Love

Posted on 11/05/2008 at 12:49 pm by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants

It dawned on me just now, oddly, as I was readjusting my 3-year old’s car seat straps, how simply wonderful it is to have a man who is our president-elect stand in front of millions of Americans and say that his wife is both his “best friend” and “the love of [his] life,” and to say to his two daughters, “I love you more than you can imagine.”

Forget about the fact that I can’t imagine George W. Bush or, really, any of the presidents in my lifetime ever uttering those words in an acceptance speech, and just drink in the fact that the next “leader of the free world” AKA arguably the most powerful governmental leader in the world has absolutely no trouble at all declaring his love for his loved ones.

That is beyond fantastic from where I sit.

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  • dontpanic23

    It was very touching. I felt like I had not only voted for a great candidate to do the job, but for a wonderful family to complete the deal. I don’t think I’ve ever felt that.

  • stumblewire

    arguably, it is this man’s greatest and best trait. we are all so lucky to have the coming time to bask in that light.

  • cminri

    Its going to feel so good to have a President we can be proud of.

  • Poleezz

    I just wish I could stop crying. I’ve been crying all night even in my sleep what little there was of it.

  • lovetheblue

    @ Poleezz – I know what you mean about the crying thing.I’ve been crying on and off since 8:00 pm California time last night. It feels good to cry tears of joy!!!!!!!!!I am just deliriously happy (maybe still buzzed from the champagne last night, too!) – I feel like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders after 8 years of this fucking nightmare Chimpy got us into……..

  • incredulous72

    Simply … Beautiful.

  • J M Ashby

    Its been so long since we had a president with any integrity, time to get used to it.In other news, I think im finally shedding my hangover.

  • http://www.poligot.wordpress.com Kristin Teigen

    When Kerry lost, one of the biggest punches in my stomach was the realization that my older son would be six when Bush was voted out.Today, I’m beyond thrilled to realize that my older son will be in 5th grade, and my 3 year old will be in 3rd grade, at the end of Obama’s first term.When Obama wins a second term, it will mean that my children will essentially grow up with one of the most amazing candidates and leaders in American history.In other words, I’m feeling really, really lucky today.

  • Nanouteast

    My daughter was three years old when Clinton was elected. Yesterday she was a first time voter, called afterwards us to wish us a happy Obama Day.

  • Ann

    And he doesn’t just openly express love for his family. How many times have you seen him say, “And I love you back!” after a supporter has called out “We love you!” to him?

  • yelorose

    I’m feeling so hopeful today with such a sense of relief for the first time in a long time with no sense of dread when looking to the coming holidays that I had been feeling before last night. Little sleep, crying at the drop of a hat from joy but feel so so so great.Finally there will be some action in the presidential bedroom, you can just tell by the displays of love the Obamas show each other. That makes me happy as well.

  • Poleezz

    Ann-I was thinking the same thing!

  • Tanya42

    My husband and I have been crying off and on since last night, too. How different these tears are compared to the ones shed four years ago! I thought I had myself under control – until I saw Jesse Jackson crying.

  • josh dobbin

    I was thinking more or less the exact same thing. Telling his daughters that he loved them more than they could imagine was the precise moment I began crying last night.Because it was then that I realized, beyond the history and the momentousness of the moment, someone who shares my exact perspective on what is most important in the universe is going to be leading us.