We were watching CNN on a BIG screen and it was so strange to see images of people in Kenya, the UK and Australia watching us in Grant Park, celebrating with us. I mean, the helicopter was hovering over our heads and the image of us, this gigantic crowd was being beamed all over the world. I couldn’t even see the stage where Obama spoke from my vantage point, but I felt like we were all on the stage, that we were the ones being celebrated. Alot of the Americanisms of democracy, liberty, popular sovereignty, beacon of light, city on a hill etc. that have worn so thin for me have been given a new meaning.
grant
Nov 05 2008
12:14 pm
We were watching CNN on a BIG screen and it was so strange to see images of people in Kenya, the UK and Australia watching us in Grant Park, celebrating with us. I mean, the helicopter was hovering over our heads and the image of us, this gigantic crowd was being beamed all over the world. I couldn’t even see the stage where Obama spoke from my vantage point, but I felt like we were all on the stage, that we were the ones being celebrated. Alot of the Americanisms of democracy, liberty, popular sovereignty, beacon of light, city on a hill etc. that have worn so thin for me have been given a new meaning.