I will try to not ramble on and on about this since everyone and their mother’s have Obama articles today. Coming from a suburb of Chicago, I’m even more stoked about seeing him become the next president of our great country. I just want to congratulate him and everyone who supported him. We really did it! x=)

The sad news is looking around at the McCain supporters who are just filled with so much hate. It just feels like we did such a great thing last night but, immediately, we’re made aware that there’s so much more to do. Why hate? Why lose so poorly? If Obama would have lost, I would have been fearful for our country’s future. I would have been disappointed in America as a whole. I would have been scared shitless of the idea of that idiot Palin being just a heartbeat away from the highest power in our country. What I wouldn’t have done was hate. I wouldn’t HATE McCain for winning. I wouldn’t be so blind and ignorant as to not see what McCain could offer our country. I wouldn’t be so fucking selfish to think that my views and my opinions were the only ones that mattered in this race. Just stop with the hate. It was a great and historic campaign amount two great candidates. What’s done is done and our next president will be Barack Obama. What we, as a nation, need to do next is stop with all the hatred and fear and come together to help fix a lot of what’s gone wrong with our country over the last decade or so. I just don’t see what’s gained by hating someone just because they don’t have the exact same beliefs as you. If you all just opened your minds and did a little research that wasn’t spoon fed to you, you’d understand what a great night it was last night. That’s all.

On the brighter note, I am happy that Obama won and very excited to see where our country will go from here. I have hope again and that makes me overlook all the hatred for a minute and actually see the good that is capable of us. Things will get better. America will be great again. I have hope.