And so it came to pass . . .
And so it came to pass. The US has its first black president. For many blacks in the US who has been through the racial riots in the 60's, it is a particularly touching moment. I am glad to be here in NYC when the votes were counted. To cut a long cucumber short, Obama won. So who do I support? I don't want to go into any debate about political allegiances so I will simply say that Sauron and the forces of darkness are finally defeated, the Holy Grail is found by Prof Robert Langdon, Frodo and Sam threw the stupid ring into the volcano, Luke Skywalker triumphed over the Sith, his father and the Dark side and the autobots led by Optimus Prime finally defeated Megatron's Decepticons. That should give you a pretty good idea as to which side I am on.
It started out as a faint hope in the morning. There were a lot of jokes that a town of 12 people kicking off the voting process and seven out of the twelve people voted for Obama. Well, a good start is bettter than none.
After I rushed my work till 10 pm, I ran down to Rockefeller Center for the election party. Whole plaza is packed with people and probably 99% are all Obama supporters. Look closely at the tall building. You see the 270 sign? It signifies the 270 electoral votes that Obama and McCain must get to become President. The blue column signifies Obama and the red column signifies McCain. When I took the picture, Obama led McCain 207 to 135. Everytime a result comes in, the blue or red column rises. When Obama's blue column rised, there was a massive cheer. Is that a brilliant idea or what? Trust the Americans to do everything creatively.
Some pictures of expectant faces in the crowd. All eyes are glued to the MSNBC or NBC screens.
When California's results came in, Obama won and the crowd went berserk.
Obama's victory speech was worth reading. It was actually quite moving. That was one part when he calls all Americans, whether white, blacks, Asians, able, disabled, gay, straight, they are all citizens of the United States of America. The people at Rockefeller Centre actually could predict what he was about to say and shouted "United States of America" with him. It was spine tingling.
In the end, Obama's blue column is way ahead of McCain's red column. 338 to 159 I think. A landslide.
Yep, that says everything.
It started out as a faint hope in the morning. There were a lot of jokes that a town of 12 people kicking off the voting process and seven out of the twelve people voted for Obama. Well, a good start is bettter than none.
After I rushed my work till 10 pm, I ran down to Rockefeller Center for the election party. Whole plaza is packed with people and probably 99% are all Obama supporters. Look closely at the tall building. You see the 270 sign? It signifies the 270 electoral votes that Obama and McCain must get to become President. The blue column signifies Obama and the red column signifies McCain. When I took the picture, Obama led McCain 207 to 135. Everytime a result comes in, the blue or red column rises. When Obama's blue column rised, there was a massive cheer. Is that a brilliant idea or what? Trust the Americans to do everything creatively.
You remember the skating rink I took a picture of some days back? They now painted the map of the US on the rink. When a state's results are in, someone will go down to the rink and spray the state e.g. California blue or red. It was brilliant!
Some pictures of expectant faces in the crowd. All eyes are glued to the MSNBC or NBC screens.
When California's results came in, Obama won and the crowd went berserk.
Obama's victory speech was worth reading. It was actually quite moving. That was one part when he calls all Americans, whether white, blacks, Asians, able, disabled, gay, straight, they are all citizens of the United States of America. The people at Rockefeller Centre actually could predict what he was about to say and shouted "United States of America" with him. It was spine tingling.
In the end, Obama's blue column is way ahead of McCain's red column. 338 to 159 I think. A landslide.
Yep, that says everything.
posted by Captain Obvious at 10:00 PM
4 Comments:
You are lucky to be witness this.
This posting is well worth it.
Yes, can't complain. Was in the US at the right time. But there is still much to see and do.
I need a job with overseas posting. Right now, my life revolves around the French Label.
That has been your case for the last 5 years what.
Too hard on yourself. It is not all fun here also. You need a long holiday.
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