Thoughts about the election ..

I'm not exactly sure how I feel about the whole election. I didn't exactly follow up on the candidacy as much as I would have liked to. Maybe it's because I knew I didn't have a say in the whole decision so I figured why bother. Stupid decision. I thought I didn't care, but it turns out I do. I find myself looking up more and more background information on our new president Barack Obama. The more I read about all of his great accomplishments, the more I'm happy that he's in office.
I still think though that a lot of people voted for him merely because of the color of his skin, but now I can see why those who listened to all his campaigns would chose him over McCain. I'm hoping things will get better in the long run and that he will live up to everyone's expectations. Even if its just one big change, I hope he can pull through. I do believe Alex brought up a great point in class though. We do need to step up and help ourselves, this all can't just be on him. Though I'm hoping (and I do have faith) he will lead us.
I'm also kind of happy we finally have a black president though (haha). Lets just pray no one tries anything stupid without giving him a chance to prove himself.
Today in English, we watched Obama's speech before election and I must admit, it was pretty impressive. Talking about that woman Ann's life and blending all of America's downfalls and rises since then. Talking about how we were able to overcome all these hard times and how there are people like Ann whose lived to see it all. It's amazing. This really is history and I'm proud to say I lived to see it happen. I admit, at first I didn't think it was that huge of a deal, but I can't wait to see what he'll do for us.
I also have to say, if McCain were president; I think America would have really seen something deeper then Obama losing. I think it probably would've opened up our eyes. Kind of like a metaphor that foreshadowed the idea of change not being possible. I don't know, maybe I'm thinking too much about it. Point is, I'm pretty happy with the results. I just wonder how they would have differed had Obama still been African American and White but White on the outside.