When she said for the first time "I feel proud to be an American." For the first time I feel proud to be an American. And I'm 57 years old. I've seen a lot of history first hand, but never inspiring history like I felt tonight. Most of the history I saw was tragedy. BTW, wasn't it great seeing Jesse Jackson shed those tears? I couldn't stop my tears either.
I was nervous today also. But when my neighbor, who is a racist, said, "I can't vote for McCain. I'm voting for the other guy. I'm voting for Obama." I knew we had it in the bag. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard for Obama's victory. As Barack says, this isn't about him, it's about us.