The good and the bad
The bad things about the election:
- Gay marriage bans in California, Arizona, and Florida. Using democracy to limit the rights of others just seems so deeply wrong.
- Banning gay couples from adopting in Arkansas. Because the only thing we hate more than those fags are those damn kids that need a home.
- John McCain did not win.
- Colorado voters basically pissed on the idea of decreeing that life starts at conception.
- An initiative in Oregon to limit foreign-language teaching for immigrant children also failed. Because depriving kids of the best education we can possibly offer is probably not the path to success.
- As is so often the case, the Onion says it best:
So, some harm was done, but a lot of good was also done. As much as I try to be bitter and cynical - it doesn't always come easy, you know - I can't help but keep feeling a true sense of awe at Obama's victory. And as much as I may like to hold on to that cynicism, there is some hope to be found in this. If a middle-class black dude named Barack Hussein Obama can win the popular vote in a presidential election, maybe it is possible that, within my lifetime, we'll see full equality for all citizens.Kobe Bryant Scores 25 In Holy Shit We Elected A Black President
LOS ANGELES—Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant had a typically solid performance from the field last night, scoring 25 points to propel his team to a holy shit, it's hard to believe these words are even gracing this page, but on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, the American people elected a black man to the office of the President of the United States.
Words really can't describe how…or what, or…. Wow.
Bryant, who got off to a slow start early, but managed to find his touch late in the third, incredible. A black president for a nation whose entire history has been haunted by the specter of slavery and plagued by racism since before its inception. That this happened in our lifetime is remarkable; that it happened within 50 years of a time when segregation was still considered an acceptable institution is astonishing. Absolutely astonishing. This is an achievement on par with the moon landing.
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