Obama is President Elect

Late last night, they officially announced that Obama was elected president I am amazed by the vastly different reactions of my friends - most obviously my friends on facebook. If you are unfamiliar with Facebook, there is a status update that you can change. For example, mine recently said "Kathryn Anne Vickery Peebles is sick of being sick." You can change the part after your name to say whatever you want and all your friends can read it. (By the way, "Vickery" is not actually part of my legal name, I just left it in there so that friends from before I was married would know who I am.)

I think looking back on this in a few years will help me remember the strange mixture of reactions - I think the status updates reveal more than any article I've read so far.

Here are some of my friends' recent statuses (stati?) starting Tuesday morning until now:
...is voting for Monty Brewster.
...can't wait for the election to be overwith. SO tired of hearing about it.
...VOTED this morning! Yea for democracy!!
...is glad she voted early and won't be standing in long lines today.
...voted for Barack Obama this morning.
...is Palin 2012 baby!
...already voted and is totally taking advantage of free coffee at starbucks and a free cone at Ben and Jerry's!
...is voting...go ______ ! May peace and love prevail!
...is ready for a change.
...is proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
...is hopeful...
...voted today! And it took way less time than it did for everyone who voted early!
...just made the "vote" ticker go up!...;)
...voted today
...is "Bob Barr for America!"
...thinks that Karl Marx may become our new "friend", or else!
...is the 1,707,453rd person to donate their status to get out the vote for John McCain today. Donate yours: http://causes.com/election/27577504.
... reminds you that polls close soon, so please go vote for John McCain. Remind your friends: http://causes.com/election?m=33479262.
... is remembering that the lORD remains the same as he did yesterday, as he is today and as he will be tomorrow.
...is looking on the bright side … at least we won't have to worry about putting gas in our cars or paying our mortgages now.
...wishes people wouldn't say such ugly things about either future president.
...is excited to watch our country go to crap.
...is so elated Pres. Obama time for a change history has just happend.
...is beyond words...it's an amazing and promising night.
...is speechless (literally and figuatively)...
...is home and watching history unfold.
...is grinnin'. :-].
...is not a socialist. Neither is Barack Obama: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-chicago-socialist,0,4048540.story.
...is.. i don't know.
...is kinda bored.
...is yeah!
...is excited about the prospect of having presidential addresses that are worth listening to for the next four years!
... is excited that I can now tell my 4 year old, "You can be anything you want to be and here's proof."
...is looking for the handbasket to get inside of...
...is stoked his boy won.
...is glad he no longer has to see political advertisements!
...Disappointed but not surprised. Fortunately my hope doesn't lie in any man or man-made institution. Blessings have abounded this week.
...is hopeful that we will all understand that reasonable times are not created by unreasonable people. Rationality and reactivity do not go hand in hand.
...wishes President Obama well, and his hope and faith and trust are for God.
..."Hamas fires 35 rockets into Israel"...great, they must have heard Obama was cutting military budget 25%.
....is thankful that no matter who wins elections, God is ultimately in charge!
...is glad the elections are over and hopes everyone can find peace and unity with the decision.
...is so emotional and proud to be able to raise her daughter who will always believe that her skin color will not dampen her dreams!
...i dare not trust the sweetest frame.
...knows that Harold is smiling where ever he is... Now time for some post-partisan appointees and a combined effort to lessen the impact of the recession.
...loved the patriotic connection with her 976 customers on 11/4. {this person works for Starbucks - they gave out free coffee to voters}
...is wondering if Oprah is going to miss the additional 16 million dollars she is estimated to pay under Barak's proposed tax plan.
...Yes. They did. http://thad.typepad.com/
...thinks Thad is awesome: http://thad.typepad.com/homeanywhere/
...dreams of a day where no one will be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
...will be living in the USSA - The United Socialist States of America - in 2009. :(

(please note: I just went in order of posting until the time I posted THIS and included every political status update, even the many that do not personally hold true. I would recommend reading Thad's blog that was referred to twice.)