Presidential Candidate Essay

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Presidential Candidate Barack Obama was in a position where he had to prove his thoughts and faith that he had for america. In his speech he makes it known to the world in proving his innocence and support that we can all work together by saying “these people are a part of me and they are apart of america, this country which I love”. This was a specific piece of evidence in which he was trying to prove to america that no matter what race or ethnicity you are he will continue to do his job as a president by treating everybody like citizens should be treated. People in the United States looked at the president as if he was man that because of his race, he would choose sides and treat certain people of our society different. There was a lot of …show more content…
That's something that proves to the community that obama is trying to make this a better union. Being that there was slavery he still wants to keep the community going and make it even more of a better place because he knows we can strive for more. This is a task he wanted to be put out there for his campaign. To go out and fight for the ones who fought and set an example for our country, so that we could be a more equal and free country. Obama served to be the president because he wanted to make the people believe that anything can be solved just as long as we do it together. he stressed to the community to let the past go and that's it time to step forward to a better future. That's where we step into him telling us that basically it's up to us as a whole if we want to make it in this country. He uses intro and conclusion by saying “For we have a choice in this country. we can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can tackle race only as spectacle as we did in the OJ trial or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina or as fodder for the nightly news…..”

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