Marc
This morning I am proud of
my connections to North Carolina. I am an alum of Wake Forest and Duke
University. My ex-husband’s family (whom I still adore) are from
Wilmington, NC.
My best friend teaches at NC State University. My adorable young
cousin, Dani has been volunteering for Barack all over the state and
sending me text messages to let me know how things are going. In many ways, North Carolina is home. So I am taking particular joy in the big win last night in the Tarheel state.
So I have given my Obama-boogie a little dirty South style by taking some liberty with Petey Pablo’s incomparable “Raise Up”
This one's for North Carolina! C'mon and raise up
Voted for Barack, we love ya’ll
Gonna give us a new black President
North Carolina! C'mon and raise up
This one's for you, uh-huh, this one's for who?
Us, us, us; yes sir!
My favorite fact of the
night. George W. Bush won a greater percentage of the black vote in
North Carolina in 2004 than HRC won last night.
I truly wish we had taken
Indiana too. I had a whole Jackson 5 riff I was going to do. For now I
am just enjoying the big NC win. Our Root.com colleague Jack White said that Barack needed to perform a little Michael Jordan impression to win this thing. How perfect that he did just that in Mike’s home state. Ok, I am going to go have some shrimp and grits for breakfast.
Melissa