Wow
That was the subject of so many people on my friends list last night. "Wow".
When the election was called last night at 11 for Senator Obama nobody in the room seemed to believe it. Everyone sat in sort of confused, cautious silence for a moment. All too afraid to .. well.. Hope. We checked 3 newspapers on line first and only after Fox confirmed it did we feel like we could really celebrate. Some asti was shared and 'the future' 'peace' and 'hope' were all toasted to.
I felt that John McCain's concession speech was classy, and eloquent and that he seemed to make an honest plea for his supporters to try and work to unify the country.
At several points I cried at Obama's acceptance speech... because of how far we've come, and because of where I feel like maybe we're willing to work towards. I felt like it was a very honest speech - that he won't be perfect and we won't all get what we want but that he will be straight forward with us.
I liked this passage:
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
After the toasting was over and we'd gone home I thought about a lot of things including this post that I made so long ago. I still feel the same way about the Bush years. I still feel that so much of what has been done will be nearly impossible to undo. I don't think I was wrong, or over-reaction but today it feels like maybe we can move on from that space - ALL of us.
CA Prop 8
I watched prop-8 returns from CA until about 5am when I went to bed. I laid in bed thinking about all the people I care about who were maybe also laying awake worrying about their future and their rights and it was heartbreaking. I thought about all the people I don't even know going through those worries.
I know that things are changing. I know that in 10 years this will be different.. but how can a country ask people to wait while our collective sense of right and wrong catches up? To put their rights and their sense of security on hold?
I hold to the idea that the Supreme Court will see through the passion of the issue and rule what we already know. Separate is not equal.
I don't know what else to say about it....
When the election was called last night at 11 for Senator Obama nobody in the room seemed to believe it. Everyone sat in sort of confused, cautious silence for a moment. All too afraid to .. well.. Hope. We checked 3 newspapers on line first and only after Fox confirmed it did we feel like we could really celebrate. Some asti was shared and 'the future' 'peace' and 'hope' were all toasted to.
I felt that John McCain's concession speech was classy, and eloquent and that he seemed to make an honest plea for his supporters to try and work to unify the country.
At several points I cried at Obama's acceptance speech... because of how far we've come, and because of where I feel like maybe we're willing to work towards. I felt like it was a very honest speech - that he won't be perfect and we won't all get what we want but that he will be straight forward with us.
I liked this passage:
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
After the toasting was over and we'd gone home I thought about a lot of things including this post that I made so long ago. I still feel the same way about the Bush years. I still feel that so much of what has been done will be nearly impossible to undo. I don't think I was wrong, or over-reaction but today it feels like maybe we can move on from that space - ALL of us.
CA Prop 8
I watched prop-8 returns from CA until about 5am when I went to bed. I laid in bed thinking about all the people I care about who were maybe also laying awake worrying about their future and their rights and it was heartbreaking. I thought about all the people I don't even know going through those worries.
I know that things are changing. I know that in 10 years this will be different.. but how can a country ask people to wait while our collective sense of right and wrong catches up? To put their rights and their sense of security on hold?
I hold to the idea that the Supreme Court will see through the passion of the issue and rule what we already know. Separate is not equal.
I don't know what else to say about it....