This Dawn
- By Eddie Phanichkul
- Published 01/20/2009
It is dawn.
A new day is here and as if the world had held its breath for so many years, a sigh of relief and knowledge of comfort has replaced fears of hopelessness.
Today Barack H. Obama was sworn into the office of President of the United States. "Yes we can" is now echoed as "yes we did," and remembrances of the phrase "we shall overcome" has given way to "we have overcome." The President promises a new America, one of responsible government and leadership. Exactly how much of the Bush Administration's policies will be reversed has yet to be determined, but the majority of the new wave elite, young democrats, and centrists believe that much of what the Bush Administrations failures will be corrected.
In the last 8 years I have seen this country go through hell. I can tell my children I was there for the historic 2000 election, the pitiful 2004 re-election, and the historic 2008 election. I am now a part of history like my father before me, and my children will be.
I only wish Kirsten was able to witness it live.
Cheers to a new dawn, a new day, a new America.
A new day is here and as if the world had held its breath for so many years, a sigh of relief and knowledge of comfort has replaced fears of hopelessness.
Today Barack H. Obama was sworn into the office of President of the United States. "Yes we can" is now echoed as "yes we did," and remembrances of the phrase "we shall overcome" has given way to "we have overcome." The President promises a new America, one of responsible government and leadership. Exactly how much of the Bush Administration's policies will be reversed has yet to be determined, but the majority of the new wave elite, young democrats, and centrists believe that much of what the Bush Administrations failures will be corrected.
In the last 8 years I have seen this country go through hell. I can tell my children I was there for the historic 2000 election, the pitiful 2004 re-election, and the historic 2008 election. I am now a part of history like my father before me, and my children will be.
I only wish Kirsten was able to witness it live.
Cheers to a new dawn, a new day, a new America.
