Obama! Obama!
last night DC was crazy! all day, everyone was hyper about knowing the results. one thing that helped the mood was all of the free goodies! coffee from Starbucks! ice cream from Ben & Jerry's! donuts from Krispy Kreme! all to make everyone even more hyper!
I went to my friend Elena's to watch the election results. counting down to the moment was so intense. after each poll closed, we kept track of how close we were to the finish. 92% of DC voters voted for Obama! but how would the rest of the country vote? all our eyes were focusing on the television. my housemate bet that Obama would win with 350 electoral votes! at first we thought that would be hard to achieve. then 11pm rolled around... "President- elect: Barack Obama!" everyone screamed! it felt as if we just watched the winning grand-slam home run during the World Series! excitement exploded all of the neighborhood! we ran outside with Obama signs, waving and screaming to cars driving by! everyone was so charged! city buses were honking! people were yelling out their car windows! fireworks were going off overhead! "Obama!" it was so exciting to be a part of a city-wide celebration. so much unity!
it was hard to go to sleep after all of that. 7am alarm! now we wait to see what an Obama administration looks like. I pray that change will come quickly, that decision will be made wisely. I am definitely more hopeful than skeptical.
2 comments:
Now the age of anti-Republic Bush haters is over, and I don't have to hear Democrats whine about it all the time anymore.
Now it'll be a bunch of Republicans whining and complaining about the same things. I love politics!
how exciting! sdop celebrated as well, although PLNU was much more torn over the issue! so cool to be a part of an historic election!
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