For the first time in nearly a dozen years, a campaign based on something other than sliming the opponent actually won.
I won't spend a huge amount of time on Obama's victory right now, I merely want to recognize that for a change, the Rethuglican tactics of smearing opponents with lies and attack ads failed. I can only hope this marks the end of the ugly tactics favored by Karl Rove in both the United States and Canada.
The McCain/Palin ticket followed the Rove playbook almost slavishly - Palin in particular turned me off as soon as she started opening her mouth. Much of what she said on a variety of subjects was so obviously false as to be offensive. Political campaigns should be about character and ideas, not character assassination. I was glad to see Obama's victory last night be solid (338 electoral votes to McCain's 163) - even Bush's victory in 2004 wasn't as solid.
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It's a good day to be American. Boy, I haven't thought that in a long time.
Just at a guess, probably since somewhere around November, 2000?
Maybe even November 1980!
"It's the answer spoken by young and old, Black, white. Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled --- Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a colletion of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America."
Barack Obama President Elect
Election night November 4, 2008
Is it a sign that Obama and American Society is recognizing that gay people are part of American Society? Let's hope so!
"Is it a sign that Obama and American Society is recognizing that gay people are part of American Society? Let's hope so!"
Yeah, too bad all the ban-same-sex marriage propositions (California Proposition 8 for example) won.
Oh well, it's not like gay-rights movement is going to lay down and die - it just sucks that they're going to have to wait even longer.
It was a historic day indeed! I cried watching the coverage!
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