tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52827798945823493492011-04-21T12:53:41.150-07:00Alexnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282779894582349349.post-7045706916724916132008-10-27T05:46:00.000-07:002008-10-28T07:37:14.514-07:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB">Let’s forget “the issues” for a brief moment and reflect on something that is not debatable: If <span style="font-weight: bold;">Barack Obama is elected President</span>, we will all have the privilege of participating in one of the defining moments of modern history. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB">On this occasion let us remember <span style="font-weight: bold;">those who cannnot be here</span> to enjoy this moment – the departed who only could have dreamed that one day a man of part-African heritage would have such an opportunity.<o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB">(And let us be a be a little bit extra mindful of the living as well – those people for whom you sense that this is not <span style="font-style: italic;">just another election.</span>)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB">Who will you be thinking of when you go into the voting booth? Whose name will you whisper when you say <span style="font-weight: bold;">“This one is for you…”</span> A civil rights leader? A beloved relative? An anonymous stranger? Perhaps even someone not yet old enough to understand prejudice?<o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dedicatemyvote.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-one-is-for-you.html#comments">Post a comment</a> to share your dedication.</span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5282779894582349349-704570691672491613?l=dedicatemyvote.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexnoreply@blogger.com129