I hate to say this, but...

[WilliamPitt]

...I'm pretty God damned excited about the upcoming Obama administration.

I know, I know, it cuts against the grain around here. I might be a bigot, a sellout, an appeaser, a fascist, a dupe...hell, around here, I'm all that and more for actually being pleased about the imminent arrival of a Democratic administration and Democratic majorities in the House and Senate.

What can I say? I'm incorrigible.

I'm excited. So there.

:P

[shraby]

1. I'm in your camp on this!

:thumbsup:

[Avalux]

2. Just don't say you support Gupta as SG.

That will really get you drawn and quartered. ;-)

I'm excited too - I can't help being excited. Bushco GONE!!!! And, seeing Cheney and Rove all over TV cautioning Obama about what and what not to do makes me very happy indeed. :hi:

[WilliamPitt]

8. Even floating that name was, to me, a bewildering decision.

But I can still feel excitement even when I have disagreements.

I can also walk and chew gum at the same time.

I know. Craziness.

;)

[Fovea]

10. You are vast

you contain multitudes...

Love ya, man.

[WilliamPitt]

22. Gah! I was gonna reply with the "multitudes" line

and you go and use it.

Fuck it. My day is ruined now.

I hate Obama.

We're doomed.

:P

See that? I can turn on a goddam dime.

;)

[SharonRB]

3. I'm with you, Will

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

4. Everywhere I look... people with a tingle going up their leg.

I'm old. I seem to recall tingles. Can't be sure, though.

:P

[DevonRex]

29. I just don't remember them in my leg. Seems a funny sort of tingle place to me.

But hey, as long as something tingles it's a good sign I guess.

[immoderate]

34. Selsun Blue?

--IMM

[DevonRex]

35. LOL!!! Does that really tingle? Might be interesting... :)

[immoderate]

39. One of those shampoos is advertised as giving a tingle...

"That's how you know it's working." :)

--IMM

[RaleighNCDUer]

33. SCREAM! For the love of God, SCREAM!

Oh. That was The Tingler, not a tingle.

Nevermind.

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

5. Although I've been sorely disappointed with some of his recent moves

he's much, much, MUCH better than the alternative. I'm glad he'll be in office soon.

[AntiFascist]

46. Agreed...

and I can still point out his bigoted behavior and not be a hypocrite.

[azmouse]

6. Hear, hear!

Nothing Obama has done has changed my mind about him.
He's the right man at the right time.

[LeFleur1]

7. I'm Excited, Too.

There is no way anyone could be worse than what we've had for eight years.
The decisions made by this President can only be better. I can see they won't be perfect, but they'll be better and..citing an old cliche... if you can't have a whole loaf, a half a loaf is...an improvement.
We citizens MUST continue to let our government representatives know when we are pleased and certainly when we are displeased.

[HughMoran]

9. Yeah, call me an "optimist" (more likely a sellout fool), but I'm with you on this too

I didn't blubber like an old fool on election night for nothin' ya know!

[sandnsea]

11. Cautiously optimistic

Which beats the hell out of paralyzing gloom and despair.

[varkam]

12. You're for *Obama*?!?!

Take your swill to FreeRepublic, you troll!!!!!!

Seriously, I'm with you. I think DU is so used to hating the president that it's just kind of bleeding over into Obama's administration.

[goclark]

51. We have been "abused children/adults" for eight long years

And we now don't know how to trusth or believe that someone wants to treat us with kindness.

He can't be all things to all of us all of the time but we could have McPain for 8 years.

[Kaleko]

64. Can you imagine the McPalin transition team appointments?

Damn, my gratitude is infinite that we can bicker about Sanjay Gupta et al instead.

[madeline_con]

69. Half of Wasilla would be bound for D.C.

:puke:

[Moochy]

13. You can be both excited and all those things!

:)

[G_j]

14. you don't hate to say that

:-)

[K Gardner]

15. Bravo ! I'm in the same boat.

[FormerDittoHead]

16. Like a new captain taking the wheel of the Titanic after it hit the iceberg. Very exciting.

I am optimistic too. Just make sure to get on one of the lifeboats.

[stlsaxman]

17. i pinch myself still upon hearing these three words...

"President-elect Obama"

"Let's rock!"

[grace0418]

23. Just don't hurt yourself when you hear these two words...

"President Obama" :)

[Political_Junkie]

18. Agreed!

My friends keep telling me I'm too optimistic! Me! Optimistic! Never heard that before!

[Shiver]

72. Ha!

Outside of DU, I'm the most cynical bastard you'll meet. When I come here, though, I feel like a wide-eyed optimist. :P

[Subdivisions]

19. Me too, Will. K & R. n/t

[byronius]

20. Your freakish 'Up With People' Rant is disgustingly infectious.

Right there with you. Warts and all, the prospect of civil survival is breathtaking.

[slackmaster]

21. Yeah, me too.

:hi:

A clean start. A chance for our country to start rebuilding its reputation in the world.

[grace0418]

24. Right there with ya Will.

Some folks aren't happy unless they're bitchin'.

[glarius]

25. Can you imagine how thankful we in the rest of the world feel?

It is such a relief to see your country, the world's most powerful, led by an honest, thoughtful, intelligent person. Nobody, and I do mean nobody, will miss George Bush.....except maybe David Letterman...(no more "great presidential speeches")...haha!

[StephW655]

26. I am excited also!

I know it's been pretty negative and depressing here the last few weeks but I won't let that get me down. We Democrats did it and I have faith that Obama is going to lead this country back on track after the Bush disaster.

I am putting up a picture that my brother took of my niece the day after the election and it keeps me positive through all the doom and gloom on here. I hope this works, I'm not too computer literate.

http://www.shutterfly.com/lightbox/view.sfly?fid=c0fe03ab1d9e71802f762628e38c6d8e

This is why we worked so hard to elect Barack Obama. HOPE! Let's celebrate and enjoy the moments these next few weeks.

[Cleita]

27. Well, I'm hoping that they aren't into criminal behavior like the last

administration and that would be a big plus no matter how conservative they seem to be.

[DevonRex]

28. I'm excited too!

Even though it goes against the grain around here, I can't wait for January 20th! Thanks for your post. You're not alone, although it can seem that way sometimes.

[kaiden]

30. You said it, WilliamPitt!

I'm excited that there will be some "governing."

[Mad_Dem_X]

31. I can't wait!

After all the shit we've been through for the past 8 years, this is going to be a major improvement. Not perfect, but it has to be better than what we've seen under W!

[RufusTFirefly]

32. Care to elaborate on that excitement, Will?

I know you're not alone in your excited anticipation of an Obama administration.

I think the symbolic importance of his presidency cannot be easily dismissed. Having a black man named Barack Obama as President sends a powerful message to the rest of the world. (On the other hand, those who discount the Warren invocation as merely symbolic are trying to have it both ways.) It's also a huge help that he's a really smart, charismatic young man, with a nuanced world view that contrasts sharply with the simplistic positions of that sociopathic oaf who is currently occupying the White House illegally.

It's OK to marvel at the prospect of the coming Obama presidency and to heave a huge sigh of relief for the nation, the world, and the planet that the oil man would appear to be on the way out at last.

But maintenance of our badly damaged democracy requires eternal vigilance and I for one don't intend to give Obama a pass simply because he isn't Bush.

That said, when I watched the elections, listened to his acceptance address, remembered his extraordinary speech about race, delighted in his beautiful photogenic family, and even listened to Michael Franti's catchy song, I couldn't totally tamp down a deep sense of celebration, excitement and optimism about the days to come. My emotional side may soar from time to time, but my intellectual side remains firmly on the ground and on orange alert.

[bigtree]

36. well, duh

I'm also anxious about the issues I'm most concerned about.

so, there.

[cilla4progress]

37. Incorrigibles unite!

Me too. I'm signing on 100%. I don't care if it's Pollyanna. I don't even care if I disagree wholeheartely with certain decisions, picks. Hell, in fact I like it! It feels really healthy to be unhappy - even angry - with certain choices, yet to still be in support overall. Like that's reality - that's the way it's supposed to be. Healthy - even productive - disagreement. That's what he says he wanted, and I'm holding him to it.

But bottom line is, I'm all there for Obama and his team. Whatever they ask me to do - I'm there, starting with 1/19, the day of service - a "day on, not a day off." I guess I'm just starry-eyed enough to believe if we Americans, as Obama believes, gather up our bootstraps and pull TOGETHER, there's not much we can't accomplish. Emphasis on TOGETHER. Let's show the rest of the world that WE'VE STILL GOT IT! :)

[Jane Austin]

38. WooHoo!

Me, too!

[Joe Fields]

40. I'm not exactly jumping for joy, but I've settled down some. I like

what I've seen from him in the last week, regarding how he plans to handle the economy. I made a pact with myself that I would allow him and his cabinet the time to put his recovery policies in place and give them some time to either work or not work, before I mouth off. The president deserves at least that much from us. I know I sure as hell wouldn't want to tackle the problems his administration must face.

[jgraz]

41. If only for the fact that DUer's will have to stop using the "he's not even president yet!" defense.

But yeah, I'm pretty psyched. :D

[AtomicKitten]

42. I'm so excited

... and I just can't hide it.

Tonight's the night we're gonna make it happen
Tonight we'll put all other things aside
Get in this time and show me some affection
We're goin' for those pleasures in the night

I want to love you, feel you, wrap myself around you
I want to squeeze you, please you, I just can't get enough
And if you move real slow I let it go

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
And I know I know I know I know I know I want you

We shouldn't even think about tomorrow
Sweet memories will last for long long time
We'll have a good time, Baby, don't do worry
And if we're still playin' around boy that's just fine

Let's get excited, we just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I know I know I know I know I know I want you, I want you

I want to love you, feel you, wrap myself around you
I want to squeeze you, please you, I just can't get enough
And if you move real slow I let it go

I'm so excited, I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I know I know I know I know I know I want you

* Pointer Sisters

[Lex]

43. I'm pretty excited about it myself, but I haven't gone all "fan girl"

about it.

[Blue_Roses]

44. I'm so excited

that I get butterflys everytime I think about inauguration day:D

It has been a long, long, long, long, long, time coming! I feel like I'm returning home from war. (emotionally for sure)

[mopinko]

45. hope dope!

me too.
see you in dc. you still owe me a beer.
hey, you don't suppose spidel will be there, do ya? he is the one that REALLY owes me a beer.

[malaise]

47. I'm with you

on all counts. Go Dems!!

[Taverner]

48. I agree

Especialy that adults will be in charge again

[JuniperLea]

49. It's against my better judgement...

But me the freak too!

There's always time for regret later...

:rofl:

I just can't wait until the inauguration is over... the Bush-born cynicism in my is askeered! :scared:

[solara]

50. I'm excited too -

:hi:


Wheeee no more Boooooooshy von Diablo and his murked out minions!:toast:




:kick: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:fistbump: Dap a-go-go


All things are now possible.



INDICT INCARCERATE :patriot:

[pacalo]

52. I'm excited, too. We desperately need the fresh air.

I know I'm going to cry like I did when the Clintons had a receiving line for a very long line of ordinary citizens on inauguration day at the White House. After 12 years of "greed is good", I sobbed watching the expressions of hope on the faces of those who shook the Clintons' hands.

I'm going to be even more emotional watching Obama's inauguration, for so many reasons.

Wheeeee!

[book_worm]

53. So am I

[WyoHiker]

54. Is Democratic UNDERGROUND Anachronistic ?

With the past election the Democrats are now Above Ground. And more than one, myself included, are getting a headache from the light.

We've won. Or, at the very least, the Bush-ites have lost. Now, the whole idea of being the opposition, of being the contrarians, of being the staunch hold-outs against a bad President and his administration has ended for the time being, hopefully for a very long time.

So, what is one to do? If you are truly a denizen of the underground, then you will successfully seek out other things to be in protest against. As for me, it's sunglasses and Tylenol, and a lot of squinting to try and see what all is out here.

A kind mentor told me that that dark thing behind me is called a "shadow." It is nothing to be afraid of. Further, arguing with it or attacking it is a complete waste of time and very humorous to the onlookers.

I clearly have a lot to learn.

[bonito]

58. Way cool, WyoHiker

Way Cool stick around, where the light shines there is no darkness, and Brother, I'm there.
:yourock:

[NJmaverick]

55. You are not alone, I share you excitement

I expect great things from our new President

[lonestarnot]

56. And I'll bet Hairy Bastid is too.

:evilgrin:

[izzybeans]

57. Hey me too, and it's good to see your name around here again.

:)

[stuntcat]

59. I'm counting down!

I numbered the days backwards on my calendar, I have 11 days left :headbang:

[OwnedByFerrets]

60. It is your right Mr Pitt, as it is my right to be cautiously optimistic, yet

concerned.

[MadMaddie]

61. And there to you too!!

I am with you Will!!

It's an exciting time and change is coming!!

[bonito]

62. I am as well

Good things on the horizon without a doubt imo, no, better than that, is what I'm feeling,
It's a buy buy buy time for those inclined to hear, wish I had some $$$ to invest right now., but I'll reap the rewards regardless in the job market here.

You know it as well!

It's truly insane how things change, but Bro, I hear the wave...

[progressoid]

63. And you're a tool.

Probably a troll tool to boot.

:toast:

[WilliamPitt]

86. Yeah, but you're me.

So there. :P

[ClayZ]

65. We are going to PARTY!

K and R

[Lisa0825]

66. Me tooooooooooooooo!!!!!

:woohoo: :patriot: :bounce: :loveya:

[Hekate]

67. Back atcha, Will Pitt. Just for you, here's a tune...

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/happydays.htm

:fistbump: :party: :toast: :fistbump: :party: :toast: :fistbump: :party: :toast: :fistbump: :party: :toast: :fistbump: :party: :toast: :fistbump: :party: :toast:

Hekate

[firedupdem]

68. I am too!! I'm doing a happy dance counting the days!!! n/t

[kywildcat]

70. Color me thrilled! n/t

[salguine]

71. Will you still be as gushy when 2016 rolls around and we're no closer

to universal health care then we are now? I'm not being a smart-ass; it's a serious question.

[elocs]

73. Gasp! How dare you be excited! I really expect to read more "constructive criticism".

After all, nobody is good enough for some people. We've had so many years of Bushco that some people seem compelled to find something wrong with everything and cannot seem to get out of that mode. A white page with a blue dot gets slammed for not being pure enough. I'd hate to be the kid, spouse, or SO of one of these "constructive criticism" types.

[DeeDeeNY]

74. I'm with you on this!

Let us just hope it's not too late to repair all the damage.

[Buzz Clik]

75. "I might be a bigot, a sellout, an appeaser, a fascist, a dupe..." Close:

Actually, you're a homophobe, misogynist, corporatist, land rapist, capitalist pig, and morally bankrupt.

At least that what's I've been told.

[WilliamPitt]

87. "Land rapist" is a new one

:)

[DemReadingDU]

76. Yeah, me too!

[machI]

77. K&R

[lisa58]

78. me too

[BlancheSplanchnik]

79. I'm torn between admiring respect for this man and his excellent credentials,

and the desire to get myself a PILF tee shirt!!!

[DinahMoeHum]

80. I can hardly wait myself.

After the inauguration, it's OPEN SEASON on Bush and gang, AFAIC.

:kick::kick::kick:

[Bryan Sacks]

81. Tell the truth, William

You don't hate to say anything, except nothing.

[peace frog]

82. "Faster, please!"

Exit the criminals (unfortunately not in striped pajamas), enter the Obama era.
The Dems are BACK, baby!

[zeemike]

83. Well after Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, Bush 1 and Bush 2

All presidents in my adult life hell yes I am excited about Obama.
And I am not all upset about his appointments although I am radical enough to think that Ralph Nader should be the Attorney General.
I prefer to trust his judgment and believe that he really does want to change things for the better.

[jhain]

84. We must be related.

Maybe it is a recessive gene.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HHAWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

[MrScorpio]

85. Hey, Bro, I won't be seeing you at the inaugural this time

You'll have to party on in DC without me

[nevergiveup]

88. There are going to be plenty of hills and valleys

around here for the next few years but on the 20th I will join Will and most DU members at the emotional mountain top. No words can describe how I really feel. It is going to be a beautiful day.

[deutsey]

89. I was excited in '92 around this time, as well, but that didn't go so well.

Nonetheless, I'm cautiously optimistic about Obama's administration and the Democratic Congress.

[ananda]

90. Think of it this way. It's the comparison.

Bush was just SO bad...

[Baby Snooks]

91. I'm still going to bang the pots and pans...

I'm excited too but I worry about the table. I'm still going to bang the pots and pans. Which is what Molly Ivins would be doing. Not caring if anyone else was. Only caring that it was important to bang the pots and pans.