The Twin Promises: Change and Hope
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Caught an interesting item in The Economist earlier this week. It was a story about Barack Obama called Explaining the Riddle.
I had no idea Obama was something of a “comeback kid”. His life was very different eight years ago. He’d lost a congressional primary in Chicago, and both his political and personal bank accounts were empty. He couldn’t get a floor pass and had to watch the proceedings from a big screen in a car park. And the rental car company had even rejected his credit card. Haven’t we all experienced our own version of these… shall we just say “down times”?
But just look at (more…)