I'm no longer ready to count this country out and write it off as a lost cause. For me, that's a big step. But I am far from "proud" of my country as several of my progressive activist friends told me they were last night. Proposition 8 banning same sex marriage in california passed, crazy right-wing republican "let's investigate the anti-americanism in congress" Bachman was reelected, Madia lost, Coleman is ahead although a recount looms. almost half of this country (46%) STILL voted for McCain! I'm not proud of this. I would hope you're not either.
That said, I genuinely believe Obama started his presidency off on the perfect note last night. I can't think of him having given a better speech than he did. As a scholar of oratory I don't say this lightly, but I think that is a speech that will go down in history. (Many of my colleagues said that about his speech on race, I thought that a bit over hyped) But this is an exceptional speech from an exceptional speaker.
I have hope. But I'm not proud.
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From last night:
My Twitter liveblogging for the night:
Why I'm not proud of this country:47% of voters still voted for McCain. Electoral college landslide aside, this country is still very split. 10 minutes ago from web
@magimaster25 only 15% reporting. No one has called it yet. Keep hope! 16 minutes ago from web in reply to magimaster25
I got genuine tears in my eyes. That was Obama's best speech yet, and that's a high bar. It will go down in history. 39 minutes ago from web
Fuck, Hennepin County is at 100% now and Tinklenberg is down by 20 points. Fuck Michelle Backman, she's a crazy bitch! about 1 hour ago from web
Fuck, Hennepin County is at 100% no and Tinklenberg is down by 20 points. Fuck Michelle Backman, she's a crazy bitch! about 1 hour ago from web
Pictures of Jesse Jackson's tears in the crowd while Rep. Lewis spoke on MSNBC about the great strides on racial injustice was so moving about 1 hour ago from web
I'm proud of McCain's concession speech. It was good. It should have been too, he had weeks to work on it ;o) about 1 hour ago from web
I love watching all the sad WHITE faces in the crowd at McCain's concession speech! about 2 hours ago from web
Boos during McCain's concession speech.Get over it assholes, you no longer get to run this country into the ground.Fuck off racists bitches! about 2 hours ago from web
Hennepin County results starting to come in (17%) Franken has a BIG lead there. about 2 hours ago from web
CNN.com exit polls looks like Prop 8 failed in CA! about 2 hours ago from web
PRESIDENT OBAMA OFFICIALLY CALLED! about 2 hours ago from web
Chris Matthews just made a great speech about how our nation has change on the issue of race (about 9:55 C) will search for video tomorrow. about 2 hours ago from web
Rachel Madow on McCain: "Yeah he was dealt a bad hand, but he still ran an atrociously bad campaign." LOL about 2 hours ago from web
Democrat MN congressman Oberstar keeps his seat! about 2 hours ago from web
Republicans Bachman and Paulson show narrow leads, but ZERO percent of Hennepin county is reporting yet! BIG democrat numbers yet to come! about 2 hours ago from web
South Dakota and Colorado abortion bans failed! about 3 hours ago from web
@magimaster25 You won't until polls close next hour about 3 hours ago from web in reply to magimaster25
I love how Kieth Olberman tries to call the election for Obama but the other anchors won't let him. His math is undeniable, though ;o) about 3 hours ago from web
NBC gives Ohio to Obama! He flipped a red state! Looking good! Still waiting for an official call on Franken, but exit polls look decisive! about 4 hours ago from web
NBC gives Ohio to Obama! He flipped a red state! Looking good! Still waiting for an official call on Franken, but exit polls look decisive! about 4 hours ago from web
Looking at CNN exit polls it looks like Franken won MN! about 4 hours ago from web
MN went for Obama, yea! about 4 hours ago from web
Elizabeth Dole lost her senate reelection! Fuck yeah! about 4 hours ago from web
The 7pm poll closing projections look good for Obama! about 5 hours ago from web
Google election results map goes live in 10 minutes! http://tinyurl.com/6rtt26 about 7 hours ago from web
Grading at WR, trying not to think about the election. The free cookie helps ;o) about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Grading at WR, trying not to think about the election about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Watching MSNBC live video feed online, fivethirtyeight.com, google's election map, Huffington post, later the AP live feed. Excited! about 12 hours ago from web
New Shared Item: A Few Words on Voter Suppression: Shared by Jon Rachel Maddow is my n.. http://tinyurl.com/5soymj about 12 hours ago from twitterfeed
New ephemera post: Cixous at the Dr hiding in the trash can: http://tinyurl.com/5ddfvm about 14 hours ago from twitterfeed
I was vote number 368 in my precinct. In and out in about 15 minutes about 16 hours ago from TwitterBerry
At the polls. Line pretty short at this point if you're already registered. about 16 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Finished making my voting slate for tomorrow morning. I'm voting no on the school board election "ABC referendum." Hard choice, though... about 24 hours ago from web
Boston legal's opening segment tonight was an instant political satire clasic! I will post a video of it as soon as I can find one! 10:13 PM Nov 3rd from TwitterBerry
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