Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Hear, hear!

Enough!: Why Obama Should Release His Righteous Rage

Arianna Huffington

 

Now, as the crises facing our country intensify, and the campaign McCain is running becomes sleazier and more trivial, it's time for Obama to unleash his inner Atticus -- or at least the key element of Finch that Obama seems reluctant to embrace: righteous rage.

Obama clearly has it in him. We saw a flash of it in Denver when he announced: "Enough!"

Paul Slansky writes that this single word -- filled as it is with outrage and the echoes of the outrages perpetrated by Bush and McCain -- should become the theme of the campaign: "'Enough!' is a rallying cry, a direct descendant of Network's 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.' It invites audience participation at every campaign stop. There is something cathartic about screaming in unison: 'Enough!!'"

To fully become the transformational leader we need, Obama must demonstrate to the American people his capacity for indignation
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