Reply #132: As an older tough non standard kind of white woman [View All]

[DeschutesRiver]

this moment has brought me to tears and with a big smile on the side for the hope I feel right now.

I just almost have no words to express what I am feeling. You are correct about what has impressed me about this young man, from the start when I had no clue who he was, to what I watched as he grew into this role of nominee. It was about character, a candidate that at times in my own personal life has caused me to reflect "well, this situation I am facing stinks. How would a smart and gracious guy like Obama, who I know would recognize the injustice in what I see and be just as angry, handle this better than what I've come up with?"

What a gift to be able to inspire people to be just a little better, just a bit more even handed about things. It is a quality I just haven't seen in a presidental candidate in my lifetime, how about that? And what he will say to the entire world about not where America is at right now, so much as where we hope to go with every citizen participating without regard to color. An America where we can all be the color we were born (or like me, the color I was born without!) and let it be something that we are happy about and damned proud of being, not something that targets us or makes life hard and unjust in one way or another.

I am proud of this young AA man who is wiser than his years, grateful that he ran for office, and I hope to stick around long enough that someday as an ancient woman, I can still think back to what this felt like, and smile even more about what has come to pass by then.

Special congrats to you on this moment - it is so very big.