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mizzoumark

The Day After

Nov 05, 2008 07:57

Usually, "Where were you when..." moments are defined by tragic events. "Where were you when you heard about Pearl Harbor?" "Where were you when you heard that JFK was shot?" "Where were you when you heard about 9/11 ( Read more... )

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tko_ak November 5 2008, 18:30:29 UTC

He's going to be my president, but all these people who are saying "Yes We Did!" don't seem to get that this is a political victory. It's impressive, but he hasn't brought change yet.

Prop 8...ugh.

mizzoumark November 6 2008, 14:16:58 UTC

Obama's reputation has no place to go but down right now. I hope his most fervent supporters realize he's not going to be able to magically heal the economy and completely end both wars by the end of his inaugural address ( ... )

bdouville November 6 2008, 02:02:22 UTC

Last night at the election party, I think it did cross my mind, "I'm going to remember where I was and what I was doing when Barack Obama won the election."

I was quite impressed with McCain's concession speech. He was very gracious. I wasn't around for Obama's victory speech, but I heard that it was pretty good too.

Condoleeza Rice for 2012. :)

Cheers,

Bruce

p.s., As Jamie said, Prop 8, ugh. Very, very disappointing. I would have expected better from the people of California.

mizzoumark November 6 2008, 14:36:56 UTC

I have to admit a bit of pride that the US, easily the most conservative of the major Western democracies, is the first to elect a racial minority as head of government. We're lagging behind in electing a woman, but I'm certain that a woman will head a major party ticket in at least one of the next 5 presidential elections (though 2028) (I'm not going to be so bold as to say she'll get elected). If Rice wants to run, she'll be a viable candidate (assuming she isn't a lesbian, as is widely rumored--that barrier has yet to be broken).

For some odd reason, politicians who lose Presidential elections tend to become far more appealing after they lose. Dole in '96, Gore in '00, Kerry in '04, and now potentially McCain in '08. McCain, to his credit, didn't turn into a robot like the other three did (I doubt any of the others would have done an extended cameo on Saturday Night Live the weekend before the election), but the election might have been closer if he had shown the grace in his speech during the campaign (of course, the far ( ... )