congratulations to Barack Obama on becoming the President-Elect.
you all know that I was not a supporter of his... but, he's now our President, sooooooo, yeah, it's a pretty stunning scene I'm watching on teevee.
i'm a little emotional... not totally crying etc etc etc, but, a few moments of being choked up (not to the point of the tears streaming down my face when I watched Hillary vote this morning... but, choked up enough.)
sooooooooooooooooo... I'm sending this one out to the Obama folks out there tonight
(especially NeilV and Pkev) ...
CONGRATS!!!
oh... and you didn't think that I would just have a nice little congrats post did ya' ???
*mwah*
Whatchoosayin'?? (4 yapped)
Woo hoo! Funny drawing, but I'm hoping for Obama in 2012 as well!
McCain gave a classy concession speech - very elder statesman. I thought that was really nice. And I thought Obama struck the right note with his acceptance speech. Turns out the campaign was the easy part - the hard part is really just beginning.
I need some sleep, but I'm still watching the results coming in from Minnesota & a couple of other races - Al Franken is in a seriously close race for Senate right now. Come on, Al!
(BTW - Should I be posting under the name "Little Erin"?!)
Posted by the other erin | November 5, 2008 2:15 AM
Quite the historic night. It was sad to watch McCain as he gave his concession speech. He looked defeated but yet thought he was very gracious, and eloquent (sp?). I had reservations about both candidates and know that whomever won was/is going to have a long road ahead of them. I hope that Obama can step up to the plate and deliver. Godspeed to them both.
Posted by kari | November 5, 2008 8:44 AM
Well thanks Erin, that was sweet. :)
I agree, it was a pretty amazing night all around. It's kind of hard not to be in awe of what happened, even if you didn't support Obama. I'm proud that we've come so far as a country and that race and gender were finally put on the backburner during this election.
There's a big fat mess to clean up and all we can do is hope that America made the right choice. Time will tell.
I'm honestly grateful that all the campaigning is finally over. Let's get on with life, post GW Bush, shall we?
Posted by neilv | November 5, 2008 11:39 AM
Thanks for the Congrats Erin :-)
The Garrett's in NC are VERY VERY Happy today (although the parental role models are a bit hung over)...And to all the f-in assholes who kept stealing our yard signs....
Up Yours!!!!
Posted by pkev | November 5, 2008 1:53 PM