you'll go down in history.

Last night, history was made. America elected the first black [well... half-black] President to come to office in January 2009. I'm proud to say that I took part in that history, by voting for Senator Obama to become president. I didn't do it because he's 1/2 black, I did it because he's looking out for more than just the wallets of the upper class. He knows that making nuclear power accessible is just a terrible idea. He gave us hope. Hope for more than just tax breaks, hope for health care. Hope for an affordable higher education. Hope that a teacher will finally earn the salary that he or she deserves. Hope that a woman will have the right to her own body. Hope that the offshore drilling will cease, and renewable resources will take action. Even if his promises of hope are not kept, the fact that he had the ideas in the first place is why I voted for Barack Obama. I would rather have faith in the promises that enforce what I believe in, than vote for a cookie-cutter campaign. I would much rather there be the possibility in the change that this world needs, than for it to never come up, and for McCain to make promises that only really adhere to the wealthy. I am so excited to see that Obama won the election. That in 2009, America will have it's first black President. That America can turn around and become the great country we pride on it being. Last night, when Obama won the election, I was crying as I saw all of the people in Kenya jumping for joy. I realized that people can stop dying now. Not in the inevitable old age way, but in war or genocide. I realize that Obama won't stand for the genocide in Darfur, and he will pull us out of combat in Iraq. My lifetime will no longer be a tragedy of the masses. Our troops can come home alive, and if they are put into Darfur, at least we know that they're actually fighting for a good cause, on something real. Something more than just the idea of 'terror'. I couldn't believe that the unneccesary killing might just stop. Again, my hope for things to come. I really do hope that Senator Obama keeps his promises. But even if he doesn't, it really does beat having Mrs. Palin in office. At which point this election was between a douche and a turd sandwich. I have hope for Obama. I am proud to say that I support Obama. And, I am ecstatic to say that I voted for Barack Obama.


[Plus I'm excited to run around like a ninny in my stepmom's house of Republicans chanting Obama's name and rubbing it in their faces that McCain lost. I do that part for fun. I'm 19, I don't have to be a mature responsible adult yet... SO I WON'T BE! AHAHAHAHHAHAHA!]