Jack & Jill Politics

I can't stop watching it...I have chills and tears!

i highly recommend checking out home videos on you tube of election night craziness particularly in D.C. ....brit hume is marvelous in "bush surrounded at the whitehouse" posted by cspanjunkie.org...sorry i can't link

andy,

saw that group. when they broke out singing the National Anthem and God Bless America - I cried. think about that image - mostly young folks,

those ' Un-Americans' from the " Anti-American' parts of the country, singing these songs and meaning it with all their hearts.

like I said - I cried.

The James Brown of the News Media: Keith Olberman, Dr. Rachel Maddow, the hardest working folk in the business. Kudos!

President of the United States of America: Barack Obama!

Tears of Joy!!

it was like a movie but real

wow! that video smells like...VICTORY! so sweet!
yes, bush was like a dictator and it was like the berlin wall fell on tues night.
wanted it so bad couldn't imagine what it would feel like.
and britt hume won talking head of the night. "guess what karl?"

I loved Hume's calling of the election. You would have thought somebody died.

Thanks Rikyrah for uploading this! OMG I'm tearing up again. This is a high that will never go away. Folks keep the Kleenex handy because Jan. 20, 2009 is around the corner.

Finally....you know its always darkest before the dawn.

NOW its morning in America.

I'd read in the comments somewhere that it felt like we had overthrown a dictator. Damn if I don't that person is correct.

Exactly. All the celebrations and dancing in the streets reminded me of old news footage of people celebrating after a coup. It feels like a weight has been lifted.

My 80-year-old mother said three years ago that we were living in a dictatorship.

Too true.

Makes me think of this final moment from Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi.

Lucas said he modeled the last episodes of Star Wars as a commentary on the state of our Republic.

You have to include this clip too from Tuesday.. Jon Stewart getting emotional on the Daily Show and Colbert rubbing his eyes..

http://www.hulu.com/watch/42621/the-daily-show-...

My media s/heroes during this time:

JJP
Keith Olbermann
Rachel Maddow
Jon Stewart
Stephen Colbert

Can I get a witness?

AMEN!

If it wasn't for MSNBC existing, I would have truly lost it sometime back in Feb.

Praise The Lord!

Blksista Hallelujah!!!

I could watch this all day!
I was driving home from work in Atlanta Tuesday night, had NPR on in the car and when they called Virginia for Obama, I shouted "YES!". I knew he had it won then. I got home in time to see the 11PM call by Brian Williams. My wife and I sat there and just soaked it all in, tears of joy.

YES WE DID!!!

I haven't seen the Brian Williams announcement but I have seen Keith's announcement. Even as I watched & listened this morning (again) I start crying again. It is so emotional. I swear, I've watched the clip about 20 times already. I can't get enough. I love it! I also loved it when Joe Biden came out on stage, it was very moving. God, I am so glad I witnessed this wonderful event in history and I'm sadden at the same time because my parents are passed on and they longed for this day to come.

I swear, I've watched the clip about 20 times already. I can't get enough. I love it!

Co-sign. I'm never taking it off my DVR.

Shoulda given us a clip of that one!

Keith is crying on that one. You can hear his voice cracking but he's trying to hold it together. David Gregory kick it to Keith and let him announce the historic news and when I heard the words, it was all over for me.

D%mn.....it was so good!

And remember how after that it was about 5 minutes without commentary, just the sounds of the moment. I wouldn't be surprised if it was because Keith, Rachel and Eugene broke down like most of us and needed the time to get themselves together.

MsKitty,

I wouldn't doubt it for a minute that Rachel & Keith were crying. Keith barely held it together for the first 30 seconds. The sounds of the moment was awesome joy! I tell ya MsKitty, I can't take it. I cry like a baby! Just talking about it makes me tear up....here we go again! Thank you Lord! Thank you!

rikyrah: Oh! My Goodness!! Oh! My Goodness!!

I was NOT able to see this. As you know, I was working at the polls [in CA.] and we were STILL COUNTING VOTES [at 8:00pm} when the announcement was made. [11:00pm -EST]

NOW that I reflect on this, IT'S COMICAL!! It's like WE were in a CAVE while the rest of the WORLD KNEW! :>) :>)

Never-the-less, I drove home REJOICING!! Thank you LORD!! Thank you LORD!!

President-Elect Obama! First Lady Michelle! :>) :>)

Rikyah,
I had FELT the same thing.

Watching this was so emotional. And hearing those words....we project Senator Barack Obama will be the next President of the United States...was so powerful it just makes me tear up at the magnitude of the statement ...PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES...those words always are powerfully spoken but when I hear Obama designated as the one who is the LEADER of the FREE World..the most POWERFUL Nation on EARTH.....

it is just OMG!!

It made me tear up again to when Biden came out because I remember seeing them in Springfield when Obama introduced him as his running mate...and there was such chemistry between them as MEN...you could see how BIDEN was deferential but like a team mate...like Kareem was to Magic during the Finals as he sat on the bench and Magic took OVER and won!!.....then when Jill came out you could see all the love between her and Biden...and I just KNEW...Michelle and Barack can live with these folks because they all have the same VALUES...they put FAMILY FIRST and their MARRIAGES first...and that was when I said...WE are going to the WHITE HOUSE.

And the other moment that was just so powerfully moving was SASHA at the DNC interrupting with her HI DADDY where are you.

O this is such a wonderul tableau such awesome images of love,strength, courage, faith, hope and leadership.

Thanks J and J for posting this video to recapture all those emotionals from Tues night.

I know what you mean.

President of the United States of America.

the whole 'Leader of the Free Word' - damn

The Free World has been partying with us all week long. Believe it.

whiterosebuddy: Co-sign!

President-Elect Obama!! :>)

I don't know why, but Brian Willliams' announcement, aside from Keith O, is what moved me the most.

Call me petty, but for me watching Brit Hume sort of having to know Obama winning was for me the icing on the cake. I knew as soon as Ohio was called it was over. But watching Brit "I just sucked on a lemon) Hume announce Ohio was gone, then later California was gone was satisfaction. Only because I know he was hating every minute of it.

I admit, it's petty, but after 8 years of the junk this country went through, I needed just a little bit of payback.

I know why. Because he didn't even mention Barack's name. He simply called him an "astonishing candidate" who ran an astonishing campaign breaking the barrier as old as the Republic with an exclamation point and told us for the first time since the Kennedy's, little children would be running around in the White House. A seismic shift in American politics.

History is always moving.

I like the FOX news set up the most. The way that one reporter on the right side of the screen turned himself all the way around to see the news and everybody in the studio looked up in silent stillness.

"and everybody in the studio looked up in silent stillness."

tee hee hee

There I go again! Crying and smiling...just crying and smiling!

Every time i see this I start to tear up. I have not really cried. I still cannot believe it. I am now ready to work to make this time the best for my child future.

Thanks for making me cry again!

I know, right.