The Outsidr

History has been made. America now has its first black President Elect and come January 20th, we will have our first black President. One can only imagine how the pioneers of the civil rights movement would feel on this day, when public writings like these two emerge:

Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States – Fred Wilson

Proud To Be an American – Mark Cuban

Had someone looked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the eyes during his toils and told him that on November 4, 2008, the American people would elect a black President at a staggering margin, his eyes would have welled instantly. To have known that his efforts and the efforts of other civil rights visionaries would bear fruit to this extent – I cannot even begin to fathom what he would have felt.

Had that person gone on to tell him that the very next day, rich white Americans would not only publicly welcome this black President, but also embrace the tax increases for the wealthy he would put in place… Dr. King would have fallen off of his chair.

November 4th, 2008 will go down in history as one of the most significant days this country has ever seen and Obama has achieved one of the greatest accomplishments of our history as a united nation. Congratulations are in order for him but more importantly, for America. In a time where the United States is literally on the verge of collapse in every sense of the word, Obama’s victory instills a new hope. He is brilliant, he is motivated, he is young, he is ambitious and perhaps most admirably for a politician, he is sincere. Barack Obama is the change this country so badly needed to survive. He will inherit America in a time of turmoil and his will be the most important Presidency of our collective lifetime. His performance as head of state remains to be seen but I firmly believe that under Obama’s leadership, we can finally begin to undo the unmitigated disaster that our political leaders and financial institutions have brought upon us over the past decade.

Dr. King had a dream and against all odds, his dream has been realized. What a country.