Thursday, November 06, 2008
Words Fail
Nothing more needs to be said...
Although, today July 12, I've decided to comment.
Think what you want about Jesse Jackson, the man did pay his dues. He was there when MLK took a bullet, he's never really wavered from his mission, no matter what scandals get hung on him.
Even if the tears were staged (and I don't think they were) what this sums up is a lot of older hopes and disappointments borne by a lot of us about 50 and over. We remember the feelings of being robbed by "lone assassins" throughout the Sixties, during a time when real cultural change was being fought for seriously.
We are at one of those times again, only this time it's even more necessary, the stakes are even higher, and the chances are even greater.
Obama was the culmination of many things and contributors, from Martin Luther King to Michael Jackson.
Whether Obama turns out to be merely style, or if he lives up to his potential, the moment on that night was one of triumph, hopes realized, a moment were we briefly felt that yes we can, yes, We Will Overcome!
Although, today July 12, I've decided to comment.
Think what you want about Jesse Jackson, the man did pay his dues. He was there when MLK took a bullet, he's never really wavered from his mission, no matter what scandals get hung on him.
Even if the tears were staged (and I don't think they were) what this sums up is a lot of older hopes and disappointments borne by a lot of us about 50 and over. We remember the feelings of being robbed by "lone assassins" throughout the Sixties, during a time when real cultural change was being fought for seriously.
We are at one of those times again, only this time it's even more necessary, the stakes are even higher, and the chances are even greater.
Obama was the culmination of many things and contributors, from Martin Luther King to Michael Jackson.
Whether Obama turns out to be merely style, or if he lives up to his potential, the moment on that night was one of triumph, hopes realized, a moment were we briefly felt that yes we can, yes, We Will Overcome!
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