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I'm as ecstatic as everyone else.
I just have two things to say, though.
Let's not let this be just our side's version of who we'd rather have a beer with. Late in the campaign, Obama moved away from talking about starting a mass movement, of permanent political involvement on the part of Americans and our generation. But if this is going to mean anything, it can't just be a watershed moment; it has to be a permanent commitment on the part of the electorate to put into place people who will solve the problems we face, and to keep hold of the reins without falling asleep.
On that note -- "Yes we can" is not "yes we did," but something continuous. It is "yes it can be." But the difference between "can be" and "is" hinges on whether we realize the possibilities we dream of.
Change has not come. Change is not done. Change is always coming, and if we forget it, then nothing has changed at all.
I just have two things to say, though.
Let's not let this be just our side's version of who we'd rather have a beer with. Late in the campaign, Obama moved away from talking about starting a mass movement, of permanent political involvement on the part of Americans and our generation. But if this is going to mean anything, it can't just be a watershed moment; it has to be a permanent commitment on the part of the electorate to put into place people who will solve the problems we face, and to keep hold of the reins without falling asleep.
On that note -- "Yes we can" is not "yes we did," but something continuous. It is "yes it can be." But the difference between "can be" and "is" hinges on whether we realize the possibilities we dream of.
Change has not come. Change is not done. Change is always coming, and if we forget it, then nothing has changed at all.