August 29, 2008 11:24 AM UTC

Yes We Will!!!

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• by: gouko787

Yes We Will

Today is a day Americans will revere for years to come.  When they do, those not yet born will not understand why there was ever any doubt as to whether Barack Obama was going to defeat John McCain.  They will be told how at that moment in Denver, Colorado one man changed the system by saying the era of lies and fear has come to an end, and a future of truth and hope has begun.  The line was drawn at that moment, and even those who resisted and denied what they had been seeing over the last year and a half, let their doubt fall away, if even for just a moment.  We all saw and understood at that time the perfect storm had arrived, and Washington D.C. was directly in its path…

 The next generation is the one that will reap the benefits of what a Barack Obama Administration will accomplish.  They will live in a United States that is no longer burdened by the issues that have plagued for years and the will question, “How was there ever ANY doubt that this man was going win?”  I think most of us who lived it will just have to smile and say, “It was different back then.  It will only be then, that we can sit back, relax, and say “Yes we did!” and things were never the same.

I know this can happen, and I believe it will happen because now is the time that all those who have been defiantly shouting “Yes we can,” take the next step and start saying, “Yes we will.”  They will do this because they now have seen that we have an opportunity to change the world.  At last, we have another Presidential Nominee who understands the meaning of what is to be a representative of, by and for the PEOPLE, not a shill, of, by and for the RICH.

From the beginning I felt a deep connection with Barack Obama.  Like him, I was raised by a single mother after my father’s death in 1982.  I am also part of the increasing population in America who are the descendants of mixed marriages.  My mother is a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma and my father was the descendent of Irish immigrants that moved to Oklahoma to farm.  I am the father of 2 daughters, ages 7 and 4, and like Barack Obama my oldest is wide eyed, observant and well behaved, while my youngest never stops moving and asking questions.  And like Barack Obama, in 2006, after I could no longer stand by and watch our country deteriorate so I sought out and attained my party’s nomination as the candidate for the State House in the very District in which I was born and raised because I knew the time had come for change in America.  

Unlike Barack, I did not win and though I did not give up I was discouraged.  Though I decided not to seek that nomination again I remained active and was amazed by the record turnout during the Colorado Caucus and proud to be casting my vote for our next President, Barack Obama.  Despite my connection and belief in Barack I still was lacking something that I had had in 2006.  As the process moved on, I lost focus, as the media spewed rhetoric I lost desire, and as the negativity ramped up I lost faith.  

Last night in a tremendous acceptance speech Joe Biden started to restore that focus and desire, but tonight as Obama gave his momentous address and not only did my faith come back, it reached a level I never new existed.  Barack Obama IS the man this country has been seeking since hope was killed decades ago by the murders of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King, Jr.  Barack Obama is the answer to the question, “How are we going to clean up this mess that the Bush policies have left us with?”  He is the answer because as he said so well in his speech tonight, this was never about him, this was about us.  At that moment, I truly for the first time in over seven years, stopped focusing on what had been done to me and you and why, who was to blame and when were they going to be held accountable.  I was able to let go and start focusing on what me and you had to do in order to make sure it never happens again.  

The only question was, will I help finish what has been started?

The answer came to me quickly and clearly, YES I WILL.

Yes I will go and knock on every door in my precinct to not only talk with those voters whom I agree with, but also to show those do not agree that Barack Obama is the answer.

Yes I will take the next step and knock on the doors of those who are not registered to vote and beg them to make this the year that they say yes I will register.

Yes I will make sure that not only are voters marking the top of the ballot to vote for President, I will make sure they know that they need to vote in every race because real change starts from the bottom up.

Yes I will stand up to those who choose to go negative and spread lies and hate by spreading truth and unity.

Yes I will leave behind my own perceptions of party and patriotism in order to extend the olive branch and start unification process in my own precinct and with everyone I meet.

Yes I will do everything I can to make sure that we are not once again robbed of our chance to bring about the reform the country and the rest of the world so desperately need.

And most of all, yes I will continue to stay active after November 2nd so I can make sure those we elected fulfill their promises and we are never again in a situation where the future of America is in question.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and please join with me so that 30 years from now we can all look back as one nation and proclaim YES WE DID.

Matt Bryant

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