http://www.broofa.com/2008/11/proud-for-a-change/ (Thoughtful musings, if you're lucky) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.broofa.com/2008/11/proud-for-a-change/comment-page-1/#comment-466 aaryn b. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:32:59 +0000 http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=157#comment-466 This is the first thing that I have read since we elected Barack Obama our next president on Tuesday. I've been sequestering myself while I try to write my own thoughts and feelings without being influenced by those of others. I must say this: You capture what I've been experiencing. I have always felt very fortunate to be an American but never have I felt proud. I had an "Ohhhhhhh! So THIS is what it feels like...!" moment on Tuesday night that is sustained today. I am so proud of my fellow Americans who voted like I did, who said No More! to the way things have been done. I am so very proud of the fact that we finally, FINALLY made the right choice, a collective outpouring of "Hey, world! We're really sorry about the last 8 years. Won't you let us make it up to you?" I have little doubt that Obama is the right man for our time. Even though he's walking into an awful, tremendous mess, I believe it could be said that without Bush, this might not have happened. George W. Bush will have an ugly legacy, to be sure, but with one exception and that is he produced fertile ground for this massive, momentous, important leap forward. Like Corey Booker, mayor of Newark, NJ said on Rachel Maddow last night: There is no left or right. There is forward is back. Tuesday night, the majority chose the forward trajectory. This is the first thing that I have read since we elected Barack Obama our next president on Tuesday. I’ve been sequestering myself while I try to write my own thoughts and feelings without being influenced by those of others. I must say this: You capture what I’ve been experiencing. I have always felt very fortunate to be an American but never have I felt proud. I had an “Ohhhhhhh! So THIS is what it feels like…!” moment on Tuesday night that is sustained today. I am so proud of my fellow Americans who voted like I did, who said No More! to the way things have been done. I am so very proud of the fact that we finally, FINALLY made the right choice, a collective outpouring of “Hey, world! We’re really sorry about the last 8 years. Won’t you let us make it up to you?” I have little doubt that Obama is the right man for our time. Even though he’s walking into an awful, tremendous mess, I believe it could be said that without Bush, this might not have happened. George W. Bush will have an ugly legacy, to be sure, but with one exception and that is he produced fertile ground for this massive, momentous, important leap forward. Like Corey Booker, mayor of Newark, NJ said on Rachel Maddow last night: There is no left or right. There is forward is back. Tuesday night, the majority chose the forward trajectory.

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