Perfect. Barack Hussein Obama won the presidential race. It is a big accomplishment for a country where around 40 years ago, black people couldn't share buses, classrooms and bathrooms. However, the fact that our elect president is black doesn't mean that racism isn't still operative as a very dangerous and idiotic virus, still living in our midst.
The way I see it is that everything was aligned in order to grant that victory (Thank God, Allah, Buda, Krsna or whatever deity you want to attach the feat), meaning, John McCain was totally suicidal with his campaign, he's 72 and his health is not at its top, on top of that he chose the worst partner he could find. It was more than obvious he would lose. On the contrary, Barack Obama is a young, extremely intelligent, articulated and educated man, with an efficient campaign, among other virtues…hello? However, we can't forget that 49 million people voted for John McCain, that's scary. That means that half of the adult voting population of this country don't know what MaCain/Palin meant, are profoundly racist or a little of both (Unfortunately, I think the last option is the one). Is very intriguing to me the fact that many people I know is still doubting of what would come. To be honest, I also have my doubts, but not for Obama, not for his team, but for the "Man behind the curtain", for the complex net interwoven around a figure as the president of United States and the fact that if you don't follow certain "rules", you become disposable and are going to be, very likely, push out of the game; if you believe that thought too far-fetched, ask JFK.
Let's see what's going to happen; only time will tell. But what's for sure, neither racism nor ignorance is near to be over, unfortunately.
Let's keep observing, analyzing and thinking. Please, let's think.

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