I'm not a hopeless case  

See the world in green and blue

See China right in front of you

See the canyons broken by cloud

See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out

See the Bedouin fires at night

See the oil fields at first light

And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth

After the flood all the colors came out  

It was a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

Beautiful day  

Touch me

Take me to that other place

Reach meI know I'm not a hopeless case  

What you don't have you don't need it now

What you don't know you can feel it somehow

What you don't have you don't need it now

Don't need it now

Was a beautiful day