Comments on: Today is a New Day

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:54:13 +0000

I’m black and I was so happy to see this. I didn’t vote for Obama for that reason, but just to think that a black person CAN be elected president now, still blows me away.

The point of MLK’s fight for equality was not that a black person could accomplish anything they want, it was that a person could accomplish anything they want that just happens to be black.

By: Nino

Nino — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:29:24 +0000

I didn’t have the words to describe Tuesday night… You’ve summed up my feelings exactly with this post.

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:43:48 +0000

Yano, you took the words “write” out of my fingertips. I can’t even begin to explain the peace that has come over me since he has been elected. Just waking up Wednesday morning was like waking up with a new purpose in life. It almost feels like it did after 9-11, without the tragedy… like our country has the ability to be united…On nation, under God.

And his speech… I was in tears, and just when I thought I was done crying, they would show someone else on TV, and I would start again. By no means is Barack Obama perfect, but he is definitely to be admired. I also think he’s going to pleasantly surprise those who are already criticizing him for they “think” he’s going to do. Personally, I can’t wait for that day, so we can all see their jaws hit the floor. hahaha To me, that’s the best kind of revenge. Just prove to them they don’t know what they’re talking about, and I think that is EXACTLY what he’s done.

On a side note, I even got an email from my mother in law in Israel saying, “Mazel tov for having Barack Obama as your new President.” Even they wanted him… I guess.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:15:32 +0000

I enjoyed watching the events of Tues. night so much. I was watching MSNBC and at a minute after 10 pm they showed the western seaboard of the map light up blue. I will never forget the emotions that came over me at that moment.

I’m excited that a family with small children will be living in the White House and I hope that Barack has a very successful term.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:18:33 +0000

***JFK was a nonWASP as well, but he didn’t live long enough to leave the legacy that Obama has the opportunity to leave, and Kennedy was white which may have given him a bit more advantage than Obama. We’ll see.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:18:32 +0000

i met president obama 5 years ago at a chicago rally
and at my place of work. he is truly a breath of fresh
air and a pioneer for our times.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:07:46 +0000

Right or wrong, the whole world will scrutinize everything he does to the nth degree. His every action will be watched much more closely than it would if he were a white middle income man. I don’t agree with that, but it’s what people will do because he’s the first and firsts rarely can do what they do without scrutiny.

thus, I hope he can keep a lot of the promises he made & fix a lot of the problems he wants to fix. If he doesn’t, it will be much harder for the next nonWASP who aspires to do what he did. I’d hate to see the progress that has been made in this country reversed. Ideally, it shouldn’t be that way - he should be judged just like a WASP in that position would be, but this is new so he likely won’t be. Thus, I’m hoping he’ll do okay so the door for others stays open.