So..... Obama won.

[matt_zimmer]

It was a blow-out. I had expected as much. I feel weird though. Everyone else is celebrating in jubilation at the historic nature of this win. All I feel is relief. Shouldn't I be happier? I wanted this so badly. 8 years of Bush have numbed me so much that I feel as if we dodged a bullet tonight. And usually my response to something like that is to take a deep breath and thank the Lord for large favors.

I probably won't be able to fully appreciate what took place tonight until tomorrow morning. Until then, I want to thank everyone on my friends list who voted for Obama. We did it.

Comments

[90scartoonman.livejournal.com]

I didn't expect him to win by this much, but really, I think Bush killed a lot of my optimism. I should be thrilled, but like you, it's more like a relief. I'm too afraid to hope, but we need Obama to lead us now. Yeah, maybe when we wake up tomorrow, it'll be better (or at the very least, when he's sworn in in January).

[stinkingbishop.livejournal.com]

The amount of enthusasm about the the whole thing was pretty exotic for me - we just don't care that much about our elections over here. A running theme throughout the news coverage was "okay, so how come we can't pull that off?"

[stinkingbishop.livejournal.com]

Oh my, some people weren't happy at all about this:

"Wow. When it flashed across the TV screen that Barrack Obama is our next president, my heart and soul was flooded with sorrow and torment. Tears started falling down my face as I sat in the living room with my unsaved husband as I felt the dread of what was to come for all those who do not know Jesus."

"I reacted the exact same way when I saw the Fox headline. Uncontrollable sobbing. I ran to the toilet dry heaving. Then I prayed for us to go home. My husband is not yet saved. We need to pray!"

I feel really bad for their unsaved husbands too. Not for quite the same reason, though.

(...is it wrong to gloat?)