US Election Watch - we'll be here for a while!

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After the success of the all day / night London Election party we had earlier in the year, who fancies one for the US election?

Lots of nothing news so far from the US - some polling stations have long queues, but others don't! John McCain says tomorrow he "will be the President of the United States!" Sarah Palin is "very optimistic!" Hilary Clinton is predicting a big Obama win! Obama has been playing basketball!

Its going to be a good one..

You;re back then, Superbunny. Was it too mad and busy to take ds to?

BBC is so weird!

why LoR - what are they up to

YEs, we went. Decided to get home before everyone else left but in time for the speech. Totally amazing downtown.

so where you there when it was announced then???

Some guy asking who the hell D. Dimbleby is. Someone was arguing with him earlier aswell!

bit disappointed we didn't stay for the speech but I don't think we'd have got home for days had we stayed

*were (of course that should be) - 'tis late(well early I guess) so that's my excuse

yes it is rather a shame that mccain couldn't muster up a bit more of the honour and so forth shown in that last speech for the election campaign.

I dunno if it IS a shame really, if he'd conducted himself better then maybe it could have been closer...and we'd have been up later...but really, when it came down to it he bowed to the lowest common denominator in, at times, an appalling way.

Anyway, YAY!

superbunny I am SO jealous!

ahh - just seen your post on the other thread SuperBunny - that you were there when it was announced.

I can't even begin to imagine what the atmosphere was like - it was electric enough here on MN

now as I am that Obama won - I wish he'd get is arse out there and do his speech - I really do need to try and catch at least an hour or so on the sofa before the boys get up lol

Will I sound like a total party pooper if I say I am not sure he can live up to expectations?

But WOW. DS & I MET the PRESIDENT OF THE USA

I'm feeling all teary now!

nah won't be a party pooper - elected leaders never live up to expectations

oooo Obama speech

Ooo, here he is.

I sort of wish we were there but we'd have ended up watching it on a screen in a hotel window

Just in time, it's nearly dd's bathtime

I have no idea how he can stand there and not leap around and squeal. So much self-control

and the girls get a puppy

hehe

@ the puppy

I don't know how he manage to stay composed when talking about his grandmother

SuperBunny - that's probably why he's taken so long to come out and do his speach - he's been jumping around and getting it all out of his system lol

How wonderful is his speech? I am just so fucking happy and amazed to live to see the US vote in an African American for president who starts by including both gay and straight, disabled and not disabled in his acceptance speech. Feels like the world is changing.

Skimmed it quickly... sooo much control. How is he not juming around like a loon? !

Yeah, must be all conga-ed out

lol @ the Conga. I bet he did.

I'm SOOooooo excited. I didn't think this would happen. I have so much more faith in this place now. Thank goodness there are enough people with good sense to make this happen. Well done America.