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<\/p>\nI was at a brewpub in (the People’s Republic of) Santa Cruz, CA.<\/p>\n
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I was alternating between talking to a guy at the bar, and admiring the girl next to me’s tattoos, when the whole bar started jumping and screaming. So I jumped and screamed and pounded the bar. Then I realized that we were happy that Obama had won. It ruled. It feels good to win.<\/p>\n
I was amazed by Mccain’s concession speech. He shushed the “USA! USA!” crowd. He said what needed to be said – “he’s my president, and yours.” It was perfect.<\/p>\n
I was stunned by Obama’s speech. Perhaps most poignant, from some Haitian friends of amnesiadust<\/a>: “That man is crazy, with his whole family up there with him.”<\/p>\n Then I walked the streets of Santa Cruz, following the sounds of drums. Along the way I ditched my collar shirt to reveal the Obama shirt underneath.<\/p>\n I was interviewed by the local press. I was offered free drinks. I was bumped into by the very, very high. I was photographed by Japanese tourists.<\/p>\n Fireworks were set off.<\/p>\n It was a good night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was at a brewpub in (the People’s Republic of) Santa Cruz, CA.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I was alternating between talking to a guy at the bar, and admiring the girl next to me’s tattoos, when the whole bar started jumping and screaming. So I jumped and screamed and pounded the bar. Then I realized that we . . . → Read More: For the reco<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/cdwan.org\/pics\/temp\/IMG_0185.JPG\")
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