I am not writing this as a Democrat. I am not writing this as a Republican. Nor am I writing this as a white person, or a hard of hearing person. I am writing this as an AMERICAN.
I know we all have our differences. I know we agree on one thing, and disagree on the other. But that is not what this is about. What this is about is the opportunities we have as an American. This country has been established to offer land of the free, where opportunities are made for everyone if they put their minds to it, and where anything can happen.
And tonight, it did.
I just witnessed a whole year of major historical events. In the entire two-hundred and thirty-two years, this great nation of ours has witnessed so many obstacles beaten and the roads less traveled.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has come a long way, from receiving the title as the First Lady of the United States of America. After her husband ended his 8 years of presidency, she went on to become a Senator of New York. There, she worked hard to build her strength to become the first female candidate to debate for presidency.
In addition, we saw an African-American rise from the senator's seats to become the first African-American to win the nomination of being a candidate for President of the United States of America. And let's not forget the fact that the first female candidate gave her votes to him. She gave up her dreams of being the first female president to allow the first African-American to be president. What an amazing motion!
This is why I love this country. No matter who we are, what our skin color is, what ethnicity we belong to, we all have the opportunity to be who we want to be if we work at it.
I am so proud of all the great outcomes we have seen in this year's presidential campaigns. And I urge you, friends & family, as AMERICANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, to let this sink in. I want each and every one of you to stop and think about this.
If it wasn't for the women who took a step forward to fight against the power of men for equality, your mothers, sisters, friends, daughters, granddaughters would never get to witness Hillary take a stride. If it wasn't for Martin Luther King Jr. (who actually spoke on the exact same day that Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech) expressing his dream on that beautiful day at the Lincoln Memorial, or for those who have fought for freedom from slavery, African-Americans would never get the chance to see Barack Obama accept his nomination.
This is what America is about. This is what our country is here for - to give us everything we want while working hard for it. It doesn't matter if you are a Republican, Democrat, black, white, gay, straight, Muslim, Christian. What matters is YOU and YOURSELF. Hillary worked hard as the First Lady, and Barack worked hard as a Senator. But they did not JUST get there. They got there with decades of hard work, years of education, and years of putting all of their mighty efforts into themselves.
And that is why I'm proud to be an American.
With them, I know that I can do anything I want if I put myself into it. I know I can go far with my dreams if I want it bad enough.
And I encourage you to do the same.
May this country always be blessed with its people and their drive to achieve their dreams!
