Hussein

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Quincy Adams
William Howard Taft
Lyndon Baines Johnson
George Walker Bush


and


Barack Hussein Obama!!!

What a drastic turn around from protestant white presidents. Any black man could have been elected president with a name like Jason, Bryan, David, Brandon, Chris, Kevin, Micheal, or Justin. But instead of that we got ourselves a president with a name that sounds eerily like one of our FBI's most wanted and a dictator we recently took out of power! How freaking weird is that? Also how freaking awesome is it that the American people were willing to look past something as silly as a name. We were willing to look past race, Barack wasn't elected because he is black and he will not be known as the black president, but a president who happens to be black. Hopefully the first of many minority leaders.

Tears keep coming to my eyes every time I watch the scene outside of the white house last night with hundreds of George Washington University students cheering on Barack, and in Grant Park where Barack gave his acceptance speech and in Kenya where hundreds of people were ecstatic that a descendant of theirs became the leader of the free world. I am so happy, so incredibly happy to see the youth vote finally keep their promise of showing up at the ballot. I am so incredibly happy to see the enthusiasm and overwhelming power that last night had amongst not only Democrats, not only Americans, but THE ENTIRE WORLD!

The Taliban want's to negotiate with us, Hugo Chavez wants to let our ambassador back in the country, the President of Spain said this is a new age in American European relations. Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey were in tears last night. John McCain and George W. both called Barack to wish him well. ::sigh::

It took till today for this to all sink in. I have been pushing for this day for well over a year now, paying such close attention that I feel like I was on the campaign trail with Barack. Change has not occurred yet, hope has not driven away fear entirely, but we have taken one giant step in that direction. We as a people have shown the world what America is all about, dreaming big and accomplishing what we set out to do. We will lead the green revolution, we will tend to the sick and needy in our country, we will invest in infrastructure and education, we will be that shining beacon to the rest of the world again.

This is a new age, not just in politics or in our society. But a new age in the history of mankind. Sure that sounds grandiose, but sometimes things are that important. Cynicism has rules for too long it's time for optimistic to take it's rightful place once again.