Slog - Comments on Joy in Seattle

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:57:48 -0800

I'm somewhere in the front, holding Monique and crying like a little bitch with a skinned knee.

Comment by (drugs)

(drugs) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:01:07 -0800

I don't remember you throwing anything on the crowd.

Comment by Carollani

Carollani — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:01:34 -0800

By the time I made it there from work around 6:30, they weren't allowing anyone else in. I brought jam and everything. Boo.

Comment by Balt-O-Matt

Balt-O-Matt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:04:50 -0800

Dan, I'm not sure, but I think I heard you say something dangerously close to Reverend Wright's "God damn America." Ha ha.

My SO and I were at home here in Baltimore enjoying the night together. This so beats 2004.

Comment by AJ

AJ — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:05:37 -0800

Thanks for the props to Prop 1, ECB.

I hope you whooped it up when you heard.

Comment by Womyn2me

Womyn2me — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:08:35 -0800

I started crying just looking at the video.... Dan, good to see you hopping up and down like a kid...

Comment by cool moves

cool moves — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:09:47 -0800

Who is the completely opportunistic tone-deaf idiot that ran to the middle of the stage to jump up and down?

Comment by Throwing up non-stop

Throwing up non-stop — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:22:38 -0800

When is this shit going to stop? Seriously. I'm thrilled to death that he won, but I swear to God, one more of these fucking posts and I'm going to seriously lose my shit.

Quit acting like a goddamned bunch of 11 year olds already. The world is still fucked, in too many ways to count. It's a start, yes. But we are still light years away. So all this "we are one" and - even worse - "I got SO fucking hammered" last night shit makes you look like a dim witted herd indeed.

Comment by Original Monique

Original Monique — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:22:51 -0800

I was in tears, they wouldn't stop. Me, Poe, and Abby hugged and jumped around while the guy from ABC stood around looking 'too cool' for us.

Great video!

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:33:46 -0800

That ACB guy didn't lose that expression once. Not even after Obama won. He looked bored the entire night. Even when Savage went to talk to him, he looked like he just wanted to be left alone. Must've been a McCain supporter, m-hm.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:34:42 -0800

*ABC. Fuck.

Comment by rosemary

rosemary — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:35:19 -0800

thank you dan savage and everyone at the stranger for the most exciting, joyous and unforgettable party i have ever been to. i can't wait to tell my grandchildren someday about where i was, and who i was with, on the most amazing night of our generation.

Comment by Dan Savage

Dan Savage — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:41:30 -0800

@8: After 2004, folks were despondent and morose for a solid week. Let us have a full 24 hours to savor this, Grumpelstiltskin, and then we can go back to stressing out about the state of the world. Sheesh.

Comment by Sargon Bighorn

Sargon Bighorn — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:01:38 -0800

I'll always remember being there; the dark ages are over!

Comment by Lined down the third base line...

Lined down the third base line... — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:03:33 -0800

Last night I almost felt the same euphoria as I did for Edgar's series-winning double in '95. Almost, but not quite.

Comment by stinkbug

stinkbug — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:13:31 -0800

the dark ages are over?

I thought the same thing the night Clinton won. After iving through 12 years of reagan and bush it seemed that everything was going to change. Some things did, but to quote tim robbins, clinton was the first republican I ever voted for.

Comment by Sargon Bighorn

Sargon Bighorn — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:20:11 -0800

Let me clarify as Stink makes a good point; The Dark ages of Gay Americans being invisible to the President while addressing the nation are over. THOSE dark ages are over. Did that help?

Comment by John Bailo

John Bailo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:22:37 -0800

The horror! The horror!

Comment by Damien

Damien — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:13:23 -0800

Jesus Christ, every single one of these videos makes me cry.

Comment by please help

please help — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:40:33 -0800

pleeeease has anyone found a link to video of the corresponding reaction at any GOP gatherings? I want tears, gasps of shock, sobbing, spreading peestains on trousers...

Comment by violet_dagrinder

violet_dagrinder — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:46:08 -0800

YAAAY! So glad there's video of this.

Because I was simultaneously screaming and sobbing so hard I couldn't see. Some nice person put champagne in my hand. Bless them. LOL

"Congratulations, we fucking saved this goddamned country!"

Let's fucking hope so.

Comment by robo

robo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:57:29 -0800

@ 10, Mr. Poe: "He (the ABC Guy) looked bored the entire night. Even when Savage went to talk to him, he looked like he just wanted to be left alone."

Wow... how is that possible? Someone didn't fall all over themselves for Dan?

I love Dan Savage, but y'all are getting hard to stomach. Bye Slog.

Comment by Andy Niable

Andy Niable — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:58:22 -0800

As we yelled at the Victory March (that's being so pooh-pooh'd tnite): THE DEMOCRATIC "PARTY" IS JUST GETTING STARTED...

Comment by OOF DAH

OOF DAH — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:39:19 -0800

it IS what unity feels like. i never really feel unity. not so total and utter and exhilirating like that UNITY. it has a feeling. it's not just for fundie christians. christ, it feels so good not to be ironically alone.