Good Luck poor people!
Good riddance Ron

I also feel like his election creates opportunities for other countries to view the US differently than they would have if McCain had been voted in, where they might have looked at us and thought that all we ever want is more of the same.

I was very moved by the joy in NYC after his election. I’ve never seen people react to an election with such deep emotion. It was way beyond, “Yay! Our team won!” It was more like everybody felt part of that deep willingness, that hunger for more than partisanship and rhetoric and blame.

Whether or not we get the change we want, it’s beautiful to know that people WANT IT. It’s a very big deal to see so many people in the country feel so hopeful.

His election terrified me in that the media just went off the hinges with biased reporting and the DNC manipulated the primaries.

In my mind, his campaign parallels Regan, in that it was all icon driven and no matter what he did, or how unqualified he is, nothing would stick to him.

If he were fat, short and white he would not be where he is right now.

I could give a crap about his color, when more qualified people, or people who would never
betray the American public also ran and got trounced because of BO’s brilliant, well funded machine.

I HOPE he walks as good as he talks, but I really don’t think so.

I am however, completely relieved that Bush is gone and the lesser of two evils is sitting there now.

I also liked Aretha’s hat.

i want that. i want you to have that. freedom, and peace– true peace. i want the fanciful growth of a million trees to blossom inside us. we have great potential (for evil, but for GOOD too) and we are blessed. that is why we have the responsibility to help right the wrongs in the world. and obama might just be a baby step in that direction. his actions already have drawn the world together in a coo of hope in harmony. i hope too. but i work in that hope. and this is what this presidency– obama’s presidency– means to me.

Can you imagine how different our childhoods would have been had we grown up with a person of color as president?

And grrrrrl–you better get that autographed Hugh Laurie photo! You DESERVE IT.

p.s. I love you, you are the BEST! I am one of your biggest fans. (been to all your big shows, and saw you at the Punchline and have watched you for years and years and officially freaked out and stammered in front of you when I went to one of your book signings). You, like Obama, are a PIONEER and an inspiration.