The morning after

[nico1908]

This morning finds me at the same time elated because Obama won and dismayed because at least two anti-gay constitution amendments passed. I rejoice at the sound defeat of abortion limitations in South Dakota and of the absolutely ridiculous attempt to declare a fertilized egg a person (was that in Colorado? I forgot).

I was saddened to hear the crowd booing again when McCain mentioned Obama's name during his concession speach, which almost made me cry. If we had heard more of that McCain during the campaign instead of smears and fears, the result might have been different yesterday.

Most of all I'm glad this election is over, though. In a good way!


ETA: I just realized that this was the second major historic event I had the privilege of witnessing in my lifetime: the first one was the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Comments

[labrat78.livejournal.com]

Win some
Loose some

And the nice thing is
is that I am alive to fight another day until the war is over and the battle won.

[nico1908.livejournal.com]

Amen to that!!! And with Obama as president, I might overcome my ambivalence and file for citizenship. Even though it's going to cost at least $1,500.

[schreckschraube.livejournal.com]

Hah, I saw the Berlin wall fall thing on TV the day that it happened, and I still remember very well, though I was only 5!

(I don't get it. I can't even think of what arguments people might find against gay marriage. What's it to them in the first place? ... and as George Carlin once noted so cleverly... only 10% of fertilized eggs ever become actual embryos, so if a fertilized egg is a person, every woman must be a mass murderer.)

[nico1908.livejournal.com]

You were 5??? Oh man, now I feel old!! LOL