…not being ashamed to be an American.


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19 replies on “Imagine, If You Can…”

  1. I’ll drink to that. I was 14 years old when Bush was first elected, so I have never lived in a world where I was old enough or politically aware enough to live and breathe that pride. I want to effin’ cry.

  2. Bart: I feel so full of … what’s the opposite of shame?
    Marge: Pride?
    Bart: No, not that far from shame.
    Homer: Less shame?
    Bart: Yeah …

  3. I never thought I’d ever be proud of our country again. I’m on the verge of happy tears, after having been a nervous wreck for the past… 8 years?

    President Obama.

    President Barack Hussein Obama. Oh, yes. There, I said it!

    (I’m still worried about Prop 8 though…)

  4. It’s great to be American! We really do progress. Even when it looks like we go backwards–e.g. the G.W. Bush years–we actually go forward.

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