Tuesday, November 04, 2008

MY PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by Erica Orloff at 11:19 PM

20 comments:

Sarah Laurenson 11:34 PM, November 04, 2008  

Damn right!!!!!!!

Just listened to McCain's concession speech. The man has class.

Jude Hardin 11:40 PM, November 04, 2008  

Congrats to President-Elect Obama, and my sincere hopes that we can pull together now as Americans and make the changes we crave a reality.

Melanie Hooyenga 11:47 PM, November 04, 2008  

Simply amazing.

McCain sounded more like himself during his speech than he has in months. I was impressed with him for the first time in years.

Alyson Noel 12:31 AM, November 05, 2008  

Drinking champagne and Baracking Out!!!!

Edie Ramer 12:31 AM, November 05, 2008  

I'm so happy. I missed the speech. I was emailing my CP in Australia to give her the news. Michelle said the whole world will be happy that Obama won. She called McCain "creepy."

Erica Orloff 12:34 AM, November 05, 2008  

Sarah:
But where WAS that class act as he flung mud the last two months, as he put forth Palin? I agree . . . great speech. But he didn't run his campaign as a class act.

Erica Orloff 12:35 AM, November 05, 2008  

Jude:
MY PRESIDENT!!!!! I cried!!!

Erica Orloff 12:35 AM, November 05, 2008  

Melanie:
Yup. Where WAS that guy these last months?
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Erica Orloff 12:36 AM, November 05, 2008  

Alyson:
Crying and celebrating!
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Erica Orloff 12:36 AM, November 05, 2008  

Edie:
I am so proud to be an American again. I hung my flag from a 9/11 firehouse that I have. First time since 9/11 that I have hung it!!!!

Sarah Laurenson 12:52 AM, November 05, 2008  

Wherever he went before, I'm glad he's back.

Highest highs to lowest lows tonight. Lots of propositions passing - no gay marriage in Florida and Arizona (I know it was already a no in FL) and no adoption by a gay couple in Arkansas. Prop 8 is passing. The percentage reporting is going up but the percentage yes/no hasn't changed much.

We may be losing the battles, but I wonder if we've already won the war.

Spy Scribbler 1:19 AM, November 05, 2008  

Yay, Erica! Sarah, what an extreme disappointment the numbers are right now.

A good day for a woman's right to choose, though.

Sarah Laurenson 1:32 AM, November 05, 2008  

I wonder what happens if Obama gets gay marriage recognized on the federal level. What happens to all these states that don't allow it. I'm assuming it will be something similar to Loving v. Virginia, but I believe those were all laws and not constitutional amendments.

Yep, Spy. Good news for a woman's choice.

Stephen Parrish 1:53 AM, November 05, 2008  

My president too. Politics has (have? never could figure that one out) never felt so good.

Sorry about the gay marriage losses. As our old nemesis JLK used to argue, the country as a whole isn't ready for it. But take heart; six months ago the country wasn't ready for a black president either. There's no stopping an idea whose time has come.

Ewoh Nairb 2:19 AM, November 05, 2008  

Extraordinarily happy about the election. Disappointed about the way the propositions are going, but I'll never stop fighting for everyone to be treated with dignity and respect.

Erica Orloff 7:02 AM, November 05, 2008  

sarah:
I mourn with you on the propositions. Mourn . . . .

But I truly believe that it HAS to change and WILL change because it IS right and fair and just. I somehow have faith that people recognize justice when they see it. It may take them awhile, but don't they HAVE to see it eventually? I don't know. I can't believe we elected Barack Obama, as he said, one of the unlikliest of presidents, and could vote down justice elsewhere.

Erica Orloff 7:03 AM, November 05, 2008  

stephen:
I literally cried. My best friend from college called me at 1:00 a.m., an African-American man. I could tell he was choked up. I was bawling and had tissues. But it felt SO good, you're right.
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Anonymous 7:32 AM, November 05, 2008  

FF here. I thought of you when I heard he won.

I agree with Sarah Laurenson about McCain. The McCain who gave the concession speech was the McCain that I could have lived with if he won. The McCain that was campaigning … I couldn't live with him. Now, I wonder where he put the clone he used when campaigning.

I'm worried now that disappointment will set in when some of the people who voted for Obama discover that he can't walk on water after all. Wish he could. He has some great ideas. I just don't think America will follow through, and despite being President, he is only one man.

Erica Orloff 7:43 AM, November 05, 2008  

Hey FF:
Of course he can't do everything. Because Americans rarely want to swallow the bitter pill. We do not have the sense of sacrifice our grandparents did. So if he can't accomplish what he wants without people feeling a pinch, they will reject the concept, which is unfortunate since he does, indeed, have good ideas.

Amy Sue Nathan 8:02 AM, November 05, 2008  

I wasn't online last night, but woke up this morning and just *knew* you'd have a post up.

You are so reliable!

I loved watching the whole thing - from the historic election and class-act speeches to my adopted hometown sparkling in the background.

And last night of course was not the end of anything - it was merely the beginning.

THANK GOODNESS!

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