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1、RipbyXmosRipsRipbyXmosRipsContentsTitlePageDedicationPrologueCHAPTERONE:RepublicansandDemocratsCHAPTERTWO:ValuesCHAPTERTHREE:OurConstitutionCHAPTERFOUR:PoliticsCHAPTERFIVE:OpportunityCHAPTERSIX:FaithCHAPTERSEVEN:RaceCHAPTEREIGHT:TheWorldBeyondOurBordersCHAPTERNINE:FamilyEpilogueAcknowle
2、dgmentsAbouttheAuthorAlsobyBarackObamaCopyrightRipbyXmosRipsPrologueIT’SBEENALMOSTtenyearssinceIfirstranforpoliticaloffice.Iwasthirty-fiveatthetime,fouryearsoutoflawschool,recentlymarried,andgenerallyimpatientwithlife.AseatintheIllinoislegislaturehadopenedup,andseveralfriendssuggestedth
3、atIrun,thinkingthatmyworkasacivilrightslawyer,andcontactsfrommydaysasacommunityorganizer,wouldmakemeaviablecandidate.Afterdiscussingitwithmywife,Ienteredtheraceandproceededtodowhateveryfirst-timecandidatedoes:Italkedtoanyonewhowouldlisten.Iwenttoblockclubmeetingsandchurchsocials,beautys
4、hopsandbarbershops.Iftwoguyswerestandingonacorner,Iwouldcrossthestreettohandthemcampaignliterature.AndeverywhereIwent,I’dgetsomeversionofthesametwoquestions.“Where’dyougetthatfunnyname?”Andthen:“Youseemlikeaniceenoughguy.Whydoyouwanttogointosomethingdirtyandnastylikepolitics?”Iwasfamili
5、arwiththequestion,avariantonthequestionsaskedofmeyearsearlier,whenI’dfirstarrivedinChicagotoworkinlow-incomeneighborhoods.Itsignaledacynicismnotsimplywithpoliticsbutwiththeverynotionofapubliclife,acynicismthat—atleastintheSouthSideneighborhoodsIsoughttorepresent—hadbeennourishedbyagener
6、ationofbrokenpromises.Inresponse,IwouldusuallysmileandnodandsaythatIunderstoodtheskepticism,butthattherewas—andalwayshadbeen—anothertraditiontopolitics,atraditionthatstretchedfromthedaysofthecountry’sfoundingtothegloryofthecivilrightsmovement,atraditionbasedonthesimpleideathatwehaveasta
7、keinoneanother,andthatwhatbindsustogetherisgreaterthanwhatdrivesusapart,andthatifenoughpeoplebelieveinthetruthofthatpropositionandactonit,thenwemightnotsolveeveryproblem,butwecangetsomethingmeaningfuldone.Itwasaprettyconvincingspeech,Ithought.AndalthoughI’mnotsurethatthepeoplew
