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When Obama clinched the nomination I called my Mom up to tell her the good news. And she is ecstatic. Jamaica is its own country with its own problems, big and small. And they know this is a big deal. As I spoke to her she opened up her front door and yelled out into the night that “Barack Obama is going to be President of the United States!”
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The eagle has landed!
I am also going to buy a printed copy of the newspaper tomorrow. My husband and I did a little happy dance tonight in the kitchen. We will never forget this moment.
Come on, I know how old you are. I think. You weren’t around for the moon landing.
But I was and I think you’re exactly right.
Congrats to Obama. It took much too long to get to this point, both historically and in the drawn-out primary. I hope there will be enough Democrats who can stick with their party’s candidate, and enough independents and by god republicans who will come to their senses by November and realize that the GOP is abysmal at running government.
In the early and mid-60’s there were always news stories about life in the “world of tomorrow.” I kept wondering when that would be. When the moon landing occurred, I thought “now we’re in the world of tommorrow.” This is the same kind of event.
When I read that bit about your mom I actually cried.
“When I read that bit about your mom I actually cried.”
I also love it when you make it personal, Oliver. There are enough stuffy gray blogs around…
“This is the same kind of event.”
Agreed.
I was in Canada on Tuesday, and the Globe and Mail had the headline full across the top of the front page with a big ol’ photo! It’s so exciting to be involved in something that is such big news even in *other* countries. My in-laws love Obama as much as I do. They’re actually sad they can vote for him (they’re canadian).