I would be a fool not to write a post today. This is perhaps the most historic day of my entire life. I think that somehow between 2000 and 2008 liberals in America became accustomed to losing. Beginning with the election in 2000 when Al Gore won the popular vote but somehow lost the election to George W. Bush, it became the norm for the conservatives to get there way. For 8 long years they got what they wanted, they voted for war, they increased taxes for the middle class, they helped big businesses get bigger, and eventually the people got tired of it. Today was election day and i have to say that for the first time in my life I am proud to call myself an American. I'm neither Democrat nor Republican, but from the trends I have seen in my 25 years on this planet when there is a Democrat in power in America things are better for the people I know. The people I know are middle-class, the people I know are below middle-class, the people I know don't own the giant corporations but they work for them in entry level positions. Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, and I'm not sure it has sunk in yet exactly what that means.
10 years ago, my friends and I laughed at the notion that a black man could be president in America. 5 years ago my friends and I thought it would be another 50 years before there was a minority president in America, 1 year ago I started to think it is possible we could have a black candidate for president, but never believed he could win. Today I stand corrected on everything I have ever known to be true.
You have to understand that my amazment is more than the simple fact that Barack Obama is a black man who has become president. There have been black men who have become president/prime minister for more than 40 years now all over the world. My amazement is in the fact that Barack Obama became president in the United States of America a country that I was sure would not be ready for a change like this for another half-a-century. Today I am proud of Americans all over this country for doing the right thing and electing the best candidate out of the slim pool we had to choose from. There are still many imperfections that we have to fix, but this was a giant step in the right direction.  ¶ 1:45 AM