The dream is coming true. I will never forget 2008.
I’ve been silent on the this blog, choosing along with the rest of you to just sit on the beach and watch this tsunami come ashore.
In a life full of years that just seem to meander by, 2008 is one which I am not soon to forget. It was the year, first of all, that I have seen my investment portfolio sliced in half.
It is also the year that I will witness the first Black Man in American History to be elected President. But more than that (much more), this is the man that I truly believe is going to set a long overdue progressive direction for America.
Obama has given me hope. And soon he will need to deliver on that promise.
While other politicians, namely Republican, offer hope with one hand and snatch it away with the other, Obama is different. While we expect the typical politician to engage in a flourish of election year promises, Obama is offering the sort of hope that is much more personal. We have invested the future of our children in Obama (and by the look of his $150m haul in September, we’ve also invested the shattered vestiges of our 401k retirement accounts in him as well).
If Obama doesn’t deliver, he will inflict a very pesonal hurt upon America. We have placed hope in Obama like we have NEVER placed hope in a Presidential candidate in my lifetime.
I for one believe he will deliver. He must deliver.
Go Obama, Go!