The morning after

[cleolinda]

Well. I'll talk politics now, for once, because maybe people will be a little less inclined to argue, now that the election is over. Anyway. I was watching the Daily Show coverage, and all of a sudden, Jon Stewart said something about Obama winning, and I seriously did not believe him. I mean, number one, it's the Daily Show, and number two, this

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[nanet]

Amen to all of this. Thanks for putting into words what I haven't been able to articulate myself yet.

[sydelbow]

There is so much in this post I agree with.

[mersipan]

What a fantastic post. Especially that last line - I feel exactly like that.

So well-worded - this says what I think a lot of people are thinking today.

[sigma7]

but I would have voted for John McCain back in 2000 if he'd gotten the ticket instead of Bush

You're not alone in that score. Bradley/McCain would've been so much more fun to watch.

I'm impressed by the number of people whose reaction to last night is fear -- they're so scared about what's going to happen to this country now. And I'm thinking, are we afraid that we're going to spy on you, take you away to a secret prison, torture you, hold you indefinitely without charges, refuse you the right to have evidence presented against you? If you're not terrified of that, how do you allow yourself to be terrified of anythingAnd yet I still see the primary issue between Obama and McCain not being race, maybe not even being change vs. security, but there's definitely a generational shift here. Obama's bringing an entirely different energy, an approach to politics we've never seen from someone so prominent on the national stage. It's really interesting -- rarely have two presidential candidates been so different across the board

[cleolinda]

I'm impressed by the number of people whose reaction to last night is fear

I am scared, to tell you the truth. Mostly I'm scared of how people are going to react to this--are terrorists going to try to take advantage of the transfer of power and bomb something? Is someone going to try to kill Obama? That's the kind of thing I worry about.

[sigma7]

I confess I don't understand -- is it because Obama's a liberal, or just because they want to test the mettle of the newcomer? (McCain being tested I would fear, albeit for entirely different reasons -- I don't want to worry about American occupation of Nova Scotia or Belgium or somewhere equally unlikely.) And considering we've had as many Red Sox World Series wins as terrorist attacks in the US since 2000 (9/11 and the anthrax attacks by my count), I'm not losing sleep yet. I'm more afraid of the principles and ideals of the country being corrupted than I am of violence. But that may also be because I'm as far as you can get from high-risk targets in the US and not be in Alaska.

And if Obama could successfully evade Hillary's Steel Claw ninja cult attacks, I like his odds from here on out.

[diddakoi]

I'm afraid someone will try to shoot Obama. Not because he's the weak liberal or whatever, but because people are fucked up, and there are people in this country who will probably think he's the antichrist or something.

[lacrimaeveneris]

I absolutely agree, especially with that beautiful last line.

But I was watching McCain's speech, and it was beautiful. I respect him for that.

[mustang_bex1126]

Senator McCain' speech was exactly what I hoped it would be- he *is*, as President-Elect Obama said, a man who has made unconscionable sacrifices in service to his country, and I hope that we can look on that and allow him the dignity and respect any sailor/soldier/airman/marine deserves. I worked some 55+ hours a week for the Campaign for Change, it doesn't mean I must or will vilify our opponent, and I think too many people forget that.

[lacrimaeveneris]

Exactly! I support President-Elect (oooh, that's fun to type) Obama, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel about McCain/any opponent. They have as much right to their beliefs as anyone. And besides, anyone who says Senator McCain isn't a good speaker is crazy. He IS a good speaker.

That said, your icon amuses me.

[scornedsaint]

Amazing.

I don't think Obama's win really hit me until he started making his speech and he talked about the 106 year-old woman and all the change she's seen. Just how much we changed in that relatively short amount of time....hell, how much we've changed in 4 years. It amazes me.