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Thank you, Fellow Americans. Thank you for making me believe that hope, enthusiasm, progress and hard work are again alive and well in our country. Thank you for reading my rants, and listening with open hearts and minds to my arguments on behalf of Barack Obama. Watching Senator Obama clinch the Democratic Nomination for President in my home state of Minnesota was HISTORICAL … for ALL of us.
When he first entered my radar while giving his moving and inspiring speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention, I thought “THIS guy should be the President”. I haven’t wavered in that thought since, and last night was a remarkable reward. That he gave his historical speech in Minnesota was a wonderful, private bonus … and my people rewarded Obama with their famous niceness, screaming out of their minds for him. Please take a moment to watch this memorable, epic evening here.
Exciting, right? I will readily admit that after Bush somehow won TWO elections (Well, he stole the first one. The second was inexcusable by whomever those voters were - and I hope that the current state of our country and it’s worldwide bad reputation haunts them always for poking that poisonous chad), I lost all of my respect for our government, and a lot of my hope for our future. There is still five months of work to go to get Obama ELECTED PRESIDENT (!!!WOW!!!), but last night restored that hope.
We are AMERICANS. The whole world watches what we do, and the last eight years have not been good for us, or anyone worldwide. Looking at world headlines this morning, it seems possible that our position as a beacon of possibility may yet be capable of restoration.
Of course, politicians can do nothing alone. Judging from last night’s rally (and every rally Obama has held since throwing his hat in the ring), he is not, and will not be, alone. Which is in itself remarkable. In my lifetime, I have never seen so many people inspired and galvanized to participate in the political process … so you see, Change has already begun.
Change is what we need, and even if Senator McCain wants to abscond with that word to try and appear different from Bush - that is a joke. There is no comparison. If people have any brains in their heads, (often dubious these days) this will be the first time I’ve seen the entire map be bright blue. I loved that Obama held his rally in Minnesota (”That’s the change we need, Minnesota!”) for personal reasons, of course, but also because of how In Your Face it was, as the Republican Convention will be held this fall in the same building. Obama means business.
McCain and Obama side by side is a pitiful comparison. The one thing McCain has going for him is his status as a “War Hero”. I respect that deeply, having recently visited the Vets in Walter Reed Hospital. However, McCain doesn’t back the GI Bill to support those Vets. So none of them that I met support him either. To a man, every one I met was rooting for Obama. Taking away McCain’s ONE main asset. “Experience” does not count when it comes with such clouded judgement. I would love to save time and money and do away with the General Election all together and just let Obama get to work today. Alas, we must go through the formalities, but the outcome MUST be President Obama, if we care about our country’s future at all.
I would disagree with one aspect of Obama’s speech last night - that we are better for having Hillary Clinton as a candidate. Obama has never been anything but gracious towards her, even amid her and Bill’s despicable tactics directed at him (working for “Hard working WHITE Americans”, even bringing up the possibility of assassination, God forbid. Filthy people.). Last night was no different. She did not congratulate or even acknowledge his historic night as the first African-American to become the Democratic Nominee for President, though it is fact and her campaign is finished. If her supporters don’t get behind Obama in the face of a McCain nightmare of a Presidency, they are just as despicable. We are Americans, and it is not about parties or individuals, it is about COUNTRY, as Obama stresses every time. He has NEVER used race. He has ONLY been gracious. He has ALWAYS played by the rules. I bid the Clintons Good Riddance, as they have done none of the above. The era of dynasties is over. She cannot be Vice-President. She does not deserve it, she did not earn it, nor does she deserve the respect she thinks she does. She did not run a wonderful campaign. It was a mess of lies, deceit, bad management and cheating … and it is over.
So we turn the page towards Change. Towards Hope. Towards Positivity. Towards a new Restoration. We all want it. On The Nightwatchman’s recent “Justice Tour”, I saw it with my own eyes, all across the country. People are over it. They want to prosecute our current Co-President’s, end this awful war, create new programs for the future, work hard, play hard, be INVOLVED … and they want to be proud of the U.S.A’s efforts (AND its Government) again.
Let us turn “YES WE CAN!” into “YES WE DID” this fall - and let the healing begin.
God Bless America.
CJ Gronner is a writer living by the beach in Venice. She loves music, peace and telling stories. Stay tuned for more of them!
