As a foreigner, but one whose formative years were spent in the USA, this was a priceless moment. I confess that living overseas I couldn't listen to the speech live, so I read it last night. Mr. Obama speaks to our generation, the one that has ridden the fast years as kids and young adults, looking up at the older generation for clues of what went wrong and what was rightly done. I also confess I shed a tear or two reading the speech; for although a foreigner, my values were shaped in America; honor and hard work were principles that lead to success, and anyone had the right to a dream and the means to reach it. That's the reason why many foreigners, far away from their own countries look up to this moment as the moment they've all been hoping for, a moment of reckoning and of dreams again being possible.
I have no idea werther former presidents spoke or not to their generations as Obama did with this speech, but this one really did it for me. I believe our generation was robbed of their innocence and dreams before their even had a chance.The forecast today looks promising...
I couldn't vote for Barrack Obama: but had I been an American citizen, I most surely would have, and would feel as elated as I do now. I just hope we're not thrusting upon his shoulders all the dreams and hopes for him to bear on his own (or the blame when tougher times continue to arise), but that America and foreign countries alike are willing to share the load and ready to shoulder in themselves to help this man meet all our expectations.
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