| some initial thoughts |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|03:49 am] |
This movement that Obama has inspired, this "yes we can" business. It's serious stuff. And what he was asking of us in his speech was not light stuff. He was asking sacrifice and trust.
We have not been trusting of authority, especially the authority of the President, in a long time. In order for him to effectively lead, we are going to have to do that to some degree. He is going to be making some tough decisions in the next months and years, because as wonderful as the last 24 hours have felt, we are not in good times, my friends. And it will not be easy to pull out of them.
As far as sacrifice, it was not enough to vote. That was our part, yes, but it was only the beginning of our part. We need to take his call to action, his call to civic duty, his call to volunteerism, seriously. Our health care, our poor, our security, our children's education, our planet, our nation, are all in trouble. They all need help. He can't do it alone. What are you going to do to support him?
I may reword all this when I'm a little less post-election insomniac. |
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