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It isn't lame to acknowledge that there are those before you who made change possible. People forget that time is a continuous, meaning that change began over a century ago and, while that seems distant, the ball had to get rolling somewhere.
Tangent:
My problem with the trendy excitement over Obama and Clinton is that people are looking for a quick fix. As if SUDDENLY there is going to be change because THEY are in office. That's not how substantial change occurs. Sure, there may be new legislation and economic shifts but the effect of those can easily be buffered by other social, cultural, and economic factors. And what happens if change doesn't happen as quickly or to the magnitude that lazy Americans expected? People will complain but they won't find other ways to work toward change.
I don't know who I am voting for but it annoys me when people are asked why they support Obama (or voted for him in the primary) and all they can say is "well...I want change...it's time for change." That's vague and catch phrasy. There has to be more than that. Whichever candidate wins should not give people an excuse to become complacent and not push for change somehow. There are no quick fixes.
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