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Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout
THANK YOU AMERICA!
I never thought I would see this day in my lifetime, and every time I think about it my eyes fill with tears. Watching Jesse Jackson as he cried has to be one of the most moving, poignant things I have seen, when you think of all he has lived through, when you think that he was shoulder to shoulder with Martin Luther King all those years ago. All those years ago, yet still in my lifetime and almost yesterday in historical terms, an African-American was not allowed a seat on a bus! A truly momentous day.
It is going to be tough because so much is on this man's shoulders, and he has a huge, huge task in front of him. Two wars. Economic meltdown. Global Warming. So many things that he needs to address. Some have spoken of it as a poison chalice, but I think he is up to the task.
An enormous tectonic shift has taken place and people around the world are in love with your country again. 
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You know, as a conservative at heart, there will be a few things during President Obama's tenure that might rub me wrong. But I'll tell you, I still can't help but feel like the right thing has happened here. It is nice to feel that a steward has been elected and not a powermonger. A lot of people got upset a couple of months ago when Michelle Obama said that it'd been a while since she felt good about America, but dammit isn't that why you should try to become president? To right all of the wrongs? Because you have faith that you have what it takes to make the country a better place?
I am looking forward to hearing the words Neo-con and grassroots movement uttered in the same sentence. I'm looking forward to reform and partisanship. And I'm looking forward to seeing Dubya do an occasional photo-op here and there, and enjoying his retirement. We've gone through 8 years of hell, but now we have a true public servant. And whether there's a little change or a lot, there will be change. And it will be good.
I'm proud of America as well, and it feels good.
P.S. -- I voted for Obama, just to be clear.