Originally Posted by
ahmonrah
For the first time in recorded american history, a "PERSON OF COLOR" has been named or elected president/commander-in-chief of the most powerful/influential country in the world. this is something that most people, if not all, in this country either never thought they'd see, or simply didnt want to see. but now it's a reality.
I called my grandfather, who was a sharecropper, telling him the news and for the first time that i've known ever, he cried. i've heard the stories of him escaping lynch mobs, participating in the great migration, which took many like him(sharecroppers, uneducated and a decendents of slaves) to chicago, where i was born. now for my grandfather to see that a man that looks like him....now being proclaimed the elected president of this same country is a great deal.
but beyond that...what has been done today makes it known that, if this is the "GREAT MELTING POT" that we've been led to think of as the united states, then ANYONE regardless of ethnic history, so long as your an american citizen with a solid background can, and should become president, from the bosnian kid that's born in the united states to indians(red dot), asian and latinos who are first or second generation americans to be able to reach the same pinnacle that OBAMA and prior presidents have reached.
it still goes to say that we have to see how he will perform as our president of the USA, and knowing he's going to be scrutinized more than any other person that's taken the position of president and he, i'm sure, is well aware of the challenges that he will face and the staunch criticism of a black man even being in the presidential seat.
my hope is now that this milestone in history has come forth, this country will open its mind to the fact that any person, regardless of their racial background, can and should aspire to reach this position and if they have what it takes to do so, become the president.
my next vote for president in 2025 is either DIRTYOCTOPUS, THINKFAST!! OR RANDOMGUY!!!