Poetic Justice
The United States and Ukraine no longer seem to be in synch,
After Trump lifted Russia sanctions with a grin and a wink.
Trump coordinated it with Putin,
Who ramped up the drone shooting,
After Trump and Elon Musk throttled Ukraine’s Starlink.
Yes, we certainly did elect Obama!
At 11:00pm Tuesday, Nov. 4th, when West Coast voting ended and the networks all confirmed that Barack Obama had been elected President of the United States of America, I could swear I actually felt the quake of a collective sigh of relief from the entire world, followed in a nanosecond by a shriek of joy and exhilaration like nothing I’ve ever heard to this day in my lifetime.
The America of dreams and ideals that we all once took for granted has officially returned from a period of darkness, distraction and confusion to live again with a renewed sense of higher purpose to make this little planet of ours a better place for everyone!
I watched the scene in Grant Park on TV while holding hands with my wife and as we listened to John McCain’s gracious concession speech and then watched and listened to our next President talk to America in his acceptance speech, I felt that ‘quake’ of emotion again and again.
As I watched and reflected upon how far America had come for me…a 57-year old, white, small business owner in Florida, originally from a little industrial, working-class town in Michigan adjacent to Detroit and tucked in between the steel mills on the Detroit River and massive Ford Rouge Auto plant complex…I found my thoughts going back to my high school days and of the many African-American friends that I grew up with there in the 1960s. I found myself smiling and thinking of the joy and emotions that must be in their hearts to see in our lifetime that the rest of America has finally grown up and finally accepted something we learned together back then in our high school…that it is really true that regardless of ‘race, creed or color’, we are all equal in the eyes of America…and beginning right now, the melting pot of people called ‘Americans’ will forever work together to make America everything it can and should be as a force for good and peace in this world!
I am truly still overwhelmed. Thank you, America! The very best of you has shown through on Nov. 4th, 2008…just like my high school friends and I have long hoped…America really IS that ‘shining beacon on a hill’.
Note: ‘Thank YOU’, Pensito…your coverage of what this election was really all about is right up there with the best I’ve seen. GQP