It’s just after 11 pm e.s.t. here in Canada, and the net­works just announced that Barack Obama has been declared the next pres­i­dent of the US.

I don’t typ­i­cally “do” pol­i­tics on this Blog, but I want to say a word or two. Many of you know my his­tory. I was born in Buf­falo, NY, and spent the 60s march­ing for and work­ing for Civil Rights.

My first polit­i­cal activ­ity was work­ing for Bobby Kennedy. I went off to Chicago in 68 for my BA, and spent my years there march­ing and protest­ing and writ­ing. by the mid-70s, I’d had enough, and came to Canada. I’ve been in Canada longer than I lived in the States, and I love it here.

Nonethe­less, I still have a warm spot (and rel­a­tives!) in the states, and I’ve watched this elec­tion with hope and worry.

I don’t think many north of the bor­der could avoid flinch­ing over the Bush years. Enough said.

I never thought I’d live to see this night, and all I want to say is I am grate­ful that I have. In a sense, (as McCain is say­ing in the back­ground) a huge sec­tion of the pop­u­la­tion that has been mar­gin­al­ized has finally see what Mar­tin Luther King prayed for and what he and Bobby died for.

I don’t use the “G” word very often, but let me just say… God Has Blessed America.

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