Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Pride and Hope

I have been having to fight back tears since the election was called at 8 PM PST last night. I have never been this emotional when it comes to politics. And I am far from alone on this. Far from alone.

Four years ago, there were riots in the streets around the world when the election was called. People getting together to protest out of anger. Last night, there were gatherings AROUND THE WORLD of people celebrating. I am amazed that the rest of the world is celebrating with us.

I am Proud of the people of America.
I am Hopeful of the possibilities of changes to come.
I'm also a little Angry at the reports of many people getting turned away at the polls in the South. That's disappointing.

2 comments:

suburban dyke said...

Let’s fight back on Proposition 8. Let’s boycott California wines, produce and travel. Let’s publicize it. Let’s embarrass them. It worked a few years ago in Colorado. What do say?

Team Swart said...

Hey Kris-

Jenn and I did not hear about anyone being turned away in the South. After 2000, when my man Al Gore was jobbed, I follow the irregularities pretty closely. Here is a link to the NPR story...http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96582368..please let us know where you saw the story about voters being turned away. Thanks.