Mrs. Muttrox was talking to the five-year old. She was trying to motivate him.
Mrs M: Yes we can! Yes we can! That’s what Barack Obama says and we believe it!
The Boy looked contemplative. He has been following the election and voted for Barack Obama in school election. Mrs M was moved. She was thinking, Wow, he loves Barack Obama. He’s really inspired by him just like us.
“What do you mean Mom?”
“Barack Obama, the new president. He says that. ‘Yes, we can!’. It means that even tough things aren’t impossible. If people get together and work with each other, and really try to do big things and change the world, they can do it. Yes, we can! Yes, we can!”
At this, the five-year old looked very intent. Here it was, the moment where he fully bought into the bigger movement. What a country. Barack Obama had captured something so profound and compelling that even a five-year old boy can understand his message and buy into it. What a truly inspirational figure.
“Mom, isn’t that what Bob the Builder says!?”
Ha! I’ve been saying this for months! The kid I babysat in Charlotte was obsessed with Bob the Builder, so I’m quite familiar with Bob’s oft-repeated “Can we build it? Yes, we can!” slogan. Conan O’Brien just joked about this a few nights ago, too. I’m surprised no one in the MSM picked up on it long ago. Not that it diminishes the power of Obama’s message, but yeah…totally the tagline for a children’s television program.