Ether that, or they'll mark it as the return of that particular brand of
American fascism we experienced under Woodrow Wilson--the kind that wears a
happy face, and explains its anti-Democratic impulses away as being "for the
greater good."
History is watching; naturally, I'm hoping that, as many predicted, Obama
will act more like a centrist than his own inclinations might suggest--and
that Michelle's totalitarianism doesn't win the day.
--J
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Rin Watt <katecwatt_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I have never been so proud to be an American!
>
> The shame of the past eight years, of this disastrous and immoral war,
> of these terrible economic disparities, of the sinful abandonments of
> the poor and powerless, and of the surveillance and contempt shown to
> our people and our neighbors, is now going to lift.
>
> This is the start of a new era of democracy, of devotion to social
> justice and equality and civil liberty and peace, of good governance
> and public service for its own sake.
>
> Fifty years from now, history books about this era will say that
> America's choice of Barack Obama, the candidate of unity, hope, and
> diplomacy, rather than a politics of division, fear, and aggression,
> marked the beginning of America's recovery from the psychological
> damage inflicted by 9/11.
>
> This is a great day.
>
> ;-)
>
> Rin
>
>
>
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