Like the video shows, and as I think we all know now, Obama inspires hope. He also can speak as eloquently and impassioned as JFK could. He did also have about as much experience in politics as JFK did before running for president. Both men faced a more experienced candidate and beat them (though Kennedy beat Nixon by a very small margin, unlike Obama's landslide victory). I believe that, much as Kennedy came in and faced tough challenges during his presidency (Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, Nikita Khrushchev and the Soviet Union in general, etc.), Obama will obviously face tough challenges as president. Hell, he faces tough challenges from day one, unlike Kennedy (mostly). Both men fought their way to get to where they got to, and I believe that Obama will go down in history as a great president, much like JFK.
I just hope that what happened to JFK won't happen to Obama. In an age of terrorism, the last thing we need to be worrying about is white supremacist groups getting up-in-arms because we have a black president, and then proceed to try and kill him. We need to focus on what is ahead of us, not focus on the racist past that we are still trying to put behind us. We should all completely embrace Dr. Martin Luther King's vision of a wonderful future. After all, one of those dreams has been reached by Barack Obama. And now, the future being full of possibilities finally seems true for one and all.
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