Posted November 4, 2008 2:34 PM
by Frank James
There'll be a lot of memorable moments today, some of them captured on video.
Here's one. A Sen. Barack Obama's neighbors watched him arrive at the South Side Chicago school this morning to vote, an older white gentleman named Cliff Wilkerson marveled at what he was seeing, given that he grew up in Oklahoma in a sundown town, a place where blacks had better not be caught on the streets after sundown.
Meanwhile, Tamara Bennett, a middle-aged black woman, told Wilkerson she was sorry her mother and father didn't live to see today and never thought she would either to which Wilkerson said he was glad she did. And glad he did too. Just one of many moments that show America at its best.
Comments
You know, of course, that people will weep openly in the streets and hang a certain candidate's photo in their living rooms after tonight, don't you?
They already are.
Posted by: ornery | November 4, 2008 5:19 PM
Thank you for posting this! Thank you so much!
Posted by: Golden "Hussein" Oldie | November 4, 2008 5:49 PM