"Yes We Can" - On a truly historic night there is so much to say about what this means for America, what this means for the world, yet through the cheering crowds, the all night parties and the emblazoned punditry one simple slogan remained, "Yes We Can." Through a campaign that was hard fought and hard won there were plenty who challenged his idea of hope and tried to smudge it with a mark of anger and fear, yet the American people responded. As the results came through the screen last night I swelled with pride not only for what Barack Obama had accomplished through his campaign but for what America had accomplished in their vote. At the simplest of levels it was, and is, a peaceful transition of power which standing alone is always to be commended in a world muddled with violence and strife. At its deepest Obama's victory was a repudiation of hardships of slavery, civil rights, and racism a true measure of how far we have come as a nation. We may have answered one of the questions regarding our troubled past but there are still many more to come. I, like Barack assert that, "The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. (and) We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there." The wheels of change are once again rolling, the politics of fear and cynicism have been dealt a significant blow but there is still much to be done.
Congratulations Barack Obama and may I be one of the first to ask Mr. President, "what's next?" What can I do to help heal America, to unite "young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled." What can I do, to be one of the many who want to continue the "message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states." (but to show that) "We are, and always will be, the United States of America"? We will stand with you to be your answer -"Yes We Can"
2 comments:
So while the Democrats are bridging this gap and bringing more people together when are they (you).... the country going to stop calling names and putting the other parties down. "the politics of fear and cynicism have been dealt a significant blow." In addition, when is the country and the democratic party going to realize that 46% of the country didn't vote for obama. I am optomistic about the future and hope that he wasnt full of BS but i wish everyone would realize that Jesus hasn't come back.
Umm could you give me some evidence of putting people down and calling them names. I didn't hear much of that coming from the campaign. The campaign put down the ideas and tactics of the Republicans but never the person running. Also, there wasn't fearmongering and doubt put out there by the Democrats in the General Election (ie would you want someone with no experience blah, blah, blah.)
We do realize that 46% didn't vote for him but that was less than the 48.3% who gave Bush "political capital" to keep going in 2004, and the 47.9% (which by the way was less than the 48.4% for Gore) that orignally put Bush in office in 2000.
What my post was about was a new hope in the direction of progress and reconcilliation not only in this country but around the world that this vote signified. What our President-Elect signifies reconciliation across the divides in America.
Since when has "hope" become something to fear over something that is to be celebrated and applauded?
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