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tree_and_leaf) wrote2008-11-05 05:22 am
tree_and_leaf) wrote2008-11-05 05:22 am
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I'm shattered; I didn't mean to stay up until matter in the US were decided; but I did, and I am extremely moved (and also tired and emotional). It's been a long night.
I must say, though, that while I am inspired by Obama, that it was very good to hear McCain's extremely honourable concession speech (and is it just me, or did he seem like he'd dropped a burden?), and also, I think this quotation from Alisdair Gray is appropriate:
LET US ACT TODAY AS IF THESE ARE THE FIRST DAYS OF A BETTER NATION
Tomorrow is, as the poet sings, another working day, and I will doubtless feel awful. But I'm glad I stayed up with my American friends; it's just a pity Prop 8 passed, as my friend P and his fiance will have to go to Mass. (or Connecticut) to marry. Symbols matter.
I must say, though, that while I am inspired by Obama, that it was very good to hear McCain's extremely honourable concession speech (and is it just me, or did he seem like he'd dropped a burden?), and also, I think this quotation from Alisdair Gray is appropriate:
LET US ACT TODAY AS IF THESE ARE THE FIRST DAYS OF A BETTER NATION
Tomorrow is, as the poet sings, another working day, and I will doubtless feel awful. But I'm glad I stayed up with my American friends; it's just a pity Prop 8 passed, as my friend P and his fiance will have to go to Mass. (or Connecticut) to marry. Symbols matter.
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