I Think the World Won

Optimism Rules
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This is America. Twenty friends in a small room, all stakeholders, all emotionally involved, all helping change the world. CNN calls Pennsylvania for Obama. This is America. We have votes. We have dreams. We have a vested interest. We have our future children to think about. CNN calls New York for Obama. And we want the world to know, we’re the heart of this country. The powerful spirit of the what’s to come. Healthy and beating stronger than ever. We’re speaking up. We’re telling the world to forget the perceptions, because we’re shaping a new reality. I wonder what dungeon or drink or substance or channel Bill O’Rielly is drowning in tonight? This is the new America. Which is built on the old America. The bill of rights. The constitution. The fact, that we again hold these truths to be self evident, that all men and woman are created equal. The polls are closing in 15 states in 1 minute. In this America everything and anything is possible, even the American dream. For a while it looked like that dream was dying a quiet and spectacular death. Just ask the rest of the world. CNN calls Ohio for Obama. Let’s assume that McCain wins every single state left except Indiana, Washington, Oregon, and California. He still won’t have enough Electoral College votes to win. I just can’t imagine a scenario where McCain wins enough of the remaining four states to take the presidency. So we watch and hope and smile and laugh and celebrate and listen as our voices roar through our small living room and around the entire world. CNN calls the 44 presidential race for Barack Obama. This is our America. Champagne for everyone. Tonight, it feels amazing to be an American.