I would like to think that even if I wasn't born a black man, my belief in MLK's passage "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" would be as strong and passionate as it has been to me since I was but a young child. America made a huge step towards that yesterday when as MSNBC put it, it is the first mostly white nation that has ever elected an African American to a position where he has at least a 50:50 chance to become the leader of that country.
It isn't that the Democrats have elected 'a black man' to lead their party, but such a well spoken, very qualified, articulate, bright visionary man, who happens as Willie Brown put it "to have a terrific tan".
I can't even try to describe how proud I am of Barack Obama in taking this very important step in making so much of a world believe "Yes We can". As a very close friend told me last night, America really is the land of opportunity for all its flaws.
Congrats to America, Congrats to Obama and congrats to people globally who believe passionately in that line from Martin Luther King.
P.S. can someone please tell the Clintons that that race is over :-)
rsp
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