I'm proud of my country
November 5th 2008 22:29
Today, I am proud of my country. For the first time, in a long time, the American people have risen above the specter of racism and the fanaticism of the new, ultra-conservative right. There is no question about the winner in this election. No court will appoint the President of the United States. The citizens of this nation spoke a word and that word was Obama.
It some ways it still seems surreal, as thought it may be taken away at a moment's notice. But the numbers don't change and the results are real. I looked around today and I saw something on the faces of the people around me, something that has been absent for years. I saw hope, powerful resurrected hope!
No, I don't believe that things will change quickly. I don't believe that the changes to come will be easy. I do think that the right man was elected to lead us through those changes. Perhaps, what I see in him is what I do not see in so many other politicians. I see some shred of innocence left in him. The sick and omni-present power games in Washington have not left him entirely jaded. He has not been been there long enough to become insulated from his constituents nor, more importantly, from reality itself. It is refreshing and a long needed change in the character of American leadership.
Today, I am proud of my country.
It some ways it still seems surreal, as thought it may be taken away at a moment's notice. But the numbers don't change and the results are real. I looked around today and I saw something on the faces of the people around me, something that has been absent for years. I saw hope, powerful resurrected hope!
Today, I am proud of my country.
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