Re: (OT) Obama

[Mech <mech@m3ch.net>]

At 12:47 AM -0500 11/5/08, Jim Goodin wrote:
>On 11/4/08, William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> wrote:
>>  Hallelujah!
>
>Echo'd pretty jubulant here in ny. My wife and I were at an election
>watching party tonight and as soon as the California polls closed, the
>exit polls moment later declared and the house I was at just lit up
>cheers.  Really feels like something amazing has transpired.

I'd like to be as ecstatic; I really would.  However, this is 
*exactly* how things felt after Bill Clinton won the first time -- 
exorcising the world from the 12 previous years of Reagan/Bush hell. 
We thought all that was put behind us.  That it was okay to celebrate 
and start to re-build the country again.  Then, after his two terms, 
where were we?  Back into the sh*t all over again.

So today/tonight, celebrate.  Eat, drink and be merry.  Rejoice in 
this victory for the moment.  But keep in mind that the same people 
who dragged us down for the last 8 years are still out there.  And 
even now, they're probably already plotting on how they're going to 
come back over the next 4 years to take it all back again.

Not trying to be a downer.  But let's just say I'm *very cautiously* 
optimistic.

        --m.
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