This morning I woke up from the greatest dream, only to find it wasn't a dream at all.
As a Texan, I know that thanks to the electoral college system of this country, my voice would not be heard yet again. But I went and I cast my ballot anyway. Then I had to sit back and put faith in a country that had let me down so many times before. Of course I was afraid. I had to sit idly by with nothing more than the hope that other states could see what I saw and feel what I felt, and HOPE that they could do what I could not. That they would be the instruments of change that this country - this world - so desperately needs. And last night they did just that. Thank you to those of you on whose shoulders the fate of this country rested, and who stepped up to the challenge and made what I and millions across this globe believe to be the right choice. I'm completely indebted to you. Last night hope won over fear. Inclusion over isolation. Open-mindedness over bigotry. And wisdom over ignorance. And I'm not talking about the candidate, but about the electorate.
I have never been more outraged as an American than I was on December 12, 2000.
I have never been more ashamed to be an American than I was on March 20, 2003.
I have never been more disgusted to be an American than I was on November 2, 2004.
And I can say with complete sincerity that I have never in my entire life been more proud to be an American than I was last night.
I have never been more outraged as an American than I was on December 12, 2000.
I have never been more ashamed to be an American than I was on March 20, 2003.
I have never been more disgusted to be an American than I was on November 2, 2004.
And I can say with complete sincerity that I have never in my entire life been more proud to be an American than I was last night.