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I did it!!! I woke up at 5am to get to my polling place at 6am and there was already a line! I loved it!! every second. The volunteers had no idea what they were doing, which i thought was funny but they managed.
When it came time to cast my vote i looked at the ballot and with the biggest smile and the best feeling in my heart...as if my heart was cosumed with icebreakers haha...i filled the bubble next to my candidate! What a feeling!! what a rush!! to think that it may be possible that I voted for the first black president of the United States of America! I voted for the change that for so long has been blocked by obstacles almost impoosible to overcome. I remember reading about the civil rights movement, reading about Martin Luther King Jr., the passion and dreams that many had in those days but never really thought it would actually happen. I think back to the many years of discrimination, racism, ignorance, and the embarrassment i felt as an American that my country could be so inhuman.
but today, i coudnt believe that it would be in my lifetime, my generation, my vote, that could see the possibility of finally breaking that tape at the end of the longest marathon in history. even before we know who becomes president, We WON! we won, by creating a movement all on its own, a movement for change, unity, progress! the passion that has ignited in so many people is incredible! Just imagine what MLK would be thinking at this moment! all those minorities that have struggled...this is for them!!!
My mom has been living proof of the struggles of a minortiy, immigrant, poor single mother, yet succesfull in her own right. She felt it all, she lived it all and today as we both waited in line it was just amazing. Two generations of different experiences but shared ideals and beliefs. She was the fighter, community activist, voice of protest against injustice, advocate for children's rights, women's rights, people's rights. All of that runs in my blood and it is because of her that I am passionate for whati believe and why i'm a fighter never giving up.
In this day, the fight is about a just living for the middle-class, opportunities for education, healthcare, a healthy environment, equality!
Who will think about me? fight for me? work for me? represent me?...not mccain, definetely not palin!
i refuse, to go back to the 8yrs of misery we've just had, i refuse to allow a woman not fit to represent me, push womens progress back years and years. I refuse to let this opportunity go away. it's time for change! I made my vote..Obama '08!!!