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SurlyDuck
11/05/08

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I'm so sick and tired of "hipster" being a four letter word. Now that we have something we can all agree on would you people shut the fuck up already?!
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Senor_Wences
11/05/08

@SurlyDuck: I'm with you on that. It's pretty weak, and tiresome, and automatically makes me think less of the person slinging it around. And they really mean "poseur", not "hipster", anyway.
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hamburgerhotdog
11/05/08

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I drank half a bottle of rose on my couch and ate queso from a jar. I missed all of the fun.

Hamburgerhotdog loses.
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bjonston
11/05/08

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Compare an contrast.

DC on Bush in 2001:

DC on Obama in 2008:

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hamburgerhotdog
11/05/08

@bjonston: You know how awesome it'll be to have a first lady whose not a klonopin addict and has a backbone!
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bjonston
11/05/08

@hamburgerhotdog: Awesome indeed! I am happier today than I have been in 5 years. The last time I felt this good I was on a plane getting the fuck out of this country to go on my honeymoon.
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bjonston
11/05/08

@hamburgerhotdog: Funny you shoud mention Klonopin though. I was on Klonopin last night, as a safety precaution in case the Repugs tried to steal the election or some other such shenanigans. I'm still a bit groggy.
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TheHonJudgeSmails
11/05/08

@bjonston: Why does this information not surprise me in the least?
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bjonston
11/05/08

@TheHonJudgeSmails: Perhaps because you are unflappable?
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bjonston
11/05/08

@TheHonJudgeSmails: Or because it's not that surprising.
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jasonelias
11/05/08

@bjonston: Wow, I knew that Bush got elected under a cloud but I forgot that fun "inauguration" whoo hoo!
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FreeKitten
11/05/08

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U Street in Washington DC was beautiful scene. strangers hugging, drums and dancing, cheers carried throughout the city. Then we hiked up to the White House, where in the face of all the cheers outside the windows they shut the lights out. The White House shut the lights out! I didn't even think there was such a switch (perhaps an old switch for hiding from bombing raids...that's apt). Then the crowd sang Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Hey, Hey Goodbye to GWB.
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BookishLookish
11/05/08

@FreeKitten: Heh. That made me feel even happier! Thanks.
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Senor_Wences
11/05/08

@FreeKitten: Oh, that's hilarious, that they TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS. Be great if they also phoned the local precinct to complain about the noise.
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BookishLookish
11/05/08

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Spent election evening teaching then I went over to a cop bar in working-class NJ. You should've seen these hardcore guys well up. The bartender was amazed. It was a beautiful site.

Now we've got some work to do. All you Uncle Women and Luxury People, come around to my way of thinking.
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ineffable.me
11/05/08

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I was at Prospect and Vanderbilt last night. We had been cheering and having a good time at the bar, but when CNN called it, it was a totally different experience. Everyone cheered, cried, hugged, high fived. I've never experienced anything like that. Shortly after I went outside to call my parents and there were people literally dancing on the streets. Every car that drove by honked their horn and people were just cheering.

On my way home around 1 am i hugged a bunch of strangers and yelled WE DID IT. Everyone was smiling. It was really amazing.
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riskybusiness
11/05/08

@ineffable.me: I assume that you mean Vanderbilt Ave & Prospect Place, not Prospect Ave and Vanderbilt Street over on the other side of the park.
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ineffable.me
11/05/08

@riskybusiness: yeah, sorry?
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Mount_Prion
11/05/08

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Took a drunken cab ride home last night. The driver was as excited and happy as I was. We gushed the whole way, and when I got out, he told me to have a great night.

"Have a great four years, man!" I said back.
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uninspired
11/05/08

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That was a good speech by Pres-Elect Obama last night. Although I was expecting more - maybe levitation, or an appearance with Jesus.
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Mount_Prion
11/05/08

@uninspired: You could tell he was struggling to hold in the eye-lazzzerz. Don't want to melt the faces of your constituency.
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blix
11/05/08

@uninspired: The almighty appeared in his usual form of Oprah.
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AmishOrSomething
11/05/08

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Corner of Nostrand and Fulton was a mighty good time...
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sakade
11/05/08

@AmishOrSomething: There was a pots and pans parade on Fulton and Franklin!
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riskybusiness
11/05/08

@sakade: I can't believe I missed that1 I was totes about to hit my favorite Kennedy Fried Chicken at around 2 am. O well.
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happymisanthrope
11/05/08

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I love that I live in a country where people celebrate in the streets for the election of a public official. Love that we had a candidate this inspiring. Love that feeling of change in the air.

I'll be cynical tomorrow. Today? Today is inspiring.
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GuyBitchy
11/05/08

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I think back now to that initial intrepid handful of Gawker commenters who tapped the keys for Obama amid a dominant chorus of skeptics and Hillary supporters...

You know who you are.

Such sweet vindication, yes?
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llamalash★
11/05/08

@GuyBitchy: My partner was pissed when Hillary didn't get the nod. (she's since come around, though she still loves Hillary) As I was watching last night it occurred to me that winning in 2008 was Hillary's plan. It was the plan of her supporters. But, it wasn't history's plan. Last night wasn't about Obama or Hillary or anyone else. It was about things lining up just so, and it being time. It was about much more than any one person or group of people. This is much bigger than that.
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Un Chien Andalou
11/05/08

@GuyBitchy: Guy, it feels less like vindication than the tenacity of hope in the human spirit. There is so much work ahead, the temporal reward are in those who awaken this morning, their burden a little lighter, the sun a little warmer, their resolve a little stronger.

Let's get to work.
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Scout 3.0
11/05/08

@llamalash: I wonder where Hillary 's place will be in the Obama administration? She's very smart and savvy.
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llamalash★
11/05/08

@Scout 3.0: You know, Chris Matthews said last night that one of Obama's advisors told him that they wanted a diverse, but completely new administration. In other words, if someone had been in before, they wouldn't be now. However, rumors this morning are that all sorts of people who have been part of Washington DC are being suggested. I'm thinking Matthews may have been mistaken.

I think Hillary will be great, no matter where or how she supports this administration. Also, at the risk of sounding sexist, I watched the Obamas with their daughters last night and thought "that's one area I hope they really turn to the Clintons on." The Clintons did a flawless job of keeping Chelsea as protected as possible. That can't be an easy task in that environment.
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Penscribe
11/05/08

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You should have came to Lafayette and South Portland Street.
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CrispinManiac
11/05/08

@Penscribe:
yeah. my neighbors were firing guns into the air and setting off car alarms.
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Penscribe
11/05/08

@CrispinManiac: Where? There was no gun fire where I was, and I was there from 11pm - 2am. The cops came at about 1 am to clear traffic, but they let folks pop celebratory champagne on the streets. There were fire crackers, dancing on trucks/cabs, bongos, congos, and nothing but positive love!
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riskybusiness
11/05/08

@Penscribe: Ditto. That's pretty much the experience that I had. Though I did drop in on the Alibi for a drink & chilled for a bit with the crowd on DeKalb & Claremont.
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ADismalScience
11/05/08

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Drunks woke up this morning and still needed a drink. The poor are still poor, the oppressed are still oppressed, and those with true power in this country have as tight a grip as ever. I still work in an industry looking at 20% personnel cuts over the next year.

The placebo effect of a historic election victory will be the briefest of honeymoons for a country beset by systemic problems in how the rewards and risks of its economy are distributed. Our new President is up against an environment that few men in all of history could competently understand, let alone correct. But at the very least, he's better than the last guy, he's better than the other guy, and he's riding a hell of an electoral sugar high. Good luck, Mr. Obama - you, and we, are going to need it.
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Kobayashi Maru
11/05/08

@ADismalScience: Oh, poop. :)

You're right though, drunks need drinks. What's Obama's drunk policy? "No, you can't"?
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Scout 3.0
11/05/08

@ADismalScience: At least the red and black tie dye fabric sector is up 200% this morning.

Baby steps my friend, baby steps.
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ElvisWorley
11/05/08

Thanks for the sobering slap to the face. I agree with some of your thoughts. But after being fed a steady diet of shit these last 8 years, doesn't the sugar taste great? @Scout 3.0:
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ADismalScience
11/05/08

@ElvisWorley:

Doesn't taste like anything yet, other than the hot air of promises. Getting elected is the easy part. Now he has to govern us out of a huge hole.
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souplines
11/05/08

@ADismalScience: you sound as old as the guy in your avatar. enjoy this day AD, the rebound of this day will reverberate through wall street and main street. Welcome to Camelot part deux. Growth and prosperity abounds. Wall Street is as much psychological as fundamental. Yes our problems are deep and solutions will be difficult but for one brief shining moment...
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llamalash★
11/05/08

@ADismalScience: Dis, all you said is true. What is different now is hope and inspiration. There's a reason placebo effects are so often mentioned. It's a very real phenomenon that, on occasion, creates statistically relevant results. Don't underestimate the power of positive attitudes. It's not going to be easy and it sure as hell won't be a perfect path. But it's far from impossible.
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Lizawithazee
11/05/08

@ADismalScience: Getting the peoples fired up and inspired is a gigantic first step to doing that. Don't underestimate the influence the collective state of mind will have on how things unfold.

Not to get all metaphysical on you or anything.
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Xylo
11/05/08

@ADismalScience: He know that, DS.
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Kobayashi Maru
11/05/08

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They are the world's hipsters now!
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RandomLunatic
11/05/08

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The celebrations still continue elsewhere. Even in states Barack didn't win:

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riskybusiness
11/05/08

@user5000: That made me cry tears of overwhelming elation.
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