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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Proud

We're Back, Baby!!




It's been tough going these past eight years. I felt extremely jaded. Like my vote would never matter. Like nothing I cared about would ever be important to the person leading our country. And that no matter what I did, who I voted for and what I supported would always be off kilter with what the American majority voted for and wanted, making me feel isolated and completely discouraged.

When Barak Obama made his victory speech. I felt like he knew all this. And that he was speaking directly to me. I'm tearing up know thinking about it.



"Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope."

Read the full text here

And when I say "We're Back" I don't just mean Dems or Liberals or any one sect of the voting public. I mean America! What we were once and always should have been is here again.

We Are So VERY Back, Baby!

10 comments:

Me said...

YES!!!! Are we BACK or what! :))))

eileen said...

Hooray for America! I am so excited about President Obama!

Anonymous said...

Yay America!

Anonymous said...

I was so happy/relieved/excited last night that I actually started crying. PJ and I popped a bottle of champagne to celebrate (and drank it all...making for a fun Wednesday morning, let me tell ya). I have never felt this way about an election in my life. It is truly a historic moment for the country.

Mandy said...

What an awesome night. I cried all the way through both McCain's and Obama's speeches. It was beautiful.

Rebecca Jill said...

I have felt the same way you have for the past 8 years, and so I'm just so excited and elated today.

Yes, we are so back!!

kate.d. said...

nicky, i am still rocking that champagne headache too :)

Anonymous said...

kate - haha! Glad I'm not alone! I don't regret it, though. If any time called for champagne, it was last night! (o;

Lora said...

haha I was also suffering from a champagne headache this morning :) I felt the same way, too - I first voted for Gore and the Kerry - so happy today!!
Yes we can!!

kolls said...

YES WE DID!!