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2016 Postmortem

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 12:30 AM Dec 2012

Four Weeks Ago at this time...

...we were celebrating the sweetest election triumph we'd seen in our lifetimes!

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Four Weeks Ago at this time... (Original Post) BlueDemKev Dec 2012 OP

Oh I'm guessing you weren't in Grant Park 4 years ago. mucifer Dec 2012 #1

I am jealous democrattotheend Dec 2012 #2

I agree, as wonderful as Obama's first election was the reafirmation of his WI_DEM Dec 2012 #3

mucifer

(23,549 posts)

1. Oh I'm guessing you weren't in Grant Park 4 years ago.

Reply to BlueDemKev (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 12:49 AM

Dec 2012

I was lucky enough to be there.

But, yeah the scary "what if" thing this time around was big.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)

2. I am jealous

Reply to mucifer (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:46 AM

Dec 2012

I would have killed to be there that night. But I did get to go to his last rally in 2008 in Manassas, which was almost as exciting. We could all feel it that he was going to win (although I was still nervous on Election Day), and the excitement in the air was amazing.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)

3. I agree, as wonderful as Obama's first election was the reafirmation of his

Reply to BlueDemKev (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:49 AM

Dec 2012

leadership when the GOP were so certain they would win is sweeter for me. It also proved that an African-American president was no fluke--he was re-elected by the American people.

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