President Obama Speaks on results of Election "We Are Americans First"

[orangerful]

Video and full text of his speech are here.

I am going to miss him so much. His eloquence and his voice and his sense of humor.

Reading his speech makes me feel sad and hopeful at the same time. There were so many things said during the campaign to just win votes, things that Trump and the Republicans can't really do, at least not as quickly as they claim. At least the full on apocalypse won't start for at least 6 months, right?

Everyone at work is very quiet. It is a rainy day in Maryland and you can feel the gloom hanging over us. I can't say that I'm not scared; I feel like the kind of people that support Trump probably don't value the public library and the services we offer. Because we help everyone and want to give everyone access to information. I think they would call us socialists.

But anyway, wanted to share. Clearly I am having a hard time focusing on actual work today. And I'm here until 9pm, so I will probably continue to spam you with random thoughts as the day goes on.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I'm quite sure you're right about libraries, and social services in general, where they're concerned. I forget where I saw it but someone was issuing a call for people to surround the White House in January and not letting the Obamas leave ;)

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'm sure if anyone wants to get as far away from the building as possible, it would be Obama and his family! And I do not blame them.