2008 Reporting From Hawaii
posted by on November 4 at 20:57 PM
Beloved Stranger alum Amy Kate Horn is in Hawaii tonight. She writes…
Election Day is a government and school holiday in Hawaii. The polls only just closed here in Hawaii though it was clear who would win president two hours ago. I’m at Duke’s on the Beach in Waikiki and a middle-aged woman told me, “the only thing that sucks about living in Hawaii is your vote doesn’t count.”The locals are smiling everywhere at the news but the mood in Waikiki is subdued—half the tourists are glum Rs. A hot male couple were bickering—they voted absentee in their home state (Ohio), one for McCain, one for Obama. They would not let me take their photo.
Got to suck down my piña colada and run to a bar where the TV sound isn’t drowned out by a hula show to hear Obama’s acceptance speech!
amy kate - please eat a spam musubi for me in celebration!!
yeeessss!! haaaaawwwaaaaaiiiiannn!
Duke's is a shithole. Get over to the House Without A Key at the Halekulani.
I was thinking about this earlier -- how can a couple who splits their vote this election still be together? The only answer I can come up with is that the sex must be great...
fnarf, we started there but the damn hula show's guitar overwhelmed the little TV! This is an awfully weird place to be tonight. We need to go to the locals in Honolulu, obviously. Good job on all other races, WA state! Making me proud!
I'm having my birthday party up in Manoa and apparently our neighbor is a grumpy R since he shouted "You got lucky!" during Obama's speech.
I'd say we all got lucky.
Happy Election Day, Amy Kate Horn! You are much missed.
My brothers grew up in HI. They're now in their early 20s. They're thrilled about the outcome, but I wonder if they voted. They feel that it's pointless, since the outcome is almost always decided without taking HI into account.