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Andrew T Trembley ([personal profile] bovil) wrote2008-11-05 11:55 am

Finally weighing in...

Obama? Yay.

Democratic Senate gains? Yay.

Democratic house gains? Yay.

I'm going to send a letter, though, to my representative, my senators and the democratic leadership. Don't squander this chance. Don't make this into the first two years of the Carter administration. Don't make this into the first two years of the Clinton administration. Don't make this into the first two years of the second W administration (he had it his way in 2004-2006, or he should have). Come together. Work on reform. Work with the moderate Republicans; some of them have good ideas and might agree with you on some things. Drive legislation.

Prop 8? Not so yay. There's an estimated 3,000,000 uncounted mail-in and provisional ballots, though. There's still a slim chance that the proposition could be defeated if those ballots skew the right direction.

If you voted "yes" on Prop 8, you voted to end my marriage. I will not forgive that.

If you are crying in your beer about Prop 8's likely passage, and were eligible to vote in California but didn't vote against it, Prop 8's victory is your fault. I will not forgive that.

[identity profile] howlgirl.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
The joy of Obama's win last night has turned to ashes today.

I voted no on 8, for more friends than I can count.

[identity profile] bovil.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
My hope-level on Prop 8 was a bit low to start out. I think the campaign was piss-poor, hewing way to close to the "yes" campaign's arguments and not making its own points.
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[personal profile] jkusters 2008-11-05 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Much though I appreciate what they tried to do, the "No On 8" campaign was entirely reactionary. They never took charge of the argument. And while I can't guarantee that was what cost us the election, I can't believe it didn't play a part.