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From the latest
issue:
Minister’s
Notes:
A New Day
Rev.
Jean Siegfried Darling
After
a tense election season, in which the divisions between Americans seemed
to be drawn even more sharply, we elected as our President the first
African American to hold that office.
Pundits
have said that it was the bad news about the economy that sent Barack
Obama over the top, or that it was Obama’s message of change during an
unpopular Republican administration.
I
believe, though, that people responded to their desire for our leaders
to do business in a new way, one that doesn’t involve strife and
contention, that instead attempts to arrive at solutions that involve
everyone concerned.
Obama
appealed to our desire to come together.
Early on election night in Grant Park, one (white) spectator was
discovered to be a Republican. He
had purchased a ticket for $150 over ebay.
The interviewer asked him why a Republican would want to be
there. He said (I’m
paraphrasing), “It’s an historic moment.
I wanted to be part of it.”
He was smiling.
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