| Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | 2
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A couple of observances about last night...
- Great speech by McCain. He came off as a class act all the way. That's the McCain I haven't seen in quite some time.
- Fantastic speech by President-Elect Obama. It really moved me. I actually felt a weight lifted off of my shoulders after 8 horrible years under Bush and his administration. I've always been proud to be an American, but never more so than last night.
- The Presidential win was tinged with a lot of sadness this morning when I awoke to the news that Prop 8 here in California is more than likely going to pass. Unlike William, I don't think our country if fucked up for passing it, rather I am incredibly angry at the millions that poured in from outside California trying to affect change in a state they don't even reside in. Makes me sick, quite frankly. I am sure that sooner rather than later we'll see this proposition overturned, but right now on a day where the ultimate racial barrier in America has been broken it breaks my heart that there are people who still actively campaign to refuse rights to a segment of our country. I thought California, of all places, was better than that. I was proved wrong this morning.
- Looking at the local election turnout, it became blatantly apparent that Republicans are a depressed lot. In 2004 heavily conservative Orange County California** turned out 65% of the electorate. In staggering contrast, only 35% voted yesterday. This comes amid voter turnout nationwide at near record levels and here in Los Angeles county 82% of the electorate participated.
**To those not in the know, that's south of Los Angeles and encompasses Irvine and Anaheim, CA - home of Walt Disney World.
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