Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Happy Obama Day! Free Puppies for Everyone!
I love this map:
(screen grab from msnbc)
I have many thoughts. But I’m struck by a couple things.
- The Republicans had a BAD hand this election cycle. Nothing went their way. The economy. The war(s). George W. Bush. Sarah Palin. Bad mojo all around in their camp as they scrambled to find a “voice.”
- My youngest children will grow up with an African-American as President. And that won’t be anything unusual for them. I love that.
Seriously.
Think about this for a second. A couple hundred years ago, African-American men and women were brought to this country in chains.
Fifty or so years ago, they could barely vote.
Yesterday we elected a black man as President (mixed race, even!) (and he has a simply terrible middle name!)
THAT is a helluva thing. (Mostly because his race didn’t seem to matter to most people voting for him)
Finally, go read/watch the speeches the candidates gave last night. McCain was gracious, genial and a gentleman. Finally. (Though if you watch the video, you’ll note that his supporters in the audience are decidedly NOT any of those things). I tend to think the McCain from last night is the “real” McCain. Why he didn’t talk like that during the actual campaign is a ginourmous mystery. Obama’s speech made me weep. Of course. With gladness and joy and determination.
Welcome to the future, America.
Yes, I completely agree. Had McCain shown his true personality and picked a better VP, I think he would have taken this race by storm. He did have a lot of things going against him, and you have to figure with all the baggage he was carrying and he STILL got 46% of the vote, thats HUGE.
I’m a big Obama supporter and while I was excited to see the results, I had to blog about my mixed feelings I have the next day.
Posted by Jenni on 11/05/08 at 11:26 AMI’m one of those from the other Mavericky side but I really like what you said about having elected an African-American President… that is amazing and I hope that our children will be the generation where the color of one’s skin doesn’t matter at all…
Posted by Kate on 11/05/08 at 11:32 AMMy niece and nephew will not remember a time when an African American hadn’t ever been president. The newest one, arriving in April will not have lived in such a time. Even more than a big Democrat win, that makes me so very happy.
Posted by Superfantastic on 11/05/08 at 11:36 AMI was impressed with McCain’s speech, too. This is the man he should have been throughout his campaign.
Posted by Kathy on 11/05/08 at 11:54 AMI thought the same thing about McCain. Where was THAT guy during the debates? I would have listened to him!
PS Why is your special word for verifying my comment so dirty—did you choose it?!
Posted by Melinda on 11/05/08 at 01:23 PMI’m with everybody on the McCain comments.
Our president-elect doesn’t have real vote getter first or last names either.
Listing to a call in show on one of the Seattle area public radio stations a caller remarked “President Bush asked us to be consumers, Barak Obama asked us to be citizens.” I think there is a hunger for us to be be more more than just consumers; the caller nailed it when he said we wanted to be citizens. I might have leaked a tear or two when I heard his comment.
Posted by Michael on 11/05/08 at 05:01 PMAmen brother, I’m Canadian and even I’m proud of the history that was made in the States.
Now, how do I get my free puppy?
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