Election Day

[jeriendhal]

Went home from work early and voted. It was a dead time at the polling station, nearly empty, which didn't encourage me, even though I know Maryland is a deep blue state and the reports from other, more contested areas was that there was an incredible turnout.

I started watching the results on BBC America. The idiot with the "touchscreen" was distracting, but... I cheered when Obama got PA. From there I knew it was going to be all right.

Obama won, more to the point, Obama won handily. There's no question about whether he has a mandate, except from the lunatic fringe who will always hate him because He Is Not One of Us. I'm disappointed for my gay friends that Prop 8 was passed (not that any of them live in CA) but there's always a chance to change that, I hope.

Obama is going to be president. A black man, a sane Democrat with a plan, not a set of rabid ideologies, is going to be president in my lifetime. I have no doubt the shine is going to wear off once he runs headlong into his first official crisis or scandal, but damn I feel good right now.

It's morning in America

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[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

There's still a very slim chance of it being defeated, but that doesn't seem very likely at this point.

I don't understand it either. Two men or two women loving each other does not invalidate the love I feel for my wife. Enshrining prejudice in a state's constitution is right up there with miscegenation laws from the 19th century.