The Crossroads
The election has come to a close and I am very pleased with its outcome. As I took the MAX home from an election night get-together people all around us outside where shouting and waving signs. People boarded the train, headed home after an exciting night, and were greeted with great cheer. As we pulled up to Pioneer Courthouse Square there was a long sustained cheering, and we can only imagine how long it had been going given that the election had been called more than an hour ago and Obama had already given his acceptance speech. People around the country, even around the globe, are celebrating what transpired in America last night. But while the election is over, the hard times ahead have just begun.
Obama’s presidency will be met with resistance. On that same train, we heard a conversation. “Why aren’t you happy Obama’s president?” a girl asked. The boy responds “I just can’t trust the nigs.” I’m sure this is a sentiment that is being echoed, as we’ve already seen two foiled assassination plots on our President-Elect. And this isn’t the only hardship that we face moving forward. We have an economic crisis, war being fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Eastern Europe is becoming destabilized. Barack Obama has a lot on his plate, a lot of messes to clean up, and a lot of systems to fix. We have a real opportunity for change, and as great as Obama seems, he still has to show us that he’s not The Smiler. He has to follow through on his promises and enact his policies. He has to be that change he asked us so often to believe in.
He has to be Hope.
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