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I love my Flist and I love my country and I love my new president.
YES WE DID. OMG you guys, Barack Obama is our next president! I voted for the first African American president of the United States of America. Wow. I was bummed at work that I was missing everything especially when I met two Obama supporters who invited me to a Obama Presidential viewing party and I had to wait til after 10 to go. But I made it *five* minutes before Obama was projected president and it was amaaaazing. I was screaming and cheering and crying and ecstatic with happiness because our country did it. We elected Barack Obama to be our 44th president. It's still surreal and I can't stop flailing and smiling and being joyful. And randomly bursting out crying. This is historic, this is LEGENDARY.
And thank you, my beautiful Flist for being so happy with me. I made the right decision to go because it was so wonderful to be swept away by all the positive energy in the room, to be with fellow supporters and bathe in that after being surrounded by such negative energy at home. And then I get home to find even more happiness and love and wonder at finally electing Barack on my Flist and I get to celebrate with all you guys cause you're all awesome.
I'm proud of my country! I haven't felt that way for a looong time and for the first time I can have faith that we can make the right decisions and that good will overcome evil, that we always go toward a better direction. America did good, for ourselves and the world and I can't wait to see where we go. And Obama inspires me so much that no matter how much I hate the nasty sides of politics and the conflict and hate and try to stay in my politics free zone, I want to HELP and do something to make this country better. Yes we can. I love that he lays it on us to make the positive changes and not just on him and the government.
I remember when I first heard of Obama's candidacy for presidency back in fall 2006 when I first went to college. The president of our Democrat Club supported him and after I looked him up, I though he was great but because of his race and youth and such, I didn't think he had a shot. How wrong I was and how glad I am of that. Even before that, I saw some of his 2004 Democratic convention speech and was extremely impressed. It's amazing how far he's come and I'm still amazed at all the youth and everyone else he inspired. And the other good news is most of my other local candiates won. I even saw one of them on the way to work and later at the party (a bunch of them were there). Not to mention my old HS voted for Obama 550ish to 130ish. Niice.
That being said, I'm still extremely worried about Prop 8 where we're 6 points down (ETA: 4.8 at 39%) or so with 33% reporting (also check LA Times). It would be such a sad end of the night if that passed and I'd be so disappointed in my state. I just want both my wishes to come true and to be truly happy about this election night. Here's to hope...
I'll be up most of the night so I can follow all the coverage and I look forward to spending it with you guys. Let's keep LJ positive in the next four years!
And thank you, my beautiful Flist for being so happy with me. I made the right decision to go because it was so wonderful to be swept away by all the positive energy in the room, to be with fellow supporters and bathe in that after being surrounded by such negative energy at home. And then I get home to find even more happiness and love and wonder at finally electing Barack on my Flist and I get to celebrate with all you guys cause you're all awesome.
I'm proud of my country! I haven't felt that way for a looong time and for the first time I can have faith that we can make the right decisions and that good will overcome evil, that we always go toward a better direction. America did good, for ourselves and the world and I can't wait to see where we go. And Obama inspires me so much that no matter how much I hate the nasty sides of politics and the conflict and hate and try to stay in my politics free zone, I want to HELP and do something to make this country better. Yes we can. I love that he lays it on us to make the positive changes and not just on him and the government.
I remember when I first heard of Obama's candidacy for presidency back in fall 2006 when I first went to college. The president of our Democrat Club supported him and after I looked him up, I though he was great but because of his race and youth and such, I didn't think he had a shot. How wrong I was and how glad I am of that. Even before that, I saw some of his 2004 Democratic convention speech and was extremely impressed. It's amazing how far he's come and I'm still amazed at all the youth and everyone else he inspired. And the other good news is most of my other local candiates won. I even saw one of them on the way to work and later at the party (a bunch of them were there). Not to mention my old HS voted for Obama 550ish to 130ish. Niice.
That being said, I'm still extremely worried about Prop 8 where we're 6 points down (ETA: 4.8 at 39%) or so with 33% reporting (also check LA Times). It would be such a sad end of the night if that passed and I'd be so disappointed in my state. I just want both my wishes to come true and to be truly happy about this election night. Here's to hope...
I'll be up most of the night so I can follow all the coverage and I look forward to spending it with you guys. Let's keep LJ positive in the next four years!