Slog - Comments on We Were in Bellevue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue The SECB was at Darcy Burner's election-night celebration when all hell broke loose. We wept when Obama gave his speech, and an Obama-happy Iranian lady clutched at us when the vote was announced. She was quickly followed by an old woman—a longtime Kennedy fan—who grabbed at us as though we were on fire. Nobody could really uderstand that this was the current situation, that the election was decided. Everybody grabbed at strangers as though the moment was real. Bellevue was not as crazy as Seattle reportedly is at the moment, but it was sincere. To hug complete strangers at the... Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:21:03 -0800 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:27:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jason Kuznicki the first moment on the planet earth that a western industrialized nation has accepted a minority as its leader

Not to nitpick, but Jean Chrétien was a member of the Quebecois minority, and he wasn't the first (that would be Wilfrid Laurier).

Also, Benjamin Disraeli was ethnically though not observantly Jewish, and French Prime Minister Léon Gambetta was the son of an Italian immigrant.

]]> Jason Kuznicki http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1194984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1194984 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:15:28 -0800 Comment by Eric @1

The Canadians and the French? You know you're talking to Americans, right? Who the fuck cares about Canada or France? NOT ME!

]]> Eric http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1194986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1194986 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:25:40 -0800 Comment by and another thing... Are we considering women as 'minorities'?

'Cause if we are, Canada's had one of those (briefly), too; Kim Campbell.

Jesus, even *France* has had one of those (briefly)... .

If you extend the definition of 'Western industrialized countries', then toss in Alberto Fujimori in Peru.

Guess it depends on how you define 'minority'.

]]> and another thing... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1195032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1195032 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:17:05 -0800 Comment by Susan So I'm not quite sure its true that "No Democratic president has assumed this level of acceptance from his electorate since FDR." Lyndon B. Johnson won by a landslide in 1964.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election#Results

]]> Susan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1195696 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1195696 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:24:33 -0800 Comment by hannah friedman My humble musical letter to president Obama:
www.writinghannah.blogspot.com

Best,
Hannah

]]> hannah friedman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1195708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/we_were_in_bellevue#c1195708 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:27:42 -0800