Airelle ([info]fuzcat) wrote,
@ 2008-11-05 00:04:00
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Obama won with quite a nice mandate. I should be happy, but the current results are looking like bans on gay marriage have passed in 3 states. America, the great melting pot, where we can show both how progressive and bigoted we are in one trip to the voting booth.

The McCain I used to like back in 2000 briefly poked his head out tonight in a nice concession speech. Perhaps if that McCain had been campaigning, he would have had less to concede. I guess we will see what the next 4 years bring us. At least Palin goes back to being Alaska's problem.

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[info]browngirl
2008-11-05 05:37 am UTC (link)
America, the great melting pot, where we can show both how progressive and bigoted we are in one trip to the voting booth.

So true, so horribly true. Come on, America! Liberty and justice for all!

It's weird to be both delighted and disappointed at the same time.

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A double edged sword?
[info]kirkw3
2008-11-07 03:24 am UTC (link)
    While I did not support Obama with the same fervor as his more idealistic supporters, I did vote for him and feel that the country chose the best person for the job.
    It appears that you disapproved of Paladin in the same way as I. Without a doubt, she solidified my opposition to the McLame ticket.
    I appreciate that you disapproved of the success of the anti-gay ballot measures. The success of those ballot propositions is interesting when considered in a multifaceted perspective. I really expected Proposition 8 to fail in more progressive California. However, one CNN commentator added some interesting information I hadn't considered. Whites and even Latinos in California were roughly evenly split in their support or opposition to Prop. 8. However, California blacks supported the anti-gay proposition 70% to 30%. When I consider the idea that Obama may have energized and brought out the black vote, his candidacy may have tipped the balance and caused the proposition to pass by the close 52-48 margin. So, some progressives may consider Obama's candidacy to be a bit of a double edge sword in this regard.
    I was disturbed that officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a multi-billion dollar tax-exempt corporation and extremist religious cult, issued a formal endorsement of the proposition and pressed its membership into donating $22 million dollars in support of the anti-marriage equality campaign. I consider this to justify in part my severe concern about theocracy that I often voice in my journal. This is a classic example of theocracy and it disturbs me. I don't want to live in the type of country that the people in your area did 316 years ago.

Kirk

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