My Take on the Obama Nomination...

I woke up Wednesday morning proud...

I was proud that the man I had believed in from day one had become the first black Presidential nominee from a major party in American history...

I was proud that the politics of fear, straw man arguments, and misdirection failed...

I was proud that all the battles I had with Republicans, Conservatives, and Clinton supporters had been ultimately justified...

I was proud that Senator Obama was resilient enough to stand strong and never lose focus of what was truly important....offering a change from the typical "pay for play" politics that have plagued this country for decades...

I was proud of Hilary...for standing strong and fighting...

I was proud that I lived in an America where the majority of citizens no longer saw white flesh and a "Y Chromosome" as a prerequisite for leadership...

In his speech on Tuesday night, Senator Obama said:
" There are those who say that this primary has somehow left us weaker and more divided. Well I say that because of this primary, there are millions of Americans who have cast their ballot for the very first time. There are independents and Republicans who understand that this election isn't just about the party in charge of Washington, it's about the need to change Washington. There are young people, and African Americans, and Latinos, and women of all ages who have voted in numbers that have broken records and inspired a nation.

All of you chose to support a candidate you believe in deeply. But at the end of the day, we aren't the reason you came out and waited in lines that stretched block after block to make your voice heard. You didn't do that because of me or Senator Clinton or anyone else. You did it because you know in your hearts that at this moment—a moment that will define a generation—we cannot afford to keep doing what we've been doing. We owe our children a better future. We owe our country a better future. And for all those who dream of that future tonight, I say—let us begin the work together. Let us unite in common effort to chart a new course for America..."

My generation has been and will be defined by the leadership of a man that could have very well been one of our parents, Senator Barack Obama...

I have shouted for years...well, at least since I had the mind to actually pick up a book on politics, that America has needed new blood at the helm. Someone untainted by the moral rigor mortis that has been typical of our leadership for the past few decades, someone who does not seeing politics as a cushy job but rather a calling, a leader who cares for the people who give him power rather than the corporations who usurp that power daily...

Truth be told...I just wanted someone to look up to.

Is it too much to ask to turn on the TV and see someone who I can honestly say that I would like to be like? That understands me, my struggle, and the intellectual burden that lays heavy on me (and has crushed many of my peers) as a member of Dubois' Talented Tenth...

I would be less than an intelligent man if I didn't say that before I became an Obama supporter...I researched his platforms, focuses, and ideas. I looked at them objecively and found that my views matched up with his. I read his book, read his speeches, and listened to his platforms....and found myself working to get out the vote for Senator Obama.

Amusingly enough, for my support...I have received a lot of flack from my fellow Alabamians...

I've been called EVERYTHING under the sun...

While they play what I like to call the "Politics of the Soundbite"

This election reminds me of a Langston Hughes poem that I fell in love with as a child..."I, Too, Sing America"

"I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America..."

Young America....we are now at the table....and I am proud....

For the first time in my adult life....I can say I'm proud to be an American....

And I DON'T take it back...