I just spent over an hour surfing news web sites, here and around the world, and I’m stunned.
The world, except for Russia, is happy about this guy making it into office.
I was digging through photos of people around the world, seeing photographs of people reacting to his victory last night. And all across the board, all around the world, there are people SMILING. Not a quick smile as a reaction to something, but a deep seated, I am really happy right now sort of smile. World leaders are using this election as a vehicle for patching up bad relations with America.
One country leader after another said things along the lines that they’re happy Americans have shown that they can affect change, that they needed someone they can believe in and trust, that they’ve elected someone with intelligence and grace, a man with a commanding presence, a man they think they can have much more meaningful conversations with than Bush and company. They’re happy to see that Americans disprove of what America represented to the world for the last 8 years.
The world, no, really, pretty much the world just changed last night. For the better. We have not just a new president, but a new leader. A decider with enough intelligence and sense to decide things.
We have a new and greatly improved Decider.
Decider 2.0
I can’t help but to feel proud of the people in America. However it was done, people got together and worked hard for an important, common goal. The election of this man to office won’t erase the evil and bad karma of the last 8 years, I honestly don’t think that can, or will, ever happen. But this man has just stepped up to the plate to tackle the worst mess I dare say, that this country has ever been in. I mean, we just elected an ANTI WAR guy in the MIDDLE OF WAR! As far as I can think, I don’t think we’ve ever done that before.
Hope. The man has just given all of us an amazing gift, the gift of hope, real hope, at a time where so many people have lost hope, or are standing at the edge, ready to tumble into the darkness of despair. Barack’s Hope is not a dimwitted, hollow, and empty half hearted speech to tell us that everything’s gonna be fine, just for the sake of making the effort to at least look like he’s concerned.
Real Hope. We can all feel it. It’s tangible, it’s in the air. And it’s not just here, but it’s world wide. The world is joyously celebrating the man we just elected, against all odds, to the most powerful position in the world, the President of the United States of America.
Tonight, when my wife gets home, I’m going to do something I haven’t been able to bring myself to do ever since George W. Bush declared we were at war with Iraq.
I’m going to unfold our flag of the United States of America, I’m going to attach it to the pole in front of our home, and display it again, with pride. I have wanted to do this for quite a few years, but I just hated what this country had turned into, as far as our countries values and reputation in the world. Don’t get me wrong. I love this country, and always have. What I hated is what a group of evil, greedy ideologues had turned this country into. We deserve better than what the last 8 years has given us.
Tonight, our flag will fly once again, and finally, after too many years of absolute heartbreak at what she had become, I’m happy, genuinely happy, to be an American, and thrilled to know that as of last night, we’ve got someone at the helm that will put us back on track. All I ever wanted from a President is the America that is promised to me by my country.
Last night, the world just changed for the better.