I wrote a Luo acquaintance of mine in Kenya earlier in the day asking if he was ready for his "cousin" to be president of the US. I came back in to work at 1 am (local, Germany) and have been watching the results come in all night on the computer. Some other people were here earlier but it seems like I'm the last one left still awake now. About 10 minutes ago (5 am) all the major news networks projected Obama winning!!!
(7 am) I haven't been able to go home to sleep yet. I saw the concession speech from McCain which was really nice and the victory speech from Obama, with Rev. Jesse Jackson in tears in the audience. Some Germans are coming into work now and we were all cheering that Obama has won. I have waited 8 years for this, since the severely disappointing 2000 election, where the supreme court acted unconstitutionally, overruling the state of Florida's recount and, voting along party lines, appointed that dangerous arrogant clown as president, severing the link to the people (since the president appoints the court and they in turn appointed him)...but enough about that.
The face of America is finally changing at the highest levels. President Obama's first state of the union address will really drive that home with Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house and Obama as president. This is a great victory for the people of America. I have always been against racial and gender discrimination of any kind, especially when institutionalized like "affirmative action;" maybe now we, the US, can finally get past this and continue to take steps ahead to get rid of as many forms of discrimination as possible!
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