Comments on: PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA!

By: iwank

iwank — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:51:40 +0000

congratulations

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:23:45 +0000

I’ve never felt the pride in our country that I feel today. At the age of 30, I voted in my first election yesterday, and became a part of something amazing.

My heart is floating on a river of hope.

By: Melena

Melena — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:21:21 +0000

I am, for the first time in years, hopeful for the future of America. This is such an incredible thing.

I feel so inspired by our country right now. I can’t remember the last time I was able to say that.

I have some salad dressing in my fridge. By the time it expires, Obama will be prez.

Too cool.

By: A Sarah

A Sarah — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:42:04 +0000

To be clear, the sexism is in Nate’s original post – the ogling picture that he posts “for kicks” – and a few follow-up comments.

I tried to give him a feminist ass-whupping but it isn’t recognizing my blogger password for some reason.

By: A Sarah

A Sarah — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:40:53 +0000

Hey, y’all, some disappointing sexism over at fivethirtyeight:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/barack-obama-wins-indiana.html#comments

By: Emerald

Emerald — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:15:56 +0000

And here in the UK, I’ve also been getting teary…’specially after that speech.

Awesome, amazing, fantastic, and many of us here are really, really hoping that this is the fresh new start it feels like. For the USA and, yeah, the rest of us too.

By: Lu

Lu — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:43:32 +0000

When I made it home to Rogers Park and off the el, I was greeted by a posse of cops on the platform, and another blocking off the street. Nobody else was around. Very confusing.
Huh, whu–? That is weird! I wonder where everyone was! I talked to my sister in Portland around the same time, and she said people were crowded in the streets, honking and yelling and hugging each other. I could hear it in the background!

Actually, now that I think about it, there were so many house parties and public election-watching gatherings at various bars and stuff, maybe everyone was sequestered someplace special and didn’t feel like taking it to the streets unless they were downtown.

By: Tari

Tari — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:29:41 +0000

Up on the North Side of Chi, after the election was called, the streets were deserted and silent.

When I made it home to Rogers Park and off the el, I was greeted by a posse of cops on the platform, and another blocking off the street. Nobody else was around. Very confusing.

By: Lu

Lu — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:22:58 +0000

Up on the North Side of Chi, after the election was called, the streets were deserted and silent. I think everyone was tucked away at home savoring the victory or downtown celebrating. I feel like I missed out a little, but still I have this:

MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK!!! Hooray for us all!

By: Tari

Tari — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:15:19 +0000

Yeah, when I heard y’all didn’t have to go through the damn metal detector, I was displeased. I was up there, but still just in the middle of a sea of people, not by the stage or anything. All my pictures of Obama are off the damn jumbotron….and the rest are crowd shots…I’m not sure if I’ll have many worth looking at yet.

I didn’t hurry at all. I moseyed, and made shitty comments at assholes who were trampling people trying to somehow speed up the crowd. Plus, it was like a party from one end of the Loop to the other.