Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Yes we can. And we did!

OBAMA! enough said.
This election was worldwide. There was an event on campus dedicated to live footage of the election (I opted to stay at home and watch it on msnbc.com) but it would have been wild. All day yesterday I saw various people wearing Obama shirts. It is really amazing how American politics affects the entire world.

I am so thoroughly impressed and pleased with America. Yesterday I was quite proud and happy with everyone on facebook. Everyone's status' were incredible. Each person who appeared on my mini feed (it tells you what everyone else is doing on facebook) had a status relating to voting and to Obama. Here are some of my favorites...

Alexandra has voted, have you?
Jeremy played with the black knobs and almost voted for the Green Party's Cynthia McKinney. I loved pulling that lever!
Lauren is votevotevotevotevote! (For Barack, McCain, Saxon. Just vote!)
Chloƫ is in an Obama state of mind.
Mike is If Mccain pulls off a miracle and wins get ya passport game straight, we ain't stickin around.... WE OUTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!
Joan is O-O-O-OBAMA O-O-BARACK OBAMA

And this morning...
Laura has never been so happy. Barack Obama '08 ♥ It's just the beginning!!!
Lauren is yes. Yes we can. And we did.
Chloƫ is going to apply "Yes We Can" to every aspect of her life.
Jaclyn is thinking wow, history was just made.

There were just so many. I watched the speeches this morning and I will say that John Mccain accepted defeat graciously. I appreciated how he patted his hands down in the air when his supporters booed Obama, and said, "please". Obama's speech was amazing and I especially loved the spanning the audience. It was very touching and made me wish I was back in the States to celebrate. Change has definitely come. Exciting!!!

2 comments:

Kimmery said...

Isn't it fabulous/bizarre/exciting/?? how much the world practically participated in our election? I feel like I saw more coverage of it and discussed it more here than most such things in the US. Just all-around incredible. And I truly hope, too, that this is the beginning of a better country.

Glad to hear that you're well and happy, Alex! Much love! <3

Sherlocksara said...

so exciting!