"The Last, Best Hope on Earth"

Charles Krauthammer wrote a column about the giant ego of Barack Obama vis a vis speaking at the Brandenburg Gate. He quoted part of Obama's "victory" speech from June 3, 2008. I have a hard time listening to politicians speak (doesn't matter what side they're on) because they usually sound so lame. Political speeches just aren't what they used to be. Obama is trying to be different but he usually just ends up sounding like a totalitarian. Krauthammer highlighted part of this segment from Obama's June 3rd speech:

"Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth." (emphasis mine)

Wow. Obama is going to heal the sick, create jobs, roll back the tides, heal the planet---because he is "the last, best hope on Earth". I see that he says "we", but really---if "we" can do all this we certainly don't need Obama specifically. But of course Obama thinks we do need him, so really this is Obama accomplishing the salvation of the known universe. This guy is scary.