I had always figured that we would not see this during my lifetime. No matter the quality of the candidate or the good ideas in the platform. Americans would not elect an African-American as President. Wasn’t happy about it, but I thought that was a river we were far from crossing in our journey of progress.
Bless all you people out there – especially all the millions of YOUNG Americans – who proved to me just how far we have come.
In my lifetime.
And I think my friend Helen, who died last March at age 94, is celebrating this wherever she is. Her daughter, in sorting out Helen’s financial stuff as the personal represenative of the estate, found that in the last months of her life Helen had sent several donations to the Obama campaign. A retired public school teacher. White. Lutheran. Iowa-born and bred. Ladylike to her core. Sharp as a tack until the end and gracious with it.
Maybe Helen’s support should have hinted to me how big this thing would get.
WAAAAAAAAUUUGGHHH!!!
I was at Forest Room 5 last night when Wolf Blitzer called it. The place EXPLODED.
I cannot tell you how happy I was. I can’t tell you because I was stunned. I’m still absorbing what happened.
I’ve never been so proud of my country. Even the ones who voted for the guy I didn’t vote for, I’m so proud we had record turnout and that the youth showed up and that I finally feel like we’re about to make a difference.
I really don’t have the words, either, Pixie, to do justice to my feelings.
Was at a small potluck gathering with friends I’ve known for 25+ years, some of whom I don’t see often these days. I remember clearly the moment, at what, almost straight up
8 pm9 pm MST, that I was standing in the room, at that moment the only one actually looking at the TV, conversations going on around me, and right there on my friends’ supah-doopah mega huge LCD Sony HDTV: the graphic that declared Obama the President-elect. On MSNBC I think it was.I swear, chills ran down my spine and arms and legs and it took a couple of seconds for me to be able to point to the TV and nearly holler: “LOOK! He’s won!”
And I was also impressed by McCain’s classy and gracious concesson speech. On top of being thrilled that it was a concession speech, of course.
I was like you, Suz…chills ran up and down my spine! Reminds of how we all felt when JFK was elected…excited, optimistic, looking forward to the future.