What can I say? What should be said? YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! YIPPPPIE KY YAAAAAAYYYY MOFO!!!!! Okay now that I have that out of my system for a few minutes I will try to be humble. This is quite honestly a moment I thought would never come in my lifetime. I am ecstatic to say that it did. Now the hard work begins. Yeah yeah, he has the least attractive job at the worst time in history and has many things to accomplish. And that is the part that is really hard. Not the economy, not foreign policy, because we would be kidding ourselves if we all thought those things would be easy. The hard part is doing the job in a way that sends the message that HE deserved the chance to do the job and that while HE represents African Americans and multicultural people that his successes or failures do not belong to all people of color or of mixed parentage. What he will teach all those who think otherwise is that for hundreds of years many looked down their noses at people for things other than their character and ability and made judgments based on those things. Guess what you were wrong if you did. There will be many people who let out the truly ugly side of themselves because they did not want to see an African American be the leader of the so called free world. I mean heaven forbid an African American be put in charge of something so important as a sports franchise, a city or a country. This is the road to ruin some of them will say. You will even hear from the African American side of things statements like “well he is only half black”. President-Elect Obama will have to fight these wars on the home front as well as the two wars the current administration has left him with. Not to mention restoring the world perception of the United States of America. So again, what can be said?
My answer is this, in every first there has to be a right person for a right moment. The majority of the country decided he was the right person for this moment. Yes there have been great African American candidates for President, but in the end, someone has to be Jackie Robinson and someone has to be Satchel Paige. President-Elect Obama’s presidency will be challenged, scrutinized and belittled. President-Elect Obama will face far more turmoil at home than abroad. President-Elect Obama will be seen as elitist, aloof and uppity. President-Elect Obama will face his own demons as well as those who come out of the woodwork from either side to test him. That said, like Jackie Robinson I believe we will all find, President-Elect Barack Obama is the right man for the right time.
Can I get an Amen from the Congregation??!!!
