So damn happy. And I was glad McCain had an incredibly classy concession speech - the man's going out of this with some dignity at least.

My biggest problem - I wish they had cut the John Williams-esque musical crap at some point and played something with a little groove. I know why they went the way they did, but I still have wistful memories of '92 and "Don't Stop Thinkin' About Tomorrow". And I'd love to have heard an Obama equivalent to that.

WOW Fox was just giving Nader Hell for Uncle Tom comments about Obama. This is the second time I have seen this Fox guy call people out for bigoty stuff. I may have to give him a "good job" when I see him in the lobby.

CNN reports that the exit polls are against Prop 8 52 to 48. Good, but too close for comfort when you only have exit polls to go on. But I will note that the precincts that have so far reported in California have a distinct conservative lean. When more results come in from LA and SF, I still feel cautiously optimistic.

This is good! I will resume cautious hopefulness. Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease.

shrift, it's totally okay. Seriously, sleep well.

Warren Ellis just made an LJ post congratulating Americans and telling us we are now free to travel to Europe without having to lie and say we're Canadian.

I think it has sunk in for me that Obama is the new President-Elect... I'm having more trouble truly believing that the attack ads are OVER. Woot!

President Obama - whoulda thunk it less than a year ago as anything other than a fond wish?

Shepard Smith, msbelle?

And I'd love to have heard an Obama equivalent to that.

Before the speech, I heard some "your love is lifting me higher..."

I think there might be a need for a victory playlist tomorrow!

Also? I LOVE the "storming the Bastille" videos of people celebrating outside the White House.

yes.

I love Mark Morford even when I want to edit him. Which is often. But I love him, nonetheless.

So please, defy your temptations. Do not, under any circumstances, join with the entire planet right now and enjoy President-elect Obama's dazzling victory, because the world is still in shambles and the nation is super-duper trouble and... still must have to think...er, resolve the serious financial crisis because blood and banana creme pie and...

...er, I mean racism and raging turmoil in the... death all around, war raging and puppies... um... pain and suffering in the sunshine shoelace... wait... oh yes, drugs and death and... er... anarchy and foreign policy... sex and tickling Paris Hilton and... and..andandanddddd...

Wait. What? What the hell was I just saying? Did I really just write all that? What the hell is wrong with me?

I am so sorry. I don't know what just happened. Shall we start over? Here, let me splash this water on my face. And then this cold sake. And then this refreshing sense of oh my God would you look at the country right now and can you hear all the horns honking and the children grinning and the massive collective sigh? There now. Ready?

Hell yes, this is a time for screaming. For dancing, crying, celebrating with a rare feeling of renewal. It is a time for feeling it fully. A great thing has been done. A great shift has just transpired. Best news of all: There is no going back.

[link]