Barack Obama Election: Are You A Part Of History?

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History In The Making with The Election of Our 44th President

Where were you when the election was called for Barack Obama. I was with my wife passing through a 3rd security check-point in Grant Park when everyone started cheering and those who had just passed through started running towards the lawn. Why such excitement? Everything in American National politics, especially Presidential politics will be measured pre and post Obama from this point forward.

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Barack Obama Rally in Grant Park 

This is my A Vegetarian Waiting Tables In A Carnivorous World blog post entitled Barack Obama Rama on post election day 2008:

Leo myself and Judi (pictured)

Judi and I got tickets and made our way down to Grant Park yesterday. We had a tickets days ago in my name and then we got a ticket also in her name at the very last moment. We quickly called and called and called - nobody could join us at the last moment.

What a night we had: 

  • We drove to Oak Park (Obama / Biden land) and parked in our friends driveway. Walking to the blue line El - we got to pass one of the two McCain/Palin houses in Oak Park (arguably a scary tourist attraction)
  • We had dinner at Ben Pao with delicious vegetarian potstickers and springrolls, and amazing chocolate banana springrolls. Great service from a definitive Obama supporter - heading to the rally after her shift. The restaurant was dead - where did 250,000 people eat?
  • We took the red line El to Grant Park with a mass of people that barely prepared us for the volume of people we would encounter. On the train, we met Drew and Leo - mom & son for Obama and offered them to be our guests.
  • We waited in line for two hours with Drew and Leo and made it in through three check points (we thought the security was terrible!) Through the last checkpoint we heard the cheering - Obama became President Elect!

President Elect Obama Stuff 

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory

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"What Would Obama Do?" Decision Maker

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When President Obama takes office on Jan. 20th, he has quite a mess to clean up! 

 

This blog is not meant to be overtly political - although a vegetarian agenda is most often a liberal agenda. I'm a waiter and I own my own home-business. Again, why would a waiter and small business owner vote anything but Obama? Yes, I wait on the rich and the upper middle class. This same group of people can buy a lot of Amazon Herbs. These "don't tax the rich - they create the jobs" arguments are ridiculous! I believe I can be rich enough one day to make the moral choice to vote for someone like Barack Obama. Until then - I must make the practical choice - the obvious choice to vote for economic and social change. anyone who says Obama is a socialist should have seen the incredible capitalist opportunity he gave the Chicago street vendors last night.



I'll simply say this: To say Barack was inspiring last night, is to be as bland with the English language as he is eloquent. I will never forget last night. We were and are very lucky to live in The Land of Lincoln where we have voted for Barack Obama 4 times for Federal office.

Check out my Vegetarian Vote posts John McCain and Barack Obama to see a small piece of the picture.

Yesterday, on election day - change was contagious! We could see the CNN tent from where we were - we took some bad video footage which we'll post soon - with some better pictures, but I put in the CNN coverage of his speach - just in case you simply must hear our articulate President Elect again!

Grant Park Victory Speech 

President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago

Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4th, 2008 in Chicago.

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President Barack Obama In The News 

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