1/20/09
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
I watched the swearing-in ceremony and Obama's inaugural speech in ( Read more... )
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
I watched the swearing-in ceremony and Obama's inaugural speech in ( Read more... )
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I agree: President Obama has a lot of challenges ahead of him, and expectations are very high. I'm still in the happy, hopeful place, though. He's going to make mistakes, and do things that I don't agree with, and sometimes he's going to do that politician obfuscation thing, but I feel energized by this change in a way that I haven't in a while, and, for the moment at least, still more excited than scared by the prospect of what's to come.
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