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November 04, 2004

It's Official

Although teamchandler.net isn't a political forum, it is a place for documenting major events in our lives. So for the sake of posterity, and so Naomi can look back and read about this someday, we should record the events of this week.

On November 2, 2004 America voted in record numbers and the race for president was decided by the slimmest of margins in Ohio. 274 electoral votes and 51% of the popular vote put President Bush back in office. Although some provisional ballots remained outstanding, Senator Kerry made a noble decision to concede the race the next day because he believed it would be best for the country not to drag us into a protracted legal battle to decide the outcome.

America is deeply divided right now. While many are disappointed, as Senator Kerry said during his concession speech, "in an American election, there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates are successful, the next morning we all wake up as Americans. And that - that is the greatest privilege and the most remarkable good fortune that can come to us on earth."

On a lighter note, Cal and I really wanted to vote for Senator Palmer, but unfortunately he didn't make it onto Ohio's ballot.

Posted by teamchandler at November 4, 2004 10:28 PM