"But I stand before you all tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the naysayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me; it's about you"
I think, and I've said this from the beginning, that the most important effect Barack Obama has had, and will have, is in his ability to inspire others. People who were never interested in politics and did not have a care for how our government is run are now not only paying attention but making an effort to have an impact on their community and local governments. The good that comes from Obama's historic campaign is not in the people like me who have been into politics for years but it is in the people who never gave a shit because they thought their voice was worthless. These people who never gave a shit are now stepping up and saying "Yes We Can", and you can bet many of them will follow through on that vow.
All of this goes a long way with what I heard Newark Mayor Cory Booker say on NY1's coverage last night before Obama's speech. He was asked if he had been asked if he was 'cut of the same cloth' of Obama representing a new rising politician, and his response was that he was like Obama but that across the country there were lots of other new politicians, a new 'generation' of them. He said "there are so many rising stars I can barely see the sky".
I believe that.
Obama isn't going to lose - but EVEN in the possibility that he did there is no way all of these people are going to just give up. I can't believe that we are a country of quitters. We aren't. Yes We Can. The dream of America is overcoming anything and everything, every single person in America has an idea implanted in their head that it could always be better for all of us. Am I Lying? Am I Wrong?
No, I'm not, so,
Stop Frontin' Republicans.
Peace & LOVE
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