Comments on: I can't believe I lived to see the day

By: meg rosoff

meg rosoff — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:23:57 +0000

Obama has already done a vast amount of good, just by being elected. An intellectual, charismatic, idealistic, mixed-race liberal thinker comes from nowhere and gets elected president despite the usual barrage of paranoid xenophobic scare-mongering campaigning?

If he achieves nothing else, it is already a triumph.

By: CherylK

CherylK — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:21:29 +0000

I was checking out your official website and learned about this blog from the forum…how terrific!

I, too, was absolutely ecstatic when Barack Obama became our new President-elect! I have so much hope, now. I think the first positive result will be that our reputation throughout the world will improve dramatically. And that’s going to be HUGE!

Great blog, Ms. Paretsky!

By: corkhead

corkhead — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:36:58 +0000

Yes, bookwitch, It was amazing to see so many people so excited over an election and you had the feeling that somehow the thought of some change and hope had energised Americans back into believing in themselves and in a new democracy.

Along with that, of course, comes the huge, almost unrealistic, expectation that Barack Obama can quickly work miracles and undo all the wrongs foisted on the world by the Bush regime and all his buddies.

I hope that Obama picks his team carefully and makes choices wisely. Will we see Hillary and other experienced women in there somewhere? Let’s hope so.

By: bookwitch

bookwitch — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:42 +0000

The last ten years have made me very cynical, but maybe it’s time to let go and hope that Obama can do some good. It’s been a long time since so many people were this excited about election results, which is a good beginning.