All Over But the Celebrating

By billywest 3 November 2008 12 Comments

…That’s if the polls are any kind of accurate indicator of who’s ahead in the race. It’s one day to Election Day, and there’s no doubt in my mind that Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. Am I excited about this? The answer is not just yes, it’s Hell yes! The country and yes, the world are indeed ready for a change. And the winds of change are going to start blowing, my friends. Does this mean that I think Obama is our savior and will be able to fix everything that’s wrong with our seemingly broken-down country? Likely not. But he does represent a much-needed hope for the American people.

The world is watching and waiting to see the outcome and I believe even those who love to hate the U.S. are hoping for some real positive changes to come down the road. American foreign policy will definitely change, so leaders like Venezuela’s Chavez or Iran’s Ahmadinejad are quite likely paying very close attention and are anxious to see how things develop.

What about Japan? Will things change much with a democratic president in the White House? I mean, we all know how tight Junichiro and George were. Times have changed, though. Now, it’ll be Taro and Barack. Of course, the Japanese city of Obama will support the new chief enthusiastically, but how well will the two governments work together?

Well, anyway, people who pay much more attention to politics than I do are much better prepared to answer these questions. For now, let’s just hope that things go off without any hitches and the best candidate for the job gets elected (congratulations, Mr. Obama!). Of course, we’ll have to wait until the final results are in (Speech, Mr. Obama! Speech!) before we can celebrate any victories.
For now, in these final hours leading up to the opening of the voting booths, I’d like to forget about Gallup polls and the like, and do a 7:10 poll. Please feel free to answer honestly; it’s all anonymous.

Who will/would you vote for to become the next U.S. president?

I'm an American and I'm voting Obama (42%, 11 Votes)
I'm not an American, but if I were, I'd vote Obama (27%, 7 Votes)
I'm an American and I'm voting McCain (15%, 4 Votes)
I'm an American and I'm voting for someone else (8%, 2 Votes)
I'm an American and I'm not voting (4%, 1 Votes)
I'm not an American, but if I were, I'd vote for someone else (4%, 1 Votes)
I'm not an American, but if I were, I'd vote McCain (0%, 0 Votes)
I'm not an American, but if I were, I wouldn't be voting (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 26

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12 Comments »

www.japansoc.com said:

All Over But the Celebrating…

Somewhat topical stuff, but mainly would like people to take the poll at the end of this article….

# 3 November 2008 at 6:28 pm

massu said:

though i hail from the same state as Senator Obama, i was going to vote for the Nadertron. then my best bud Joe Biden joined forces with Barack and i had no choice but to check their box when my absentee ballot came last week.

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# 3 November 2008 at 10:23 pm

Emsk said:

We want him to win too!

A non-voter in London, UK.

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# 3 November 2008 at 10:34 pm

Nick Ramsay said:

You don’t have “I’m not an American, but if I were, I’d (enthusiastically) vote for someone else”.

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billywest reply on November 4, 2008 2:06 am:

Ok, then. The answer options have been updated

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Nick Ramsay reply on November 4, 2008 8:20 am:

Thanks! For the record, I would vote for Chuck Baldwin.

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# 4 November 2008 at 12:06 am

freedomwv said:

I did not vote for either of those clowns. I voted for Bob Barr. I don`t trust the GOP or the Dems.

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# 4 November 2008 at 1:54 am

Tokyo Cowgirl said:

Um. WHO are these people that don’t like Obama? They make me want to vomit all over myself.

In honor of Obama’s upcoming win I have already typed out tomorrow’s blog posting. I realize that this is a great way to jinx something but for the first time in 8 years I’m actually confident that my country has done something right. That, more than anything else, is very uplifting.

Yaye Obama!!!

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# 4 November 2008 at 2:38 am