my post-election post
As a single, self-employed mother of two financial aid dependent college students I am extremely happy that before I went to bed last night (at 3am, election result watching is a LONG and stressful process) Barack Obama was re-elected president.
Romney would have killed everything I depend on to help provide myself and my children a happy, healthy and productive life. I'm in that middle class that can't afford to have my taxes raised or Pell Grants cut or access to free and affordable healthcare denied.
I didn't vote for Barack Obama because I'm black and he's black and that's all that matters. I'm sure there are black people out there who did vote for him just because he's black. But like my mom said, there are folks in the south who just voted for Romney because he's NOT black.
I voted for Barack Obama because I feel safer with him in office. I voted for Barack Obama because with him in office I know my concerns, and the concerns of all the people I know, are relevant and important and mean something.
And, I'm not going to lie, I'm really damn happy that not only did the United States of America elect a black president in 2008 they re-elected that black president in 2012 despite the tough economic climate, a Congress with a majority against him, and an administration still hampered by the policies of the president who came before and whose mess he's still trying to clean up.
So, I'm ready for four more years. I know they're going to be hard. I know that change takes time. And I know that at the end of those four years our problems won't all be magically solved. But things will be better and that's all I'm asking for.
Romney would have killed everything I depend on to help provide myself and my children a happy, healthy and productive life. I'm in that middle class that can't afford to have my taxes raised or Pell Grants cut or access to free and affordable healthcare denied.
I didn't vote for Barack Obama because I'm black and he's black and that's all that matters. I'm sure there are black people out there who did vote for him just because he's black. But like my mom said, there are folks in the south who just voted for Romney because he's NOT black.
I voted for Barack Obama because I feel safer with him in office. I voted for Barack Obama because with him in office I know my concerns, and the concerns of all the people I know, are relevant and important and mean something.
And, I'm not going to lie, I'm really damn happy that not only did the United States of America elect a black president in 2008 they re-elected that black president in 2012 despite the tough economic climate, a Congress with a majority against him, and an administration still hampered by the policies of the president who came before and whose mess he's still trying to clean up.
So, I'm ready for four more years. I know they're going to be hard. I know that change takes time. And I know that at the end of those four years our problems won't all be magically solved. But things will be better and that's all I'm asking for.