The phrase seems very popular... I've recently come across this article and thougt of sharing with you guys:
Obama Urges House Dems: “This Is It. This Is The Moment.”
In today’s closed-door caucus meeting, President Obama urged House Dems to grasp the magnitude of the historical moment, telling them they were on the cusp of an achievement as momentous as Social Security and Medicare, a House Dem who was there tells me.
“He said, `This is it. This is the moment,’” Dem Rep. Jan Schakowsky said in an interview.
Standing behind a podium as many members snapped pictures on their cell phones, Obama urged members to look beyond self-interested political concerns.
“He asked people who are worried about what’s happening back home to remember why we came to public service,” Schakowsky recounted. “He said, `It is a privilege to be able to do this for the American people.’ He used that word.”
“This is a Medicare moment; this is a Social Security moment,” is how Schakowsky described Obama’s message, adding that he noted that both those programs were greeted by scary language about socialism and the end of capitalism. “But these are the moments people are so proud to have been part of.”
To illustrate the point, Obama singled out Dem Rep. John Dingell, who held the gavel during the passage of Medicare, earning Dingell a standing ovation.
Separately, Sam Stein reports that Obama delved into the politics a bit by pointing out that Republicans would continue to attack Dems no matter which way they voted. Schakowsky adds that he told them Dems are all in this together.
It was only a matter of time before Obama — whose election was itself a world-historical event — stepped in to play the role of historical conscience, and to urge nervous Dems preoccupied by parochial politics and GOP attack lines to think big and bold.
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Posted by Greg Sargent | 11/07/2009, 02:29 PM EST
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It's not just the choice of words that draw my attention... Ever since i started to think about the whole hoax thing i couldn't help guessing whether American government could be on it. After all, if the issue is as serious as we think it is and is supposed to bring about some very global consequences (ie. the change of ppl's mind and ways of thinking and dealing with the media, nature etc.) i can hardly imagine that it would pass by the authorities. Even in terms of the legal case and investigation many agree that authorities should be on it...
Another thing that's been running through my mind is the timing... why now, why after so many years of silence (non-performing) to announce a comeback which isn't even a real comeback but a 'final curtain call'. Is that the way to do it? And why exactly now... I don't really buy the banckrupsy story neither the one of control and manipulation. Many very close MJ's friends and collaborators kept saying that noone could ever make him do what he didn't want to do. In other words Michael always did what he wanted. So it was HIS decision and the timing was precise as he's always been the master of the moment. So could this time been chosen because the political situation changed dramatically on November 2008 when for the first time in US history an African American President was elected?
Sorry for the messy post, but i'd love to hear what you think of it!
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