A friend sent, by instant message, the AP flash that ran at 16:56 ET on 06-03-2008. There it was suddenly on my screen:"*** WASHINGTON (AP)—Obama clinches Democratic nomination, making him first black candidate to lead his party."
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What kind of place makes a change like this? Only a great nation. We should love it tenderly every day of our lives.
No. The U.S. did not, as Noonan would have you believe, wake one day and think, "Golly, wouldn't it be nice to nominate a black man for President." Nor did Americans end slavery because, gosh, wouldn't it be nice to pick the cotton myself every now and then?
No. Barack Obama was nominated -- and Senator Clinton nearly -- to a great extent because it has become untenable to not nominate a black man or a woman.
That's just reality. And it's the same reality that Americans will not elect an atheist.
This change doesn't make America great, or exceptional. A great country would've been accepting of this scenario before it became a political necessity.
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