Obama!
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there were 2 point in his speech last night that made me feel moved.
1) when he spoke about Ann-Nixon Cooper, the woman who had seen the country meet so many milestones with her own two eyes from 1 generation past slavery to the election of a man who is mixed.
It shows we have progressed as a nation - beyond color and are reaching toward improvement with the candidate that the majority of America believed in.
2) (and this excerpt) Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
- I was moved by the whole thing.hallelujah
- not surprisingly, I wepthallelujah