Revolutionary Road: Obama's Inaugural
Barack Obama didn't promise a new era in his inaugural speech. He promised a new American revolution. His evocation of George Washington at the end of his address made it clear that he regards the perils that face the country as almost no less daunting than those that it confronted in battling for its independence.
Now a fresh, stubbornly independent generation, Obama suggested, must emerge to renew the promise of American life. The tone of his ...
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