Why I'm a Debbie Downer during this surge of Obamamania
Filed by: Jason Tseng
November 5, 2008 7:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/why_im_a_debbie_downer_during_this_surge.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/why_im_a_debbie_downer_during_this_surge.php)
With the increasingly likely passage of Proposition 8 in California, which will strip the marriage rights of thousands of couples in California and across the nation, I'm just gonna call it: we lost in California.
Some may say I'm jumping the gun, but I had my doubts far earlier than last night. At this point, with 8% of votes still to be counted and a small 4 point lead (2 points really), the race is still really close... but most of the liberal pockets in California have already been counted, and I am not optimistic. Heck, the Yes camp has already declared victory. I think we all just need to acknowledge that Prop 8 will pass and get over it.
Now, I feel that I am faced with an awkward situation: caught between Obama's incredibly invigorating and historic landslide win for the first non-white candidate of a major western power, and the all-too-familiar "We tried really hard, and we were really close, but Americans still hate the gays" story from the past few election cycles that I have been a part of. I hate to be a Mopey Molly in the face of such thundering enthusiasm across the nation, but I'm saddened and I feel rightly so.