You May Have Seen A Million Entries About This, But This One Has Pokémon.

[rionaleonhart]

Obama won! Obama won! I sort of wanted to dance my way into campus today. Thank you, America!

I feel that this really could be the start of a change for the better. Had I any video-editing skills, I would replace Troy's head in 'Start of Something New' with that of Obama. Possibly Gabriella's head, too.

I think it is probably for the best that I do not have video-editing skills.

I'm very disappointed that the various gay marriage bans passed (even in California! I EXPECTED BETTER OF YOU, CALIFORNIA), but I've heard the exit polls (whatever those are) showed that younger voters were voting against them, and that means that this is the future. The discrimination will end before long. We just have to be patient.

Here is my welcome to you, Mr President-Elect. I am sure you have been watching my journal with the same excited anticipation I felt when I woke up this morning and went to check out the BBC News website.




Espeon image from PokéBeach. Daft political photomanips are more than welcome in the comments.

Comments

[rionaleonhart]

I've always been pretty apathetic about elections; there's a general 'nobody really wants a politician in charge, so just go for the least of the evils' feeling over here: a 'vote against the party you don't want' attitude, rather than 'vote for the party you do'. This is the first election I've ever followed where I've been thinking 'I really hope this party wins', rather than 'I really hope that party doesn't win'. Obama has broken through my cynicism and given me faith in politicians.

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Stop hogging him, America.

[draegonhawke.livejournal.com]

I know. I supported him since the primaries for... basically that reason. Not because I think he's going to be a miracle cure to all our country's ills or even necessarily that he's got the best eye for policy of anyone - though what I've seen, I like – but he inspires people. And if there's one thing I want to trust more than a president, it's an American populace which thinks it can actually affect policy in America.

I mean, really – especially among younger voters, there's (for a long time) never been any incentive to do anything because we've had a long line of stodgy old white guys whose policies only differ on a few key talking points, not to mention the electoral college making it hard to believe you'll have an impact unless you live in a swing state, and the overwhelming message is "Don't put in the effort 'cause there's nothing you can do." But Obama built up a grassroots campaign, switched over a few traditionally-Republican states, and took the white house as a young, idealistic biracial guy whose campaign ran almost entirely on individuals. He got people interested, and seeing people taking an active interest in politics is a very good thing.

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Don't worry, soon he will conquer the world and he will be everybody's Time Lord overlord, not just America's.