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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongratulations, America! Your long national nightmare is over
Congratulations to the millions of dedicated voters who voted early and to the millions of determined voters who braved the pandemic to wait in line to fight for democracy, exercise their most basic freedoms, bring an end to the madness of this maladministration, and restore democratic values, fairness, civility & the rule of law to the nation.
Congratulations to the poll workers, post office employees, to those who knocked on the doors and made the phone calls to campaign.
And last but certainly not least, Congratulations to all DU'ers who were part of those millions who voted -and to the admin at DU including but not limited to EarlG, Elad, and Omaha Steve who worked so hard to keep the site open and raise contributions for the Biden/Harris campaign - to make democracy happen.
Although as a Canadian north of the border I was not a part of it, I could not be happier for you all.
And though there may be years of hard work ahead to repair the damage done by this excuse for an administration, your long national nightmare is over, America - Well Done!
Biden will be a great President and Harris a great VP.
Cheers from north of the border in balmy Canada, gotta be 5 o'clock somewhere.
To the future!
BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)whathehell
(29,034 posts)Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)whathehell
(29,034 posts)and back at ya!
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Thank you and thank you Canada from this Georgia voter! 🇨🇦
We here in Georgia have got to win the Senate on January 5, 2021! 🔵🗳🍑🇺🇸🎊
🌞🗳🍊🇺🇸🎈🇨🇦🎉🎊🍾🎈👋
Hiawatha Pete
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This moment is all yours, my good friends!
onetexan
(13,023 posts)Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)What a refreshing change it will be!
Freddie
(9,257 posts)Bye-bye gobshit!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)and Im crying my eyes out. I have goosebumps too! I feel overwhelmed with relief!
Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)But then comes cause for celebration. Congratulations, this moment is all yours!
58Sunliner
(4,372 posts)PTSD flares when you no longer trust the reality you had before the trauma, or your ability to cope with the existential threat. You have a new normal and it can be stressful negotiating the difference, or trusting. Joe especially, will be part therapist and mentor to a scarred nation.
Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)In Canada we had TEN years of a regressive Conservative government, before Trudeau was sworn in in 2015 (no term limits here so first-past-the-post is what gave us a 10 yr tyranny of the minority).
Biden will be the President America needs.
58Sunliner
(4,372 posts)I was so relieved when Trudeau was elected. For now-we party!!!
Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)lame54
(35,267 posts)You go from Obama to Biden
You listen in disbelief as others try to tell you what went down in between
Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)Though I would say that the person waking up from the coma would have had the better deal than those that had to live through it! My sympathies to you all.
No doubt about it, Biden is the President America needs...
peggysue2
(10,823 posts)I've never felt such relief. This is Day 1 of restoration.
Feels so good to have people from around the world cheering us on. Hope you'll all forgive us for the last four years and that Canada as well as our other allies will be as generous as you are as a private citizen. This has been a nightmare for us but also (I suspect) for people everywhere who treasure democratic principles.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Whoohoo!!!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)Those of us in the rest of the world who are in the majority that posses critical thinking skills (there's dumbasses in all nations) know that the majority of Americans never voted for Trump in the first place, and that the majority of Americans are decent, freedom loving people.
Congratulations on having a President once again - you deserve it!
FakeNoose
(32,596 posts)Yes it's going to be a great 4 years with Biden and Harris in charge. One of the first things we need to do is repair our damaged friendship with our Canadian friends.
Thanks for your good wishes and for being patient. Everything is going to be okay.
Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)And once again congrats & well done!
Biden & Trudeau are natural allies (like America and Canada themselves) and already have a very good working relationship.
Trudeau to his credit was careful to try & not let relations between our nations deteriorate beyond disrepair, even with a trump W.H. And Biden is the President America needs to help get the pandemic under control.
Can't wait for the border to reopen and visit the U.S. once again!
Be safe, and time to partay!
mvd
(65,162 posts)I am so happy and relieved that its actually a bit overwhelming.
Even sweeter that my state, PA, put Biden over the top!
Hiawatha Pete
(1,795 posts)I saw it when I woke up this morning that Pennsylvania put Biden over the top!
Congrats & well done, So happy for you all!