November 4, Lubbock.
I'm glued to the internet and the radio is non-stop on since late afternoon and in this I'm only just like the world over.
An email from a friend I grew up with, who is married to a Moroccan: "Mohamed is not moving from the TV, like all Arabs (even though he's Berber, not Arab) he hates Bush; I hope Americans will vote well, it will help the country's image around the world so much."
Not only is this election historic for Americans, it is historic for the whole world. Tonight we're all American, as the French newspaper Le Monde's famous headline said on 9/11.
The polls are about to close on the West Coast and as Robert Spiegel from NPR just said, Barack Obama is having quite a strong night.
The world is holding its breath.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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J'ai retrouvé ton blog... Mohamed était très fier d'y figurer... Il a confirmer. Il était aussi très content de l'élection d'Obama, mais il attend de voir... moi, je suis simplement ravie et optimiste...
On l'est tous...
Ojala, comme on dit en espagnol (ca ressemble drolement a insch'allah dis donc!) qu'il arrive, avec le temps, a ameliorer la situation ici aux US et ailleurs. There is just so much to do, a dit Thomas Friedman dans son edoto du New York Times aujourd'hui, et, j'ajouterais, so much in the balance.
Mais pour l'instant, time to rejoice and enjoy the moment.
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