President Barack Obama.   Just say it and feel the endorphins rush in.

And Rahm Emanuel is Chief of Staff.   Jan Schakowsky’s name has been floated to replace Obama in the senate.    It is all very Chicago centric, and so nice and liberal.  And sure I will flaunt my tolerance for those different than me by talking about all the republicans I know.

But seriously– I recognize my government again.  We are going to respect human rights, sign international treaties, rebuild infrastructure…and there is not a god damn thing the free market/intolerant douchebags can do.

My friend Ari and I were discussing how many of us really did think that the majority of American voters were too racist to vote for a black man.  The last eight months have been a crash course in the Bradley Effect.

And it is not so much that we ourselves were racist.  It’s just that we had been taught from birth that those (the majority of ‘mericans) were not as enlightened as us–this minority of urbane liberals.  Life outside the big city was just a big Klan rally.

Ooooh, hey here is another cool thing about Barack Obama’s victory: pissed off white supremacists.  Little Aryan Justice’s parents must be seething.

But here we are…ebullient.

Or as The Onion put it:
Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress.

McCain’s flying turd of a campaign didn’t hurt either.  Thank you for attack ads, and not finding a message, and nominating a bimbo to be your running mate–thank you John McCain for making things just a little bit easier for Barack Obama.  Because he’s taking on a hard job come January.