Baby steps.......or huge giant ogre sized ones....

[demonakitty]

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer." - Barack Obama, Nov 4, 2008 Acceptance Speech

Comments

[makingmywayhome]

Oh I cried about a hundred times last night. And today.

Did you notice that while the McCain supporters booed Obama, the Obama supporters cheered for McCain? Yeah.

I'm scared. I mean, I'm excited and giddy and exhilarated and crazy, but...the whole time he was speaking, I was CONVINCED we were about to watch him get killed.

[morwennaf]

I felt the same way, but I'm so hoping that things will work out...

*crosses fingers, toes, eyes, etc*

[bark2themoon]

I got a bit teary-eyed myself during the speech. As for McCain, during his speech last night, THAT is what we wanted him to be, not the shmuck he turned into during the campaign.

And that quote rocks, btw :)

[only_po]

"South Park" and this new show on Comedy Central called 'chocolate' (crap, chocolate-something) both addressed the elections tonight. SP was hilarious although I have to wonder if they were able to write the ep that quickly in 2 days, or if they had an alternative ep in case McCain won, or if they just correctly assumed Obama would win. Anyway, it was good.

And the other show had a great line to the effect of, "Obama, you are the first black president in the White House. Now for God's sake, don't f*** it up!"

[zeppelin54]

The show that po is talking about is "Chocolate News" with David Alan Grier. I haven't watched it yet, but it gets the shit advertised out of it during Colbert.

Anyways, I think the sense is nationwide, even in moderate McCain supporters. I think that people are halfway convinced that he is going to get shot (a real possibility) and a lot of people should be prepared for the reality that Obama probably won't get all the things that he promised done during his first term, even with a heavily Democrat Congress (Obama did warn that it might happen during his acceptance speech).
The speech was pheonomenal. Something that will be remembered better than Kennedy's were. Especially the "ich bin ein Berliner" one. Whoo boy.

Regardless of how the partisan politics turn out in the next 4 years...I'm really really freakin excited for our political, financial, and foreign futures in the next 4 years.