Martin Luther King

In years past, I have posted something I think appropriate to post and expand upon today.

It's been 232 years since our Founding Fathers — a motley collection of intelligent, passionate and courageous men — signed the Declaration of Independence, declaring that...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

As noble an ideal as that was, the Founders ultimately failed to follow through on the promise of equality under the law, and our nation fought a horrific civil war to reverse the worst consequences of their failure.

That failure was not wholly rectified until well into the 20th century when — "in the course of human events" — another intelligent, passionate and courageous man once again held those truths to be self-evident.

Like our Founding Fathers, Martin Luther King, Jr pledged his life, his fortune and his sacred honor. And, though he gave his life, he succeeded where the Founding Fathers had failed; that last measure of equality under the law was finally secured for Americans.

For that reason, Martin Luther King, Jr. stands on the same hallowed ground as the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the Last Founding Father.

Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed, fought for and secured the dream.  Today, Barack Obama realized it, becoming the 44th President of the United States.

If Martin Luther King, Jr. is the Last Founding Father, then Barack Obama is his George Washington, embodying the profound moral and social change that happened before they were ever elected.  As a symbol of our achievement, this is a genuinely great day for America.

Because of people like Martin Luther King, Jr., we have a political process that works even better today than it did 220 years ago when George Washington was elected. Today is not a day to debate policy, but to celebrate the process that our original founding fathers fought to establish and our last founding father fought to perfect. 

But today is also a day to celebrate George Washington and Barack Obama, the Presidents who symbolize the dreams of our founding fathers.

Obama will be accepting the Democratic nomination on the 45th Anniverasry of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream Speech."

These guys sees their opportunities and takes them.