A senior citizen woman of my acquaintance recently asked me, "Where is the inspiring President Obama we saw in the campaign?" He answered the question tonight in the Memorial Service for the Tucson shooting victims. In a vintage Obama phenomenal speech, he movingly related the lives of each of the slain, paid tribute to the heroes who emerged on Saturday, and used the occasion to appeal above partisan polarization to national unity and civility. "We must, all of us, work to do everything we can to make our democracy live up to the expectations of our children," he said in one memorable passage.
Article on the speech.
Watch the speech. "Polarized nation needs healing" segment.
Watch the speech. "Barack Obama Consoles a Nation" segment.
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