I feel like Christmas has come early this year....I can't WAIT to cast my vote tomorrow. Yes, I know California is not a battleground state, but I still feel a swell of pride (and, indeed, that "H" word too) when I think of making my mark next to the name "Barack Obama." I recently learned the term Axial Age, and while I'm stretching the definition to fit here, I do feel that this moment is a pivotal one for our country, and cosequently for the world. LET'S DO THIS, PEOPLE!! I feel a massive tidal shift ongoing right now, and the election of Obama will be a signal flare launched high into the night....a rallying beacon for all of us who have wanted to believe that decency and common sense have not abandoned our great country once and for all. Electing Obama is a forceful statement of redirection, an affirmation of all the noble American qualities that have been hard to find in recent years. He is not a savior, but he is a reflection of the best of us - a reflection of our will to refocus our common goals as a nation. If we wish to honestly claim that we are a shining example to the rest of the world, we have to start acting like it. Tomorrow will be a great step in that direction.
And if tomorrow goes the other way, well, I'm moving to France.
GOBAMA!!!!!
-- kg
