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I actually felt a little bad for McCain during his concession speech. Had to deal with the rude rable he encouraged while he sold out his ideals and his precious honor in an ultimately unsuccessful quest.
And the stuff I've learned about what he was really like during the times I actually liked him can't be unlearned. He has been diminished in a way that wasn't necessary. I wonder if, since he lost anyway, he regrets not remaining the John McCain that the Republican base would have never supported. For all the good it did him to gain that support.
I teared up at one point during Obama's speech. But I think it was the part that implied the rights likely denied me tonight in California would be regained someday. He's a powerful speaker when it counts. I will give him the chance to be the powerful president we all deserve and hope for.
Good luck, President Obama. Do good by us and by you.
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