OBAMA WINS!!!!!!!!
Words really cannot express what I feel right now, but I will do my best. Over the last 8 years we have had to suffer through a lot. From the loss of lives on 9/11 to the loss of our civil liberties in the name of national security, we have risked our national soul. We have lost countless lives in Iraq, we have lost respect across the world, and we risked losing our national soul.
In a country where just 50 years ago we treated black people as second class citizens, in a country where 125 years ago we did not even treat black people as people, we have now taken a huge leap forward in tearing down the walls of racism.
(I should note as I type this, several classless people in the McCain crowd booed McCain congratulating President-Elect Obama).
However, the election of Obama is not simply about race relations. At the end of the day, President-Elect Obama is not a good black man, Senator Obama is a good man, period. Race has nothing to do with his winning. He won because he had the better ideas on how to move this country forward. On taxes, healthcare, the war, Obama was the candidate who had it right. He will bring the intelligence and integrity that is sorely needed to, and has been sorely missed in, our White House.
(The McCain crowd booed again).
Barack Obama will restore America’s place in the world as a leader, not just through military strength but through diplomatic strength as well. As this campaign has gone on, I found myself amazed with how much I actually agree with Obama on many issues. And I am just so completely overjoyed that a majority of American voters have come together and agreed that he is the best person for the job.
In this year where my Wife and I are bringing a child into this world, I am just full of hope and pride, since we will be raising him in a country that has turned the page on these last 8 years. We have turned the corner and I have faith when the question is asked in 2012 “are you better today than you were 4 years ago”, that I will be able to say “yes”.