You guys...YOU GUYS! I can't believe I'm saying this, but South Carolina turned BLUE yesterday! South Carolina, y'all. It's the most shocked I've been in ages, honestly.
I didn't even dare dream that Annie Andrews would win the Senate seat that's been held by Republicans since 1954. The utterly foul Strom Thurmond held the seat for an astounding 47 years until his death in 2003 and then Lindsey Graham (gag) from then until this past July. This is a very, very big deal. And although I'm sad that Jermaine Johnson didn't (quite) win, the Senate seat is a major, major triumph and it proves that our state is changing. Florida, keep the faith and keep pushing. Your day is coming. If it can happen here (and in Georgia, and Texas, and OMG MAYBE EVEN MISSISSIPPI) it can happen anywhere.
Half the staff at my school practically danced into work this morning. Everyone had knowing grins and talked about what a "beautiful morning" we were having. It did my soul good! The joy and relief were palpable. One funny thing happened. Right after I got to work, this little Black boy came up to me and said, "Mrs. Barlow...who did you vote for? My grandma voted for Dr. Annie Andrews and she's going to lower costs!" He couldn't have been over 10 years old.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I leaned in and whispered, "Me too" to answer his question).
Happy days. Bb
ReplyDeleteIndeed!
DeleteI am still in shock over my state. It is 8:15 pm on Wednesday November 4, 2026 and Rachel Maddow just said, right on tv, that Ohio is now a blue state. I still can't believe it. Of course this is looking at our state seats - governor, auditor, secretary of state, attorney genera (all former red jobs)l, even 2 women Ohio Supreme Court Judges. My stinking county stayed 100% red. Because we aren't very smart. As a friend posted today, everyone is up in arms about a data center that secretly appeared but you all voted to keep the people who support them in office.
ReplyDeleteJust be glad the people in your county weren't able to override the rest of the state...and keep the faith! There are good and right-thinking people in your county. You're proof of it!
DeleteGreat news around the world.
ReplyDeleteVery, very good news!
DeleteWhat a wonderful win! I'm happy for you all!
ReplyDeleteAnd Canada lit up Niagara Falls in blue! That made me so happy!
DeleteSad that it took high gas prices and food costs to get folks wake-up….but thankful…bb
ReplyDeleteI agree with that. But a win is a win!
DeleteWay to go, SC! And Iowa, Kansas, Texas...among many others. I was shocked but delighted to watch the election returns. I couldn't believe my eyes!!
ReplyDeleteAnd Mississippi is still in play! Just unbelievable.
DeleteYou did your part, Jennifer. Not only by voting but also by writing all those postcards.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could do more! Several of my retired book club friends are poll workers, which I would love to do one day myself. My one friend, Karen, was working all day 6am until 8pm at the polls. I took her an iced coffee and offered to bring her lunch, but she'd already packed one. :) So very, very many good people worked so hard for this. It makes me cry if I think about it.
DeleteI have been thinking joyfully about you! I never expected this!
ReplyDeleteI finally have real hope that we're going to survive this madness. I'm proud of us!
DeleteI'm in Ohio and feel the same shock. So happy. The fact that Graham's sister did even as well as she did is horrifying, though. I've followed Andrews for a few years now; I really think she will do a good job.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of voters here who never, ever vote for anyone with a D by their name. At least a few of them must have made the one exception in their otherwise red ballots, or this would never have happened. It gives me hope!
DeleteI, too, was nervously watching the Annie Andrews race and was so happy that she did it!!
ReplyDeleteBut then Jermaine Johnson lost and that hurt a little, or a lot.
Jennifer I was thinking of you Tues night when they announced the winner for South Carolina--so happy for you guys!! The Graham name is finally over! 😊
ReplyDeleteSo much good news across the country, Jennifer! I can't wait for January with they can get to work!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many videos going around right now with Floridians showing our righteous jealousy over how so many rock-red states have turned while we're still caught in this morass of Republican BS. YES! We are so happy for you and thus, for all of us but...really?
ReplyDeleteDamn, Florida. Just...damn.
Its quite amazing isnt it how a country can transform overnight and filled with glee and hope. Well....for most of us anyone who were always sane.
ReplyDeleteThere is so much to celebrate! As for Florida, it has been blue in the past and I believe it will be blue again.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw that Annie Andrews won, I immediately thought of you and how happy you must have been when you first saw that news. Darlene Graham was just not a qualified candidate.
ReplyDeleteErr.. Why did you write "gag" after the name Lindsey Graham? Is it because the fellow was a joke - as in "gag" or because he made you want to vomit? Perhaps you were simply wishing that he had worn a gag to prevent him from talking? Anyway, I hope that President 47 soon joins Lindsey Graham wherever he has gone. Three cheers for the working people of South Carolina for voting blue on Tuesday! Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteSo proud of South Carolina!
ReplyDeleteIt absolutely is a "Blueful morning". Everything suddenly feels brighter, lighter.
ReplyDeleteAnd Annie got a lot of her votes from the heart of Evangelical land! And she's a democrat!
ReplyDeleteI thought of you watching those results. It was an amazing, amazing night.
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