State of Union Insights

"There's no doubt 

that the residue of Hawaii will always stay with me,

 and that is part of my core.

  What's best in my message,

 is consistent with the tradition of Hawaii."

President Barack Obama,

speaking in Honolulu, 

December 2004

 The ALOHA Spirit

 is enshrined in the State Law of Hawaii

 which refers to it as:

 "-the essence of relationships

 in which each person

 is important to every other person

 for collective existence."

 "The multicultural nature of Hawaii. . .

has a cultural bias toward courtesy

 and trying to work through problems

 in a way that makes everybody feel

 like they're being listened to.

  And I think that reflects itself in my personality

 as well as my political style."

Barack Obama

"Barry (the President) has a depth of knowing

that what we have in common in Hawaii

 is our difference.

That's Hawaii."

Manu Alulii Meyer,

his schoolmate at Punahou School,

 Honolulu

"Hawaiians are affiliative;

 we really want to bond with people.

Every time I see Obama, he's touching people,

 connecting.

That's island all the way."

Sally-Jo Bowman, 

author: The Heart of Being Hawaiian 




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