Where were you?

[niceypoo]

When you heard Obama won?

I was sitting in a software re-engineering class (where everybody has a laptop)at the University of Washington. Every time Obama won a state, someone in class would excitedly interrupt, "Obama just won Virginia!," "Obama is ahead in North Carolina," etc. The professor would get the class back on track and start teaching again.

Finally, about 8 PM Seattle time, two people in the back row shouted, "He won! Obama won!"

From that moment on, the class was unteachable. The professor tried to get us back on track, but everyone was just too excited. The professor gave up and changed the due time for the in-class exercise we were working on til the next evening. Finally our beloved professor (From S. Korea), who normally goes out of his way to stay out of politics in the classroom, broke in to a shit eating grin and confessed that he too was happy Obama won, that it was a new era for the world.

Three students ignored the impromptu party going on and silently kept working, I assume they are the class Republicans.

One of my friends in the class said it seemed like new years eve!

Where were YOU when you heard?

Please K&R!!

[AlCzervik]

1. in the kitchen, heard Keith Olbermann, looked at my daughter---silence

"what?" "Mom he won!!!!!!! all of it, he won!!!!!!" and then i started crying and she started jumping up and down.

[LynneSin]

2. Finegan's Wake in Philadelphia

:woohoo:

I was with the big after party

[QueenOfCalifornia]

15. You are

allowed out of Delaware after dark? :P

Did you have an adult libation?

[LynneSin]

18. So were you born an asshole or did you naturally evolve into one

:shrug:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

19. Can't take any kind of

a joke?

I meant it in jest for cryin' out fuckin loud!

I thought for sure you would realize I was kidding...

[LynneSin]

27. Oh I can take a joke. But not the same tired retread assinine jokes that have been going on forever

You want to be funny, go to the lounge. This joke is so stale mold has overtaken it. We're suppose to be celebrating a great victory and what can you do - be an asshole. So if you want to be an asshole, I'll treat you like one.

BTW, your next VP is from Delaware - so go crawl under a rock.

[SteppingRazor]

3. Sitting on my couch watching MSNBC, laptop on my lap, cell phone in one hand...

and a bottle of Chivas Regal in the other. :evilgrin:

[YOY]

4. At home with my beloved wife and child.

Marley was fast asleep and Pepi was nervously flicking the channels. I was on the computer trying to ignore the scary first leaning of Virginia.

I had no tears...just releived shock. I kissed my wife...had one cigarette and phoned some friends to get reactions. Nothing but positive.

[paparush]

5. On the couch, with my beautiful wife and amazing son! Much hooting, then tears, then dancing.

[azmouse]

6. Sitting on the familyroom floor with my laptop on DU,

watching MSNBC and drinking cognac. I'll never forget it.

[goodgd_yall]

7. I was walking past the TV set going to my computer to check the results

When I heard and saw that Obama was declared the winner. I was surprised not that he won, but that it was declared so soon---just a few minutes after my state's (California's) polls had closed. Then a friend called and we shared in the excitement.

[nc4bo]

8. Was GOTV all day but hubby said "git yer arse home" so we could watch it together

So I flew home and got to enjoy the moment with my husband and son.

What a beautiful, spectacular moment it was.

[Avalux]

9. Sitting on the couch with my SO and my kids. We were all staring at the TV -

waiting for 10 pm (CST) to hear results from CA, WA, OR, etc. It happened so fast - suddenly KO announced Obama was President. We started screaming and yelling; high-fiving, jumping up and down. The dogs were scared. :D

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. A Democratic election night party in Corning NY

I was there working to flip a Republican Congressional Seat Blue for Eric Massa. Massa seems to have won a very tight race so most of us were glued to the local district updates but a wave of cheers and "Yes we can" chants swept the room when it was called for Obama. What a wonderful moment!

[grantcart]

11. at Leibholm for Congress party

[LaurenG]

12. Dozing off in bed

I heard what I though was white noise from the tv and it woke me up. When I opened my eyes the tv was on a scene from Grant Park and they were yelling and crying except that the sound was so low that it sounded like white noise. The first face I recognized was Rev Jessie Jackson and he was crying so I knew Obama had crossed the 270 threshold. I started crying too and was wide awake after that.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

13. West Coast,

San Diego, just North of Qualcomm Stadium, Near Fry's Electronics, in my house, in the family room (off the kitchen,) with my 2 kids and husband, on the couch, with my dog Tiki on my lap, drink in one hand, Tivo Controller in the other, Watching MSNBC - We knew that right after Keith was given the go ahead from someplace it would be announced...

As soon as the words came out of his mouth and the words on the TV said it - we all yelled and screamed for joy!

then I cried. I cried like a big baby.

:)

[Call Me Wesley]

14. On the patio, drinking my morning coffee,

when Heidi told me. (This is Switzerland, though.) I managed to stay up until 3:40 a. m. watching it, but had to go to sleep when Obama led with 173 EV against McSame's 56, Pennsylvania just in.

[onehandle]

16. I have no idea where I was almost three years ago.

When it became apparent that our next President would be a Democrat.

[4_Legs_Good]

17. Downstairs with the family in front of the TV with the bottle of champagne ready to uncork

I ran upstairs to get the 3 year old who was in a time out (he was just too excited with everything going on and was getting out of hand), and got back, poured the sparkling apple juice for the kids and waited, then they announced him on MSNBC, I uncorked the bottle and we all cheered and danced and it was just like the best New Year's Eve in history.

David

[OneGrassRoot]

20. At home, alone, in bed.....in Raleigh...

frustrated that I had no one to celebrate with.

I cried for hours. It was probably best I was alone.

:)

[Reader Rabbit]

21. At my favorite pub!

A group of us regulars had decided to watch the returns together, so we sat at the bar coloring in the states on copies of maps in that day's Oregonian. We cheered each state that turned blue, and after about an hour, we realized that the restaurant crowd was joining us. Then at 8:00, CNN's little "Projection" eye candy did its little whirl. We were all expecting another state to be projected, but what came up on screen said, "Barack Obama: President of the United States." It was dead silent for nearly 10 seconds, because no one was expecting such a quick call, and I think no one could believe it for a moment. Then someone on the other side of the restaurant gave a timid "Whoo!" and it was followed by total pandemonium. Everyone was cheering and hugging and crying! It was fantastic!

I'm crying again, just sitting here typing about it!

[danimich1]

22. I was watching FOX news at my friend's house

I didn't have a choice, I was out of town and staying at her house. I heard on the radio that Obama won Pennsylvania, but was not too surprised when it took Fox a long time to record that state in Obama's column.

So it was long faces all evening on Fox, although I have to admit I wasn't listening much. Then I noticed right at 9:00 that Obama won. It was a funeral at Fox, and that was the only way that I would have known that Obama won if I hadn't been watching the electoral vote total column! Ha ha.

At some point I said, "I'm tired of watching the funeral, can we at least turn on CNN?" That was better. However, I watched the MSNBC coverage when Obama was announced as the winner on Youtube last night, and that was MUCH BETTER! I would have partied if I had been with my partner watching MSNBC, but instead I was consoling. But that's okay, at least OBAMA WON!

[Dem_4_Life]

23. In my living room watching John Stewart announce it on Comedy Central!

Then I immediately switched to MSNBC to see the people around the country. Definitely a moment I will remember forever!

[apnu]

24. I my living room, with my lovely wife and good friends. Eating...

... homemade Chicago pizza (deep dish sausage and mushroom a classic) and drinking Chicago's local beer, Goose Island.

The night was a celebration of all things Chicago, food, beer and politics!

[Terran]

25. At home with my partner, on the couch, watching MSNBC...

I think I was more clued into how it was going than he was, because at 9:57pm our time (Central), I told him to go get the champagne because I was SURE they would declare him the winner at 10 the moment the west coast polls closed. And then it happened, and I looked over at him, and he was already crying as he said, "They wouldn't say that if it wasn't true, right?" Oh man, there wasn't a dry eye in our little house! The cats must have thought we were nuts.

[Ilsa]

26. At home, in the den, watching various channels, reading DU! nt

[tledford]

28. Glued in front of my TV (EST, NC), on CNN's website and drinking cheap Merlot. eom

[Left Is Write]

29. On the couch in my living room, with my computer on my lap and MSNBC on television.

[Withywindle]

30. In Grant Park, Chicago.

With a crowd that was at once the largest, the most electric, and the most kind and courteous one I've ever been in.

[JuniperLea]

36. This is the shortest DU post to ever give me goosebumps!

You are so fortunate! I would have loved to be there! It looked like a great big love fest... a Be In!

[Withywindle]

37. It was, it totally was.

People I knew who were worried about "trouble" are kicking themselves.

Yes, everyone was crazy excited. Yes, people were running to get good spots. Yes, the lines to check in were long and the foot traffic was gridlocked. But people were SO GOOD to each other. People got out of the way to help the elderly and disabled along. People apologized when they bumped each other. People who had hi-pricey iPhone type gizmos and were following the latest results while waiting in line made sure to shout out every development so people around them would know. Spontaneous songs and chants. Dancing.

And Barack performed a little loaves-and-fishes miracle. My cell phone battery was almost dead, and yet it still lasted all throughout the speech so that my mom in rural VA (who canvassed her ass off for him) who doesn't have cable could hear it live (and soak up the crowd's joy too.)

[JuniperLea]

40. I thought I was finished with the crying!!!

You brought me to tears again. This is a beautiful thing you experienced... wow.

[8 track mind]

31. I had fixed

A huge dinner for the wife who was coming home from being an election judge. She pulled up in the driveway right as Obama took Ohio. When MSNBC announced Obama had won, i picked her up and spun her around the room, both of us laughing and screaming! It was then i popped the cork on the bottle of champange!!!!!!!

it will allways be one of the greatest nights of our lives.

[niceypoo]

32. I have a friend that came from Australia for the Election

She went to Selma Alabama on election day, just to experience it from a historical perspective. She hasn't called me yet to say how it went.

[mscuedawg]

33. With one of my bestest friends...who is visiting from CT...when they announced that the CA polls ...

...were closing in 2 mins, we went outside to smoke really quick. When we came in...cheering was coming from the television...in just the few minutes we were outside, California, Oregon, and Washington State had returned BLUE and we had WON!!!!!!

We both hugged, cheered, and cried...

I'm so proud to have witnessed this!!!

[globalvillage]

34. John Kerry/Democratic victory party in Boston

What a fantastic celebration!

pics here

http://www.kerryvision.net/2008/11/congratulations_senator_kerry.html

[JuniperLea]

35. I was in an wingback chair in my living room...

That was my granny's... it's a comfort zone for me because I've been curling up in that chair since I was a wee bairn.

Something akin to this:




Edited to say... my b/f and I were sharing some Bushmills:) Crucial info there!

[progressoid]

38. At a bar with about 100 volunteers and supporters.

[Smuckies]

39. In my living room watching it on TV

:9