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JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY

chivonne lawson · Wednesday, November 5th 2008 at 11:00AM · 704 views
WELL BY NOW EVERYONE HAS HEARD THE GLORIOUS NEWS. YESTERDAY THE POLL
LINES WERE WRAPPED AROUND BUILDINGS. I WAS SO PROUD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE
OUT TO VOTE. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DAY YESTERDAY, I WOKE UP WITH A STOMACH
VIRUS SO I WAS NOT WELL AT ALL BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME FROM DOING MY PART. EVEN THOUGH I WAS CONSTANTLY THROWING UP IN LNE AND COULD BARELY STAND THEY MOVED ME TO THE FRONT AND I MADE SURE I PRESSED OBAMA'S NAME BEFORE I PASSED OUT ON THAT FLOOR AND WOKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL. I'M GLAD I CAME HOME IN TIME TO WATCH THE POLL CLOSINGS AND SEE VICTORY. I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF HISTORY. I WILL BE WEARING MY OBAMA SHIRT ALL WEEK. I BOUGHT ONE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY , INCLUDING MY 1 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. WE ALL HAVE BUTTONS AND OUR LAWN SIGN IS PROUDLY DISPLAYED.
WHEN THE HE HIT 284 EV PEOPLE WERE BLOWIN UP MY PHONE, BANGIN ON MY DOOR, AND I SAW NEIGHBOR'S RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE STREET YELLING OBAMA. I WAS IN TEARS BECAUSE I WAS SOOO HAPPY. LAST NIGHT I SAW UNITY AND IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. CHANGE IS GONNA COME, BUT BARACK WILL NEED OUR HELP, FOR THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER IT JUST BEGAN. I'M GLAD I HELPED CAMPAIGN, WHEN MY DAUGHTER IS OLDER I WILL BE ABLE TO TELL HER THAT I HELPED AND I WITNESSED IT FOR MYSELF. I'M GONNA GET ME A PAPER TODAY AND FRAME IT. I'M GONNA SAVE MY BUTTONS AND MY SHIRTS. I AM JUST SO PROUD OF THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY HOW WAS YOUR DAY LEADING UP TO THE VICTORY AND WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?

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MIISRAEL Bride Wednesday, November 5th 2008 at 4:50PM

Excited and also peaceful. There were moments of anticipation and others of anxiousness. Overall , it was a day of a great blessing to see a history of a black president finally come true.

Jen Fad Wednesday, November 5th 2008 at 6:02PM

...I MADE SURE I PRESSED OBAMA'S NAME BEFORE I PASSED OUT ON THAT FLOOR AND WOKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL...

Are you serious? Oh my goodness girlfriend, you really did want Change! (LoL) I do hope your sickness wasn't serious. I had a very relaxing day at home with my 3yr old son, because I voted via absentee ballot earlier. I stayed away from the television and relaxed. I was truly at peace. I wasn't surprised to hear he had won. It was more of a " I told you last year" he was the next United States President! It is nice that now everyone else in the world knows even John McCain and Sarah Palin. (LoL)

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