| Barack Obama has won |
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are hurting in this country — from all classes: the lower, middle and upper, need to win. Those of us who are fighting in the war and stationed overseas fearing
that we are forgotten to serve and die alone, need to win. Those of us who are tired of beingjudged by the color of our skin, our gender or the class we were
born in, need to win. We need to win with Barack Obama. We need to show this world and ourselves that “right wins over might,” that wisdom wins over the fear
of gender, color, class and even the chaotic world of politics. We need to have victory over the imbedded concept that money is no longer just a medium of
exchange but that money in contemporary society determines the worth of a human being and whether their basic needs will be met. We need to win too by
voting.
Vote. Vote. Vote. Leave all the excuses behind, and register to vote in Wisconsin and across America. Vote because the incarcerated don’t have the
freedom to cast a ballot. Vote in memory of the African American elders from long gone who marched, were beaten and died so that we could have the legal
right to vote. Vote because there is a presidential candidate to believe in again. Vote because you feel the passion of this election. Vote because for once in
the vastness of America, you feel a connection with other Americans to make a change for the better in our government. Vote because you disagree with how
President Bush led this country for eight years. Vote because the evidence is sure that we are much worse off after Bush’s eight years than before. Vote because
we don’t want a repeat of what we just went through as U.S. citizens. Vote because there are times when it is absolutely wonderful to be an American citizen,
like when you are marking the name for the president you want. Vote because you are standing at a crossroads of a historical event in our world, Barack
Obama is the democratic presidential candidate. Vote because we want to be on the winning side. Americans also need to win as human beings who stand up
for our beliefs and our choices by voting.
Vote. Vote. Vote. Telephone your family members in other states. Challenge your friends to vote. Tell the cool people that they really aren’t cool at all
unless they vote. Drive someone who is elderly or infirm to the polls. Stand up and say to your family, your community, this nation and our world that voting is
our way of making sure that who we believe in, what we think and the change we want, matters in this world. Barack Obama has already won, and we can win
too by being courageous and voting.
Fabu is Madison Poet Laureate and Consultant in Literary Arts, Eucation and African American Culture.
that we are forgotten to serve and die alone, need to win. Those of us who are tired of beingjudged by the color of our skin, our gender or the class we were
born in, need to win. We need to win with Barack Obama. We need to show this world and ourselves that “right wins over might,” that wisdom wins over the fear
of gender, color, class and even the chaotic world of politics. We need to have victory over the imbedded concept that money is no longer just a medium of
exchange but that money in contemporary society determines the worth of a human being and whether their basic needs will be met. We need to win too by
voting.
Vote. Vote. Vote. Leave all the excuses behind, and register to vote in Wisconsin and across America. Vote because the incarcerated don’t have the
freedom to cast a ballot. Vote in memory of the African American elders from long gone who marched, were beaten and died so that we could have the legal
right to vote. Vote because there is a presidential candidate to believe in again. Vote because you feel the passion of this election. Vote because for once in
the vastness of America, you feel a connection with other Americans to make a change for the better in our government. Vote because you disagree with how
President Bush led this country for eight years. Vote because the evidence is sure that we are much worse off after Bush’s eight years than before. Vote because
we don’t want a repeat of what we just went through as U.S. citizens. Vote because there are times when it is absolutely wonderful to be an American citizen,
like when you are marking the name for the president you want. Vote because you are standing at a crossroads of a historical event in our world, Barack
Obama is the democratic presidential candidate. Vote because we want to be on the winning side. Americans also need to win as human beings who stand up
for our beliefs and our choices by voting.
Vote. Vote. Vote. Telephone your family members in other states. Challenge your friends to vote. Tell the cool people that they really aren’t cool at all
unless they vote. Drive someone who is elderly or infirm to the polls. Stand up and say to your family, your community, this nation and our world that voting is
our way of making sure that who we believe in, what we think and the change we want, matters in this world. Barack Obama has already won, and we can win
too by being courageous and voting.
Fabu is Madison Poet Laureate and Consultant in Literary Arts, Eucation and African American Culture.
by Fabu
Barack Obama has already won in the way that the counts the most in a human being. For he has
stood before this nation and opened his heart, spoken from his intellect, shared his family, subjected his
entire career and most every aspect of his life to the scrutiny of Americans and other world citizens. This
scrutiny has been from kind folks as well as from the very cruel, from the intelligentsia and from those who
are foolish. Barack Obama has won because he remains a thoughtful man of Christian faith, who took
time off from his campaign to be with his ailing grandmother, despite being in the last weeks of the
presidential race. Barack Obama has won because he is a biracial man who dares to know that he is
capable of the highest office in this land against a rich, White, conservative, older man despite the
intense barriers of race and class in the United States. Barack Obama has won because he stepped
beyond the fear of being assassinated and has the courage to be “in it, to win it.” He has remained
focused, determined, humorous and definite about his ability to be President of the United States.
We need to win too. His campaign based on “The Change We Can Believe In” and “Yes We Can” has
touched a vein in the American spirit running throughout this land. We need to win too. Those of us who
Barack Obama has already won in the way that the counts the most in a human being. For he has
stood before this nation and opened his heart, spoken from his intellect, shared his family, subjected his
entire career and most every aspect of his life to the scrutiny of Americans and other world citizens. This
scrutiny has been from kind folks as well as from the very cruel, from the intelligentsia and from those who
are foolish. Barack Obama has won because he remains a thoughtful man of Christian faith, who took
time off from his campaign to be with his ailing grandmother, despite being in the last weeks of the
presidential race. Barack Obama has won because he is a biracial man who dares to know that he is
capable of the highest office in this land against a rich, White, conservative, older man despite the
intense barriers of race and class in the United States. Barack Obama has won because he stepped
beyond the fear of being assassinated and has the courage to be “in it, to win it.” He has remained
focused, determined, humorous and definite about his ability to be President of the United States.
We need to win too. His campaign based on “The Change We Can Believe In” and “Yes We Can” has
touched a vein in the American spirit running throughout this land. We need to win too. Those of us who