Finally!

Finally, after 8 horrid years of right-wing destruction, there is hope for this noble experiment we call the United States of America. After 21 months (the longest political campaign in US history), the people have spoken. Well, the Electoral College has spoken, but you get the point. America is a republic, not a democracy. Still, the people, especially the young people, the minority people, turned out in droves in an effort to right the course of this nation. They never voted in significant numbers before, but tonight we witnessed a sea change - a realization from within. For once, they cared enough and believed enough. They came to the realization that they actually have a stake in this country after all. And it made all the difference. See what happens when you vote?




I spoke to Brothers Roame, Nanook and Axis on the phone throughout the night as it all went down. There was a real sense of joy and excitement, a real feeling of, dare i say it? HOPE. It is a night I will never forget. From the bright faces of the crowd in Grant Park greeting President-Elect Barack Obama, to the sour, booing faces of the venemous McCain supporters in Arizona, to the teeming crowds at the very gates of the White House, my eyes were filled with indelible images that will mark in history the very fabric of this nation as it stands tonight, for ill and for better. I have never loved my country more than I have this night. The very idea of America is renewed. ~ OZONE