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Last night, when CNN declared Obama to be our next president, I was up on Pike Street. Suddenly people from Neumos and people from The Comet across the street just flowed out of the doors of those bars. Someone was beating a hand drum. People started dancing to the beat. Soon there were a thousand people in the street...dancing, cheering, jumping in the air, hugging and kissing each other. It reminded me of the crowds in Times Square after World War Two was finally over.
There has been so much shame and grief in this country in my lifetime. Last night I saw a street full of young men and women get really excited about something really important. And it made me young again, just to see them dance. It made me feel like I, too, could lend a hand.
There has been so much shame and grief in this country in my lifetime. Last night I saw a street full of young men and women get really excited about something really important. And it made me young again, just to see them dance. It made me feel like I, too, could lend a hand.