The content of Obama's character

One of the advantages of being based in Hong Kong is that I get see and hear some news as its made, whilst most CH readers are tucked up in bed. So it was today, with Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech to 84,000 people in Denver at the Democratic National Convention.

It was a very well delivered speech (as we have come to expect), with some positive parts. It capped what, in my opinion, seems to have been a very successful convention for the Democrats - making McCain's job that much harder.

Whatever your views of Obama, whether you agree or disagree with him, the historical significance of today's speech should not be lost on any one. Fourty-five years ago to the day, when Obama was 2-years old, Martin Luther King delivered his "I have a Dream" speech - a moment in history that uniquely defined the unacceptable discrimination against American blacks at the point in time. Today, a black American stood in-front of his country to accept the Democratic Party's nomination of him as its candidate for President of the United States (with a very real chance of winning). He got there because of the content of his character and his achievements - nothing more, nothing less.

This says as much about today's America, as it does about the Obama.  All Americans, whatever their political affiliations, have a lot to be proud of today. God bless America.