Barack Obama: Speaking Honestly to a Child

(This is great... exactly what I am thinking and it is good to hear a politico say it... you can sense the hesitation, but he had the courage to follow through.)

America is ... , uh, is no longer, uh ... what it could be, what it once was. And I say to myself, I don't want that future for my children.

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AlterNet: Obama Speaks the Truth to a Child, Right-Wingers Go Bananas