The rhetorical blockbuster event of the summer

In New York magazine, Sam Anderson waxes effusive over his anticipation of Obama's speech formally accepting the nomination of the Democratic party. For those who appreciate Obama's oratory, he points out the obvious. But what really caught my eye about the impact that Obama's rhetoric has had thus far was this parenthetical comment:

(In the central plaza of Marrakech, surrounded by cobras and dancing monkeys, a Moroccan waiter recently recited to me, word for word, long portions of Obama's New Hampshire speech: "It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation: Yes, we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom through the darkest of nights: Yes, we can.")

A waiter in the central plaza of Marrakesh has memorized Obama's speech?

Talk about impact.