Hail to the Chief!

[iolanthe_chubb]

(UPDATE and Correction:  Ann Althouse is a law prof at Univ of Wisconsin at Madison, not Michigan at Ann Arbor.  Told you I was discombobulated!)

Well, my guy and gal didn’t win last night.

John McCain is a hero, and I adore Sarah Palin (you can take the girl-me-out of the Red State, but you can’t take the Red State out of the girl!), about whom I am

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[angevin2]

world-famous as the alma mater of our very own golden_berry

And me! :D

[iolanthe_chubb]

I did not know that! I will edit you in. Man, is it just me, or has formatting on LJ become totally crazy? My mind is reeling from trying to make it look the way I want it to, and I have to run to the doctor for an appointment I am dreading.

[iolanthe_chubb]

>>>>> I hope for all our sakes, not just America's, that he is up to the job.

Amen, and God help him.

Won't it be fun to watch those darling little girls growing up in the White House? I love it that they're getting a puppy!

(((((PEARL)))))

[iolanthe_chubb]

>>>>> "Political opinions aside, I am really so very thrilled for African-Americans (among others, but especially them)."

Yes, I live in an older and what you might call "economically diverse" neighborhood--within a mile of our house we have both govt-subsidized housing and multi-million dollar mansions. It was very cool yesterday at my polling place to see so many AA people--I have been voting there for 30+ years and have never seen such a turn-out.

I like to think of the U.S. as a place where we are all related not by ethnic or tribal origin but by a set of ideas--ideas that we got from y'all in England! However long it takes, those ideas *will* manifest, sooner or later.