[WhiteRat]

It was exciting to watch him speak today even though I didn't vote for him.

It's still hard for me to really comprehend that the American people actually looked past race and voted who they thought was the best man for the job. Racism still exists in this country but to see Barack Obama as our president shows that we as a country are moving forward from hundreds of years of oppression and that, to me, is cause for celebration in itself.