romanedirisinghe.com » Yes We Can http://romanedirisinghe.com Roman Edirisinghe's Rapidly Decomposing Site Thu, 27 May 2010 19:13:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Until Last Night http://romanedirisinghe.com/2008/11/05/until-last-night/ http://romanedirisinghe.com/2008/11/05/until-last-night/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:08:32 +0000 Roman Edirisinghe http://romanedirisinghe.com/?p=796
  • Until last night, I had been ashamed of the choices that the people of the United States made politically.
  • Until last night, it was impossible for me to travel overseas and not feel sheepish whenever conversations gravitated toward U.S. politics.
  • Until last night, I honestly believed that the people of this country were slaves to obsolete belief systems.
  • Until last night, I had lost faith in the political process of the U.S.A.
  • Until last night, I thought it improbable that an African American would get elected president in my lifetime.
  • Until last night, I had never known what it was to feel pride in an elected official.

    • This is the first time in my life I can proudly declare a sense of nationalistic pride, that we, the people of the United States of America, elected a president who embodies our values, hopes and goals.

    I have no illusions about the challenges ahead. I just believe that my generation and many others have finally declared, “Yes We Can!”

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