Thank God That's Over.

[attackfish]

Or, the only thing that could make me want to go through an election night is nine months of presidential campaigning.

Don't get me wrong, I love politics, the political process, voting, our democracy, yeah.  But my nails are chewed down to nubs.  Four years ago, I was trying to cheer for Obama and my country while crying for my childhood home, California at the same time.  This morning, I am all smiles as the hateful misogynistic Republican senators and house members went down, three states voted to legalize same-sex marriage, a fourth voted not to make it illegal, we elected our first openly gay Senator (and she's a woman, too!), first Asian-American woman Senator, and our first disabled woman legislator, and we reelected Barrack Obama!

I can relax now.

Comments

[unjapanologist]

That whooshing noise was 98% of the rest of the world breathing a sigh of relief. Romney was scary.

You know, after endless months of build-up, it seemed to be over really quickly. Just a couple of hours. It was like waiting months for a movie, then being kind of let down because nothing much happens until the last half-hour.

[elrhiarhodan]

You know, that's just the way I feel. Thank goodness it's over, and thank goodness we won.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

We just gotta get those women back in their place! They make a difference in politics, and that is just not right!

That's snark, just in case.

I am so relieved.

Love, C.

[lavanyasix.livejournal.com]

And no more election ads! I got redistricted into actually having a competitive House race this time around, and it was awful.

...Which sounds unintentionally anti-democracy, now that I type it out like that.

Anyway, I too am glad that this is all over. And to top things off, we may just be adding a new star to the flag. Never thought I'd ever see Puerto Rico take the plunge.

[lalunatique.livejournal.com]

For me, too, the reaction was not so much joy but relief. Two Russian students who were in the classroom with me when the news came seriously breathed a sigh of relief and said they were happy because Obama was better for foreign policy. That's what you get, I guess, for insulting a bunch of other countries and calling a U.S. ally its greatest geopolitical threat.

[wolfs-lament.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of relief from a large amount of expats too (at least the ones in Europe - most of the countries won't let us forget we elected Bush twice. I doubt Britain in particular would have been impressed at hosting the man that insulted their Olympics/Paralymics). While I look at the Presidency win with relief, I am excited about women banding together to win! I was so worried after those misogynists made their comments and continued to run that they would win.