Just didn't think it could happen in this lifetime -- with this country's tragic legacy of racism and close-mindeness and especially now, after these eight darkest of dark years of Bush incompetence and corruption (you know, war, economic woes, social polarization, corporate corruption, government ineptitude, irresponsible fiscal policies, environmental degradation, etc.). I'm so friggin happy! To see a presidential nominee with integrity and pragmatism and brains is miraculous; someone whose campaign stayed above the political muck; someone with brilliant oratory skills and an ability to transcend the worst of the American political process -- baby, I'm amazed! That he's an African American certainly wasn't the determining factor, but it's a bonus, and a lovely historic moment to revel in to boot. It's restored some of my faith in this sometimes wonderful and sometimes scary country. In a nutshell: Yeah America!
One a LAME note: Hillary Clinton refused to step aside tonight after Obama absolutely clinched the nomination with the delegate count or to really acknowledge REALITY. Instead of making an honorable conciliatory concession speech, she took the low road asking people in her speech to write in to her campaign to tell her what to do. So here's what I wrote on http://www.hillaryclinton.com:
Dear Senator Clinton (2nd Place Finisher in the 2008 Democratic Primary),
While I once respected you as a candidate and as a person, your refusal to step aside after tonight's Democratic primary final, when your opponent clearly clinched the nomination, is detrimental to our party, our country, and the American people who you claim to serve. It is unseemly. If you are worth your word and have any integrity left, you will humbly step aside as soon as humanly possible, congratulate your opponent and his supporters, and begin working on his and the American people's behalf. I have for most part refrained from criticizing your historic campaign (well... maybe not your strange and ominous Robert Kennedy remarks, your backtracking on the Michigan and Florida primaries, and your refusal to apologize for voting to authorize the Iraq war), but your decision to stay in the race tonight after a final conclusion was reached is reprehensible and pathetic and difficult not to be angry about. You are alienating yourself from the American people and helping the Republicans. Don't fool yourself that you are doing this for your supporters, this is clearly all about you. It is now well beyond the time for you step down, please do your part for the American people and for history. Do us all a favor, do the right thing.
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