OBAMA

[ad_kay]

Our nation has elected our first black President.

Comments

[cappy]

And I would be thrilled if it wasn't Obama & if his RACE was the important factor. But it's not & he is.

[ad_kay]

Sorry, couldn't disagree with you more. Obama will make an amazing President and I am thrilled that I helped him win, if even by a very small amount. I didn't vote for him because he's black. I voted for him because he was far and way the better candidate and because he and his fantastic organization caused this election to be a transformational event, like FDR winning in 1932.

I have been waiting for this election all my adult life.

[cappy]

Well, then I'm happy for you & I hope it proves to be everything you've got in your head that it will be. But come on. Obama is NOTHING like FDR. He was born privileged like him, true, but unless you want to say that being black is like having polio & ending up paralyzed/crippled, I don't see any similarities.

privileged

[cargrem]

how was Obama born into privilege?

[nutmeg3]

I feel incredibly emotional to have lived to see this.

[ad_kay]

I feel gut punched. I really do.

And it goes without saying, I didn't vote for him because he was black. I voted for him because he is massively well qualified and will make an amazing President.

[nutmeg3]

Oh yes, same here. But in a country where segregation was the order of the day not so long ago, and where I still remember black kids being bussed to my elementary school as the city (Rochester, NY, not even anywhere "important") tried to promote integration, there's no way to get away from the momentousness of this.

[ad_kay]

ITA! Makes me cry.

[compostwormbin]

So awesome!

*celebrates*

[ad_kay]

W00T!!

[chiaroscuro25]

I'm just thrilled that the Bush/Republican "Reign of Error" is coming to an end!

[ad_kay]

True, but there's a lot of dismantling to do. I would really, really like my civil rights back.