Nov 05, 2008 08:09
OBAMA WINS!!!!!!!!!
This campus was crazy last night. You could literally hear the uproar anywhere within many blocks of campus when it was announced that he won. There was an impromptu rally that ran around campus cheering, marched to the capitol and began chanting "YES WE CAN!" Apathetic youth, my ass. I've never seen so many young people so excited about an election, and it couldn't come at a more important time.
Maybe now America's reputation in the world (which has been trashed over the last 8 years) may finally be restored.
Whatever ends up happening, I feel amazing that i was a part of something that will no doubt go down in history. I'm not sure that I have ever been so proud to be an American as I am today. I think that this election showed that our country has indeed taking a HUGE step forward as far as race relations. The prejudices of the past are seemingly no longer plaguing this great nation of ours, and that feeling is amazing.
Yes, there is still much work to be done, but the change we seek is now within reach. :-) Thank god.
January 20th couldn't come soon enough!!!