Most of all, I am relieved and elated. I am so, so happy and excited about the potential of the next four years. I don't expect miracles, but I think having an intelligent, curious and pragmatic leader will be an enormous change for the better around here (here being, like, the planet Earth).
I managed to avoid cable news altogether throughout the entire campaign. I highly recommend doing that. I pruned my political blog list down to two, also good for the blood pressure. Still I managed to absorb some of the goofy stuff said about Obama (probably because we wake up to right wing nut jobs on WEEI in the morning). I'm a little curious what happens to the "Obama is a marxist muslim who is gay married to Bill Ayers" crowd when, in fact, America isn't destroyed over the next four years.
I can't believe how many white, over 40 year old men I talked to around here that thought there was no way this country would elect a black man. I am really gratified to see they were wrong.
And thankfully, no more Sarah Palin (though I will miss all the extra Tina Fey time I've been getting lately!)
Some thoughts on President Obama
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This comment will be a little out of character for me, but stay with me here a sec. You want to hear about a guy who is happy to have a President Obama, THIS GUY!
Two years and two months ago, The Bush administration unilaterally cut the pay of Air Traffic Controllers by over 30%, and changed the work rules to make the people in charge of AMERICAN’S SAFETY miserable and angry. Not a good situation.
The bottom line, If President Obama on day one says that we are being treated unfairly and allow our union to negotiate a new contract and wipes out Bush’s old rules, (like he has personally promised to do) I get a $50,000 raise, in ONE DAY
but for the record, I would probably voted for him anyway, McBush is too scary for me, not to mention Caribou Barbie
Joe
Jallen! Hooray, you made a difference! Who knew you’d be in a swing state? Good luck with that raise, but I hear Obama is going to take it all away from you and give it to Jerimiah Wright.
Also, favorite Palin moniker: Bible Spice
Who knew?
Everyone is trying to convince me that the raise wouldn’t be worth it because Obama is going to raise taxes. But i think i can do the math. Am i better off if he raises taxes 20% on my tax bracket when he also raised my salary by 150%?
I’m happy with my choice