Lay It Down: The YES WE CAN! edition

Lay It Down: The YES WE CAN! Edition

In the wake of this momentous victory I wanted to write a special Lay it Down – the YES WE CAN! edition. The results showed that We Can Change from the way things were, the way things have been in the past. Yes we can Lay Down the burdens that we have been carrying for centuries. We can Lay Down the shackles and dance. So in the wake of this momentous victory we can say Lay IT Down to . . . .

Lay it down divisive politics

Lay it down smear campaign strategies

Lay it down to the voices of hate

Lay it down to the race-baiting

Lay it down to desperation

Lay it down to fear mongering

Lay it down to religious condemnation

Lay it down to the lies and propaganda

Lay it down to the Bradley Effect

Lay it down to Red state vs. Blue state

Lay it down to name calling: terrorist, traitor, un-American, socialist, communist, The Manchurian candidate, sleeper cell

Lay it down to those who blame the downtrodden for their plight

This election was brought about by the grassroots. The thousands who realized the enormity of Decision 2008. The thousands who knew there was more at stake than just results from another election of candidates with homogeneous ideas. The thousands of volunteers helping the campaign – people like my father-in-law, Jose Laguna Sr. Although as a foreign-born resident he couldn’t vote, he hit the streets daily, for hours, informing his neighbors of the issues and policies, helping people register to vote, letting them know where the polling stations were located.

A new day dawns upon America. A new page is being written in American History. Dreams have been realized. Hope has been refreshed. Our minds have been opened up to new possibilities. There are new realities. The Paradigms have changed. The Restoration of the American Spirit. A Rejuvenation.

YES WE CAN!