Only in America!

What a night! What a blow away result, and what an acceptance speech!
I was watching an almost "Naaniruvude nimagaagi" moment there, very moving and very profound and dignified acceptance of victory. There was no belittling of the defeated, and an open message of offer of an olive branch to the "enemy camp". Just amazing. It was very emotional to see grown white women come to tears, men yelling in approval at mention of each "Yes we can". I sincerely believe this is the only country on Earth that this could happen, the innate goodness of human beings, decent folks at their hearts that could achieve something so transformational. It was overwhelming to hear the amazing story of a 106 year old black lady in Atlanta who has lived to see this day come true, to be able to come vote for an African American President. It could have ended there, but the way Obama interlaced her history with that of America, its ups and downs and the victories against racism, fascism,communism, was awe inspiring. I only hope this list will include terrorism, in this decade.

McCain's conceding speech was extremely gracious, a glaring contrast from the shrill and lewd campaign in the past few months. It is for the first time that I was able to eke out some sympathy for McCain. You could see welling tears in his eyes, his wife nowhere to be seen around while Sarah Palin was all tears. Well, it's almost poetic justice that came four years in the making. 2000 and 2004, both elections that were so close and Right wing fraud took them away. The same machinery was at work, showing ads that had Jeremy Wright dishing out his venom and this, inspite of McCain's promise not to exploit that issue. I wonder why Obama campaign never used the Alaska Secessionist angle or the Keating Five or Gordon Liddy for that matter.

I would love to see what the rabid right "whingers" might be frothing now. Good to see them get their rabies shots. The fat pig, especially.