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Week of November 9, 2008 - November 15, 2008

Yes We Can ________


It's a new day and a new slogan for Obama supporters. Overnight, the infamous "Yes We Can" transformed into "Yes We Did." Voters proclaimed it from their Facebook statuses, their Twitter updates, and I even saw the affirmation branded across the chest of a baby's jumper.

A strange thing happens when you ask an Obama supporter what the subject of their slogan entails. What did they do? Most reply that the "Did" means collectively supporting and electing the first African-American president. Anyone with a beating heart knows this is indeed a momentous occasion, and it's very moving to see relatives of MLK celebrating the evolution in American society.

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Allison Kilkenny

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Allison Kilkenny co-hosts Drunken Politics, the alternative political radio show alongside her partner, comic Jamie Kilstein. She is a contributing writer to Huffington Post, Alternet.org, The Nation, the Beast, Counterpunch.org, and 236.com. She is also a regular guest on SIRIUS radio. She doesn’t care if you’re offended by anything she has written.

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