the election

After work i went to my polling place and casted my vote. I then went with a few friends to a last obama rally then we quickly went to another friends house were we watched the television set with the gaze of a five year old watching his favorite cartoon show. Then it happened, "Barack Obama has won the election, congratulations to our 44th president." at that moment i couldn't hold back, i let out a joyous yell of celebration and tears (yes I actually cried a little) soon followed. The joy i felt at that time and still do, is beyond words for me. I have tried so hard to get friends and family to support a man i truly believe in and I have been at the rallies and even did a silk-screening workshop solely to spreed the message of peace and the hope of seeing Obama as our future president. This is truly amazing when you consider that never before in our history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president during a time of war. The tides of change are here and they are strong. The presidency is now in the hands of a man who refused to sling the mud back to his opponents after all the names and scare tactics they used against him, and he marched on with grace, dignity, and the goodness we all can see. The presidency is now in the hands of a man, who will hopefully not forget what made him win the hearts of a nation and this election. Oh, and lets not forget, we saw history being made. A black man has triumphed, and is now the president of this great country. Hopefully he can fix the great deal of damage that the Republicans have caused in the past eight years of tyranny. its kinda funny really, the last Democrat in the oval office left with a 200 billion dollar surplus. the republican before him left office with a 300 billion dollar deficit. our last president will be leaving the oval office with a 482 billion dollar deficit. kinda makes you think who really is the "tax and spend liberal."

-kid S.