Barack Obama has pulled off a trifecta. Obama launched his campaign in Springfield, Ill. During his announcement speech, he compared his candidacy to Abraham Lincoln, saying:
And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States.
In recent days, Obama has claimed the mantle of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speaking from the pulpit of Dr. King’s former church, Ebenezer Baptist Church, he said:
I'm talking about a moral deficit. I'm talking about an empathy deficit. I'm taking about an inability to recognize ourselves in one another; to understand that we are our brother's keeper; we are our sister's keeper; that, in the words of Dr. King, we are all tied together in a single garment of destiny.
And yesterday, Sen. Edward Kennedy passed the torch to Obama. Talk about a fairy tale. The old lion roared:
Harry Truman said, “We needed someone with greater experience,” and added, “May I urge you to be patient?”
And John Kennedy replied, “The world is changing. The old ways will not do. It’s time for a new generation of leadership.”
So it is with Barack Obama.
The endorsement by the liberal icon and members of the Kennedy clan should boost Obama’s suite cred among the Democratic elite, amnesty supporters, and those still longing for a return to a mythical Camelot.
Kennedy’s rebuke notwithstanding, Billary will likely stay on the attack. The Kennedys, after all, are not the only family with dynastic ambitions.
