I'll Be Damned!

Just finished watching Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Can you feel it? Can you? I sure can. I'm excited, moved and brimming over with relief at what is coming to our country. Obama has to be and will be elected as the next President.

I don't know if I've really been that hungry over the past 8 years, or if these have just been amazing speeches at an amazing get-together. Michelle, Hillary and now Bill. I'm moved.

I feel that swelling of pride in our country...bubbling up in my body. I have this sixth sense that things are going to be well...swell for us...very soon. Good things are coming for us. Like Bill said, at home and in the view the rest of the world has of our country.

The other half and I were debating about how Bill did NOT believe his words as he was saying them...however, by the time he completed his speech, he was clearly on board with what he knew he HAD to say.

There's a great sense of unity. Anyone that is still holding out cuz Hillary didn't get the nomination, is just plain stubborn. Bill and Hill are behind Barack, so there's no reason the rest of us would not be.

I can't quite find the words to express my appreciation for both Hillary and Bill. I was struck last night, during Hillary's speech, that I am truly upset by her loss. Watching her speak opened up my old wounds; when she left the primary race. It was clear how much I wanted her in office. But, her speech was genuine and needed. She went above and beyond what was needed from her. Let the party healing begin.

I've had this sense before, but only for myself. I've had sensations that things are turning around for me personally. This is the first time I've felt certain that things are about to get a whole heck of a lot better for all of us. When Obama takes office, something big is coming. Something good. I find it highly disturbing how much I (and apparently almost every other American) have experienced such deep depression over the past 8 years...without even knowing it. Certainly we could all see how poorly things were going during the Bush years, but it was spread out over so much time, it was apparently difficult to see how much it affected us. That's the saddest thing about our past 8 years as Americans. We had no way out, and then were resigned to 4 additional years of the same abuse. We knew it was bad, but not how deeply this knife had cut...until Obama and Clinton made it so clear how much change was needed. Now, seeing the major Democratic players supporting their party and their candidate unequivocally...unity...we can see what needs to be done. It serves to make me angrier at how the Republican party has ruined us, in every possible way...over these past painful years.

I feel it coming? Do you? Change is afoot. We need it, we want it...we hunger for it. I am so excited for what's coming to all of us.

I offer sincere congrats to my gal Hill, my boy Bill, and the unity they have cemented. They want the change just as much as we all do.

I'll be damned. I'm about to say it. God bless America! Yes we can!