Obama: The (First) Day After

Carl Ross at 12:28 PM on 11/05/08:

Oh you wanna come home now eh? Well you’re always welcome as you know. The revolution will not be televised and it can always use more good writers! :) I’m certainly interested to see how the rest of the world reacts to this news. Something about the French reaction maybe?

MML at 12:33 PM on 11/05/08:

the country’s still a mess, carl. but i’ll be back before obama’s four years are up. meanwhile, for int’l reaction:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05global.html?hp

madeleine at 5:04 PM on 11/05/08:

three words: Florida Went Blue.

MML at 6:47 PM on 11/05/08:

indeed, madeleine! honestly, i was starting to expect a reagan vs. mondale level blowout, but he got enough, he got what he needed.

Lori L. Tharps at 2:15 AM on 11/06/08:

I didn’t think you were really coming back. I thought it was just Obama fever. But hooray for you. I think all of our great Black writers and artists in exile should come on home and celebrate.

I’m curious too how the French are reacting?

MML at 9:08 AM on 11/06/08:

hi lori, glad you stopped by! yeah, the ‘arrangement’ with my darling wife from the beginning was that we’d split time between countries; a few years here, a few years there. i’m going to finish my book late next year and hop on a plane. and, back to france in 2015 probably.

the french are very excited! my wife got several 6 a.m. text messages from friends when obama was named the winner, and the president had nothing but kind words. nothing beats dancing in the streets of harlem, but france is happy, maybe even envious.

madeleine at 5:37 PM on 11/06/08:

and, according to his acceptance speech, the girls are getting a puppy!

It really is amazing the level of just plain relief I feel…I think that for the first time in a long time, we’ve got a leader who understands a greater cross-section of the country: working poor to Harvard intellectuals, to corporate raiders.

I can’t wait to see what he brings.

mike at 2:39 AM on 11/10/08:

I am glad to be part of history,the first african american pres.that is great.but to make a comment paint the white house black to me is rasist barack as far as i know of never played his race into his campain but whites and blacks are playing it to their advantage would this not be a good time to stop drawing the line and get together for the greater good for ALL OF AMERICA like MR obama wants

MML at 6:56 AM on 11/10/08:

‘paint the white house black’ is a phrase from an old p-funk song, mike, i don’t understand how it could be seen as racist. it’s, uh, a joke?

Michael A. Gonzales at 7:07 AM on 11/12/08:

you know i’ve always had mixed feelings about your “i’m leaving the country because of bush” rap. just never really got it, i guess.

MML at 8:08 PM on 11/12/08:

that’s why you stay there, mike. it’s all good.

shawn taylor at 7:13 AM on 11/14/08:

i’m just wondering why michelle’s dress looks like a black widow. i’m just sayin’.

MML at 8:42 PM on 11/14/08:

you should join facebook, shawn, you wouldn’t believe the comments i got after posting a NY Times article about that dress. whew…