Nine Reasons to Celebrate Today
Nov 5th, 2008 by nick
Among the many pieces of good news from the election, here are nine reasons to celebrate.
1. My adopted state of Colorado has gone blue. In addition to giving our nine electoral votes to Barack Obama, we will now have a Democratic governor, two Democratic Senators, and five out of seven Democratic representatives. Some people are apparently blaming an influx of California liberals on this shift. While I appreciate the complement, I don’t think we California liberals can take full credit 
2. In my own El Paso County, home to Focus on the Family and other embarrassments, Obama received 40% of the vote. For comparison, John Kerry received only 32% of the vote in 2004. For months local Democrats have said that if Obama got 40% in El Paso County, he’d win the state. So I’d like to think that my work on the Obama campaign over the past couple months helped win the state for Obama.
3. The politics of hate and fear perpetuated by the McCain campaign and its allies (James Dobson, Fox News, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and so on) fell flat on its face. The American electorate didn’t fall for the lies that Obama is a Muslim, a terrorist sympathizer, a Marxist, or somehow not a “real” American.
4. Barack Obama received a higher percentage of the white vote than did John Kerry four years ago.
5. Marilyn Musgrave, who once said that gay marriage is, “the most important issue that we face today” was ousted from the House of Representatives.
6. Elizabeth Dole, who released one of the most despicable attack ads I’ve ever seen, stating that her opponent was “Godless” lost her re-election bid.
7. Colorado and South Dakota both defeated anti-abortion measures, including Proposition 48 in Colorado, which would have defined life as beginning at the moment of conception. Yes, apparently its supporters really think that we can decide when life begins by voting on it.
8. Democrats will have a majority in both the House and the Senate.
9. Finally, and most importantly, we have a president-elect who is intelligent, thoughtful, forward-thinking, honest, inclusive, and downright inspiring. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch his victory speech here:
Congratulations Colorado! I hope all you California liberals there keep up the good work!
Very refreshing to read your blog. Congratulations and may more folks in Colorado think like you!