"Sunrise in America" ... the title may be too close
to an old Reagan slogan (“It’s morning in America”), but today, the sun is definitely,
happily, showily up in America! The light’s returning. Things are looking
brighter than they have for months—since Romney’s rise first appeared to
actually threaten “that hopey changey thing” (as Sarah Palin called Obama’s inspiring 2008 campaign theme). It may seem especially bright against the dark possibility of a
president who had dismissed 47% of the electorate as irrelevant. An
administration that would have gutted women’s rights, Dreamers’ dreams, the promise of
decent health care, student loans, civil rights legislation, environmental
regulations, LGBT gains … basically everything I believe in.
This early November morning,
it is finally, happily sunrise in America.
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I was reminded of Obama's iconic logo as I stood on a hill near my house watching the sun rise. Today,
mercifully, the election is over, hope has won, and the sun is shining for real, as you can see.
To the east ...
to the south ...
to the north ...
and to the west, the glorious west ...
welcome, sunrise.
