Two For Tuesday.

[sechan19]

Yesterday the American people sent a decisive message to its government. We are done with your bullshit (for now, that is... until, you know, the democrats get the country back on a paying basis again and we all sink back into complacency and intolerance). Sorry about that last bit. Old habits die hard. [ahem]

For me, last night was the first time--in nearly eight years--that I felt that I might be able to be proud that I am an American. I haven't felt proud for so, so long. It is a beautiful and blessed feeling, and I do not take it for granted even as I bask in its glow. I truly believe that Barack Obama and his supporters triumphed over hate and fear, and that with a democrat-led senate and a democrat-led executive branch we may finally begin to climb back out of the abyss we allowed ourselves to be dragged into.

I realize that there are some people who worry about the loss of a number of moderate republicans in yesterday's election. A number of news sources I've read (chief among them the New York Times and the Washington Post) have noted that the republican base will now shift even further to the right. I cannot help but see that as a positive development, however. No longer will those bastards be able to hide behind a moderate fiscal conservative front. Everyone is going to see them for what they are: narrow-minded, hate-mongering, monsters. Yeah, I said monsters. And that's exactly what I meant.

Let we not forget that these are the people who refused halloween candy to the children of Obama supporters, who actually pinned their hopes for this election on racism and discrimination, who tried to disenfranchise mortgage-crisis victims at the voter polls among other things, and who sunk to the depths of insinuating that Obama = Osama = terrorist.

For the record, Obama is a city in Japan. So I guess Obama's really a Japanese man in disguise (which I guess just means that we finally know who exactly to blame for Pearl Harbor). Folks in Obama City are tremendously proud today. They held a city-wide celebration in honor of the election results.

For me, though, this Daily Show clip will always be the most nostalgic and delightful of the bunch. I was watching when Jon Stewart made the announcement that dropped almost decade of tension from my shoulders.

And also, because I did declare a "two" for Tuesday. In a personal milestone that I am still excited over, my adviser, K., let me drive her car yesterday. It was dark, and she didn't know the way very well, and I took over from there--eliciting comments like, "oh, you drive fast, my dear!" and "okay, I'm not even going to look while you merge..." along the way.

So. Totally. Awesome.

Comments

[unapperent.livejournal.com]

Aye, it feels good.

This was my 2nd time voting - I did it once when I was 18.
Then glazed over. With any luck that will change.

However, I'm not so happy about other things that passed, or did not pass.
So I feel a bit bittersweet today.

[reteva.livejournal.com]

I know exactly how you feel. Knowing that Barack Obama will be the next president of this country fills me with such a feeling of relief and happiness. But knowing that he was elected by a majority of people in this country most likely because everyone was freaking out about the economic crisis and not because they're really all that gung ho for equality... that fills me with dread and sadness.