"Oh there been times that I thought that I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know that a change gonna come, Oh yes it will"
-----Sam Cooke
Last night, I watched with tears welling up in my eyes as Barack Obama gave his victory speech. As I watched this moment, I thought about this historic moment and how this will impact not only the rest of the world, but my family. I thought about all of the racism that they faced in rural Virginia, the '68 riots in DC, and other situations that they had to endure. I watched this man, and my mind flashed back to the first time that I ever heard the "I Have a Dream" speech given by King.
This is a historic moment that every history book should have a chapter dedicated to. The day that Barack Obama will not only be the 44th president, but be the first black President of the United States was elected.
After the speech, I turned away briefly to answer the many IM's that was popping up on my computer screen when I heard the words "uncle tom". I turned around only to see the people on Fox News with a look of shock on their faces as they immediately dismissed the words of Ralph Nader. (I know the man is bitter) But my victory turned to anger. Our forefathers have fought for soo long for us to have the right to vote and here is this man ready to stomp on the victory of another man because he is bitter. How dare you?!?! Ralph Nader needs to crawl back under the rock that he found solace in, or the spaceship that can whisk him to his parallel universe, and get over it.
