I felt like under McCain, my choice to live as an atheist would be encroached upon. I felt like he would make more and more laws based on the bible/Christianity. So I guess I can understand how you feel Charlotte, from the other side of the coin.
Ditto here, too
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I did!!!! I was more excited to leave that polling place than ever before. I was just beaming. I felt like for the first time I was voting FOR someone and not against and it felt good to know my vote was going to count for a change
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As a dem, I understand the lack of hope for years. We were talking about it last night and after the first W election, it was a joke. Everyone knew he didn't win. And there he was, snickering in the oval office. And then to be elected a second term? What a joke. I'm sure we weren't alone in our cynicism regarding the electoral process. It seemed that anyone could run and win if they knew the right people.
Barack broke all of that down. He restored hope. People were disgusted and angry and desperate. They showed up. They voted. They cared for the first time in decades - possibly the first time ever. He looks different. He speaks differently. He brings new ideas and new policies and new conviction.
Definitely ditto this... (Though, I'm not a Democrat, I'm an Independant who happens to vote Democrat 90% of the time)
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while you can hold your breath, if you wish, with democratic restoration of the clean air act and emissions controls (FINALLY!), you won't *have* to, for the first time in many years.
This is one of the things I'm hoping for. Sadly, I think the Democrats & Republicans have let us down on this for many years...
When I was a kid there was talk of electric cars... No more oil dependance... But every president extended the deadline on auto manufacturers... Thirty years later and we still drive gas guzzling, pollution machines.
I hope Obama can finally free us from this dependance.
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I was a FIRST TIME voter this election. It is the first time I've ever felt that I could make a difference, that I needed to make a difference, and that there was someone worth fighting for. It's awesome, and my two oldest boys both watched with great interest, something that makes me proud because I don't remember that from my parents. I know they voted. I know they watched the elections, but nothing was ever explained or discussed with us. We were never asked to sit with them and watch history.
I hope that my boys remember this day for the rest of their lives.
BTW, I'm 32 this month.
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At first, I was undecided who to vote for in this election. I eventually decided to cast my vote for Obama. It finally came down to one thing for me. One campaign focused on a message of fear, anger and negativity. The other one was a message of hope, change and positivity. We've been ruled by fear for too many years now. It's time to give hope a chance.
As far as the emotional reactions to Obama and his election - I think it's hard to witness the election of a black man as president in this country and not be moved by the significance of it. I wrote a post about it on my blog (link in sig) last night. I'm glad that I had a chance to be a part of such a significant moment in our history.
I voted. Dh and I brought the girls with us. I wrote about how I feel about the whole thing today on my blog.
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I was a FIRST TIME voter this election. It is the first time I've ever felt that I could make a difference, that I needed to make a difference, and that there was someone worth fighting for. It's awesome, and my two oldest boys both watched with great interest, something that makes me proud because I don't remember that from my parents. I know they voted. I know they watched the elections, but nothing was ever explained or discussed with us. We were never asked to sit with them and watch history.
I hope that my boys remember this day for the rest of their lives.
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I know more first time voters this year than any previous year. :rock;
And as for fear of civil rights being limited for religious practices, um, are you serious?
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I was thinking more about this last night and today. Has it occurred to anyone that despite our "world power" status, the US is really stinking young. We may have power but other "civilized" countries have had women and minorities in power for generations. We're JUST NOW getting there. That's crazy. How did we become such a world power so quickly? And why did it take us so dang long to get here? Think about it. Obama, in his own lifetime, felt the effects of segregation and discrimination (a black-looking boy with a single white mother? I can only imagine what he faced). We've qaudrillionupled (how's that for a word?) our population and I think, considering our immense growth in such a short time we're not doing too badly. Sure, we've got kinks to work out and lots of things to do, but we're ok, yk? If our bodies grew in our lifetime as quickly as our country has in it's lifetime we'd buy new shoes every 3 days. Or something like that. Just insane to think about the relatively short time we've been here, and how much we've done (with tons more left to do).
So what I'm saying is, we're ok. We've got work to do, but in the grand scheme of things we're doing pretty well with the best we can. Obama is MY president. I think if anyone can make things happen, things that will live on after my voting voice has been silenced and my children have spoken up, Obama can. I also feel hopeful and secure in my immediate future. For the first time in my adult life I'm not researching and working towards leaving this country. Iknow that will shock some of you, but I've been down in the dirt and trying to climb up so dang many times. For the first time I feel like I'm being extended a hand. Not a handout, a HAND. (handouts are nice too sometimes, for the record, I won't lie, lol, but this time I want to stay out). I'm not even the lowest of the low. We have a lot compared to many in this country, but hope is a wonderful thing. And I know we're all going to be ok.
I'm babbling. I'm having trouble putting my excitement and relief and joy into words. I hope you all know what's in my heart even if my words aren't as eloquent as they could be.
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