OMG! 40% turnout so far in VA!

[krumpli]

In the rain!


:bounce:

I love black people. They have been the most loyal Dem voters for a long long time. They voted for the Dem prez candidate even when they believed they would never get the same opportunity as those white guys on the ticket. They could have said fuck you very much. But they voted.

They deserve to get this one more than anyone else. God bless them!

[HughMoran]

1. It's warm and sunny way up here in NH, so I assume it's a warm rain

At least I hope so for the sake of the people waiting in line!

[donco6]

2. I want to celebrate with them and everyone else . . .

. . . who's been shut down by the Repubs for all these years.

[Winterblues]

3. I love Liberals, whether they are Black, White, Brown, Yellow, or Blue

It may be a very good year for Liberals.......fingers crossed..

[Arugula Latte]

4. So, what are you saying ... You don't like Fuschia liberals?

What do you have against the Fuschias?

;)

[blue sky at night]

5. I felt the same way on Sunday Night....

downtown Cleveland, we had been hanging out with said liberals all afternoon...it is how the world should be.



Moving ahead at the Speeeeeed of PIE!!!!









CHange, HOpe, OBama/BIden.........!!!!

[vademocrat]

6. We're doing it - I got 3 little old ladies to the polls this am -

they were able to vote in the car so they didn't have to stand in line in the rain.

I'm about to head down to my Obama office - got an email asking for volunteers to bring raingear and hot drinks to pollworkers.

(ps - it's not just black people in VA - my yellow dog democratic family is 9 white votes who stood in line in the rain at 5:30 this morning in Northern VA, Williamsburg and Richmond - and were HAPPY to do it to vote for Obama ):thumbsup:

:dem:

[Psyop Samurai]

7. Your point about AA voters resonates with me today...

I was talking to an older lady outside the polls earlier (she's black, I'm white), and she said, with less rancor than I exhibit on a good day, "I've been voting for white people all my life".

And I thought, "darned right".

Now, early on I was not enthusiastic about having a black candidate. I thought, great - a built-in narrative for the steal, and that was before I'd ever heard the term "Bradley Effect". Moreover, I've not been too happy that the election seems to have turned into a referendum on civil rights and race relations instead of on Nazi war criminals. Talk about changing the subject.

However, as the election season has evolved, I've come more to terms with what's possible at the moment, and, having witnessed how the enemy's divisiveness is rooted in abhorrent, regressive social attitudes, and how their disenfranchisement schemes are rooted in Jim Crow, and having observed the unique and exemplary nature of Obama's campaign, I have re-evaluated.

When Black citizens where disenfranchised in Cleveland, or wherever, I was outraged, but moreso on behalf of the nation and world as a whole. But having seen the impact of Obama's candidacy, I am proud to say to my fellow citizens, "I am 100% behind you, and I rejoice in your achievement".

It's a subtle but important shift, though I don't know that I've done justice with my description. I'm just thinking of that loyal voting constituency you described and that lady I met today, and thinking, "you're right... it's about time... darned right I will... yes we can".

[margotb822]

8. Like my mom said earlier today

Republicans just don't understand that you can't out-wait black people.

Waiting is in our genes and we've all waited way too long for this one!

[fla nocount]

9. There's not alot of "we" in "they," or "them."

Feeling a bit separated bit separated from the rest of humanity? You'll get over it once a half white man is president. Hell my Dad was a half white man and I got over it. What do you like on your pizza? I'm buying.