Posted on 5 November 2008 by Will O' in Politics
It’s safe to say that millions of Americans are saying tonight: “At last, I’m no longer ashamed to be American.”
An historic election, indeed, has seen an African-American elected president. It simply blows the mind. Even better, Barack Obama is the genuine article. The calm and judicious words he chose for his acceptance speech held no triumphalism, but a call to unity for a nation in deep trouble. Here is an intellect who will prove to be a statesman of the calibre of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was elected in the depths of the Great Depression. The similarity is truly remarkable.
Ironically, Obama’s success may not have been possible without the disastrous two terms of George W. Bush. He left the Repuglycan Party without a shred of credibility.
Tonight the world is suddenly a different place. Wow! America, it appears that you sure can.
