Yes We Can

Its difficult to fully express how I feel today. I'm overjoyed, yes. I'm also tired and still a bit hungover. I'm proud and impressed and generally giddy. Most of my adult life has been spent on the losing side; its unusual for me to feel like a winner. And what a winner; Obama's acceptance speech made me cry. I cried a lot, in fact. It was good crying, it was tears of relief and fatigue and hope. The people of the United States elected an intelligent, thoughtful, insightful man to lead them. The fact that he's African-American is just icing on an already wonderful cake. We regained the respect of other nations. We did this. We didn't buy into fear and rumor. We bought into hope. This is an incredible thing.
I've already seen displeasure from certain segments of the people; that God is displeased and that Christians must rise above this "set back." I'm ignoring them. Like I said, I've been on the losing side; I needed to vent then, I'll let them vent. The fact that they need to use God as a fall back is unfortunate, as I don't believe God (he/she/it) endorsed John McCain. McCain lost for a number of reasons; but God's will was not thwarted. Even McCain said, no; Obama is your president, I'm going to work with him, you should too. And for the first time, I admired John McCain.
I give props to Thomas and Karen and Brooke and Josh and everybody else in the state of Pennsylvania who worked their butts off. I give props to the people of Ohio, none I can name, who did the same. I blow kisses to the folks in Florida who weren't going to have their state make the national news in a bad way again. And so much love to the rest of North Carolina who made the Republicans wish they'd been paying a bit more attention. The state of Jesse Helms sends a female Democrat to the Senate! Cumberland County, home of Fort Bragg, voted for Obama. We did this.
Dear Mr President-Elect:
I voted for you. I have great respect for you. Please make the closing of Guantanamo Bay your first priority after you are sworn in. I'll be in DC for that event. Make us even prouder than we are now. Thank you.
Love--
Jen
P.S. Yes. We can.