
I have to move my car! Its 6:13 i hope they didnt tow my car.... The polling place is right across the street i have to move my car
I wake up to these words and I am in awe because i know that this day is going to bring... whichever way the vote sways that history is going to be made. But I wanted the change... not just the history.
In the car I am singing along with the moving music on the radio and speaking with my mother how nervous I was to experience this revolution. Then I get an AIM from Asia saying that this woman told a group of young kids that were cheering for Obama to "fuck off". Reading the aim and listening to the moving messages on the radio, I begin to shed a tear. I know that this is going to be an easy win or a big fight. Not knowing which one, I begin to cry.
i am crying because I know this is what people in the past wish they could have seen this. I am wishing that I could show my children this wonderful experience. I am crying at the fear of what will happen if McCain would win..... I blank that thought out of my mind. I begin to pray.
I arrive at my suburban home... feeling that hometown feeling and feeling hope. I am very happy to cast my vote... the first time for me voting. I am voting for change.
I walk into my polling place, excited and confused. This is not my intended polling place and they will not let me vote... however, they let my mom vote.... I am upset but determined to make my voice heard and to do my right as an American to vote.
I travel to two other polling places before I made my vote. I did it.
I return home antcipating the results I go to sleep and hope to wake up to some results to ease my mind.
I wake up to and watch the news... I am so scared... I continue to watch the news and then they show that McCain had 8 electoral votes against Obama's 3. I am so nervous. Polls close at 7 and they announce, "Obama has won the whole east coast", I being to cry and scream and shake... I felt that my vote counted even though I did not live within the state boarders.
I am ready for this...I am excited but still scared... Thinking that he cannot loose he won Ohio... That is a major stake.
HE WON!!! HE WON!!! Im astounded. I cannot breathe. He won fair and square... no attack ads, playing the race card, no selling his soul. He is a true gentleman... he is the ideal man. He is our President. President Obama.
Walking down Michigan ave I see and feel the love in the streets. The day has come change has come... now the celebration is here. Screaming down the street and feeling the love! Hugging and holding hands.... uniting Chicago, uniting America and Americans, uniting the world. Walking around because Grant Park is now closed... we walk to pizza-ria and watch his speech.
Breathtaking. I can watch him on television and hearing him from outside. No other words can explain the feeling... and even that is not the best word that can explain it... I watch how his wife and children appear on stage... and i being to cry. I am feeling like I am watching the Kennedy's.
The first time I ever got to vote I elected an African American President.
I am living the real life from now on.... I am changing. Just like we changed our President, we changed our fate, and we changed the world
President Obama

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