Skip to main content

The Audacity of History

McCain's concession speech was warm, and gracious, even tearful. I hope it at least dampens some of the anger and fear those who did not want to see Senator Obama win the Presidency. Ethan, Luc, and I cheered and clapped tonight, but also shared a bit of apprehension (that was evident in Michelle Obama's face at times). What an incredible day, and night. Luc and I knocked on almost 100 doors to "get out the vote," known as GOTV... mostly uneventful, except for the Jehovah's Witness who answered the door and wanted to know why his wife was registered to vote (he said that JW's don't vote, and she was cooking dinner, and too busy to speak on her own behalf)... I hope she's okay. Oh, and to Nikita, the 21 year old, who said, "I don't agree with Obama's morals," because he wasn't sufficiently anti-gay and anti-abortion... let me say, in the voice of Nelson, the scruffy scamp of the Simpsons, "ha, ha."

Love and Peace in this new dawn my friends. Nice to be apart of history, and alive during "interesting times."
Love,
Steve

Comments

  1. Jamie RWednesday, November 05, 2008 1:54:00 PM

    http://www.theonion.com/content/video/end_of_election_causes_obsessive?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

    ReplyDelete
  2. SteveThursday, November 06, 2008 12:19:00 AM

    Project much Jamie? LOL! Guess I struck a nerve, otherwise you wouldn't be trying to actually jibe me with something that is actually pretty funny. Since you only see me through the lense of this blog, perhaps you think I am like the satire you point out... I can see that. The election is over, sure, but Obama's presidency hasn't even begun... I'll have plenty to comment on, especially the long knives coming out among the Republicans who appear to be somewhat leader and rudder-less. ;-) Keep the crap coming my way if it entertains you, I don't mind.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Jamie RThursday, November 06, 2008 7:15:00 AM

    I wasn't trying to "jibe" you, I was pointing out that you spent what seemed a lot of time canvasing for Obama and now that it is over, what are you going to do? I understand it is satire and that is what I love about the onion. I also know other people here at school just like it. Sometimes you are too sensitive on this also. I actually was at peace a few days prior that McCain was not going to win, but now is my turn to do the Obama bashing as you bashed Bush.

    I just love it how all of a sudden now his message of "Change" is, "Well maybe not right away, but maybe after my 1st term". That is not what the American people were thinking, we are a society of getting instant feedback. When Obama doesn't "Change" right away, or even after a few years, people are going to question him.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Happy Days! Opie, Richie, Fonzie, and Andy for Obama

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die This video is simple sweet nostalgia for me! I grew up watching the Andy Griffith Show , an innocent and sweet black and white (double meaning I was of course unaware of at the time) show about simple times, and apparently devoid of the undercurrent of racism and the raging debate of Vietnam occurring in our country at the time ... or so it seemed. The morality plays within most of the episodes often, at least, subtly touched on the issues of the day and all the while simultaneously and deftly, taught tolerance, and held up to, albeit good natured, ridicule the intolerance and destructive division occurring in our country at the time. In a way that only sweet southern gentility could have pulled off. Floyd the Barber would approve this message. For me personally, The Andy Griffith Show was a serendipitous coincidence and weird connection to Hollywood because it's make-believe town of Mayberry , North Carolina was modeled after my father...
6 comments
Read more

"Some concern the direction the party has taken..."

Yeah, right off the edge into McCarthy-esque quasi-fascist land. Colin, like myself and millions of other Americans, are tired, tired, fucking tired, of using citizen's fear and yes, loathing (racism), to divide and conquer the electorate to simply maintain power. That way lies madness. And I'm afraid the fear and loathing cannot be put back in the bottle. The Right intends to poison the discourse to de-legitimize a possible Obama presidency -- but this will not be the 90's and anti-Clinton mania on the right, it will be outright xenophobia and pure animus. The crazy right-wingers who value their perceived status above their nation are the real traitors, but that fact will be lost on those who have consistently played victim while simultaneously attacking everyone and anyone who isn't in lock-step with them. Even conservative pundits (Parker, Will, Buckley, et al), and former political darlings of the Right (Powell and Rice) are being called traitorous scum at this very...
4 comments
Read more

The Political Race and Friendships

For the last couple of weeks I've had a bit of a running conversation via e-mail with an old Air Force buddy about racism, especially concerning politics, and the Obama presidential campaign specifically. It has been exasperating to an extent because I allow him to get my goat, which puts me on the defensive, and that isn't, to say the least, the strategy that leads to positive persuasion. I'll be honest, I enjoy debate, but I'm lousy at persuasive argument. I make a lousy sales person because I often forget the dictum, " always be closing ," and meander around the showroom of ideas picking up shiny things and get momentarily and thus, fatally distracted. Just because I enjoy something doesn't translate automatically into being very good at something, if it did, I'd be a great golfer and a world renowned movie critic. Enjoying the passion of defending a set of beliefs based on evidence and reason, doesn't mean you will become particularly good at i...
2 comments
Read more