...because at this moment I am not weeping, I am not throwing things against the wall, and I am not shouting out profanities at the loudest volume my voice can muster. The temporary wave of upset and anger and fear has dissipated, and in its place, is hope. Not the kind of hope that goes along with the Change that Obama's been prescribing. It's not that kind of hope because I have never believed in that kind of hope and won't start now. No, my kind of hope is different. My hope is that everything I've heard and learned about the man over the last few months, or at least a great deal of it, was completely false, partially exaggerated or fabricated, or a part of his past that no longer holds any sort of claim to the man he is today. I want to believe that the kind of change he has been promising throughout his entire campaign is a good kind of change, a kind of change that all Americans will be able to embrace and get behind, not just those who voted for him. I would absolutely love to grow to like him. I would absolutely love to learn to trust him. I hope he can do a good job. I hope he doesn't ruin the country. I hope this isn't the start of Obamageddon, as some clever journalists have foreseen. I'm all for giving people a chance, an opportunity to prove themselves. I suppose politicians can fall under this particular category of "people" as well. So, I'm all for giving President Obama a chance.

Besides, how could I actually get away with being upset and angry when I was witnessing history on my TV screen? Sure, he's the 44th President of the United States of America, but he is the first freakin' African American President EVER. And to think that thirty, forty, fifty years ago, the country was still deep in all that stupid Civil Rights stuff, all that idiotic bigotry. As someone who was raised and believes he is colorblind, I have never really understood why all that happened in the first place. Every human being is a freakin' human being. End of story. But that's not how everyone was brought up to think in years past. It seems that we as a nation have now turned a new leaf on the matter. For this, I am celebrating Obama's election. I may not like the guy at present, but I can admire him for his determination and perseverance and for the courage he showed he possesses when he first decided to run for the esteemed position of President of the United States. The fact that he won tells a lot about today's Americans and about him. It is because he overcame so many obstacles and now stands on top, grandly making his way into American history, already leaving behind a great legacy, that I celebrate his election. Best of luck, I say.

This [hopefully] concludes my politically-themed blog posts for at least a long time. Thanks for bearing with me. Good night and God bless. :)