Comments | misterdna: Exactly what I was hoping for.

misterdna

Exactly what I was hoping for.

Nov 05, 2008 17:49

I haven't wanted to go into my politics about why I was going to vote for Obama, but the video above pretty much illustrates a huge portion of it.

(And if for some reason the video doesn't work here you can see it here along with the accompanying BBC story.)

As a friend of mine said in his LJ today...

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klinkenstien November 6 2008, 06:07:03 UTC

Yeah, well, good luck with all that world. I never felt the need to hide the fact I was an American, ever, no matter where I travelled, even in Bali, Singapore, and Malaysia (well there was this time when I guy wanted to sell me a watch, so I claime be an Aussie so he would think I was cheapskate). Areas with large Muslim populations. Maybe I should have, maybe I was lucky (more lucky than I have ever been on the mean streets of the good old USA I can tell you). I won't say I didn't contemplate the potential dangers of being OUT THERE. But the real problem is that we don't go OUT THERE. If more of us did, we would probably not be in this mess and we would be on track with better public transportation, cleaner air and better food. That aint got shit to do with what color our president is. Anyway, good luck with it all world, hope we can stop giving you foreign countries so much money and make America more self sufficient.

pantarch November 6 2008, 15:37:58 UTC

I agree! And, while I accept Klink's idea that a more substantial change would be sending the population of the American South on a year abroad (imagine that!), at least this should encourage other countries to give us a chance to repair our busted image; that maybe since this president looks different, maybe we can change from the disastrous path we have been on ( ... )

johnensebino November 6 2008, 15:40:59 UTC

Man, stop making me cry! (not that it's that hard to make me cry).

Thanks for that clip.

sephirotic November 6 2008, 19:30:21 UTC

Me too! The wife and I were overjoyed and in tears when it was called. This is definitely a symbolic change above all else for us.

robotsockmonkey November 14 2008, 01:49:25 UTC

Wow, and I thought Chicagoans were the only ones who felt the right to claim him as their local son.... dude is EVERYONE'S brother!

robotsockmonkey November 14 2008, 01:54:03 UTC

Although I doubt the folks living in McCain North Carolina are celebrating like those folks in Obama Japan...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/mccain-north-carolina-sma_n_139403.html