Tomorrow is Today

Politics... well first off, I'm no fan, but who really is. Second, I'm no Democrat, I may have voted Democrat in the last ... well every Presidential election I've been old enough to vote for, but by no means am I a Democrat nor am I a Republican... yes I was registered as a Democrat in Florida, but only because I got sick of the Republican propoganda you recieve if you are unafilliated (but mostly the fact that they sent me everything in Spanish because of my last name, not caring if I even spoke Spanish, which I do not)... As far as I'm concern, I am an American and will always vote for the American that I feel will serve the country best. I think Obama said it best at the Democratic National Convention: "We are not red states and blue states, we are the United States".

Image via WikipediaToday I am extremely proud to be an American and a citizen of the United States of America! We have taken another step in the direction of equality. I technically speaking am a Hispanic-American (Mexican to be exact) but as far as I'm concerned, I am an American. We as we all are, and as Americans from the United States of America have elected our first minority President with Barack Obama. Barack Obama, President Elect of the United States of America, the 44th President,  the 1st African-American President in the United States of America.

Now I have a question, not to take away from this great victory, but why does it matter that President Obama is an African-American? As Americans we entered the polls as Americans, and we voted for our fellow American. Obama is an American from the United States of America like the rest of us. Born in this country, as were the majority of us all, he will be the 44th President of the United States of America. But why must we label him or myself as minorities? Why is he an African and myself a Hispanic? We were both born here, we were both raised here, and if you ask us both, we will say we are Americans and we all voted for an American.

So we've taken our next step in the road to equality, but when will we take the final step?  When will it matters not where a person's ancestry is from but the fact that they are American. When race, color, sex, religion, ethnicity or any label matters not. November 4th, 2008 we as Americans elected the best American in the country to run the country. We are all Americans. I'm proud of my ancestry, but I'm also proud of my country, the only country I've ever called home and have been a part of. I was born an American in the United States of American, as were my parents and my parents parents. I am an American and I am proud to be an American.

This election is a testament to all who have struggled in the fight for equality and freedom. It is a testament for all those who have struggled for the right to be American. Lets not let it end here. Let us cheer and continue to move forward. Change is here, but there is still work to be done.

I'm proud to be an American. "Tomorrow is Today" and the future looks even brighter. The Future start now.