Barack Obama is our new President-Elect, and regardless of how you voted, you have to say that this has HUGE cultural implications.
I know all about sour grapes, because this is the FIRST candidate I’ve endorsed who actually won an election. Today many Republicans are suggesting that Obama only won the vote because of his skin color. First of all, that’s beyond ludicrous. His skin color, if anything, is why he was not the likeliest of candidates. Let’s not forget that he won not only the electoral vote, but the popular vote as well, in a country whose majority is white.
Some Republicans suggest that Socialism is a failed theory. That an Egalitarian society will bring about poverty, loss of rights and an overall decline in the morality of its citizens. For the past eight years, we’ve seen what a Capitalist society can bring. Greed begets greed. It causes people to act quickly and without consideration to the consequences of their actions. I just don’t think it’s sound policy to run a country with a “He who has the most toys wins” philosophy.
If you are a Republican, it’s fair to say that this political turnout was less than stellar for you. I can appreciate that. I did not endorse Bush during either of his presidential elections, so for me the last two terms have been troubling at best. I don’t think he’s a bad person, I just don’t think he was a good president. Now I feel that my ideals have a chance at being recognized and realized. I feel that change IS in the air, cliche or not, and that maybe real progress is about to begin. For those who did not support Obama, having a fatalistic mentality is certainly not going to propel this country forward – something I think we can all agree on being necessary now more than ever.
I pray for peace and goodwill and everything else we mutter as platitudes but rarely mean. I mean it. And now I believe it is possible.
