Woohoo!! Obama clinched the nomination!!

[arabian]

As I tuned into CNN (I'm taping the channel all the way through to 3am -- hehe, 3am), I caught the breaking news that announced that Barack Obama is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. I knew it was coming, he only needed so many delegates left and there was pretty much no way he wasn't going to get those delegates from these final primaries what with all of the superdelgates calling for him today. Still, hearing it, seeing the words on my screen ... I teared up. I was so happy that I teared up. And then I called a good friend of mine (Hi, Laura) with who I've shared much of the election news with throughout the last months. Then I called my best friend to share the moment with her. Then my sister, and my lovely hiddeneloise (good luck in getting your stuff done! :). I wanted to share this moment, this beautiful historical moment with the people in my life with whom I've shared my hopes, my fears, my dreams for this upcoming election. I didn't spend more than a few minutes with each of them, but I wanted to touch base ... because this IS a historic moment. This IS a beautiful moment. And, my dear God, I am so very happy and proud to have been a small part of it.

I have followed politics, I have voted, but I have never extensively read everything I could on candidates. I have never donated to a campaign. I have never devoted countless thoughts, hours, discussions, etc. to a candidate. Because I've never had such hopeful faith in a candidate; I've never felt so strongly in the rightness of a candidate. It's always been the lesser of two evils to a degree for me. But this time ... this time it was about voting for the right person for the job. And that person was ... is Barack Obama.

I am proud to have watched his speech announcing his candidacy live. I am proud to have voted for him. Proud to have donated some of my meager earnings to his campaign. I am proud to be an American in an America where this man can be -- AND IS -- a nominee, an incredibly strong nominee, for the President of the United States of America.

I am a supporter of Barack Obama and I know that I share the joy and pride of this day with every other supporter of Barack Obama out there.

(Eek, I posted this on Daily Kos, my first diary there. Whoah!)

Comments

[la-tante.livejournal.com]

well said! thanks for all your hard work and congratulations to all of us!
on to the white house!!
xo
j

[arabian.livejournal.com]

YAY!!! White House on the way!!!!!!!!!!

(PS: I did up the Doctor Who post -- it's massive!! And I'm rewatching all the eps and I *might* do up mini-reviews of all of my fave episodes.)

[la-tante.livejournal.com]

holy moly, i saw the who post but didn't have time to read it thoroughly. i'm definitely coming back for it because i want to give it my full attention. and omg if you do mini reviews....well, that would only add to your rockingness.
xo

[arabian.livejournal.com]

Now, only of my favorite episodes (I've already found a few more to add to the S1 list that I already have.)

But yeah, I just may do that. God, I LOVE this show!!!!

[la-tante.livejournal.com]

i know. it's scary how good and big it gets in your head, huh? although my current twu wuv is nph, i have huge room in this here heart o' mine and david tennant and eccles are cuddled up too. and oh donna. i adore her. i'm scampering off to read what you wrote...finally! can't wait.

Can I get a HELLS YEAH!!!???

[leosgreens.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I was asleep when you called-I watched as much of the coverage as I could but then I had to get a bit of sleep. I really wanted to see the speeches. Ugh, I did see some of the McCain speech. He is scary as fuck when he smiles and he kept repeating "That's not change we can believe in" (or some shit) in regards to Obama's policies. Then, when they called the nom for Obama they cut away from McCain (PWNED, BITCH!). Get used to that! They only pay attention to McCain when there's no Obama or Clinton news. HA!

Re: Can I get a HELLS YEAH!!!???

[arabian.livejournal.com]

Yup, I noticed and loved that too!! Woohoo!!! (FYI: They also generally pull away from Clinton stuff if there is Obama news too.)

[sophisti-girl.livejournal.com]

I was so thrilled last night!! During his speech I actually started tearing up. My mom got goosebumps.

Next stop White House!!! *does happy dance*

[hiddeneloise.livejournal.com]

Hey there! Thank you for the good luck wish, I finished the project! :)

Congratulations, and sorry again I was preoccupied last night.