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« Man, it just keeps getting worse.... | Main | Is there a reason.... » November 07, 2008
My Prayer has been answered....
Its funny, I have had people congratulating me since Tuesday night, and I am sure that most of it is becuase I am a.) American and
But a lot of it has come from people who know how I have faught for Obama to win. A dear friend and Masonic brother of mine, calls Obama an, "empty suit."
Martin Luther King looked down from the mountain top and saw the promised land. It is highly unlikely that he saw Barack Obama looking up at him. But like Josua, Obama has claimed that Valley for all of us. It was so moving seeing veteran journalist cry or nearly cry on Tuesday night.
We did it. We elected an African American man, a progressive and a purveyor of HOPE to the Presidency. We have been in the Wilderness for eight years, and it is nothing less than incredible. I wish my parents, my older sisters and brothers and so many others who did not live to see this day, HAD lived. The fact is that the world has witnessed something I never expected to see in my lifetime... US as a people, overcoming our prejudices and taking a chance on something called HOPE. The haters, they will continue to hate. The doubters, they will continue to doubt, at least for a while. The war has been won, the little skirmishes that will contine are nothing but distractions from reaching our full potential as a United Nation. These days I will take my victories as they come, including seeing even old school Republican Sith Lords like Ed Rollins speak glowingly about how PRESIDENTIAL Obama looked today. This Brother.... Well, I can only pray for him. Posted by David A at November 7, 2008 06:41 PM
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While I disagree with a huge swath of President-elect Obama's stated policies, and how he has acted in the past as a legislator, I can't ignore the equally huge import of us electing our first black President (cry your eyes out, Bill Clinton). While we certainly have racists in our midst (who possess a wide variety of skin colors, I must add), we have collectively proved that we are not a racist nation. And I'm glad for that. Posted by: Boyd Class man, you are all about class. And I knew you would recognize this. Posted by: David Scott Anderson Thank you, Bro. But I have to point out what I think is an important distinction: electing Barack Obama didn't make us "not a racist nation." We were already that. Electing him just proved it. But that notwithstanding, I have to admit that to some degree I'm happy that we've elected our first black President. I have a lot of other folks I would have preferred over him (I'd prefer it to be even you, for instance, and that's not an exaggeration, Bro, it just states that I think you're a lot more reasonable than BHO), but regardless, I'm proud of us as a nation. Posted by: Boyd I agree that is is a very cool thing that we have proven as a nation that while Racism aint dead, it sure as hell aint popular. Hehe. As for me being a better candidate, ho way. Lets just give him a chance and revisit this after his first 100 days, fair enough? Posted by: David Scott Anderson I'm sure we'll revisit this many times over the next four years. :) Posted by: Boyd Post a comment
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