way_boss - Obama Takes 2008 Election!

This is the definition of epic. This is the most incredibly improbable thing that has ever happened in my life time. I have had two moments like this in my life; one was on my eleventh birthday and now this. This incredible election. The first African American president of the United States of America. The CHANGE America has been waiting for for eight long years. These two experiences are the total opposite of each other. In 2001 I had no idea what was going on; I had never even heard of the Twin Towers being referred to as "The World Trade Center". All I could do was be afraid because that is what all of the TV stations told me to be and I didn't know why. Such an awful thing happened in this world when I was so ignorant. And now when I have watched the debates and when I have done my research such an amazing thing happens. And I was a nonbeliever at the very beginning. When Hillary was in the race I said it could be neither of the two. It could never happen. But it HAS happened. Obama has won over America. Somehow this man has done the most improbable thing. He was the most improbable candidate for office. And he WON it. If he can come out of nowhere and gain the support of the majority of Americans (enough to win the election by a LANDSLIDE) I believe he can truly live up to his word and show this country the change it has been thirsting for. I'm not usually one to shove my political opinions down other people's throats, but this is so incredible. This is history. I watched McCain give his speech earlier tonight, and I tried to think of what things would be like if it was the acceptance speech. How many broken hearts there would be. How many dreams deferred. Obama did so much more than just win this election, he restored hope in people. He isn't even in the White House yet and he has managed to do that. There are no words to describe the way I am feeling. There is this older woman at the center I do community service at in Portchester named Caroline. On my very first day of meeting her she told me one of the most incredible things I had ever heard; she told me she was on the steps when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech, and it was one of the most amazing experiences in her life. She lived through HISTORY. She was there for HISTORY.

I'm just like her now. I lived through history. Here I am. The world is changing, and here I am.