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What Barack Obama's election win means to me |
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| Nov 05, 2008 02:00 PM UTC |
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Filed under: Good news, Politics, Financial Crisis I am an American. I am an African-American woman. I am a Barack Obama supporter. I cast my ballot Tuesday, then stayed up all night watching the results roll in from the presidential race with my family who wanted to witness the historic event together. The evening stirred up a bevy of emotions: anxiety, joy, optimism, pride. I shed tears just thinking that I could possibly witness the election of the first black U.S. president. I never imagined I'd see this in my lifetime. Our president-elect showed just how momentous this milestone is during his acceptance speech when he told of a 106-year-old voter from Atlanta named Ann Nixon Cooper who "was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin." Obama's election is truly a time for celebration for the African-American community and, I'd argue, the nation. Did I vote for Obama just because he is black? Certainly not. But he definitely won and lost votes solely for this reason. Yes, he is of mixed race, but let's be honest, we all see a black man. Our economy -- the number one issue for me in this election -- is in shambles. As the business news editor for AOL, I've watched in horror this year as we've covered a beaten down stock market, the collapse of once-venerable firms like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns and the changing landscape on Wall Street. We've seen a real estate crisis that has resulted in record-level foreclosures and plunging home prices and close to a million jobs lost. I have no doubt that between Obama and John McCain, Obama is the right person for the job during this troubled time for our country. Continue reading What Barack Obama's election win means to me What Barack Obama's election win means to me originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
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