And yes, we did.<\/p>\n
My husband, who until recently thought he’d never live to see this day, has been predicting a revolution. He felt that as the divide between the haves and the have-nots continued to widen, that there would come a moment when ordinary people would revolt and take to the streets in protest. Whenever he said this I envisioned scenes from history books and movies of the French Revolution.<\/p>\n
This morning I remembered that the revolution has long been underway (I was, after all, a child of the sixties who supported Dr. King and protested the Vietnam War and marched on Washington) and I realized that the struggle became vibrant once again the day Obama declared his candidacy. It’s been a true grassroots revolution, and last night people around the world took to the streets…in celebration. Tears flowed, but no blood.<\/p>\n
I was struck not only by the grace and honesty of Obama’s acceptance speech (transcript<\/strong><\/a>), which I expected, but also by the\u00c2\u00a0 decency and generosity of McCain’s concession speech (transcript<\/strong><\/a>). He said what his supporters needed to hear, despite their unwillingness to hear it.<\/p>\n Now the really hard work begins. Can we do it? Yes, we can.<\/p>\n Barack Obama accepts:
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