They Said This Day Would Never Come

I was a kid in the 60's watching all the amazing changes happening to this country, but not participating in them except indirectly. As the Civil Rights movement took hold, I wondered if a black person could ever become President of this country. I wanted to know why there weren't many women in politics. People told me that they couldn't imagine that the day would ever come where the President wouldn't be a while man.

It's fifteen days until Election Day. Early voting begins today in Texas. One of the early voting stations will be on campus at the University. This is the most historic Presidential Election of my lifetime. It's America reasserting what she's supposed to be all about, and repudiating the divisive politics that we've been subjected to in increasing doses ever since Richard Nixon. This one is important. It's the one where we have a chance to reclaim our national identity as the country that we were taught about in school: the one where anybody--not just anybody who happens to be a while male--can be President some day.

This campaign season has been way too long. I really don't look forward to it all starting up again in two years' time. Terribly long. But one thing this campaign has done is erase once and for all the idea that the leadership of this nation belongs only to one race or gender. As you go to vote, remember you're making history.