I find it really strange that I am more interested in American politics than I am in Canadian politics. But when American politics is all over the media, then of course I am bound to have an opinion about America's election today. I am so excited to see what Obama's presidency will bring to America, to us Canadians, and to the world.
Here is a snippet from one of Obama's speeches; here is his American story:
"I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. I've gone to some of the best schools in America and lived in one of the world's poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners - an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.
It's a story that hasn't made me the most conventional candidate. But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts - that out of many, we are truly one."
-Remarks of America's newly elected President Barack Obama from his speech, "A More Perfect Union," in Philadelphia, PA on March 18, 2008.
Congratulations to all you Americans who voted for change! As a Canadian, I hope that this change will bring an evolved and united America.
Yay, Obama!
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