verbatim: Yes We Can!

January 20, 2009

Yes We Can!

Barack Obama is President of the United States!

Here's me watching, with tears of joy streaming down my face:

I am positively beside myself with happiness, optimism, and excitement.

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Comments

You'd think we had been held hostage or something!

Posted by: Elena | January 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM

Elena...We were!

Posted by: Liz | January 20, 2009 at 01:27 PM

I wept, too. Lots. I have been seething since 2000 -- a long time to have bitterness of heart. I know that things can only get better, but oy! What a row to hoe that man has inherited from the Shrub. And I agree with Liz -- we've been hostages for years.

Posted by: Wendy | January 20, 2009 at 03:00 PM

My group cried when he took office, and clapped when Bush got on the helicopter! Also funny, when the audience was asked to stand, we stood up too!

Posted by: amy | January 20, 2009 at 04:01 PM

The group I was watching with cheered loudest at the announcement that change.gov had just redirected to whitehouse.gov. Yeah, I'm in the Bay Area. Why do you ask?

Posted by: Nancy Friedman | January 20, 2009 at 07:57 PM

Karen, you are one of those very few people who look adorable while crying! :o)

WHAT A DAY!

Posted by: Tonya | January 21, 2009 at 12:15 AM

There is no way your 25th college reunion is coming up anytime soon. You look really young. Did you start college when you were 10 or something? Maybe having Obama as president is like having Botox!

Posted by: Gail | January 21, 2009 at 07:05 AM

That's how I looked when I saw my kids on TV (I actually thought of this photo)! Only I'm not as cute when I cry.

Posted by: Elena | January 21, 2009 at 09:05 AM

Also, I cried during the inaugural. Being around my coworkers at the time made it a little embarrassing, but I couldn't help it! I still tear up sometimes, and it's been days now.

Posted by: pam | January 24, 2009 at 11:25 PM

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