Watching the American Election

I’m a Canadian. So I can’t vote. But I did participate in the Global Electoral College:
http://www.economist.com/vote2008/index.cfm

This is a historical moment for the world I think. Hopefully I’m not just full of media and pop culture brain washing. I don’t think so.

I was born two years after, almost to the day, of Martin Luther King’s assasination. I’ve always considered myself a Child of his Dream. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk

Forty years later, in my lifetime, I am alive to see this possibility arise. I wonder what he would say now? Or Rosa Parks? Or the many other strong voices that missed this moment.

However, I have also not lost sight that regardless of what occurs, this election will make history. A pair consisting of the oldest man to run and a woman are also running. How interesting that in these times of international distress that the States are choosing from a among a slate of candidates that are challenging no matter which way they vote.

I’ve been resisting the lure of the TV for over an hour but now I’m feeling twitchy. I feel like I gotta watch this. I need to SEE. Before I turned it off I felt like a junkie. Compulsively switching between stations and checking the internet. The last time this happened to me it was Hurricane Katrina blowing change through the States.