tag:www.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk/blogs/a-dub//5977 2008-11-14T21:42:17Z 2008-11-14T20:44:31Z 2008-11-14T20:27:41Z 2008-11-14T17:25:05Z 2008-11-14T17:19:59Z 2008-11-14T17:01:23Z 2008-11-14T16:54:25Z 2008-11-14T16:50:58Z 2008-11-14T15:40:11Z 2008-11-14T14:52:57Z 2008-11-14T13:50:55Z 2008-11-14T13:24:01Z 2008-11-14T12:12:04Z 2008-11-14T11:09:15Z 2008-11-14T03:04:33Z 2008-11-14T02:46:50Z 2008-11-13T21:24:23Z 2008-11-13T21:11:54Z 2008-11-13T21:07:36Z 2008-11-13T19:43:50Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en tag:tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008://9.242562-comment:3271379 2008-11-04T16:44:31Z 2008-11-04T16:44:31Z I hope the pundits point out tonight just how significant a moment it would be if Obama takes Virginia. It would essentially mean that the state where slavery was first planted in America would be the state to hand us our first black president. Only 40 years ago it was illegal for blacks and whites to marry in Virginia, the state would throw people in jail for doing so, and it fought all the way to the Supreme Court to keep that law. Now, the state sits on the verge of electing a man born from such a union. Obama's parents' marriage would have been illegal in Virginia, and the state would have officially considered him illegitimate. Now, they're about to legitimize him as president. We should never lose sight of the stark reality of continued racial injustice in this country, from a fundamentally unequal education system to a discriminatory incarceration state with a population of millions. But now is a time to pause and note the significance of history. Now is a time for hope.

]]> tag:tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008://9.242562-comment:3271360 2008-11-04T16:43:11Z 2008-11-04T16:43:11Z I hope the pundits point out tonight just how significant a moment it would be if Obama takes Virginia. It would essentially mean that the state where slavery was first planted in America would be the state to hand us our first black president. Only 40 years ago it was illegal for blacks and whites to marry in Virginia, the state would throw people in jail for doing so, and it fought all the way to the Supreme Court to keep that law. Now, the state sits on the verge of electing a man born from such a union. Obama's parents' marriage would have been illegal in Virginia, and the state would have officially considered him illegitimate. Now, they're about to legitimize him as president. We should never lose sight of the stark reality of continued racial injustice in this country, from a fundamentally unequal education system to a discriminatory incarceration state with a population of millions. But now is a time to pause and note the significance of history. Now is a time for hope.

]]> tag:tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008://9.242562-comment:3271345 2008-11-04T16:42:00Z 2008-11-04T16:42:00Z I hope the pundits point out tonight just how significant a moment it would be if Obama takes Virginia. It would essentially mean that the state where slavery was first planted in America would be the state to hand us our first black president. Only 40 years ago it was illegal for blacks and whites to marry in Virginia, the state would throw people in jail for doing so, and it fought all the way to the Supreme Court to keep that law. Now, the state sits on the verge of electing a man born from such a union. Obama's parents' marriage would have been illegal in Virginia, and the state would have officially considered him illegitimate. Now, they're about to legitimize him as president. We should never lose sight of the stark reality of continued racial injustice in this country, from a fundamentally unequal education system to a discriminatory incarceration state with a population of millions. But now is a time to pause and note the significance of history. Now is a time for hope.

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