Yes we can!
This is why I left everything behind to immigrate to this country…23 years ago, with $2,000 in cash and 5 days of prepaid hotel.
After 9/11 and 8 years of Bush I felt like a foreigner – stuck in this country…
I now feel the same energy that drove me here in the first place – as people all over the world do.
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November 7th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
15 years ago and $1,400 in cash.
The only moment of doubt I ever had was sometime between 7pm and 8pm Tuesday night, but it all worked out. Looks like we both bet on the right country after all.
November 7th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
energy, in the moment, transcendent-mind blowing…words escape me francois
marc
November 8th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Though born here, I too felt like a foreigner during those dark year (and yet they’re still not quite over).
I have found it interesting how relief/enthusiasm has led so many blogs, listserves, etc., go off topic to, so often, celebrate the election results.
Way back when it was startling to see Lyndon Johnson saying, “We shall overcome.” It was startling now to see “conservatives” swelling with pride that we have elected an African-American to the presidency, just as if they had voted for him. I’m sure, however, that they’ll get over it.
November 8th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
It makes me prouder to be an American that you’re prouder to be in America now that we’ve elected Obama. I think I heard a collective sigh of relief after all the screaming and cheering subsided on Tuesday night. I know I slept better.
November 10th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
That is positive news, François. I have to admit that I felt the US more welcoming during the Clinton years compared to the Bush years when travelling there.
November 11th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Thank you all for chiming in! A week later and it still feels great…