The United States is an imperfect nation. As a nation we have done some terrible things. Nevertheless, at crucial times we seem to redeem our promise, rise to the occasion. We won the American Revolution against incredible odds. In 1800 we managed to pull off an election in which an opposition party was able to take control of the government after a peaceful election. We managed to keep the country together after the most bloody war in our history. We extended the right to vote to half the population in 1920. We won the war against fascism. Our Civil Rights movement began the process toward racial equality. We elected a black man to the presidency in 2008.
Now we have turned down an incompetent, dishonest, divisive, anti-democratic incumbent and elected a decent candidate who will do his best to unite the country and solve its problems. Tonight I am so proud to be an American. I am also proud to be a Pennsylvanian.
(I want to thank our daughter for suggesting this topic.)
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