Comments | zibacco: Bittersweet...maybe

zibacco

Bittersweet...maybe

Nov 04, 2008 21:49

I'm very happy that Obama won. Its wonderful, historic and a great opportunity to finally confront some of the major issues facing this country.

However, I'm more than a little upset that as of right now it looks like as of tomorrow I will officially be a second-class citizen in my home state of California. Proposition 8 has over 50% of the vote ( Read more... )

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randomposting November 5 2008, 06:28:38 UTC

How is it possible for Obama to win and Prop 8 to pass?

This country never fails to boggle.

zibacco November 5 2008, 09:08:28 UTC

Black and Latino voters tend to be for the ban, and ironically the fact that they turned out in huge numbers to elect Obama probably ensured that a conservative proposition passed.

But yeah, I don't get it either, really. I've never understood why people were so freaked out by the issue in the first place.

randomposting November 5 2008, 18:41:32 UTC

Me either. People are insane. :( *hugs*

ebourland November 5 2008, 06:53:08 UTC

We might not be evolved enough.

anonymous November 5 2008, 11:35:01 UTC

I hope the best for our country. He has a heavy load and a lot of expectations to fill. It won't be long and the mud-slinging Cindy Sheehan marching-through-the-streets butt naked offense the liberals enjoyed for 8 years won't amount to a dick squat if he doesn't bring
"change." I want intertest rates to spike and to quit importing foreign cars from Korea. This turkey better learn how to fly above the red tape he's promised to slice through and start holding hands across the aisle.

I wonder how much more security detail he has than any other president in history; your tax dollars at work people!! The people who voted him in should accrue extra taxes just for that.

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jestr_ November 5 2008, 15:57:33 UTC

I'm sorry for you guys, I really am. As a straight person I voted against it and I'm ashamed that so many people that share the air I breathe are such unenlightened animals. Still, it's not over till it's over, the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in on it, and eventually they'll have to. Fortunately the US Constitution isn't subject to mob rule and cannot be amended by a simple majority of the bleating masses. Obama's in power, which means more liberal justices, which means when the Supreme s eventually have to hand down a judgment things will perhaps be put right.

melchoir November 5 2008, 19:02:58 UTC

Ya, this was kinda of a bumper. This and the fact that Prop H didnt pass... which mean no mater what hope we have in the white house, bigotry and lobbyist still holds sway.

And here's a nice CNN map of California on Prop 8... god damn central valley... and LA was close, really?

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/county/#CAI01map