Restoring Our National Pride

The election is over, all hail us, the American public, who didn't allow the election to get hijacked this time, and who actually elected a black man to the Presidency of the United States.

Or is he a white man? Seems to me he's as much white as he is black. That will give the bigots something to cling to as the rest of us celebrate our generosity.

Generosity, you say? Yes, generosity. If for one minute you think that most of the people who voted for Obama didn't at one point think of his color and decide to vote for him anyway, you'd be wrong. The truth is, we are still a nation of prejudiced people - of all stripes and colors, to greater or lesser degrees. We still see color... but not so much now.

The bottom line is, we're trying, and on election day we went a long way towards overcoming the wrongs of our ancestors, which is a damn good thing, even if for a moment each and every one of us saw color before making the decision.

Even if we had to justify our choice by closely scrutinizing each and every word out of Obama's mouth so that we could point to his plan to lead America out of the despair and desperation brought on by the Bushies and say to our fellow citizens that it was okay because he has a plan.

What changes we all went through when we realized that our salvation might lay in the hands of a black man! We were at first skeptical, then tentative, then relieved, because Obama made it easy, because of that plan.

We donated money, put up signs, worked the emails, and talked up a storm. We admitted, then declared that we were going to vote for a black man. It was a significant breakthrough for a large chunk of the voting public, and about damn time. The light shined down and fireworks went off in our national spirit.

Well, guess what? We won. WE FUCKING WON! And I think we were ALL fucking surprised.

And at that moment of singularity, when the news shows all declared that Barack Obama had won, we won more than just a race. We won back our pride and our rebelliousness, our joy and our dignity.

We became a nation of people once more, not a herd of cattle led by the rings in our collective noses by self-appointed gods who thought they should dictate everything we should do, and everything we should think.

Thank God for Barack Obama. He has allowed us to once again become a nation of, by and for THE PEOPLE. Hallelujah!