{"id":884,"date":"2007-11-20T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/11\/obama-in-america.html"},"modified":"2007-11-20T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2007-11-20T16:12:08","slug":"obama-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/11\/obama-in-america.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this picture and was struck by how far America has come.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"capt.f2c77c41acc0490893a1f7943826f984.obama_2008_iacn103.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/119\/import\/capt.f2c77c41acc0490893a1f7943826f984.obama_2008_iacn103.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"270\" \/><br \/>\nFor all of our many, many issues and many, many problems there are areas where we have seen nothing short of revolutionary change. Think about the picture for a moment. An older white man holding a sign supporting a black man for President of the United States. Not too long ago such a thing would have been almost unthinkable. That older man lived through those days when such a thing would have been unthinkable. It is a beautiful picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this picture and was struck by how far America has come. For all of our many, many issues and many, many problems there are areas where we have seen nothing short of revolutionary change. Think about the picture for a moment. 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