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November 6, 2008
The Obama win is a win for reasonable dialogue
I’m sure most of my readers won’t be surprised to know that I’m happy with the election results. Some of my joy is because I believe this will return us to reasonable dialogue. I’m also happy because Obama speaks to empower citizens.
People come up at the end of my seminars to ask for favors, feeling they’ve been given permission by my SpeakStrong platform. Whether I walk my talk or not, my message inspires them to advocate for their interests. No matter how Obama governs, his platform has awakened a sense of purpose in many citizens. I look forward to logical fallacies being challanged, facts being checked and an emergent language of consensus.
Obama pledged to listen to voices that disagree. He has talked the walk and now we’ll see how he walks the talk. We’ll do that by listening too - and holding him and ourselves to the standard he has set for us.
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