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Monday, January 19, 2009 "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, 'Wait.'..but..when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of 'nobodiness'..then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait. There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the eve of one of the most important events in the history of the United States, Dr. King's words, so long echoing the despair of the last eight (or is it 300+?) years, seem like a hopeful cry from out of the wilderness. Yet the cynic in me speaks its small, still voice. The cynic that has learned to hold all politicians at an arm's length. The cynic that has been bitten relentlessly by Kerry's lukewarm campaign, by Elliot Spitzer and John Edwards' downfalls. The cynic who aches to see the incoming President set new precedents for excellence, yet would tell me "I told you so," if he failed. That small, still voice that knows all too well, though in a far different and less immediate way, the "degenerating sense of 'nobodiness'" that the recent years have wrought. I imagine that having been of voting age only from the 2000 election onward and experiencing nothing but the Bush administration is akin to having had the same experience under Nixon - only without the satisfying, demeaning ending for the lead villain. This actor has been strutting and fretting in a tragedy, not a comedy. I hope the idealist in me triumphs. A lot is at stake. As a friend of mine put it, "he's got to be a Jackie Robinson." As the unfair double standard of achievement continues to be applied in our society, Obama does, indeed, have to go in aiming for heights that the average president has not enjoyed. The inauguration is an incredibly historic and amazing thing to witness. The moment it's done, the clock starts ticking. Please, soon-to-be Mr. President. We're counting on you. posted by J. Neas | 1/19/2009 10:05:00 PM
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