Barack Obama and the perfect union

“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union” Barack Obama President elect
To form a more a perfect union, because the union is perfect, but could be more perfect. I think that when I first heard those words I did not understand the real meaning. I have spent time pondering what a more perfect union could be. I also thought about how in my everyday life I could use more perfect unions. My reflections on the election of Barack Obama have given me the opportunity to look at all the union I have in my life.


Happy life I live, I think. The unions in my life are the cement that holds my life together. The unions in my life are my life.


The unions in my life, relationships with friends and family, are what motivate me always strive for excellence. The question that I have is concerning, what is a perfect union? And do I have any perfect unions in my life. If I find that I have a perfect union in my life, would I want to make it more perfect?
The philosophy that I have lived by has always been live and let live. The live and let live does not leave a lot of room for perfect unions. Live and, maybe I should upgrade my philosophy on life to achieve perfect unions.


The first union in my adult life was my marriage. I met, I dated, and I married. This is not the best road to follow when looking for a life mate. That marriage union did not last long, and it was far from perfect. I did learn that loving, laughing, learning, and loving were part of what it takes to be successful at marriage. Just because I had marriage and a baby carriage did not mean I had a meaningful union, and without meaning marriage could never be perfect.


The second union in my life is where I found meaning. My son Stephan and I have a union. My son Sterling and I have a union. My son Syd and I have a union. It is from these unions that I found what a union was. The bond I have with my sons is a true union. I pledge to be there, teaching, protecting, and guiding them into adulthood. My sons pledge to do their best in everything they attempt. The union I have with my sons may be the closest thing to a perfect union that I have I my life.


The union in ours lives is what holds us together as a people. The union of a people is what holds together a nation. The nation is what holds together a people. The perfect union is the circle of people needing people, and a nation needing people. The United States need its people as much as its people need the United States.
Barack Obama understands that we need each other in order for the country to be the best it can be. “Yes we Can” was the theme of his election. In order for us to form a more perfect union we must work on all the unions in our lives. Barack Obama reminded America that all unions are important. Black and white, rich and poor, we must all come together like the founding fathers did when they formed this nation.


America thirsts for hope. America hungers for change. Barack Obama has a key insight into feeding America what she needs. Lady Liberty has a champion in Barack Obama. Change is what America cried out for, and the election of Barack Obama was the answer to those cries.


“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”Preamble to the United States Constitution
As an African American man those words did not have meaning, because my ancestors were slaves. Since the election of Barack Obama I feel as if I am now one of the people. It takes all the people in order for any of the people- to have a perfect union.

“I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother — a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.
These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country that I love” Barack Obama President-elect Remarks of Senator Barack Obama
A More Perfect Union
Constitution Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania





The union that is America is not a perfect one. The union between America and its people is what is perfect. The union between the people of America could use more work, and it is that work that will make this country a more perfect union.
The notion of more perfect is now clear. Barack Obama has showed a country what it would take for it to be better. Obama never said that there was something wrong with this country. He just reminded us what it would take to make it better.

Character: Barack Obama the Definition

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. - Eleanor Roosevelt

I think that Eleanor Roosevelt would have liked Barack Obama.

The preceding sentence may be one of the oddest sentences I have ever written. The rise of Barack Obama to the position of president elect has given me opportunities to construct many new thoughts. I have been given the unique opportunity to be a part of history, the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States. This election has caused me to question the concept that I have held about the true nature of America. The America I thought I new before the last election, has changed before my eyes into something that I have yet to understand. The election of Obama has demonstrated to me that in this country anything is possible.

Meeting life honestly and courageously is the definition of how Barack became President -elect of the United States. I think that the theme of Barack’s campaign “Yes We Can” is the truest form of facing life honestly and courageously. Barack Obama made a cynical country believe in itself again.

John F. Kennedy stated “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other “and I think Barack Obama is a man that understands that he is still learning.

I think that John F. Kennedy would have liked Barack Obama.

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus” is what Martin Luther King Jr. once said. I think that Barack Obama has molded the consensus of a nation. With the election of Barack Obama America has passed a test that asked difficult questions. The test of America as a nation asked whether we were able to elect a man of character, no matter what color his skin was. The test of America asked whether we as a country could move past 200 years of racism. The test of America asked could we come together as a nation and change our direction. America was able to take the test and pass. That is what the election of Barack Obama says about where our country is today.

I don’t for a minute think that Barack Obama would have been elected if not for the quality of his character. A black man in America must be almost perfect to have a chance at the same job or position as a flawed white man. Just look at the last president. Let us not forget that he won twice. I am forever thankful that America produced a leader like Barack Obama. The dream of Martin Luther King Jr. stated:

” I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”



That dream has been fulfilled.

I think that Martin Luther King Jr. would have liked Barack Obama.

I think that most people of character like Barack Obama because in him they see themselves. I see in Barack Obama what I wish to see in myself and my sons -character.

Character: Barack Obama stands by Jeremiah Wright

“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”


Stated by the founding fathers in the declaration of independence in the spring of 1787, and once again by Barack Obama in his March 18th 2008 speech, those powerful words have been historically been used by people that wanted to change the world.


The words ” change" and" revolution" are related in the idea that revolution is a fast change. I think that the campaign of Barack Obama has been a testament to the power of change. Change was the simple word that was at the heart of his campaign. The revolution that Barack Obama’s campaign forced upon America was one of facing who we really are as a country in regards to race relations.


Sunday mornings are still the most segregated time in America. Whites go to churches that other whites go to. Black churches are attended by other blacks. The country has long thought that simply being in church was enough to fulfill ones spiritual obligations. Now we must as a country face the race issues head on. The campaign of an African-American has forced us to peer deep within ourselves, and ask tough questions. Are we as a country ready to elect the best candidate regardless of race, creed, or color?


I as an African American fell that that are still racial problems in this country. I think that there are racial issues all over the world.



The public reaction and controversy surrounding Jeremiah Wright confirmed this for me.




The Jeremiah Wright controversy during the 2008 presidential campaign did not alter my perception of race relations in America. The Jeremiah Wright controversy did change my opinion of the media in America. It was the media that took small portions of a sermon by Wright and condemned his character. If one had took the time to view what Jeremiah Wright actually said in his sermons it follows that no reasonable person could call him a raciest or hate monger. The sermons were aimed at the real injustices that members of his congregation and the black community have suffered from. Rev. Wright can recall when it was not safe for blacks to drive cross country in America. Rev Wright can recall when blacks looked upon the police with fear and distrust. These are the things that made Rev. Wright preach the sermon in a historical framework.



Goddamn America for slavery. Goddamn America for a social welfare system that rewards slothfulness, and drives black fathers away from their children. I, like Rev. Wright once in a while damns America for some of its wrongs.



The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a typical African American preacher. It is the job of the preacher to serve as a community leader and sounding board. If there were no preachers in the African American community there would have never been a civil rights movement.





“I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother - a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.” Barack Obama



I as an African American can not express how proud I am of the stand Barack Obama took regarding the media attack on Rev Jeremiah Wright. The character of a man is measured when he is faced with hard decisions. Barack Obama, unlike anyone in recent history’ has made the correct decision time and time again. I think that it is a good day when a great man makes a great choice. The best thing about the choice that Obama made is that I can identify with where he was coming from. I see what he sees in Rev. Wright is a good man: who taken out of context, was made by the media to be portrayed as a bad man.


Truth is what it is. The only way for a person to judge Rev. Wright is to listen to what he said. I listened to several of his sermons, and I agree with most of what he said.



The disturbing thing about the Rev. Wright controversy is that it was the best that the media could do to damage the character of Barack Obama. Instead what they did was inspire Barack Obama to write his best speech-A More Perfect Union.

How the character of Barack Obama changed politics.

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