It’s Pretty Amazing Isn’t It?

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 | Uncategorized

Happy Wednesday!

1. Yesterday was amazing. No matter who you voted for, I’m not sure you can deny the power of last night. Here are some thoughts!

-McCain’s concession speech was really amazing. It was a reminder that the man I admired still lingered, not completely destroyed by the morally compromising rigors of a campaign. It wouldn’t have changed my vote, but can you imagine how different this campaign had been if the discourse between Obama and McCain had been at such a high level throughout?

-Obama’s speech was stunning. Tears flowed, which is what happens to me when I hear about 106 year old women and the struggles they’ve been through. What an amazing touch, to put the scope of the American experience through the eyes of one citizen. His ability to make the gigantic personal is one of his truly great strengths. The room I was in, was completely silent during his speech (the room was half actors, so that was kind of a mini miracle in and of itself), all of us taking in both what he was saying and this once in a lifetime experience.

-I couldn’t help but wish I was in Chicago last night.

-Last night I went to bed and wondered if all of this hope, this very real hope, would manifest itself into progress. If it doesn’t, then there was no point to any of this.

Mike

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