I got all giddy last night and posted this at TampaCalling.com. It should have been posted here.
Wed. A.M. UPDATE: Obama wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, here I am. It's just past 10 p.m. and I'm cranking my Obama Victory Mix. My man is winning, and I'm feeling good about life, my country, humanity in general. Damn it all if he loses, eh? Here's what I reported tonight:
8:03 P.M. Middle-age(d?) white man at Tiny Tap Tavern, looks up at Fox New Coverage, sees Obama in the lead, and says to me: "Either way, they're going to burn things, in celebration or defeat, just look at Philadelphia."
Yikes!
8:19 P.M.: Four people currently at SoHo’s MacDinton’s. Soccer on the TV!
9:27 P.M.: SoHo shows it’s civil side. At the Dubliner a crowd of mid-20-something Hyde Park residents discuss the pros and cons of Obama and McCain. Equal number of people voted for each candidate, but a consensus is reached that everyone present is proud of the fact that young people are voting. As McCain voter Joey Lenz, 25, put it, "I would be so happy to something like 85% of the country voted in this election."
9:28 P.M.: “The Rack is packed. But no one save a few servers is offering even a cursory glance at the Fox News playing across the sushi/sports/billiards bar.”
This article appears in Nov 5-11, 2008.