The soaring speeches of Barack Obama have propelled him to be the presumptive front runner spot for the Democratic nomination. The Senator has an innate ability to move crowds to raucous applause. With his amazing skills as an orator, Barack Obama can move people to tears. There have even been numerous cases of people who have fainted while the Senator has been giving one of his enrapturing speeches. There hasn't been a politician in recent history that can work a crowd up in such a frenzy. But what does all this emotion mean if there isn't any substance to all his flowing rhetoric?

When you look back at the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was fighting the evil of segregation, you can appreciate his need to move people to action. And when you listen to the words of John F. Kennedy, you can be awe struck by his ability to get Americans moved to serve there country during a time of get social change. But what is the great cause of our day? What is so wrong with our country that we need Barack Obama to save us? Are we being oppressed? Are we losing our freedoms? Are the secret police waiting at our doors?

I don't know about you but I don't want Barack Obama and the Federal Government to save me. I don't want the nanny state telling me what to eat, when to exercise, to get a check up, and when to brush my teeth. What I do want the government to do is protect from Islamic extremists, people entering our country illegally, and street gangs from South America. I want the government to make sure the Chinese send us safe products, make sure that shipping containers aren't carrying nukes, and that our products are given a fair shake in the world's market place. In other words, I want the government to leave me alone to pursue my life's work and keep those that would stop me from living my life my way and your life your way.

We don't need some slick, young, freshmen Senator telling us that our country is broken. That our society is a complete failure. And that without him at the helm, our nation is heading to its' ruin. What we need in leadership is someone who understands that hard work and perseverance are the answers to success. Personally, I have found all this talk about Hope and Change tedious and tiresome. Barack Obama's message isn't inspiring, it's depressing. He doesn't build our country up, he pulls it down. His message to us is that America is unfair to it's citizens and that you don't have a chance of ever being anything. That your only chance to accomplish your life goals are entirely dependent on the government helping you make something of yourself.

The problem with the rhetoric of Senator Obama is that it's patently untrue. Our country is filled with millions and millions of people that came from humble beginnings to be extraordinarily successful. The Senator and his wife are prime examples of what America can do for us as individuals. Both Barack and Michelle Obama are living a life that would be almost impossible to have anywhere else. They used their God given intellect and hard work to have more success then I'll ever know. They have had privileges in life I would give almost anything to have had. Yet over and over again the Senator says the system is tilted against us. That we need to have him level the playing field. What ever happened to not biting the hand that's feeding you. My family has never had the chances that the Obama's have had, and we never will. If we make anything of ourselves it won't be because its been handed to us and I wouldn't have it any other way.