I Am Exhilarated & Terrified At The Same Time
[ 4 November 2008 ]
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Well said, if I were American I’d be voting Obama in a heartbeat :)
Yes! After two stolen elections in a row, I am so afraid that anything is possible! Breathing through fear is a big goal today…
I voted this morning! I’m going to be on edge all day, I can tell already. Oh, I hope that Obama wins.
Does anybody else catch the irony in those propaganda images? Anyone? Anyone?
Oh I couldn’t agree more! I’m so excited about the possibility of what this man can do, but terrified that he might get this cheated out from under him!! Not only that, but I can’t stand being called a “socialist” and an “idiot” (seriously) for believing in Obama. All I have to say is…
GOBAMA GOBAMA GO!
I’ve been waiting for this day for eight years. I’m not feeling well, so I doubt I’ll make it to work. But you can bet your ass I’ll be making it to the polls.
I just voted this morning and am feeling good about things. Think POSITIVE thoughts! And VOTE if you can!
Everyone in America, please go out and vote!!
Here’s hoping today’s the day of change :]
OBAMA!!!
fingers crossed
change should be in our midst.
i wish i could vote.
YEAH BABY!
I can’t believe that election day is already here! I voted weeks ago and I’m still terrified! I really do HOPE that everything turns out well.
Thanks for supporting us!
I have been looking at your site for about a month now. I found it by asking a fashion question. I am a fan now and you have inspired me to start my own blog and give a piece of myself to the world. You do a great job I tell everyone about you!!!GO OBAMA!!!
Living in Texas, I am especially worried. People are so close-minded, on more that a couple of occasions I’ve heard people say that they “don’t know why anyone would vote for Obama, he’s just going to get assassinated anyway.” The logic behind that is pretty loose, at best.
I don’t think I’ll be able to leave my house tomorrow if Obama loses. I feel a little bit terrible for not voting this year (I didn’t register in time).
Why do you even GIVE? You’re not American, are you? :S
Maybe it’s just me but I don’t get why everyone’s so excited. Whoever wins, doesn’t matter really. Either way they’re gonna bomb my country to bits, report it on CNN or whatever as USA “allegedly” bombed us, etc. etc. Bush has already started his random airstrikes on us, whoever wins will just follow in his footsteps :(
Acococure — Thank you very much, little one!
Tara Diane — No one’s managed to knock off Bush yet, & he’s the most hated president of all time… So ++ on the loose logic!
[a} — No, I’m not American, but I plan on spending a lot of time here in the future, & regardless, what happens in America affects the entire world. No presidency is perfect, but having a man in power who isn’t a weird creepy lizard man is important to me. Haha.
I’m not American but we will be watching the election on TV all evening! We’re really feeling the suspense!
Sorry for double-posting: Tara Diane, I have a friend who went to vote this morning and found out he wasn’t registered… He had to stand in line for about an hour but he managed to get registered and so he was able to vote. Maybe you’d be able to do the same?
[a} – Depending on where you are, who wins this election might actually make a difference. Obama and McCain have significantly different views about the ‘war on terror’ (which deserves air quotes so much more than ‘women’s health’, thank you Senator McCain). Obama is looking to get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan. As I see it, McCain will not get us out of those battles soon enough, and Iran could be next down the pipeline.
Saying that whoever wins will follow Bush’s footsteps shows an incredible lack of knowledge about these candidates. McCain probably would follow Bush- he calls himself a ‘maverick’, but has voted with the Republican party and the Bush administration consistently over the past eight years.
But Senator Obama is something completely different, something exciting, and I truly believe that things will change while he is in office.
My vote was cast a few weeks ago, absentee, because I’m at school 450 miles from home. But I’ll be up all night tonight watching the returns with my friends, and we’ll have the celebratory champagne waiting.
since i’m not of voting age, i really hope that our country will make the right choice. either way, i’m crying tonight!
One vote cast for Obama! :D
I see. Well, when I die with everyone else in the country both McCain & Obama have promised to attack, you’ll know by the lack of dismal wet blanket comments here :P
that’s not very positive thinking :/
YESSS! already voted days ago… fingers crossed for OBAMA.... i live in north carolina and we have every intention of turning our usually conservative state BLUE!!1
To respond to [a]...America has such a great influence over the world that what happens in this election is so important. As an Australian especially we’re closely tied with the US and thus a change of president means a lot for our political future. I found the Australian election very important too, but that’s never going to get the coverage the USA campaign does.
I’m a politics student and this is obviously a passion of mine, but I truly urge you all to fight for what you believe in, whatever that is. Apathy is the thing that damages our future the most, so if you can vote, wield that right! If you’re under age write a letter, march, read up on material. The government only gets to be this way if you let it. Your vote means SO much, more than you can imagine! It’s perhaps your most important fundamental right to have a say in how your country is run. Throwing that away is a waste of your little crumb of the universe…but it’s all these bits which can be pieced together to form a powerful whole.
How can you stand by the sidelines and watch the future solidifying before your eyes and not want to scratch your name in it and make your place? If you can spend 20 mins wearing a face mask, you can spend 10 minutes browsing policies, or parties, or electoral processes, or anything you want. Knowledge really is power…so go out there and soak it up!
PLEASE guys even if it’s dropping by your local library and picking up a book, or registering to vote (In some places, including Australia, you can register before you’re of age) then go out and get started. You don’t have to burn your bras or wage war on other factions to stand up for what you believe in! Education is the key and you’re the only one who should decide what you believe in and why. Don’t wait for it to be delivered on a platter by the media simply and easily (almost everything hidden by spin and bias, you need to be smart and cut through this to find the core yourself!) find it your own way and pursue it because one extra person who takes control of their country’s future is one less person being swept along in whatever outcome occurs, without having even tried to fight against the current.
x
OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA!!
(I voted as soon as the polls opened!)
You guys are amazing, I love you.
Oh Gala, ever since you called Mcain a lizard-man a while back, I think the exact same thing every time I see him on our telly here in Britian hahaha.
Also, what you said before, about what happens in the USA and what president is elected & how it will impact the whole world is true, especially here in England. Regarding the war and such. So thats why it IS important to me who becomes president over there. I hate Palin & Mcain with a passion so GOBAMA!!
SI SE PUEDE!
Thank you for posting this. I really hope we don’t screw it up.
Will you be able to vote in the next elections, once your citizenship goes through?
HAHA! There’s a bit of Obamarama going on in here! YAAAAY!
VOTE!
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I’m so excited and nervous, so my friend sent me this to help me laugh.
(I adore you, Gala!
I’ll do my best. Going right now to vote.
xo
I voted first thing in the morning for Obama! I still live at home and my parents are pretty conservative…my mom just finished ranting to me about abortion and other stuff. Lovely.
I’d be voting Obama if I was on the right side of the pond and my vote counted!
This election is so important to the entire world, so even though I live in England, I have my fingers crossed SO TIGHT for Obama.
P.S. This video encouraging people to vote is hilarious: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TGf2o…
Holy fuckballs, I’m terrified. I’ve been brought to tears worrying about this election.
I just have to pray that my absentee ballot will be counted and then sit around watching BBC World news until 6AM waiting for the results (I don’t have round the clock CNN in Germany! D: )
My Facebook status has been dedicated to reminding everyone to go vote for Obama for the last two weeks.
HOPE.
I voted for Obama two weeks ago! This is so scary…I want to live in a country I’m proud to live in. If McCain becomes president, I don’t know if that is possible for me. Anyone overseas want to house me if Obama doesn’t win?!
I voted for Obama!! And i am going to be on edge all day, it’s off to my friend Julias house tonight for a cocktail and hoefully celebration,....or…..I may sit in my room and cry all day tommorrow.
.. I think McCain wouldn’t be bad either.
Alice-
The total irony! I can’t believe the Obey guy has totally done the one thing he fought to expose back in the day. Finally someone else gets it!
{Lauren} HERE, HERE!!!
OBAMA-RAMA!
I wish I was American just so I could take part in voting.
To those who have replied to [a}: Telling someone who mentions that their country has been threatened with attack by both candidates to just “think positively”, or that they should spend less time in face masks and more time involved in politics is… well, ignorant, though that is a taboo word!
I’m also wary of Obama-mania. I agree with the anarchist scholar, Noam Chomsky, who says America should vote for Obama, but do so without the illusion that he is much different from candidates past. Hear his thoughts here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpNzD…
McCain and Palin having proven that they barely know international leaders/place names, there is barely a choice to be made here. Any democracy where there is virtually no choice is no cause for celebration.
As a non-US-citizen, I do find hope, however, in the fact that Americans are re-finding hope themselves. This is a symbolically important election. I think the outcome will re-inspire American activism that has been in a lull for the past eight years. This is more important than the candidacy, per se.
I’m an American, and i’ll be more proud to say it if OBAMA becomes president!!
I voted this morning. It took me 3 hours and i’m tired as hell, but i voted. Come on, America…ELECT OBAMA!!
we’re staying up all night to watch the coverage on uk tv (damn you, time differences!) i am SO excited, and nervous, and terrified, and hghkgldlf! this has the potential to be amazing.
this is making me SO.FREAKING.HAPPY.
today is my birthday as well & even though the election is stealing a little bit of my thunder…i’m okay with that. i’m so excited/anxious for tonight. let’s just hope my birthday wish comes true!
i cast my ballot for mr. barack obama about 1.5 hours ago and im still on a rush from it!!! also, for California, NO ON 8 is a very important one. :)
I’m so excited that people all around the world are supporting Barack Obama. That shows me that my choice last week when I voted was the right one! :)))
voting for obama today :)
@*Maureen*
Great post! :D Noam Chomsky is an amazing and fantastically smart guy. Your comment, imho, hit the nail on the head.
Though he is just another candidtate, Obama DOES symbolize the rebirth of hope. For many, he symbolizes the end to a Bush regime that outlasted its worth by about 6 years. This presidential race has spurred people into civic duty, as we have more people involved and voting than we’ve had since 1968 (read in the Seattle Times this am). Voter apathy seems to be at an extreme low, this election and that means that people are finally getting involved and realizing they can change our course in this world.
That is something to celebrate, no matter who wins. The people are finally speaking up.
Amen, Birdie!
The very fact that people are actually inspired and motivated to get out there and rock their right to vote, that so many people give their lives to defend, is amazing – no matter who wins today.
Rock that booth, America!!
I mailed in my absentee ballot for Barack a couple of weeks ago, though I’m not too worried about him winning in New York.
[a}, I think arguing that any American president will carry out the disgraceful mess we’ve made over the past eight years is very sad and ignorant. The whole reason so many of us are so passionate about Barack is that we want change. We oppose our foreign policies, we protested (and continue to protest) these wars, and we want to rectify the unforgivable damage that’s been done.
I’m very sorry that you’ve been trapped in the midst of this horrible situation, but I don’t think anyone here has made “wet blanket” comments; we’re all rallying for a different world order, justice and an end to the mess we’ve created for the world. What would you have us say? That voting is pointless? That trying to bring about this desperately needed change is foolish and naive?
I have hope, as do many others, and while it doesn’t always bring about everything we’re wishing for, sometimes it’s all we’ve got to hold on to.
I truly believe that Barack Obama will make valiant efforts to amend the atrocities inacted by this administration, and I hope that after he takes office you begin to find that hope as well.
Obama has the aloha hapa spirit! Aloha Obama!!!1
I voted for Obama, bright and early this morning!
When I stop to think about how edgy I’ve been for weeks, worrying that the election outcome will once again be manipulated by the republicans…It’s really a very sad indictment for our country. We really need to not only revamp the entire balloting system, but also the weight of the electoral college.
this is really scary.
i wish it didn’t affect the entire world the way it does… i am hoping for the best. for change. for obama. for the good in people.
I’m really crossing my fingers so that Obama wins. Whatever America does affects Mexico greatly and that’s why I’m hoping for Obama!
GO OBAMA!
I think the reason why so many people are so incredibly passionate about this election is that Obama is the first candidate (within my memory, at least) that people are actually EXCITED to vote for, rather than just having to choose which one sucks less. I turned 18 in January, and have lived through the presidencies of both Clinton and Bush. I especially remember Bush’s presidency and elections, and what stands out most vividly is a comment my uncle made in 2004: ‘Can I just vote No Thanks?’ I’m about as democratic as they come, but even I would not have voted for Kerry; there’s just something about the man that doesn’t sit well with me.
Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but it says a lot to me that the year that I become an adult, and that my entire generation becomes adults, the decision is between a black man and a woman. Am I sad that it took THIS long to get to this point? Yes. Am I sad that we’re finally there? No. Change may not happen overnight, we won’t wake up tomorrow and everything will be sunshine and rainbows, but this election has gotten people excited about being American again. Democrat or republican, the fact that 90% of the students on my college campus got out and voted gives me hope for the future. Whether I agree with them or not, it means that people are more willing to become knowledgeable and informed citizens rather than just going with the status quo. That excites me more than the election results, to be honest; even if Obama loses, this election has already changed things for the better.
That said, JibJab is darn funny (and bipartisan!):
sendables.jibjab.com/sendables…
I am so nervous too. exhilarated and terrified sum it up perfectly. :) wish you could vote gala! are you going to apply for citizenship at some point or do you plan to keep your NZ citizenship? I hope that’s not a nosy question! I was just curious :)
oops, linked to the emailable version. Here’s the actual one:
www.jibjab.com/originals/time_…
It feels really good to come here and see all of these great people voting for Obama. Seriously, if he doesn’t win, I think it was fraud, like what happened to Gore.
He HAS to win. We NEED him.
I voted already about a week ago. I live in a state that was always considered conservative. (Montana) And Mccain didn’t even bother to come here. Not once. He didn’t visit my state at all because he thought he had it in the bag. But that was a mistake, and now Montana has become a swing state, and it could go either way. Because we all love Obama. Word.
First of all, I enjoy reading your blog, Gala! I think you are a very strong and intelligent woman. But I wish you would present all sides, including independent candidates (libertarian, green, constitution, etc.), on your site regardless of who you personally support. Knowledge is power and if we only know what one candidate believes, we are cheating ourselves.
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King, Jr. could march.
Martin Luther King, Jr. marched so Barack Obama could run.
Obama ran so our children can FLY!
History is going to change today. I am positive that Obama is going to be elected president. Yay!!!I’ve been on pins and needles all week! I voted last weekend by mail!! Obama all the way! I think he’s gonna win :)
I voted early, by mail.
I’m nervous but so so so excited! I can’t wait for the day Barack moves into the White House. If he doesn’t win, then I’m this country is a dictatorship & it was fixed again.
I think I’m gonna go to a bar & watch the results come in…have a celebration.
It’s tragic that his grandmother died yesterday.
Gala, I lovelovelove your website, but to be honest, I find this a little disappointing. I am conservative on most issues and liberal on some, and I have voted McCain for this election. I just find it a bit disheartening to read comments about how Obama is the ONLY person America should elect, about how he is the “correct” candidate, etc. As NatW said, knowledge is power, and the more you educate yourselves on all the candidates, the better. And hopefully we can all choose a candidate and a party without putting blinders on and lashing out against the opposing viewpoint.
Celeste:
If you feel so strongly, educate us, explain why you feel McCain is the correct choice for America.
Also, this is Gala’s blog and she is allowed to support whoever she wants to, if you don’t like it you don’t HAVE to read those posts.
even though i’m a canadian (i voted for the green party!) i have to say:
i’ve got a crush on obama!!!
Obama Fo Yo Mama.
I voted Obama today! Get out and vote America!!
I’m excited to see so much Obama love in the comments. In about 30 minutes a friend and I will be riding back to our hometome from school in Savannah to vote. We drove up yesterday and now are going back home again just for today.We are wasting all that gas to be ‘good Americans’ and vote. Today is also my 1st time voting. Go Obama! * fingers crossed *
Being Canadian is so stressful during these elections! I desperately want change in North America, and obviously, other Canadians don’t (see our recent election. we re-elected the same guy, with the same cabinet, AGAIN). If and when Obama is elected, it could change the face of North American politics for a long time.
ps: I’m not of age, but I wanted to vote for Elizabeth May too. I live in her riding. :D
Sara,
I support McCain largely because of his foreign policy and position on the war. Of the two, I think he is more experienced and prepared, and I greatly respect his strength of character. You probably have perfectly valid reasons for supporting Obama, based on your personal priorities and values; I’m not here to “educate” anyone…to be honest, I can’t stand the mentality that the opposite party is full of ignorant, brainwashed people who need to be enlightened/educated/converted etc.
I’m voting tonight, along with everyone and their mom, lmao. Oh well, at least I’ll finally get to meet some of my neighbors!
Here’s hoping the night brings a good kind of change :]
NatW & Celeste — First of all, I’m pretty sure most Americans have already decided who they’re going to vote for. My posting a graphic of Obama isn’t going to sway a lot of people, I don’t think. It would be nice to think I have that much influence, but I don’t.
I’m pretty neutral on most things, & I do my best to present a well-rounded point of view… But I cannot in good conscience say anything positive about McCain. That’s just how it is. Sorry.
I can’t vote yet, but I know damn well that if I could, I’d be in the voting booth first thing in the morning casting my ballot for Obama. He inspires me in more ways than I could ever possibly describe. (And I idolize his wife Michelle!) Tonight when I hear the results of the election, if Barack Obama wins, I will literally cry!
I’m a mega Obama lover, but I don’t oppose McCain. NatW & Celeste- Good luck to you both. I think John McCain is a very respectable and honorable candidate.
Gala,
Touché, I think you’re right that most of us have already decided. Believe me, I’m not trying to stir up a big argument that’s not going to change anyone’s mind.
I think I may be a little oversensitive about politics in general at the moment; my closest group of friends is entirely liberal, so any political discussion lands me in the minority. I dunno, it sort of grates on you, if you know what I mean?
Celeste — No sweat, I understand! & thanks for being so reasonable, most times political discussions turn people into rabid monsters (which is why I stay away from them)! xx
That’s great that you’re in NYC for the election Gala!
My sis is traveling there specifically for the Obama-related after-election celebrations!
...now that’s positive-thinking! :)
FUCK WHAT YO MAMA SAY, I’MMA VOTE OBAMA WAY!
voted! new york will be a blue state 4evz sorry2seh. pleases me deeply.
viva obama :)
I enjoyed voting Obama and my free Chick-Fil-A sandwich from voting Obama! Yay!
I can’t vote yet, but I really hope Obama wins!
I’m in Australia, but were I in America I would be voting Obama.
Hope you guys can facilitate the change a lot of the world craves.
Oh and Lauren, nice comment darling ;)
I’ll be excited either way. One thing that is amazing about America is that the man we vote for is our individual choice. We don’t have to vote based on the beliefs of our friends, our peers, or our family. THE CHOICE IS OURS.
super happy making inspirational slam by Saul Williams : http://obeygiant.com/voteforchange/saul-williams/
This is only the second presidential election I’ve been of age to vote in, but it’s certainly the first one that counts, to me. I was excited to go to the polls and to support someone whose ideals I actually believe in.
Hooray for living in a place where I actually GET a say in what goes on!
Just a quick reference back to Maureen. My comment about facemasks? A little tongue in cheek and that part of my comment wasn’t actually in reference to [a}, just the first paragraph. I would honestly like to see people more involved in politics in general, thus why I wrote the comment. Not to suggest [a} in particular should be. ;)
I suppose I’m the only one who can’t stand Obama? The amount of faith people are putting into a presidential candidate who is sure to disappoint in some way (as ALL elected presidents do), as well as the amount of propaganda-esque art surrounding the man, is frightening to me. I DO think that is more a product of his fans than the man himself though. I can’t stand McCain either for reasons already mentioned, which made for a difficult election day, haha!
Either way, we’re getting a new president, and thank goodness we are!!
This was the first election I could vote in, and vote I did! Better yet, Colorado was a swing state, so we got to feel important. Barack the rock, baby (though don’t worry you disillusioned Gala fans, I most definitely considered my decision carefully and looked at ALL of the candidates on the ballot). Rock the vote, younger generation!
I love Obama! I’ve been so excited for this day!
Hun- while I can’t speak to the people who have made Obamart, I can tell you that most people don’t think Obama is going to solve the country’s problems. I think the enthusiasm you’re seeing in people is the desire for change, which they feel Obama will give them. No matter who becomes the President, his job will not be easy, and I’m sure many people understand that their problems will not be solved overnight.
i am looking forward to see who wins the election…i am from australia and we all know that the US has a major impact on a lot of other countries….
there is a quote that
“when America sneezes, the world gets a cold”
so it will be interesting…..
Check out this website
www.iftheworldcouldvote.com says
it is a poll to show what would happen if the world could vote in this election….it shows that the world would vote for Obama (87.3%) compared to McCain (12.7%)
just thought it was interesting!
:D
gobama ; )
I WISH I COULD VOTE!!! I am a total Jeffersonian Democrat: he believed in an education requirement, not an age requirement. I’m only 16 though, and the world we live in dictates that I be 18 before I actually can help decide with my countrymen and women what the American government will become.
I’m so excited. The projection I saw this morning had Obama winning. The only way McCain could win was if he got ALL the swing states. So I’m praying that that was a good projection. I’m still super nervous though, because you never know 100% how people are going to vote.
What about the NZ election Miss Gala? National vs Labour…. I hate to say it but National will probably win this time around. I’m voting Labour anyway.
sara ~ i’m pretty bummed about national probably winning, but i’m hopeful that they won’t be able to form a coalition because they’ve pissed everyone else right off and labour will be able to cobble together enough parties to swing it. i’m chucking my weight in behind green, as always, and i’m pleased as punch to be able to vote for helen in my electorate :D (AND it looks like i’m going to her election night party!)
oh, and GO OBAMA!
I’m scared too.
Are you voting in NZ Gala? It’s a tough choice here because they both suck! Might have to go with the Greens.
VOTED! MY FIRST ELECTION EVER!
I’m afraid that my vote won’t do much in the long run, though…Virginia’s a big swing state this year and it’s so freaking close. I volunteered and campagained my ass off, I hope it wasn’t for nothing!
I always wished that I could be a part of a controversial, vital part of American history as a young adult…I just had no idea it would be right when I became politically aware, or that it would be so terrifying.
DESIGNERS FOR OBAMA.
A conference i as at today was finished liked that. Totally loved it.
I’m in the same boat as Celeste. All of my closest friends are die hard liberals and I voted for McCain.
And really, “I cannot in good conscience say anything positive about McCain” is a little harsh. There’s something positive to be said about every human being on this planet, even if they’re scum. You just have to suck up whatever bias you have towards that person and look at them objectively.
I don’t want Obama to win and I don’t like him at all, but I can say positive things about HIM.
Gala, I adore you and all…But you ought to know how big of an influence you are, and it really shouldn’t be okay for you to give an opinion here…=/
BARACK TO THE FUTURE!
I wish I could vote this year but I can’t. I’m just 5 months too young D:
Neptune — Nope, I’m not voting in NZ. I didn’t register because I didn’t even think about it; plus, I haven’t lived there for over 2 years now! I really haven’t kept up with what’s going on there politically. I hope it goes well, though!
i think people are forgetting that this is not where you should come for an unbiased news source. gala’s opinions are just as valid as anyone’s and she’s allowed to voice them as she sees fit on her own blog. if someone’s ideas are swayed by one person on the internet, their ideas can change just as easily by watching fox news later.
sorry just one thing (at emily): i was calling myself a wet blanket..not anyone else!
HE DID IT!!!
What an amazing day!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should all listen to Black President, right now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Z5AK…
YAY!
People are honking their horns & yelling “WOO” in the street outside my house, I’m going to go out & join them as soon as I’ve heard Obama’s speech!
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) im alive. the US president is black. wonders never cease.
“If one voice can change a room, one voice can change a city.
And if one voice can change a city, one voice can change a state.
And if one voice can change a state, one voice can change the nation.
And if one voice can change the nation, one voice can change the world.”
Fucking WOOHOO!!!!
SHA-ZAM!
He loves me, and he loves my mama, so I went ahead + voted Obama!
Yes! Oh my god! This is the best day ever!
OBAMA!
i wish i could see the streets of NY right now!
YEA!!!!!!!!!!! GO OBAMA!
everyone at my school supports obama
and we dont even live in america
somene dressed up as him for halloween and he entered this fancy dress costume and a girl screamed “OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!”
and everyone cheered :]
i’ve never seen our school so united!
BUT OMGOD!
AMERICA IS HELLA READY FOR CHANGE!!
GO OBAMA!!!!!!
YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH SON
Who else cried during his speech? I did.
I. AM. SO. FUCKING. HAPPY!!!!!!!!!
I’m wearing my Obama shirt tomorrow to work, so that I can tell all my GOP coworkers to rub their faces in it!!! (The first good thing EVAR about being a Dem in Texas!)
sara and annaloren – yay, go go go go Labour!!
Intelligent minds think alike? I’m going to her election night party too :)
Ali – I’m glad to see i’m not the only one, I did, too.
Haha.
What makes you people think that this unknown man is going to make such a significant change
Your vesting all this emotion into one man who has no record. Scary that so many people can believe in something so deceiving.
aaaahhhhhhh! We set an amazing historical precedent that this country has never seen before!
This election not only broke racial barriers but gender barriers, too, showing that women are fit candidates for our country’s high(est) offices – the fact that Hillary ran and that Palin was candidate for Veep, bodes well for women in politics in the future.
Whatever you voted, you’ve got to be proud for voting in such a historical event.
In Seattle, people flocked to the streets, setting off firecrackers, banging pots and pans, marching down the Ave with cardboard Obama cutouts. People drove around honking and screaming. It was gleeful mêlée!
Obama’s quite the enthralling orator and I’m stoked to see what happens when he puts words into action.
Nana in the Theatre – Your comment made me really sad… shouldn’t it be okay for anyone to give an opinion on anything, anywhere? Even if Gala was like OMG McCAIN PWNS I would still support her sharing her opinion.
Anyway,
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!
I was laughing and crying at the same time all night.
This is perfect.
Hells yeah! We said we can and we did! Yes we can! His speech last night was fantastic.
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
I house sitting this past week which meant i wouldn’t have internet access which i was quite disappointed about, as i had thought it would mean i would have to wait ages to see how the election was going, but thankfully the house had foxtel, so the 6 of us sat had the election channel progress!(ok i on all day watching the don’t know what station it actually was, but it was devoted to the election all Wednesday!)
And i gotta say i am so happy and impressed with how it has gone! Not only do i think that Obama as a person will be a fantastic president, i have soo much respect for him! but I’m also so excited that not only does America have it’s first African-American president, but that they actually voted in a black president, (i mean lets face it a lot of America as a country aren’t the most open ppl, and i don’t mean that in an offensive way, i know a lot of Americans are very open and great I’m talking in generalizations and this election shows how far the country has come in putting prejudices aside. I just hope Australia will follow the US’s lead on this…i mean we follow everything else, but this is actually one aspect of America i wouldn’t mind infiltrating our culture).
And I’m also impressed with McCain conceding defeat when he did, i have a lot of respect for that, especially considering the republicans history in elections not going their way *cough*whenbushfirstgot’elected’cough
And finally I’m just soo happy reading everyone’s comments about that speech of Obama’s, it was soo brilliant, its so great seeing soo many people moved by it!!!