Quotacious

This is precisely what I had hoped to hear, phrased even better than I could have imagined it. (Via Sullivan)

"Today, reality in America has superseded fantasy. ... Americans have struck a deadly blow to racism all over the world. Americans have regained themselves and have regained the American dream. The picture of the U.S. that was disfigured by the Republicans in the past eight years fell from the wall today. The picture of the America we had in our minds has taken its place."

— Dawood al-Shirian, deputy head of
Al-Arabiya TV and one of Saudi Arabia's
most prominent columnists.