Election night
Nov. 4th, 2008 10:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ezekielsdaughterI went to the gym and watched “House” on the monitors. I could not watch the election.
I went out to the car; called my brother in Texas and groused about the 3.5-hour wait this morning to vote and he told me that Obama was ahead.
Well.
I decided to go back by the fire station and see how the line was. 4 times as long as it was this morning. The polls had closed. The state had been called for McCain, but people were still in line.
And then the Daily Show announced that Obama was the winner. I moved over to the real news, and yes. Raised my hands. Wished that my parents were here to see this. My father who went to the back door of many a white man’s home because he wasn’t allowed at the front door. My mother, the first Black pharmacist in Shreveport. Back to the Daily Show—what are they going to do for the second hour? I am sure that they expected it to take longer. Back to the NBC affiliate. Blast it! I don’t want to see Congressman Jefferson! Back to the CBS affiliate. And finally back to the Daily Show. And now here.
I can’t explain what I feel. There’s lot of work ahead. I don’t know if people heard Obama’s message of “we”.
You’ve seen these before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
In once respect, Chris Rock was right on his last HBO special. No overtime work tonight. I'll be at work tomorrow, but I just can't concentrate on work tonight.
I went out to the car; called my brother in Texas and groused about the 3.5-hour wait this morning to vote and he told me that Obama was ahead.
Well.
I decided to go back by the fire station and see how the line was. 4 times as long as it was this morning. The polls had closed. The state had been called for McCain, but people were still in line.
And then the Daily Show announced that Obama was the winner. I moved over to the real news, and yes. Raised my hands. Wished that my parents were here to see this. My father who went to the back door of many a white man’s home because he wasn’t allowed at the front door. My mother, the first Black pharmacist in Shreveport. Back to the Daily Show—what are they going to do for the second hour? I am sure that they expected it to take longer. Back to the NBC affiliate. Blast it! I don’t want to see Congressman Jefferson! Back to the CBS affiliate. And finally back to the Daily Show. And now here.
I can’t explain what I feel. There’s lot of work ahead. I don’t know if people heard Obama’s message of “we”.
You’ve seen these before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
In once respect, Chris Rock was right on his last HBO special. No overtime work tonight. I'll be at work tomorrow, but I just can't concentrate on work tonight.
