When I was just a baby, my mother propped me up in my older sister's lap and snapped a picture of us holding a newspaper with the headline "Man Lands on the Moon!" Jake is only 2 and a half years old, and won't remember this week's election - but I felt it was worth capturing the moment for posterity. This feels like a really special time to me.
The following are a few of my favorite quotes, celebrating the occasion:
- "Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly." - Rapper Jay-Z
- "Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress" - Headline from "The Onion"
- "Obama is concerned about who his white half is going to vote for." - Jonathan Stewart
- "Sarah Palin really did remind me of myself in a number of ways, but you know what? I'm really not qualified to be President." - a Friend's mother