Rested? Not really...

[herveus]

I spent the evening in the BSR news room. That gave me a chance to eat dinner at Anita's that I don't often arrange. It also allowed me to take away a pint each of fresh salsa ("hot sauce") and green chile sauce. Yum. It was nice to just hang out without the computer to hand. It provided ample opportunities for cracking wise. I almost made montuos hork a chip-load of green sauce.

CNN showed the least restraint, waiting a whole 18 seconds after the polls in California closed to project Obama the winner. Oh, the astonishment.

On the up side, John McCain showed a bucket-load of class in his concession speech and in his response to the supporters who started groaning and near-booing when he started mentioning Obama's name. He could have let them carry on, but instead, he gave clear disapproval of their actions. His concession speech was unequivocal, gracious, and just plain classy. One can wonder who put that John McCain under a bushel basket during much of the campaign, but that's mostly spilled milk now. Again, in the end, he was a class act. He was clear that the fight was over, and that his supporters should support Obama now. Well, I suppose he meant as the loyal opposition, but he didn't come right out and say that. That's fine by me. His concession did not appear to contain caveats in any way.

I caught Obama's victory speech while driving home (way too late and way past my bedtime for the second night in a row :P). It was nice. Very nice. Gracious to his opponent. No veiled digs. Positive without being giddy.

I'm glad to see that Senator Dole will have an opportunity to return to Kansas. That campaign had some particularly vile moments. What was Dole thinking? Or was it someone else who needs an extended session behind the woodshed? Whichever...

It looks like Prop 8 will be defeated, but it appears to be not yet a done thing. I'm hopeful.

All in all, I don't have substantial heartburn with the various results. Not everything went the way I wanted it to, but the big items look to have done so. Let's see if I can get through the day without an unscheduled nap... :)

Comments

[1-big-grizz.livejournal.com]

John McCain showed a bucket-load of class in his concession speech

Agreed. And hell yeah.

[achbarr.livejournal.com]

That slasa sounds good Brother

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

It is good. Anita, the founder of the restaurant, originally made it all herself, with peppers from her cousins out in New Mexico where she grew up. (Her husband worked for the Postal Service and got transferred to the FedroSplat, which is why she started the restaurant chain here.) The salsa is still made to her recipe, and they still use chiles from New Mexico.

[maggiebowgirl.livejournal.com]

*snort* The Doles haven't actually lived in Kansas since Bob was Senator, heck, even when he /was/ Senator.

[badfae.livejournal.com]

One can wonder who put that John McCain under a bushel basket during much of the campaign...

That was my thought, too. His concession speech was so much classier than so many of his campaign speeches that it was a little startling.

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

I *do* wish Obama could have brought himself to look a *little* cheerful about being elected. He had that Harry Truman, "Boys, if you ever pray, pray for me now. I don't know if you fellas ever had a load of hay fall on you, but when they told me what happened yesterday, I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me." look the whole time.

[mysryael.livejournal.com]

Prop 8 is actually passing.