Obama Just Won the Election ...

[dawn_felagund]

There isn't a whole lot to say beyond that. I am ... wow. What an amazing night. What a stressful night! Watching Presidential election results come in should count as aerobic exercise!

I am so happy and proud and everything else right now. I've forgotten what it is to be excited about the future, but I am. The last eight years have made me question a lot about my national identity that hasn't been comfortable or fun and I'm hoping that I no longer need to cringe when introducing myself as an American.

What a great night. Yes, I am for once without much more to say beyond that. :)

Comments

[allie-meril.livejournal.com]

I'm so proud of our country right now. :)

[dawn_felagund]

I so totally agree with you. I began Bush's reign ashamed of him (and the f*ckup that put him in office) and the people that were following him and, over time, slowly began to grow ashamed of my own identity as an American. I wondered sometimes if I really fit in the culture of my own country, particularly when--early in the general election--McCain and Obama were so close in the polls. I wondered what it took for people to get over the hate and fear that turns so many voters to Republicans ... and wondered if they could.

I also worried that we would see another Florida in 2000 or Ohio in 2004, where voters' voices weren't being heard. I didn't think that I could be part of a country that continually, at that point, elected presidents through dishonest and unscrupulous means.

But ... Obama not only won but won by a huge margin, enough that I feel, for the first time in a long while, that I share many of the same values as my countryfolk.

(I know, this was a ginormous reply to your relatively short comment, but your comment sums up how I feel so well that I had to write a novella explaining why. ;)