Return to Hope

jami, i sure will be glad when your man Obama finally takes office and you get off of your soap box. Seems like everytime you have your last word you always bring up how far you have come after all those lost years. Will you be singing the same tune when he doesn't deliver on half of his campaign promises??

Jami,

Having spent most of my childhood in a foreign country (because my Father was military) I LOVE America. I saw the Berlin Wall. I saw the poverty and lack of expected comforts in other countries that we Americans enjoy. We ARE the greatest Country in the world. We are truly blessed. However, for some reason, most Americans do not question our public officials about major events. We accept what we are told with little to no protest. I.E. The Kennedy Murders, The threat of Iran, and many more events too numerous to name. Americans are now demanding answers from our soon to be ex-president (as should have been done all along) to explain why he sent our young men and women into harms way. Now, the future of America has been placed into the hands of a descendant of slaves. We look to the President-elect to solve all of our problems. I can only hope He is up to the challange. I can also hope He is more honest with the American people. It has been the assumption of our elected officials, that we, the American people can not handle the truth. This leads to conspiracy theories. I too can only hope for our President-elect Barack Obama. We are truly on the cusp of a new way of doing business. Now, if only the "old guard" would step aside for TRUTH, HONESTY and what should have always been THE AMERICAN WAY!

I have to agree with you Jami.

There is a return to HOPE, thanks to Barack Obama. He's got a huge job ahead of him, I HOPE he can do it. If he fails, I HOPE we don't re-elect him in four years just because he holds so much HOPE for Americans in general, and African-Americans in particular. We re-elected Dubya just because he was the kind of guy you could have a beer with. I HOPE we learned a lesson there. We don't need just a charismatic, tell-you-what-you-wanna-hear guy, we need someone that can turn this country around. I HOPE Barack Obama is that man. If he's not, I HOPE we can move on from The Dream and find the right one.

Liz-

Barack Obama is NOT a descendant of slaves. His father was an African, his mother was a white woman.

Spider, there were slaves in his family tree. Ok. So he was not directly a descendant of slaves. Either way, America should be proud of itself. It is time to put the civil war to bed and move on. The election of Barack Obama is the first step in bringing us together as one nation. FYI... I am not black. I am white. Blonde hair blue eyes, and proud to stand by anyone whom is brown. After the election my handiapped son told me this: "The BROWN man won mommy." We should all be so truthful. No matter what OBAMA does, it has to be better than having an idiot as the leader of the free world!

Spider, there were slaves in his family tree. Ok. So he was not directly a descendant of slaves. Either way, America should be proud of itself. It is time to put the civil war to bed and move on. The election of Barack Obama is the first step in bringing us together as one nation. FYI... I am not black. I am white. Blonde hair blue eyes, and proud to stand by anyone whom is brown. After the election my handiapped son told me this: "The BROWN man won mommy." We should all be so truthful. No matter what OBAMA does, it has to be better than having an idiot as the leader of the free world!

Amen, Jami. Your post is beautifully written. Please don't let those who only wish to inject their negativity into the conversation bother you. No one is perfect, and only fools expect perfection from the new administration. There are those who wish for Obama to fail because they want nothing more than to be validated with an "I told you so." They are ego-identified with their culture of origin and can't imagine that anything else is valid. It's sad and we should feel pity for those who can't see beyond their own ideologies. The bottom line is that we all need to live together on this planet, in this country, in a way that shows we care about each other. We need to all work together- all races and creeds- and those who wish to keep trying to start fights will hopefully find there is less room and tolerance for their form of pollution.

Hypothetically Barack Obama, being half white and half black and elected by blacks and whites AND Hispanics AND Chinese AND Japanese AND Jews AND Christians etc. so he should be able to serve without prejudice and that means by blacks or whites or any other.

....is the Brooklyn bridge still for sale?

Excuse me, but has anyone noticed the demeanor of the defendant.
He has had dead pan expression througout the proceedings. He has been coached to appear this way because if he showed thue emotions he would eventually give himself away.

Black Friday, Indeed! Terror in India! Yes
World Outrage, yes
Two American Deaths in America by Americans (Walmart), Yes
Where is the outrage?
Pogo was right, the enemy is us!

Americans have realy shown the world that they are practicing a very matured democracy. Little did anybody know that a black man would rule Americans some day to come. They exhibited tolerance and at the end of the day, Americans are living in peace. Ghanaians have 8 days more to go to the polls to vote for the next man to rule Ghana. it is my hope that we take a cue from how the Americans voted peaceful and learn from them so that our peace can be kept come december 8.

@LONNIE Just an "F.Y.I."....Obama is not "Jami's man," he's OUR man, he's his OWN man, he is, whether YOU like it or not, the president elect. Secondly, Jami can say whatever the heck she WANTS on "The Last Word," it's an editorial. Don't like it? Change channels during that part of her show. I happen to know that a lot of people LIKE her editorials, and a lot agree with them, as well. So although you are entitled to your opinion, it's pretty hypocritical to be espousing yours, while being doggedly nasty about hers. If you want to be free to "speak your piece," then you have to offer others the same unfettered right. Apart from the fact that what you said is comical, as though the Republicans have ever "come through" on all of their "promises." I have a question for YOU....will YOU be "singing the same tune," when he delivers much more than what you expected?

Liz-

Not every Black man is a descendant of slaves. Barack Obama's father was an African, as was his grandfather, great-grandfather, etc. No slaves. Barack Obama's mother was a White woman from Kansas, USA. No slaves, unless someone in her family owned slaves.

BARACK OBAMA IS NOT A DESCENDANT OF SLAVES.

It is not projecting negativity when someone refuses to accept the air of ignorant positivism that this election has caused. Barack Obama is just a man, dispite the idea that he is the Second Coming. He has a big job ahead of him. He made a lot of campaign promises, not the least of which was CHANGE. That is the first promise he has abandoned. There are other promises, including Health Care and Education reform, that he has all but told us he will have to abandon or delay. I, for one, am not going to sit back and, with a warm glow, watch him run this country, without a watchful eye on him.
That is not negativity, that is realism.

I am white. How can the black people get over what happened years ago if everyone keeps gloating on the subject? The only thing i WILL say about it is i think it was a horrible way to treat people. I didn`t vote for Barack Obama but i`m willing to give anyone a chance. I have never seen a president in my 58 years do anything to help the middle class people get ahead. People need to understand that anything the president wants to do has to be approved by the senate and the house!! If what`s brought before them takes anything from them , it won`t be passed.

let's see now, petrollium emport problems,failing auto industry,federal bailout money, I hate to say it folks but its time to reinvent the car. take the bailout money and make a car that runs on batteries. detroit can build the cars and the people who work at gas stations can build the batteries. just build them , the world will buy them. and the middle east , well, we'll talk to you later.

If the OIL companies made recorded porfit then why can the BIG 3 ask the OIL companies for the money ? Why should the people be left holding the bag. When the OIL companies stand to gain the most if the Big 3 keeps making cars. I sure all companies involed can come up with something. If they put there heads togather.

I think most of this country's problem is watching CNN, you people seem to drive the panic in the stock market, you have to know your doing it, and I have no doubt you had a large roll in electing Mr.Obama, and now your sticking your nose into the BIG 3, your show is entirely one sided, I am suprised that the powers at be at CNN have so much control over their employees

This election signified something important that hasn't been discussed as of yet. Politics is turning over to youth. Except for the Great Larry King, Wolf Blitzer, Mr. Cafferty,and a few others, of stately age, look who's having all the heated political debates these days from both parties. Young vibrant thoughtful people. Youth who don't see color as a divider any longer. Look as a republican who voted for Obama, (I'm 29 yrs. of age) I just wanted the best selection out of the picks. I feel this is the era we are moving into. No longer will many voters vote within party lines, but will rather blur these lines to find the best candidate. Trust repubs, I know Obama is pro choice, but let's not get caught up in ideology. If any politician makes a move we don't like, we the people have a right to make our voices be heard loud and clear. For the most part I voted for him, b/c unlike Bush, Obama wants to hear the voice of the people.
When I see my young repubs asking where do we go from here, I look at them and say, you are the answer.

One more thing let me clarify my opinion of youth. Ages 18-55.

Chris-

It is so sweet to hear the words of a idealist. Makes one want to sing.

You will wake up from your dream one day.

Make our voices be heard loud and clear if politicians make a move we don't like. How about if they start a war we disagree with? A lot of loud and clear voices spoke out against G.W. Bush.
How about if the only available candidate has absolutely no resume upon which to base a voting decision? My vote meant nothing this year, because the charisma of Barack Obama blinded the majority of voters. That's all he had to sway people was his charisma, there was no resume to look at.

But, it is sweet, to hear a youngster talk in glowing terms about how
the political system of the United States is working so well. Your vote means something. A government for the people, of the people and by the people. Birds sing. Flowers bloom.

There will come a day, and it may be sooner than you want, where you will see the American public vote completely against what you think is right or where your Great Candidate dumps right in the middle of your idealism. When this day comes, remember, I TOLD YOU SO!!!!