tony bennett ([info]dametonybennett) wrote,
@ 2008-11-03 15:42:00
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tomorrow!
holy shit. i can remember being in chicago in '06, and everyone there was obama-crazy. it was around the time his last book came out, and people were whispering "presidential run." and i thought, yeah, that'd be great, but this country will fuck it up. we always do.

maybe not?

we'll find out, tomorrow. if he wins, i might actually start to feel hopeful about america. i'd like that. after the last eight years of disaffection and anger and fear, it'd be nice to feel good about the president, to feel like you're on the inside of something rather than perpetually being the outsider. we are living through history. you are here.

alright, enough.

here's the final gallup poll:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/111703/Final-Presidential-Estimate-Obama-55-McCain-44.aspx

and here's a guide to watching the election results:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/167186/page/1

if you're not, VOTE!



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[info]duchess_of_pie
2008-11-04 12:18 am UTC (link)
i remember when he was at the borders right across the street from my work in minneapolis. it was a tuesday. i know this, because a dvd i wanted had just come out and i walked over to borders to get it on my lunch hour.

and there was a line around the block, all the way to the target center.

they wouldn't even let me in the store, because some obama fellow was doing a book signing. fkn authors. fkn obama. who's he?

went back to work and looked him up. read some. read more. was impressed. decided he needed to run for president. the patridiot in the next cubicle said it was unlikely a black man would be our next president, but good for him.

he's been my candidate ever since the day i heard of him, hated him, and learned more about him. if he gets in, i will concider it a reward to myself for sticking it out through the bushy years.

and, hopefully, if those who pass on come back to guide and help, he's got more power on his side:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_grandmother

god speed, obama!

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