Tuesday, November 4, 2008

An Obamaian Era

Tonight was a late night, sipping on heavily- caffeinated beverages to try and keep my eyes open while I watched the votes count up on my TV screen. I found watching such political coverage quite exciting, something I never have felt in any previous election. I felt at this one point, the entire country was sitting together in front of the television in a way I couldn't describe. At this one point, the news couldn't spew lies, and was even politically twisted news channels (like the one named after a certain animal) had to reveal to the nation what was going on at this point. This moment was a history making time, something that has instilled new hope in me for the health of the country.

When Barack Obama was revealed to be the new president-elect, I was mainly just excited that change was coming for America. Once he made his acceptance speech, however, I was struck with much more than just excitement. This feeling blew me away, I felt proud of the future, and saw change becoming reality. It was an amazing feeling.

I reflected upon my previous blog posts at the time of Obama's speech, about how all of these problems plague our country. I see now we may be in the midst of something that will reverse or inhibit many of our problems; the economy, the war, our rights seem to have taken a step up the stairs of justice. Perhaps in the coming years, we will be seeing America as a place to cherish, not to worry about.
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2 comments:

Giuseppe Flores said...

Short but good reflective post, . . .as I'm sure many people probably felt the same way you supposedly did.

Perhaps add more as to why you think Obama will bring change compared to previous presidents. Lets just hope Obama does what he says.

November 17, 2008 at 1:30 AM
bcope said...

It was a bit short. A bit more reflection would have been in order. What was it about the acceptance speech that elevated the way you were feeling?

December 17, 2008 at 3:31 PM

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