Obama

[first published: August 28, 2008]

(image: Obama screenprint, available at http://obeygiant.com/post/obama)

I have read much of the liberal commentary and the very valid fears of Obama's running mate and both of their murky statements about the war/future wars. These are not to be taken lightly, and Biden had better not be another Cheney!

That said, last night was history. Obama is America’s first African-American presidential nominee from a major political party. Millions of people are really happy today and they have a right to be!! 300 years of slavery, 100 more of Jim Crow "laws" enforcing segregation. The Civil Right movement happens, and people are all-too-happy to say "its all over now", not acknowledging that Martin Luther King was just the very beginning of change to centuries-old institutions, and more importantly, centuries-old entrenched prejudices.

Obama's victory represents a groundbreaking change to attitudes in this country about Race, and that is a victory for our country.