If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
President-Elect Barack Obama
Text courtesy of the LA Times.
3 responses so far ↓
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Shawna Coronado
// Nov 8, 2008 at 11:21 am
LOVE IT! You go Sir Knight!!!
I’m very happy we have Obama in, I hope we see the change we are all wishing for.
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postsimian
// Nov 8, 2008 at 12:50 pm
gloatgloatgloatgloatgloatgloatgloat
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Barb Strand
// Nov 12, 2008 at 1:38 pm
wasn’t it a thrill??? I was so happy to be able to cast a vote for a candidate I thoroughly support. Also I agree on your observations on Aaron. He is way too conservative for our area.
Anyway good luck with your move.
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