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Post by ray m. on Nov 4, 2008 23:14:37 GMT -5
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Post by crazycstudios on Nov 5, 2008 0:01:14 GMT -5
I'm so happy. This night is awesome.
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Post by sarahelephant on Nov 5, 2008 0:30:41 GMT -5
I am so so so so so happy.
Go Obama. It feels so weird that this is such a historical moment right now.
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Post by Meghan on Nov 5, 2008 0:52:28 GMT -5
TIME TO BARACK OUT!
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Post by sara on Nov 5, 2008 14:33:20 GMT -5
This is really incredible! WE DID IT. We are apart of a giant moment in history and it feels great. When the announcement was made that he won all the people on my floor went out into the hall ways and hugged and danced and yelled. I was one of them and it was one of the best moments of my life. I feel really inspired and moved by the whole thing and I feel like there may now be meaning in politics again...
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Post by jolie on Nov 6, 2008 17:46:27 GMT -5
I'm so ridiculously happy. I only wish that I could have voted, but oh well.
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Post by ray m. on Nov 6, 2008 18:25:21 GMT -5
we watched his acceptance speech in like every single class i had today.
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Post by sarahw on Nov 6, 2008 19:32:42 GMT -5
Trying to get my (computer) keyboard to turn into a car so I can drive to Canada. Just kidding. I think Obama is a really dynamic individual. This election has really made me study and think about what I want from my federal government, and the answer lies a little closer to the ideals of Libertarians than say Democrats or the current Republicans. I'm really glad this election got so many young people interested in what their lawmakers and leaders have to say about how they plan to shape this nation. Like I told my older sister (she and two of my sisters voted Obama), though I'm not too thrilled about Democrats being in charge of the government for the next four years, I am very curious and perhaps a bit excited about how this election and president will shape the attitudes of people our age in connection with their community and world. Good luck to Obama.
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Post by ray m. on Jan 20, 2009 20:42:21 GMT -5
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Post by ray m. on Jan 20, 2010 21:50:53 GMT -5
a year ago today.
i think it might have been the wrong time for obama to take office. no one is letting him do anything.
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Post by ray m. on Jan 20, 2010 21:52:03 GMT -5
a year ago today meaning, his inauguration was then
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Post by El Zilcho on Feb 21, 2013 0:07:03 GMT -5
He won again. I didn't vote in this election.
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Post by ray m. on Feb 21, 2013 11:25:22 GMT -5
i voted green so i pretty much didn't vote eithger.
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Post by El Zilcho on Feb 21, 2013 13:10:52 GMT -5
Yah, being in Texas I felt like my vote really didn't count unless I voted Romnizzle. And I had to change my address and polling place and what not to College Station and I'm lazy.
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Post by sarahw on Mar 12, 2013 18:19:10 GMT -5
As a current Democrat living in Republican Kansas I sometimes think my vote doesn't matter either, but then something I read on a Libertarian website made me realize that on a local level where the races are much closer, my votes matter a lot. If I can help a candidate be a little closer to winning than they would have, then they or another in their party will be more encouraged to run in the future. If the candidate I vote for wins for the first time or wins re-election, then they'll get a chance to be known by a wider range of voters and hopefully move their way up in the political world. Kansas almost always votes for the Republican presidential candidate, but every once in awhile a Democrat moves up in the ranks and becomes our governor and it makes a huge difference. Like Obama maybe they don't get to do all the good they could do, but the difference between what they do and what the other candidate would have done IS huge. I'm seeing that right now in Kansas as we had a Democrat governor who took a position in Obama's administration and the backlash in Kansas against there being a Democrat president led very-anti-Obama backers and voters putting a huge amount of effort into getting a very right-wing (in my opinion) governor elected in Kansas. The changes he's been pushing thru have been devastating and some have a direct impact on me. Many Republicans in our state house and senate don't like the changes he's making, but fear losing their re-elections if they anger the backers and voters that elected the governor. I've learned every vote and every dollar counts because post-election it influences how the politicians vote. They remember the likelihood of getting or not getting elected. On a side note, corporations as "people" really sucks for us voters. On a federal level a lot more politicians are in the pocket of corporations and special interest groups. Another big reason to try and make your state and local governments awesome thru your vote.
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Post by El Zilcho on Mar 14, 2013 17:08:00 GMT -5
I don't know much about Kansas, but Texas is basically like living in a different country from other states I've visited.
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