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Nov. 4th, 2008
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Nov. 4th, 2008 09:22 pmWhat kind of looter am I? You decide!
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Nov. 4th, 2008 09:29 pmLooks like Prop Hate is passing in California. Dammit.
As well, the Smith/Merkley race in Oregon is, as of now with close to half the vote counted, separated by a mere 7,000 votes. Franken is losing in Minnesota right now, also dammit.
On the up side, it doesn't seem like most of the uglier ballot measures in Oregon passed. And the Zoo's getting money. Any election where the Zoo gets money has the potential to make me happy.
As well, the Smith/Merkley race in Oregon is, as of now with close to half the vote counted, separated by a mere 7,000 votes. Franken is losing in Minnesota right now, also dammit.
On the up side, it doesn't seem like most of the uglier ballot measures in Oregon passed. And the Zoo's getting money. Any election where the Zoo gets money has the potential to make me happy.
Sarah Palin in 2012. THAT is my fondest dream. It would mean the GOP was still a narrow, hard-right party, and desperate enough to throw Palin at us again. I can think of no better development for the rest of the country than that woman at the top of the GOP ticket.
Maybe with DeLay as veep. I'd pay to see that trainwreck campaign. I might even contribute as a preventative measure.
Maybe with DeLay as veep. I'd pay to see that trainwreck campaign. I might even contribute as a preventative measure.
Good Night.
Nov. 4th, 2008 10:16 pmBy the time my son greets the world, this country will see an African-American in the Oval Office.
He will grow up in a reality different from that of my youth. Yeah, there was always a possibility that someone of color would lead the nation, but possibility has almost nothing to do with reality.
As hard as it is for me to accept (in light of the foul taste the last two Presidential elections left in my mouth), this is now a real thing. The USA not only elected a black man, but one with a profoundly non-anglo name. I keep waiting the sudden lateral motion of a rug being pulled out from under my feet, but I may have to set aside my preemptive acceptance of defeat.
By the time my son greets the world, this country will see an African-American in the Oval Office.
Maybe this shouldn't mean as much as I'm making it. It may just end up being another politician garnering enough support to gain power. But dammit, it does mean something that in this case the politician is someone who would have been hanged by a mob for daring to speak out in a time not too long past.
That barrier may still bar some good candidate from that office in the future, but no longer is it an unimaginable thing to have a black President. We still need to see a woman elected, and I would be thrilled to see a great woman leader take down the opposition in a future election (preferably 2016). Right now I see it happening before my son is old enough to vote. The reality must change. The barriers must drop. It won't mean my son has a greater chance to be President. The opposite would be true, really. The point would be, rather, that the world my son will inherit from my wife & me won't be as limited a world as we received, and one in which the best probabilities aren't ruled out by a non-sequitur like gender or race.
He will grow up in a reality different from that of my youth. Yeah, there was always a possibility that someone of color would lead the nation, but possibility has almost nothing to do with reality.
As hard as it is for me to accept (in light of the foul taste the last two Presidential elections left in my mouth), this is now a real thing. The USA not only elected a black man, but one with a profoundly non-anglo name. I keep waiting the sudden lateral motion of a rug being pulled out from under my feet, but I may have to set aside my preemptive acceptance of defeat.
By the time my son greets the world, this country will see an African-American in the Oval Office.
Maybe this shouldn't mean as much as I'm making it. It may just end up being another politician garnering enough support to gain power. But dammit, it does mean something that in this case the politician is someone who would have been hanged by a mob for daring to speak out in a time not too long past.
That barrier may still bar some good candidate from that office in the future, but no longer is it an unimaginable thing to have a black President. We still need to see a woman elected, and I would be thrilled to see a great woman leader take down the opposition in a future election (preferably 2016). Right now I see it happening before my son is old enough to vote. The reality must change. The barriers must drop. It won't mean my son has a greater chance to be President. The opposite would be true, really. The point would be, rather, that the world my son will inherit from my wife & me won't be as limited a world as we received, and one in which the best probabilities aren't ruled out by a non-sequitur like gender or race.