WE DID IT!!!!!

PRESIDENT ELECT BARACK OBAMA!!!!!!!

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My vote!!!!!

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My 2 hour wait was well worth it!!!
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I cannot begin to tell you the overwhelming feeling of joy and hope that I am feeling right now. I am so happy that we have chosen a great man to be our next president. I truly believe that this man will usher in a new era. I believe that America and the world are ready for this change. I am so excited to see him in action because I really believe he is special. I have always said that this election could really be the turning point for the direction that the world goes - it could be positive and progressive with Barack or it could be worse than Bush with McCain/Palin.

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Josh and Aaron at volunteering at NE Philly office.

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Our NYC crew - Paul, Colleen, Jen, Esma and me (Josh is taking the pic!).

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Working the phone banks.
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One of the most amazing things that has come about because of Barack's amazing run is the UNITY of so many different people. I just returned from volunteering in Philly where I saw hundreds of volunteers coming together for the task at hand. We were literally a mini United Nations at work. We were old, young, middle age, black, white, Asian, Indian, Latin, bi-racial, fat, skinny, short, tall, gay, straight, married, single, hitched, Christian, Muslim, atheist, Catholic and every combination of the above. There were immigrants who could vote and immigrants who could not vote. There were high school kids who couldn't vote but wanted to do their part. The hard work and organization of all of these people was so enlightening and inspiring. When I see pics of the celebrations of this historic win from the streets of America and around the world, I get so excited because, finally, people get it. There was a desire and need, spoken and unspoken, and Barack will be the catalyst to fulfill that need.

I am so proud of him as a black man. I would have supported this man if he were purple, but the fact that he is black touches a special place in my heart. Many blacks had completely given up on politics and believed that their voice did not count. Barack has inspired these people to get involved, to participate and to believe again that the struggles of our forefathers would pay off. Seeing Barack with his BEAUTIFUL family - his gorgeous wife and adorable daughters - means more than you know to little black children and teens. To see themselves in the Whitehouse will inspire a generation of black kids to excel like never before.

The Obama family will also inspire a new sense of style in America. They are such a photogenic, young and modern family and the days of stuffy old lady suits is gone. Barack's cool, calm and collected demeanor and Michelle's amazing grace, eloquence and strength will be a breath of fresh air for the world. As a purveyor of style, I do go to the aesthetics of it all too. I cannot wait to see Michelle in action as the First Lady - she will be the greatest since Rosalyn Carter and Jackie Kennedy. I am waiting for the first meeting of First Lady Michelle Obama and First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Now that is going to be FIERCE!!!!!

The Obama kids are so gorgeous and I see them developing into a real stunning, poised and influential young ladies. I doubt we will have the drunk driving, partying and drugs of past first kids.

INSPIRATION???????

Sarah Palin. She doesn't even warrant a pic here - I won't waste the bandwidth. I watched her on TV last night and she only inspired me to do the following:

Her whining, cynical, overly sarcastic, nasal voice droned on for far too long covering nothing more than a sound bite that she had memorized within the previous day or so. This is a woman who hardly knew McCain before he asked her to be his VP. This is a woman, who on record, has mocked the position of VP (as did McCain). She spoke little or nothing about any of the actual policies that they will implement. She mocked Obama's community and grassroot's activism like it was a joke. Shame. She as a woman should know that the civil rights, women's rights and gay rights movements all started on a community based level with local leaders hoeing the hard rows. Oh yeah, she is for limited women's rights and virtually no gay rights, how could I forget. She harped on McCain's POW status for the umpteenth time, but never spoke about the economy. Get real, girl.

She sounded like a character on Politically Incorrect or like Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin on SNL. I cannot take her seriously. Between her 'message', that voice and that dreadful hairdo, it was a real feat to keep down my dinner. And then to top it all off, they had the nerve to trot out the pregnant daughter and her reluctant baby daddy who chewed gum the entire time. She is the embodiment of what the Republicans feel about Americans - she is a political stunt meant to manipulate and patronize. Never mind her skeletons (which highlight her considerable lack of judgement) and her inexperience (for which they hypocritically mock Obama for). With McCain's age and health being questioned, and rightly so, this joke of a VP would actually have a very good chance of being the leader of the free world. SCARY!!!!! If you people fall for this farce, SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON AMERICA!!!!

The Republican party has put the American economy and America's long fought reputation in the TOILET and then have the audacity to never mention it. They mock us and take us for fools with their feigned goodwill and lack of concern for the average Joe. We have had 8 years of the rich getting richer, the middle class getting poorer and the poor getting threadbare. We have had far too many years of warmongering, slain troops, slain innocents in war zones and fat contracts for Bush/Cheney cronies.

How do we end it...........this is how:

OBAMA - BIDEN 08