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1、RipbyXmosRipsRipbyXmosRipsContentsTitlePageDedicationPrologueCHAPTERONE:RepublicansandDemocratsCHAPTERTWO:ValuesCHAPTERTHREE:OurConstitutionCHAPTERFOUR:PoliticsCHAPTERFIVE:OpportunityCHAPTERSIX:FaithCHAPTERSEVEN:RaceCHAPTEREIGHT:TheWorldBeyondOurBordersCHAPTERNINE:FamilyEpilogueAcknowledgment
2、sAbouttheAuthorAlsobyBarackObamaCopyrightRipbyXmosRipsPrologueIT’SBEENALMOSTtenyearssinceIfirstranforpoliticaloffice.Iwasthirty-fiveatthetime,fouryearsoutoflawschool,recentlymarried,andgenerallyimpatientwithlife.AseatintheIllinoislegislaturehadopenedup,andseveralfriendssuggestedthatIrun,think
3、ingthatmyworkasacivilrightslawyer,andcontactsfrommydaysasacommunityorganizer,wouldmakemeaviablecandidate.Afterdiscussingitwithmywife,Ienteredtheraceandproceededtodowhateveryfirst-timecandidatedoes:Italkedtoanyonewhowouldlisten.Iwenttoblockclubmeetingsandchurchsocials,beautyshopsandbarbershops
4、.Iftwoguyswerestandingonacorner,Iwouldcrossthestreettohandthemcampaignliterature.AndeverywhereIwent,I’dgetsomeversionofthesametwoquestions.“Where’dyougetthatfunnyname?”Andthen:“Youseemlikeaniceenoughguy.Whydoyouwanttogointosomethingdirtyandnastylikepolitics?”Iwasfamiliarwiththequestion,avaria
5、ntonthequestionsaskedofmeyearsearlier,whenI’dfirstarrivedinChicagotoworkinlow-incomeneighborhoods.Itsignaledacynicismnotsimplywithpoliticsbutwiththeverynotionofapubliclife,acynicismthat—atleastintheSouthSideneighborhoodsIsoughttorepresent—hadbeennourishedbyagenerationofbrokenpromises.Inrespon
6、se,IwouldusuallysmileandnodandsaythatIunderstoodtheskepticism,butthattherewas—andalwayshadbeen—anothertraditiontopolitics,atraditionthatstretchedfromthedaysofthecountry’sfoundingtothegloryofthecivilrightsmovement,atraditionbasedonthesimpleideathatwehaveastakeinoneanother,andthatwhatbindsustog
7、etherisgreaterthanwhatdrivesusapart,andthatifenoughpeoplebelieveinthetruthofthatpropositionandactonit,thenwemightnotsolveeveryproblem,butwecangetsomethingmeaningfuldone.Itwasaprettyconvincingspeech,Ithought.AndalthoughI’mnotsurethatthepeoplew
