Sweet, sweet victory!

America, for the first time in 8 years, you have done something right. Now I can be proud to say that I have faith in my nation again. I can say that I am proud to be an American. I have never felt more pride than to cast my ballot for this wonderful man. I have never been more nervous seeing the election results. And I have never been so excited to see that we finally have not only a caring, competent, intelligent president, but an African-American president. We have made history, my friends, and you should be proud. Congratulations, President Obama, and congratulations, America!

As an extra note to show how much I adore this man, I have to post this:

Now....

Many of you can tell that this post is full of emotion. So that means that my usual snarkiness is off-limits for this post, right?

For what it's worth, John McCain did deliver a very gracious concession speech, which even I didn't expect, given his behavior during the debates. His fans, however, were incredibly sore losers. *giggle* As soon as "Obama" came out of McCain's mouth, boos ensued. Loud, long, insistent boos. Even McCain had to say, "Now, now," and continued with class. Did I mention that a great majority of the crowd and McCain HQ was white?

And for those of you who enjoy the taste of defeat, do check out the comments for this story and this story.

For those of you who posted comments like those, and who bashed Obama this whole time (and continue to do so), I only have this to say: