This morning I breathed. For the first time in many years, I could fully exhale. When I inhaled again, I breathed the air of freedom and change. I breathed the air of strength and community. I breathed the air of renewed faith in America and Americans that when faced with a challenge they will rise up, come together and change the wheels of fate.
For the last 8 years, I have listened to Americans from every walk of life complain about President Bush, the war, the economy, gas prices, FEMA, the school system, and the environment. But year after year, people didn’t vote for new candidates. They didn’t grab hold of the right that citizens of so many other countries still don’t have. Many Americans believed that by not saying anything they were saying something. But, if you are silent, how can anyone hear you?
This election was not just about one man. It was about Americans coming back to their roots. This county was built on the lives of men and women who sacrificed everything they had to form a better life. These people were not scared to cry out when an injustice was done. They fought and died for the right to vote. Soldiers today are still fighting and dying to protect that right.
No, this election was not simply about one man. This was about all Americans gathering together and crying out in their most powerful voice. And they cried, ”no more”.
--November 5th, 2008
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