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August 28, 2008

Watch Obama speech with Democrats Abroad

Posted by Graham F. Scott at 11:31 AM ET

It's fair to say Barack Obama's acceptance speech tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Denver will be a historic one. It's the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, and the venue has been moved to a local football stadium to accommodate 75,000 spectators. You don't want to watch history unfold at home alone on your couch, do you? Democrats Abroad Canada is hosting parties across the country for people to watch the acceptance speech together tonight. Here's a list of public venues where Democrats Abroad Canada is hosting viewing parties, and here's contact information for all the chapters if you want to find out what's going on in your city.

"Since we're all working to get Obama elected," DAC spokesperson Roger King tole me this morning, "it's always good to gather together and watch it and get inspired." The Dems Abroad will also be offering voter registration for Democrats living in Canada, and is accepting donations — but only if you're an American citizen. Canadians, you'll just have to donate a round of drinks to your new Yankee friends.

See the full video of the "I have a dream" speech after the jump.

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Reader comments:

I'll save the round of drinks for the Americans who are working to bring about real change - and not just hopping on the bandwagon of this demagogue who signed the FISA bill and will do nothing to stop America waging war on the people of the world.

Posted by: derek at August 28, 2008 10:14 PM

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Point taken, Derek. Obama's a smooth talker who has voted for some bad legislation. But this is presidential politics: neither candidate is a downy innocent, and when it comes down to a two-way choice (which, mathematically, it is, -- all due respect to Ralph Nader) between Obama and McCain, I'll take the good-but-flawed candidate over the obviously disastrous one.

Posted by: Graham at August 29, 2008 02:48 PM

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Waaaay back in 2000, Rage Against The Machine dropped this bomb: "More for Gore or the son of a drug lord? None of the above - fuck it, cut the cord."

I don't think Obama is "good but flawed." He is in fact the chosen representative of the Democratic wing of the U.S. ruling class - the same folks who have been killing peasants from Korea to IndoChina to Somalia for since long before most of Obama's supporters were born. There is no reason to expect anything less but more of the same should he be elected. He himself has threatened war on Iran and has pledged to intensify the war in Afghanistan.

The problem with Obama is that his candidacy is a conscious attempt to prettify this basic reality. It's an attempt to divert potentially radical and meaningful political activity into something harmless: the presidential electoral arena. And so far, as judged by Obama's growing personality cult, it has been a dizzying success. A success which means that bombs will be dropping on Afghan village for a little longer yet.

Isn't it time to cut the cord?

Posted by: derek at August 29, 2008 10:55 PM

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