Was your election night like this?

[Adam4tvs]

Run time: 02:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jebV11UnDGY   Posted on YouTube: November 06, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 06, 2008 By DU Member: Adam4tvs Views on DU: 1420

 
How anxious were you?

[funkybug]

1. Yes, it pretty much WAS just like that

Thanks for letting me relive it!

Recommended ... nice work :)

[damntexdem]

2. LIke that but noisier.

We must have woken up the neighborhood (largely GOP neighborhood at 10pm CT, so many good Repubs must have already been in bed).

[MrObama]

3. Oh no...

...I'm Crying Again

:cry:

[PatSeg]

4. Same here!

Just can't seem to stop.

[democracy1st]

5. great job Adam

[prostock69]

6. Damn!!! I am crying again.

That was great. Thank you so much for documenting your experience during this great election. I was not anxious, I was a BASKET CASE! My stomach hurt so bad I couldn't eat all day. And then when the polls first closed and the results started to come, I started to pace the floors. Being from Ohio, I knew how important it was that Obama won our state. When CNN put Ohio up on their map with the first results and it was 63% for Obama with 1% of the vote in, I nearly died!!! I kept my fingers crossed and prayed. Once they called Ohio, I knew he had it won. Once they called the election, I couldn't go to bed. I couldn't get enough to the joy and ecstasy everyone (except the freepers) was to represent out country and that Sarah Palin was not getting her hands on the white house. Oh Happy Day! :toast:

[IndependentDem]

7. I still cant believe its true.

I cant wait until his inauguration speech.

[pipi_k]

8. I was a nervous wreck until

they called PA for Obama

then I pretty much knew he'd win it all


Incidentally, we sat in front of the tube for hours...until just before 11 PM (in Mass) when we had to take the dogs out for their nightly pee just before tucking them in for the night...

I knew it would only take a few minutes out in the yard, so, knowing that there was time before the polls closed out west, we hooked them up and out we went. Obama's EC tally was about 207 then

Three minutes later we came back in and they were already announcing the breaking news....Obama elected President...I'm like....HOLY SHIT!!! What the hell happened?????

We did the rewind/DVR thing and saw it from the beginning when they first announced it...

And even though I knew he'd do it...I was still overcome with emotion...and so was Mr Pip.

I don't think I'll ever forget that moment.




PS...I also got weepy watching that again

[awoke_in_2003]

14. I will be a nervous wreck...

until he is sworn in on Jan 20.

[targetpractice]

9. Welcome to DU!

Mine was like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHL70l4zaLc

[Adam4tvs]

16. totally gave me chills...

...this is an america i've never known.

[ejbr]

10. Pretty much, except I was a blubbering mess...

seeing you at the end almost took me there again. K & R.

[pberq]

11. yes - great job

[Granny M]

12. Pretty much just like that.

I had the laptop in front of me, the TV tuned to CNN, and on the phone with my best friend - yelling CNN just called it!!! and blubbering like a baby.

[jennied]

13. I was SO nervous that I didn't even turn on my tv til 8:40...

and of course, it was announced around 8, so I missed it, but it was still AMAZING. I was sooooo happy.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. You should have seen me when they called Ohio for Obama.

I was watching FOX News (yeah, I don't know why) and everyone was sitting around the kitchen table IGNORING THE DAMN RESULTS. I was the only one who saw it and started screaming as loud as I could "OBAMA WON OHIO! THEY CALLED IT! OBAMA WON OHIO! OBAMA WON OHIO!"

I lost it.

[stlsaxman]

17. Exactly like that! Beautifully done, Adam! Thanks!

[swishyfeet]

18. I didn't have enough hands to run video and pop the champagne...

I had to settle for a toast, a tear, and a snapshot of the moment.

I like the multiple tv's - though I only see Adam3tvs in your video.

[Adam4tvs]

19. How wise of you...

...to catch that. Actually 4tvs was a one-man show I did awhile back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkUDh1zUthk

And to give you perspective the "little" tvs in the obama video are 27 inches. THe monster is 10 feet. :)

[skooooo]

20. Great video.

Thanks!