Words Fail Me
Oh my god, he did it! Barack defeated the idiots, the racists, the conservatives. He did it, he fucking did it! Colorado is a blue state, the United States has a new President-elect and a Democratic Senate majority.
Now hey, I was 24 when Clinton was elected, ending twelve years of Republican rule. I heard similar rhetoric then, and similar projections of new beginnings, and I got semi-caught up in it. Does anyone remember the health care promises made back then? Thought so. No, I’m still a hard line cynic, and Obama’s still a politician. But I am of course going to look to the future with a lot more hope than I have had following the last two Presidential elections.
One thing that has really hit me hard is all the attention being paid to the race issue, particularly now that the election is over. Honestly, for me it was never about a black man getting elected, it was about a non-gargoyle getting elected. It is truly amazing to me that this is so amazing, but yeah, I guess is is an incredible feat that a black man has just been elected President of the United States. And that is sad, on so many levels, and at the same time it’s truly amazing.
Bush can slink off into obscurity (and I hope he rots in hell for all of eternity), and we can now look forward to the challenges ahead and watching Mr. Obama continue to rise to the occasion. I wish him the best, and I have never felt such pride in our nation’s choice for this august office.
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I cannot believe that both Virginia (where I live) and Colorado (my home state) went blue! It was so much fun to watch last night after casting a ballot in a swing state. As you said Rob, I too can again be proud of our country. Wohoo!!!!!
Yeah, Colorado, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania AND Florida! Simply great.
It was nice to see Colorado change from Red to Blue.
As soon as it was announced that Obama had won PA, I knew it was over for McCain. Hell, it was over before it even began. There was no nail biting because Obama had sealed the deal three weeks ago.
I am happy with our country and my cynicism has been quelled… for the time being.
I was joyful and teary Tuesday night but also quite aware of all that lies before us. I think there’s a greater sense of urgency about health care now that so many people can’t afford it, but we should remember that Obama never promised universal health care.
I actually like John Edward’s solution: force health care companies to spend no more than 20% of their revenues on administration and corporate salaries. That would have turned them into de facto nonprofits.
But what I really want is single-payer, and Obama won’t do that unless forced.
It was really cool and I was thinking of you, Lauren, Bill, JoeA, Dawn Lorraine. I had the worst seats in the house!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and Miss Brenda.
i just realized i haven’t heard about u.s. politics in over 10 days. wow! it was pretty much every day leading up to the election. needless to say, i am stoked. for once i can be proud of my country’s leader whilst being in another country. by the way, how do you like that use of the word ‘whilst’?
Happy Thanksgiving to you all as well!
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