I didn't agree with the content but it was well written and witty.

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Election Analysis: America Can Take Pride In This Historic,
Inspirational Disaster

Although I have not always been the most outspoken advocate of
President-Elect Barack Obama, today I would like to congratulate him
and add my voice to the millions of fellow citizens who are
celebrating his historic and frightening election victory. I don't
care whether you are a conservative or a liberal -- when you saw this
inspiring young African-American rise to our nation's highest office I
hope you felt the same sense of patriotic pride that I experienced, no
matter how hard you were hyperventilating with deep existential dread.

Yes, I know there are probably other African-Americans much better
qualified and prepared for the presidency. Much, much better
qualified. Hundreds, easily, if not thousands, and without any
troubling ties to radical lunatics and Chicago mobsters. Gary Coleman
comes to mind. But let's not let that distract us from the fact that
Mr. Obama's election represents a profound, positive milestone in our
country's struggle to overcome its long legacy of racial divisions and
bigotry. It reminds us of how far we've come, and it's something
everyone in our nation should celebrate in whatever little time we now
have left.

Less than fifty years ago, African-Americans were barred from public
universities, restaurants, and even drinking fountains in many parts
of the country. On Tuesday we came together and transcended that
shameful legacy, electing an African-American to the country's top job
-- which, in fact, appears to be his first actual job. Certainly, it
doesn't mean that racism has disappeared in America, but it is an
undeniable mark of progress that a majority of voters no longer
consider skin color nor a dangerously gullible naivete as a barrier to
the presidency.

It's also heartening to realize that as president Mr. Obama will soon
be working hand-in-hand with a former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard like
Senator Robert Byrd to craft the incoherent and destructive programs
that will plunge the American economy into a nightmare of full-blown
sustained depression. As Vice President-Elect Joe Biden has repeatedly
warned, there will be difficult times ahead and the programs will not
always be popular, or even sane. But as we look out over the wreckage
of bankrupt coal companies, nationalized banks, and hyperinflation, we
can always look back with sustained pride on the great National
Reconciliation of 2008. Call me an optimist, but I like to think when
America's breadlines erupt into riots it will be because of our shared
starvation, not the differences in our color.

It's obvious that this newfound pride is not confined to Americans
alone. All across the world, Mr. Obama's election has helped mend
America's tattered image as a racist, violent cowboy, willing to
retaliate with bombs at the slightest provocation. The huge outpouring
of international support following the election shows that America can
still win new friendships while rebuilding its old ones, and provides
Mr. Obama with unprecedented diplomatic leverage over our remaining
enemies. When Russian tanks start pouring into eastern Europe and
Iranian missiles begin raining down on Jerusalem, their leaders will
know they will be facing a man who not only conquered America's racial
divide but the hearts of the entire Cannes film community. And those
Al Qaeda terrorists plotting a dirty nuke or chemical attack on San
Francisco face a stark new reality: while they may no longer need to
worry about US Marines, they are looking down the barrel of a strongly
worded diplomatic condemnation by a Europe fully united in their deep
sympathy for surviving Americans.

So for now, let's put politics aside and celebrate this historic
milestone. In his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial 45 years ago,
Dr. King said "I have a dream that one day my children will live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but
by the content of their character." Let us now take pride that Tuesday
we Americans proved that neither thing matters anymore.



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