The American people have spoken and elected Barack Obama as their 44th President. As a relative newcomer to the topsy-turvy and scandalous world of politics, I’m filled with pride, happiness, relief and faith in the future through which our new leader has pledged to guide us. And while Obama’s campaign was run on the platform of hope and change, I hope that Americans, first-time voters and other converts to the political process don’t slip back into apathy with the expectation that government and the new guard will change things for the better, dutifully take care of them and ask little in return. The President-elect even said in his acceptance speech last night, “This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you... So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other.”
Obama certainly has his work cut out for him; the situation he’s inheriting is indeed daunting. Though his message resonated with the majority of voters, he still made some big promises that, if he intends to keep, will require considerable patience, sacrifice, and investment on our collective part. Change won’t come easily and instantly, but it will come.
LISTEN TO SAM COOKE’S “A CHANGE IS GONNA COME”
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