\nFifty years ago, the old man was sneaking into a segregated Bo Diddley show.\n<\/p>\n
\nTonight, the Democratic Party – the party of Bilbo and Eastland and Ross Barnett, of Leander Perez and Lester Maddox, the party of George Fucking Wallace<\/em> – chose a black man to lead the charge.\n<\/p>\n \nHe didn’t back into it, he didn’t stumble into it, he didn’t get the hookup – he had a plan, he stuck to it, he just kept grinding, and tonight, he’s the Democratic candidate for President of the United States.\n<\/p>\n \nThis is a big night, people. Irrespective of who you’re pulling for in November – or who you’ve been pulling for the last six months – this is something to be proud of. We can get the knives back out tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fifty years ago, the old man was sneaking into a segregated Bo Diddley show. Tonight, the Democratic Party – the party of Bilbo and Eastland and Ross Barnett, of Leander Perez and Lester Maddox, the party of George Fucking Wallace – chose a black man to lead the charge. He didn’t back into it, he … <\/p>\n