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A New Era of Hope

by NAM (reposted)
Originally From New America Media

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 : The United States took a monumental step in electing Barack Obama as its new president. The nation begins a new era inspired by the vision of a country united to face the challenges of our times. A new generation comes to the White House, flying a flag of hope.
Americans answered historys call with massive voter turnout in a true celebration of democracy that carried the Illinois senator to victory. Voters broke generational, racial, and social barriers to respond to the call for change from the disastrous policies of the current Admnistration. They said "enough!" to divisive politics, stagnation in Washington, partisan extremism, economic inequities, and intolerance. They cast their vote for a new political tone that is inclusive, that will turn the rifts that divide us into bridges, and that will rebuild the United States diminished image in the global community.

Obamas message joined the intense hunger for change with concrete proposals, catapulting the senator from the din of the Democratic primaries to yesterdays victory.

This success is, among other things, a triumph for minorities who finally see one of their own at the top. Future generations now have a new role model, and the "Yes, we can!" repeated in rallies nationwide, is now a fact, not just a slogan. Obamas meteoric career is the result of his intelligence, his perseverance and the political events that made him the right candidate, with the right message, at the right time.

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History was made indeed - and it is wonderful to see hope in people's eyes again...
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