JuC swap! Barack Obama! Whee!

[foxmonkey]

Swap assignments went out yesterday, and I am quite pleased with mine.

In other news, Obama only needs four delegates to put a lock on the nomination. Yayness! I turned to CNN hoping to see Obama, but instead they're showing John McCain addressing supporters in Louisiana. Sorry if he's your guy, but McClain seriously creeps me out. ::eeeeeeeeeeee!::

I missed JC on the red carpet! I missed Christian Siriano gushing over how gorgeous the Chasez is! Dammit.

Yay, they're leaving McCain...to announce that Obama now has enough delegates to clinch the nomination. Wow, history in the making, and I'm watching it. I HELPED MAKE HISTORY! I wish Mom and Dad had lived to see this. :-)

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[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

*tries to search for US based news channels on remote*

Dammit my batteries aren't working! lol! Anyways, i'm pleased to know it!

It's very exciting! I'll have to start watching BBC America to get the UK view on things. :-)

[teenytinyghosty.livejournal.com]

Well, i'm in Australia and just watched Obama's speech- all i know is that on one channel we had our Australian anchorman talking to a couple of guys with American accents and he was beaming so widely that when the camera came in close you could see his eyes were starting to water. XD
But news hasn't really been that slanted in Hillary vs Obama over here.. if anything you might get a neg slant towards McCain because snippets of stupid things he's said have appeared once or twice. Although, when one of the American guys in that interview said that it 'would have been a momentous occasion with either of them but Obama DID it', i realised that Hillary getting in doesn't seem like such a huge change to anyone i've spoken to over here. Obama gives more inspirational speeches and has a more trustworthy/humble demeanor anyway.

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

we had our Australian anchorman talking to a couple of guys with American accents and he was beaming so widely that when the camera came in close you could see his eyes were starting to water. XD

I nearly got teary-eyed at the end of the speech. The man's an AMAZING speaker, very moving.

it 'would have been a momentous occasion with either of them but Obama DID it', i realised that Hillary getting in doesn't seem like such a huge change to anyone i've spoken to over here.

True. It would've been historic with Hillary as well, but I wouldn't have felt quite the same swell of emotion. :-)

[teenytinyghosty.livejournal.com]

The man's an AMAZING speaker, very moving.
Absolutely. American leaders and such are well known for their ability to speak- when i studied rhetoric as my non-science unit (before pulling out of the course- so don't be thinking i should be better at writing/expressing myself than this haha) i learned quite a bit of American history simply because we heard so many speeches by American leaders! And Obama is way way way at the top with the best of them. I'm always grinning after listening to him speak because his speeches are always so full of optimism and hope. And although there's a lot of patriotism there, his message also resonates with a general sense of humanity.

[teenytinyghosty.livejournal.com]

oh and they were saying how Hillary will prob be backing Obama cos they're both huge Democrats..... and how Obama will prob offer her an important role because he needs her supporters + like he said, having her as a competitor in the past probably will help him because she gave him the chance to address his major flaws early on... umm and he has a good chance because he keeps talking about what needs to be done rather than being concerned with the battle he's won and that's what American's are ultimately looking for- a leader. That his position on foreign policy is what will win it for him IF he wins. And he's young and Americans want the war to end because they don't see it going anywhere. But that he still has a few flaws to address all the same- they didn't elaborate lol.