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mrwubblesIt doesn't matter if you're Republican or Democrat or Independent. Whether you were rooting for McCain/Palin or Obama/Biden, I think the victory is party-less.
Analysts are projecting this might be the highest voter turn out since JFK. I eagerly await the numbers. Whether or not mathematical, it's true, within a personal level, I think at the very least, we got people thinking.
My sisters, both who barely even watch the news, had the right to vote for nearly a decade or more. They went out, waited three hours to vote yesterday.
My mother, despite the racial difficulties and disdain getting to a poll, voted that day. And this is a woman who has been disillusioned so many times that she thought why bother to vote, it wouldn't count because non-English speaking chinese voters were treated like crap. I switched districts when I could vote so I wouldn't have to put up with it in Chinatown. I speaky English? Heck, I majored in English, morons! LOL.
I think that the fact we have people inspired and suddenly wanting to get involved, regardless of party or cause, really says something. If the momentum of public involvement in political accountability can be sustained all year, that'll really be something.
It's an amazing time. Regardless of who you wanted in the White House, you all acted, inspired others to act and showed the rest of world that the term "for the people, by the people" are not just words.
Give yourselves a hand of applause. That is the biggest victory of all. Bravo.
Analysts are projecting this might be the highest voter turn out since JFK. I eagerly await the numbers. Whether or not mathematical, it's true, within a personal level, I think at the very least, we got people thinking.
My sisters, both who barely even watch the news, had the right to vote for nearly a decade or more. They went out, waited three hours to vote yesterday.
My mother, despite the racial difficulties and disdain getting to a poll, voted that day. And this is a woman who has been disillusioned so many times that she thought why bother to vote, it wouldn't count because non-English speaking chinese voters were treated like crap. I switched districts when I could vote so I wouldn't have to put up with it in Chinatown. I speaky English? Heck, I majored in English, morons! LOL.
I think that the fact we have people inspired and suddenly wanting to get involved, regardless of party or cause, really says something. If the momentum of public involvement in political accountability can be sustained all year, that'll really be something.
It's an amazing time. Regardless of who you wanted in the White House, you all acted, inspired others to act and showed the rest of world that the term "for the people, by the people" are not just words.
Give yourselves a hand of applause. That is the biggest victory of all. Bravo.
