{"id":109,"date":"2008-11-06T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T08:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2008\/11\/americas-historic-moment.html"},"modified":"2011-06-30T20:26:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T20:26:11","slug":"americas-historic-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2008\/11\/americas-historic-moment.html","title":{"rendered":"America’s historic moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama is finally President-Elect. I truly, truly, truly think that this man will make a great President, one every American will be proud to have at the helms of the nation. He has campaigned for over 21 months, and what an exhausting campaign it must have been ! His sprightly energy \u2013 he bounded up stairs, and spoke in driving rain \u2013 came in sharp contrast to McCain\u2019s lurching gait. <\/p>\n

There were other differences too \u2013 differences in ideology, which is expected, but more importantly differences in behavior, thinking and integrity. While McCain talked the talk, he didn\u2019t walk the walk. And in all his high-sounding rhetoric about integrity, and standing up for what you believed in, it seemed like he was doing the reverse. He was praised initially for being a great man, having done much in service of his country. But somewhere down the line, McCain started to lose focus, and his message became more about smearing Obama, than about the American people. And then it seemed like he had sold his soul in return for a chance to reside in the White House.<\/p>\n

Last evening McCain was nothing if not dignified and gracious while delivering a moving concession speech. He called Obama \u201cmy President\u201d and promised him all assistance. He gestured for people to stop booing as he said these words, he held up his hands and remonstrated \u201cPlease, Please.\u201d Where was this graciousness, this dignity the past few months ? Did mounting pressure and the right wing of the RNC manage to tamp it down ? This tells you quite a bit about McCain\u2019s character, and this I believe caused him to become the target of much criticism over the past few months.<\/p>\n

It was Obama\u2019s night and day. As he gave his very moving speech at Grant Park last night, he was victorious and smiling, but well in control. He promised hope to not only his supporters but to those who didn\u2019t support him, telling them that he hears their voices, and needs their support. That he would be their President too. And if that\u2019s not the sign of a great man, I don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\n

Besides Obama\u2019s personal victory (to our very good fortune), it is also a very historic day. America has a Caucasian majority, and America has elected it\u2019s first African-American President! Astounding, when you realize that race is still an issue in this country. Not overtly, no \u2013 but where do you think they get the so-called Bradley effect from ? As I watched video snippets on NDTV about Martin Luther\u2019s King \u201cI have a dream\u201d speech, it was all very moving. To think that African-American\u2019s got their right to vote only a few decades back, and that in deep, southern Texas, till recently there were signs of covert racism. And now you have an African-American President !<\/p>\n

It\u2019s almost filmi, you know. The country\u2019s in trouble, and here comes the young hero, with resources we hadn\u2019t dreamed of. America is in big trouble right now. And here comes Obama \u2013 he\u2019s almost made to order. Of high intellect and temperate nature, he talks of a united nation. He\u2019s got the skills of an organizer, and the stamina to persevere in the face of disapproving odds. He is resourceful and can (and has) run a tight ship. He\u2019s gracious, and dignified, high-minded and a little professorial. Just the President we need. <\/p>\n

Which is why the pressure is pretty high for him to deliver. He tried to temper that in his speech last night, and while it is true that this mess is too big and too intricate to be resolved quickly, resolved it must be. After all these years, one African-American has done what none before him could do. He has been much touted as the next big hope, and much looked upto as the candidate to solve America\u2019s problems, and he will have to make good on those promises. <\/p>\n

I, personally, think that he will. <\/p>\n

More importantly, millions of Americans also think the same.<\/p>\n

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