Describe how you're feeling today in two words. Feel free to swear and stuff.

[WilliamPitt]

Unfathomably relieved.

(my two)

( :P )

[shadowknows69]

1. Proudly American

For the first time in a long time.

[Lubernaut]

2. Vraiment heureux !!!

[fasttense]

3. Euphoric Hope. n/t

[mikeytherat]

4. Brighter day (public version)

Fuck, yeah! (private version)

mikey_the_rat

[Synnical]

5. Giddy, hopeful

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. peacefully sad

Peaceful because Obama won, sad because Arkansas stripped the rights of unmarried couples from fostering and adopting children. What happens to those kids who are adopted already? Are they torn from their loving homes and shipped off to orphanages? I know for sure the hateful people who voted for this would never sully themselves with taking in children, especially special needs children.

[madokie]

7. Proud American

[OneGrassRoot]

8. absofuckinglutely relieved. n/t

[Vickers]

9. Pleasantly dazed.

:thumbsup:

[RebelOne]

10. I haven't felt this happy in the past 8 years.

When I woke up this morning, I was afraid to turn on the television to see the results. But when I saw the announcement that Obama was elected 44th president of the U.S., I was elated and relieved.

[El Pinko]

11. Thrilled but deeply apprehensive.

The fact is that there is a multitrillion dollar leverage-derivatives-debt bomb still ticking, and it is extremely likely that the economy in the next few years will be catastrophic, and it will not be long before the GOP blame it all on Obama.

I hope he has some AMAZING secret proactive plans to deal with it, because none of the economic assumptions his promises were based on will be true next year.

[frogcycle]

12. cautiously optimistic

[PRETZEL]

22. those are my 2 words also.

[Not the Only One]

13. Unbelievably elated

What a beautiful new day in America. Our America.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Jet lagged.

In a very happy way.

[Fovea]

15. Entirely Amazed

Part of me seriously expected that today would be my last day alive.

Pardon me while I go unload most of my guns.

[soleft]

16. Joyous Devastated

[BeFree]

17. Feeling freer

[bklyncowgirl]

18. Real American

[plaintiff]

19. Still cynical.

I can't even fathom how an electorate can pick an Obama and shit all over its GLBT citizens at the same goddamn moment.
:grr:

[shadowknows69]

50. The nation didn't pass prop 8

So there's clearly too much red influence going on in one of our bluest states, this too will change I hope.

[WilliamPitt]

68. Hm.

From the AP:

"Blacks turning out in droves to support Obama also threw their support strongly behind Proposition 8, which would overturn the state Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriage. Opposition to the ban held a slight edge among whites, while Lations and Asians were split."

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10903813

Ah. Irony.

[shadowknows69]

71. I certainly don't understand it Will

racial and sexual orientation discrimination are close, evil, cousins.

[WilliamPitt]

76. Have they called a winner in the Prop 8 vote yet?

[shadowknows69]

83. I haven't even clicked on any news sites yet but I got a sense from the mood here

That it passed.

[foxfeet]

92. Same here.

I'm sick and tired of it and not confident that Obama will do much about it.
Edited to add: I allow myself some undeniable joy for the progress that has been made with this election, but I'll keep my sigline for the foreseeable future.

[Greybnk48]

20. Relieved, excited!

The future looks bright for the first time in years. I was so worried for my kids and my new little 4 month old grand son. Most of that worry went away last night.:toast:

[TalkingDog]

21. stunned hope n/t

[TNDemo]

23. Hot Damn.

And yeehaw.

[mnhtnbb]

Proudly confident

that we can now begin to undo the incredible damage done to the country--and the world--by
the lyin', cheatin', immoral, greedy actions of the Bushies.

[distantearlywarning]

24. Extremely happy.

I cast my very first vote for a political candidate in 1992. I have never been happier about the results of an election since that time than I am today.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

25. Eternally Grateful.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

26. Hope, Change

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

27. We Won!

[Generic Other]

28. grinning banshee

:)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

29. Fuck Yeah!

[ChrisMCV]

30. resigned optimistic

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

31. Hung Over

[sinkingfeeling]

32. Alive again!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

33. Childrens' Futures

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

34. Fuck Nader.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

35. Fucking Ecstatic

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

36. Emotionally Exhausted

[Tigress DEM]

37. Cautiously Optimistic.

From Alice Walker's Letter to Obama

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."




AS I said to Michael Moore, I say to you, Will, "Thank you for your service."

As a man I know stood up for investigative reporting all the way back to those reporters ambushed by an administration who wanted to "teach them the lesson that only embedded reporters were safe" YOU were in the first wave of boots on the ground HERE in America.

Our war on "terrah" had more to do with TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK and last night was a HUGE Victory in that war, but we still have to get him all the way to Jan 21, 2009 and YOUR service of keeping the truth front and center amidst all the lies so people have the facts they need to make up their mind has been INVALUABLE in winning each and every battle we have fought so far and those to come ahead in convincing people they were drinking the koolaid.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

38. 8 Years

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

39. Love DU'ers

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

40. Really Gassy

[shadowknows69]

51. ROFL

:rofl: Those late night snacks didn't do me any favors either OMC.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

58. LOL

[Fiendish Thingy]

41. Apprehensively relieved

Relieved because they didn't steal it, and our eight year nightmare is ending.
Apprehensive because of the gargantuan task of cleaning up the mess after an eight year nightmare...on the precipice of a depression, ongoing war, torture, wiretaps...

[havocmom]

42. breathing again

:thumbsup:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

43. Weight Gone

[fla nocount]

44. Elect Progressives 2010 n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

45. bitter-sweet. proud and severely disappointed.

[PhiBetaCretin1]

46. Relieved. Hopeful.

[Le Taz Hot]

47. Mixed feelings.

Obviously happy that Obama will be the next president but sad and completely pissed that hate against the GBLT community is alive and well throughout the U.S. INCLUDING my beloved California. If one sector of our population is discriminated against, we're all victims. THIS is our next battleground. All the effort I saw in the Hillary and Obama campaigns need to be DOUBLED for this cause. We can start by removing tax exempt status for the Mormons and Knights of Columbus! Then all we need is for just ONE right-wing Supreme to leave the Court and we can challenge all of the hate legislation at once so we don't have to keep going state-by-state.

[Serial Mom]

48. Just WOW!

[1awake]

49. thrilled / worried n/t

[Flubadubya]

52. Faith Restored...

Ahhh... feels like magic! :)

[acmavm]

53. Amazed and gratified

[VWolf]

54. empowered, ecstatic

[OxQQme]

55. E Lated n/t

[eowyn_of_rohan]

56. Physioemotionally Exhaustophoric

[dhpgetsit]

57. Emotionally spent

and...
So Ecstatic

[sagetea]

59. Inhaling exhaling....n/t

[lonestarnot]

60. Oh fucking A! I can't!

:D That smilie isn't big enough! :toast: :hug: :loveya: Hug that Hairy Bastid! :hug:

[Cassius23]

61. Hell yeah!

No more to say.

[bobd0]

62. Repatriated. Ecstatic.

[KSDiva]

86. what he said!

[TomClash]

63. Blithely weary nt

[KeepHopeAlive]

64. Peaceful joy

I'm still teary eyed. I can't really put my feelings into words yet. I'm filled with hope.

[Democat]

65. Peacefully Happy

:toast:

[Phentex]

66. at peace

finally

[pleah]

67. Totally relieved!

Now, let us work together to get bushitler and co. put in prison.

[LanternWaste]

69. Not bad...

Not bad... :)

[Faux pas]

70. Hallelujah Squared!

[WillieW]

72. Relieved and happy

[King Coal]

73. Smugly Recycled

[InvisibleTouch]

74. "Cosmic reset." n/t

[xiamiam]

75. Joyfully astonished

by the magnitude of us who are united ...it was just a few years ago that I felt so very different..I am relieved that I will not ever again hear torture debated on national tv...

[PVnRT]

77. Fuck yeah

[NoPasaran]

78. Doubleplus Good!

[Shardik]

79. Fucking Good.

[laststeamtrain]

80. Hydrogen jukebox. n/t

[Iwillnevergiveup]

81. joyously incredulous

But get Saxby Chambliss OUT!

[slackmaster]

82. Excruciating pain

My legs hurt so bad last night from lactic acid from all the walking I've done over the last few days, I could hardly sleep.

[bkcc]

84. America. FUCK YEAH!

It's about time we got something right.
:)

[EnviroBat]

85. apprehensively exuberant

:bounce:

[youthere]

87. FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC!

[Rosie1223]

88. Breathing again

I feel like I've been holding my breath for days.

[Burma Jones]

89. relieved and vindicated

[DireStrike]

90. relieved and partyous

My words can be made up, right? Seems cromulent to me.

[OswegoAtheist]

91. Happy. Hopeful.

Oswego "Drunk. Still." Atheist

[lies and propaganda]

93. Elated Disgusted

<-------- Californian

[kwassa]

94. Deeply moved.

[Hekate]

95. Ecstatic relief.....

I have my country back.

Hekate

[greguganus]

96. Rahm Emmanuel. Hope it's not true. n/t

[DinahMoeHum]

97. Happily tired,

After 8 long tortuous years, I can say "Mister President" and "President (name)" without feeling shame or embarassment. Especially now the words: President Obama

In those 8 years, I have never EVER referred to Bush as President, nor have the 2 words "President" and "Bush" come together by my lips.

:kick::toast::kick:

[meegbear]

98. Total Orgasm

[watercolors]

99. Proud, relieved

I could also say Anger gone

[bigtree]

100. relieved

grateful