House full of people last night, toasting the concession and acceptance speeches with champagne, and running outside to holler exuberant whoops like children on new year's eve. Phoned my mom a little before midnight, found her sobbing tears of joy.
YES.
WE.
DID.
This is the first day of the rest of our country.
Between McCain's solemn and pitch-perfect concession, and Obama's truly inspiring, come-together acceptance -- which would have been the speech of any politician's lifetime, if he hadn't given so many even better than this one -- any desire I had for schadenfreude has evaporated in the moment. T
Put on your boots and gloves, kids. No time to celebrate -- we have eight years of garbage to clean up. Let's get to work.
Hear, hear.
I couldn't be happier, but I know it's not going to be an easy road.
I sincerely hope they keep up the network they built for the campaign to ease communication between the new administration and all of us back home.
I completely agree with the garbage clean-up. Obama's got a hard row to hoe but here's hoping that life will start looking up again...
BTW, my hat of for McCain. There is loosing and then there is loosing with style.
This is also the man that refused to participate in name calling his opponent. Unlike his female companion.
Thank you so much for sharing!! I still get tearful thinking about it and watching these videos. For the first time in... hmmm 8 years. don't wish I was canadian!