when i first saw obama speak, somewhere on TV, i was riveted. by the end of his speech my spirits had lifted. i felt like what he was giving was a very necessary medicine for our people. we are so cynical about politicians, so jaded about the deception and corruption that has seemed to be taking over. it has become so easy to feel downtrodden about our country's affairs at home and abroad. but when i listened to obama, i felt a little glimmer of empowerment-- i felt like i didn't need to give up or feel hopeless about our situation.
last night when i got out of rehearsal at 11:15 he had already won. i got these texts from various friends on my phone:
"Times square is a huge party!"
"Woooooo! Fucking awesome!"
"Sarah Palin is wearing BLUE!"
"Yay :-)"
"This here is what we call an election ass whoopin'"
i'm so happy that barack obama won the election, and i'm so excited to see how things change during his presidency.
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