Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Our Long National Nightmare is Over


Photo from source, MSNBC

There is no way to know whether or not the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency will "fix" all that ails the United States. But there is assuredly a much better chance than there would have been with a John McCain "McSame" Presidency.

We liberals, Democrats, progressives and like-minded Americans must hold the Obama Administration's (and the Democratic Congress') feet to the fire to deliver on all of their promises. But for tonight? And today? Hazzah! Karl Rove, and all of his minions and followers can (with thanks to Kathy Griffin) suck it!

[Excerpt]

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States.

A crowd of 125,000 people jammed Grant Park in Chicago, where Obama addressed the nation for the first time as its president-elect at midnight ET. Hundreds of thousands more — Mayor Richard Daley said he would not be surprised if a million Chicagoans jammed the streets — watched on a large television screen outside the park. . .

Read more at: MSNBC


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