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Comments on the election

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Staff

“I’m just so happy about it, I don’t know what to do.”
—Community organizer Rebecca Clark

“Elated!”
Marilyn Chaplin of Midway Barbershop when asked how she was feeling Wednesday

“This shows the Rogers Road community, ‘We can.’ As the nation chanted last night, ‘We can.’ Yes, we are able to work for the common cause of peace and prosperity for everyone on the globe.”
Rogers/Eubanks community organizer Rev. Robert Campbell

“In 1961, four freshmen from North Carolina A&T went to a dime store to ask for service. They weren’t allowed to eat there. That was the same year Barack Obama was born. To think of the changes for good that have taken place in his lifetime is to appreciate the magnificent change in values in America.”
Civil rights attorney and UNC law professor Daniel Pollitt

“I think it gives hope for all students because of his commitment to education, but what it does for minority students is it gives them a very visible and positive role model, especially for African-American males.”
Lorie Clark, a high school advocacy specialist with the Blue Ribbon Youth Leadership Institute for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.

“The Democratic Party has now reached into the South and is changing the electoral map for the long run. What we’re doing is creating a new generation of voters in the South who will continue to vote Democratic.”
Thomas Mills, president of Thomas Mills Communications, a Democratic consulting firm based in Carrboro

“I think this country has already been changed by the fact that so many people came together to make this happen….It’s not just about us, it’s about the world. Democracy actually works. Our hope in democracy has been restored.”
Sue DeLaney, a doctor with the Wellness Alliance in Carrboro

“I think this could mean a whole change of direction. Heaven knows we need it.”
State Senator Ellie Kinnaird

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