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chained_bear commented on the word yes we can!
Oh my god, it's been a long eight years.
November 5, 2008
skipvia commented on the word yes we can!
I cried. When I was growing up African Americans couldn't enter the same stores, drink at the same fountains, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathroom as I could. This is huge.
November 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yes we can!
I knew I'd cry tonight, one way or the other. Yes we friggin' can.
November 5, 2008
skipvia commented on the word yes we can!
Amen, sister.
November 5, 2008
kewpid commented on the word yes we can!
Tears in my eyes.
November 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yes we can!
It's kind of cheesy and speechy, but the moment seems right to share this: I heard on the radio yesterday someone giving a speech at a rally in Philadelphia. He said: "Rosa Parks sat down so that Martin Luther King could walk. Martin walked so Obama could run. And Obama is running so that we can fly."
I just liked how he put that, though I don't feel that this is a victory only for African Americans... And the popular vote was very close. Very close.
A good day. A proud day. And this is along those lines. I'll be quiet now.
November 5, 2008
frindley commented on the word yes we can!
Bravo. I couldn't vote, but that doesn't mean I'm not just as happy: for the world, for America and for my American friends.
November 5, 2008
john commented on the word yes we can!
The popular vote was actually pretty strongly in Obama's favor compared to other recent presidential elections, c_b.
Not all the votes have been counted, but Obama has over 52% of those that have, a number that will probably increase. In 2004 Bush got 50.7%, and of course in 2000 he actually lost the popular vote, with 47.9% (to Gore's 48.4%). In '96 and '92 Clinton got 49.24% and 43%, respectively. All numbers from Wikipedia.
November 5, 2008
kewpid commented on the word yes we can!
He can save the über numbers for 2012.
November 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yes we can!
Yes, and the numbers have gone up overnight! Yay. I guess what I meant to say was that there are still about half of Americans who didn't vote for him, so it wasn't a complete landslide.
Then again, to have a presidential candidate get even 60% of the vote is fairly rare. And for those who want to look back at other presidential elections and compare, we use this site at work a lot. There's a little pull-down menu that goes back to 1789, and brings up electoral maps, popular vote, percentages.... It's nifty!
November 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word yes we can!
Great site, c_b! Thanks.
November 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yes we can!
That quote I heard on NPR was also heard by a cartoonist, evidence here.
November 7, 2008