The Lovely Parting Gift (Mary Lyon)

[Tace]

Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust

I woke up one morning feeling like I'd awakened in a different country. Sort of. Barack Obama's passing the numerical finish line was still not quite the end of the Democratic primary season. "She" had yet to concede. It should have been All-Obama-All-the-Time, but it wasn't. Very well then. He's handled this turn of events as a gentleman, which seems to be his style. This Obama supporter deeply appreciates his behavior and thinks he's correct. It's like a lovely parting gift.

Barack Obama's victory on the first Tuesday in June, 2008, has many substantial and credible claims to standing alone in the spotlight. It was a landmark for the ages. It was historic. It was revolutionary, and revelatory about ourselves -- how his elevation lifts us farther up and out of the pit of racism. Perhaps, the calendar and the last seven-and-a-half monstrous years notwithstanding, it marks the real kickoff of a new American millennium. Yes, this is one for the books -- a singular, and singularly earth-shattering event.

But it wasn't just any ol' middle-aged/older white guy he beat. We mustn't forget that Obama's toughest opponent was also a landmark and also historic. We've had not one, but two, parallel glass-ceiling-breakers throughout the entire campaign. The leap Barack Obama took for people of color Hillary Clinton took for women. Her achievement, going the distance as she did, should not be discounted, and stands on equal footing with his. No leader of either group had ever climbed this high. But each of these extraordinary people did just that -- at the same time.

Why did we get not one but two at once? Was this another twist on "buy one, get one free"? Is the need in our country so ridiculously overwhelming that "when we said we wanted change, WE WEREN'T KIDDING!!!"? Are we that sick of George W. Bush & Partners., LLC? That last one, I believe, is a big part of it. I think it explains why this campaign season started more than a year ago, and we're still months away from the general election. Yes, we're that fed up. It's almost as though much of America seems determined to push itself ahead -- almost forcibly. Not only have we as Democrats been actively searching for Bush's replacement for a record length of time, but our two finalists stood farther outside the conventional than ever before. It was unavoidable. Either way, we were going to make history. We seem to have insisted on it.

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http://www.worldnewstrust.com/wnt-reports/commentary/the-lovely-parting-gift-mary-lyon.html

[Tace]

1. Kick For Mary

: )

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. Kick for the article's author, DU's calimary... because ...

"Yes, we're that fed up."

[Kukesa]

3. Wow! Nice going, calimary! n/t

[calimary]

5. Yes. We ARE that fed up. Made HuffPo, too!

huffingtonpost.com/mary-lyon/the-lovely-parting-gift_b_105362.html

I want EVERYBODY to know we're THAT FED UP!!!!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

6. Let's make that clickable...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-lyon/the-lovely-parting-gift_b_105362.html

[calimary]

7. Thank you, A-S!

:hi:

[calimary]

4. Thanks Tace!

Pretty wild week so far, 'eh?

And it's not over yet.

:hi:

[klyon]

8. Thanks Mary you are so right

We need all the voices out there hammering the Republicans into submission, Hillary included. There is much work yet to do before and after the election

K

[Samantha]

9. Well, some things should never change - YOU, for instance,

You and your threads are perfect the way they are!

But as for our government, our economy, the war in Iraq, the environment, the lobbyists' control over Washington -- I could go on and on, as you know -- all these things serious need change -- and Barack Obama is just the man to do it.

Congratulations on making the Huffington website AGAIN. :toast:

Sam

PS I am STILL thinking about what would be an appropriate parting gift for George W. Bush* - but that's too difficult to decide in a rush. But a one-way ticket out of DC in itself is great, and he certainly will be given that! God have mercy on Crawford.

[Samantha]

10. A bump in the night!

In case you are still up and have the night light on ...

[A-Schwarzenegger]

11. One more keek for a great read...

:)