I like KO!

He tells it like it is!

Why this cartoonist makes Obama's children look like monkeys?

Its funny, I have had people congratulating me since Tuesday night, and I am sure that most of it is becuase I am

a.) American and

b.) AfroAmerican....

But a lot of it has come from people who know how I have faught for Obama to win. A dear friend and Masonic brother of mine, calls Obama an, "empty suit."

Boyd is someone I love as much as any of my friends, and he has been a friend. But he is SOOOOO wrong. Empty suits do not create the phenomenon that Barack Obama has created. Will he live up to his potential and his promise? I truly think he will, because for him to fail is unthinkable. Empty suit implies someone who really does not have what they seem to. Obama's record in and of itself, including destroying two of the most powerful political machines in the country (The Clinton and GOP machines), on his way to a landslide victory, is proof that he is far more than pretty speeches...

Martin Luther King looked down from the mountain top and saw the promised land. It is highly unlikely that he saw Barack Obama looking up at him. But like Josua, Obama has claimed that Valley for all of us. It was so moving seeing veteran journalist cry or nearly cry on Tuesday night.

We did it. We elected an African American man, a progressive and a purveyor of HOPE to the Presidency. We have been in the Wilderness for eight years, and it is nothing less than incredible. I wish my parents, my older sisters and brothers and so many others who did not live to see this day, HAD lived.

The fact is that the world has witnessed something I never expected to see in my lifetime... US as a people, overcoming our prejudices and taking a chance on something called HOPE.

Continue reading "My Prayer has been answered...."

It seems Palin was even worse than we thought...

McCain got STOMPED by 201 Elecctoral votes and 7,970,660 yeah that almost 8 Million votes people... And the extreme Right Wing is still looking for issues to nitpick. I had a hilarious exchange yesterday on Wizbang, which has always been one of my favorite Wingnut sites.

As you can see, they are living in a very ANGRY fantasy world, anticipating doom and gloom while the rest of the nation... and even the world, celebrates, and even Old School Republican Operatives like Ed Rollins calls him, "Presidential."

These people are in a distinct minority.

The temptation is high to gloat. To get IN THE FACE of ignorant people like this.

Short, angry, bitter, and in the minority. I now feel as I believe Justice Ginsberg felt at that time. This election was not, despite the hype, the grand demonstration of egalitarian democracy and the fulfillment of promised ideals. Rather, it proved that a slick thug from Chicago with no executive experience whatsoever can get elected President if he has enough money, is protected from tough questions by a complicit media, and runs a campaign on pure style and hype. It's not just for con men anymore.

But I think Obama's speech last night, and the almost 63 Millon people who voted for him, demand something more of us.

I woke my son last night when the results were announced and shared the moment with he and my family. My wife and kids are thoroughly Costa Rican, so it has been a lonely 11 months for me, and I watched, celebrated and even cried... alone at times. But last night they got it, even my wife who was a Hillary fan if anything.... GOT IT. They looked at the huge crowd of people in Chicago. They watched the students gathered at the gates of the White House, they watched the reaction around the world, and THEY GOT IT.

My baby daughter asked me why I was crying last night... Why so many people were crying. I saved the copy of todays Costa Rican newspaper for her.

One day she will understand. One of the most moving things for me was watching people like Collin Powell weep...
Or watching the celebrations around the world. Something amazing happened yesterday, and honestly, I feel sorry for those people whos own personal prejudices, whether they be racial or partisan, prevent them from sharing in a very remarkable moment for our country and the world.

As a black man, born in 1960... someone who has dealt with discrimination... someone who has been called Nigger to his face... I can not describe in mere words this moment for me. Translate my tears of joy and share with me, this moment of sublime hope.

I feel myself quite unworthy of documenting this moment. The images we view today throughout the world are so much more powerful than mere words.

So a few petty, angry people, who would seek to belittle what we as a country have accomplished are to be pitied. Those who's racism would not allow them to vote for a black man yesterday missed out on a great opportunity to change forever for the better our great nation. Those who voted for McCain out of a sincere belief that he was a better candidate, have an open invitation from Our President Elect, to be part of the solution... Lets hope that they elect to do so. For the moment, I have no more words to contribute, instead I invite you to review the video of the President Elect's remarks from last night....

God Bless America!

And make it count baby!

Who has become my hero.

This clown is obviously a Republican plant. Put that moron from McCains rally that demanded that McCain bring up Reverend Wright, Ghettoize him and put him in front of a camera. Notice how he says, "Democrat," party? What a joke@