Wow. Just…wow.<\/p>\n
We’ve made history, folks. This is absolutely staggering. The United States of America has elected a black President. He swept Massachusetts–a state which I am ashamed to say does not have a great record for race relations, although we currently have a black Governor, Governor Patrick. (I voted for him, too.)<\/p>\n
I’m not happy and proud–I’m awed<\/em>, awed and humbled, that I could see something like this happen, and be a part of it. (Thank you to my 25 voters in Pennsylvania! \ud83d\ude42 I voted for Obama in the primaries, too.) Like kradical<\/a> says: I grew up with the Cold War and lived to see diplomatic relations opened with China, the Berlin Wall come down, and Soviet-U.S. collaboration in space. I’ve seen the world change in ways that conventional wisdom cynically predicted could never happen. But this is something special.<\/p>\n Tomorrow I will celebrate. If anyone would like to come by for hot spiced apple cider and rum, let me know!<\/p>\n McCain gave a very graceful concession speech. I did my workout to it. *g* I’m waiting now to hear Obama.<\/p>\n Oh, and as far as our ballot questions went, we didn’t repeal the state income tax, we’re banning greyhound racing, and we’re decriminalizing marijuana–and overwhelmingly approving a non-binding referendum in favor of allowing medical marijuana. Yeesh, what a bunch of liberals! *g*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wow. Just…wow. We’ve made history, folks. This is absolutely staggering. The United States of America has elected a black President. He swept Massachusetts–a state which I am ashamed to say does not have a great record for race relations, although … Continue reading