Tuesday, November 4, 2008

WE DID IT

PRIDE and JOY


It's 7:34pm in California. Obama is ahead in electoral votes and I am a slobbery mess. I can't stop crying- 8 years of feeling dead inside, 8 years of failed policy, 8 years of shame, lies corruption and greed flow from my being. For the first time in a long time I am proud to be an American. I am witness to the most important election in my lifetime, to a leader that would dare to take on the complete mess of a nation we have become, to the first African American President in American history. I am completely overwhelmed.

Until this is all over I remain glued to CNN and NPR is on in the kitchen.... 1 million people gather in Chicago and I want to be with them. Maybe I can get back home to Washington DC on 1/20/09...one can hope!

On a lighter note, someone just sent me this: