They Should Have Seen Obama Win

Posted on November 5, 2008 in Campaign 2008 Milestones

I’m sorry that my father did not live to see Obama’s victory.
I’m sorry that my aunt (mother’s sister) did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Lynn’s father did not live to see this.
I’m sorry Dreaming Mage did not live to see this.
I’m sorry Kathy did not live to see this.
I’m sorry Mileah did not live to see this.

I’m sorry that Obama’s grandmother did not live to see this.
I’m sorry his mother did not live to see this.
I’m sorry his father did not live to see this.

I’m sorry that John F. Kennedy did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Robert F. Kennedy did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Martin Luther King did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Malcolm X did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Bobby Darin did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Marvin Gaye did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Studs Terkel did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Arthur C. Clarke did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Isaac Asimov did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Douglas Adams did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Paul Newman did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Benazir Bhutto did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Pope John Paul II did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Mother Theresa did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Thomas Merton did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Christopher Reeve did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that John Lennon did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that George Harrison did not live to see this.
I’m sorry Gerald R. Ford did not live to see this.
I’m sorry Molly Ivins did not live to see this.

I’m sorry that Richard Nixon did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Ronald Reagan did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Strom Thurman did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Jerry Farwell did not live to see this.
I’m sorry that Jessie Helms did not live to see this.

But I’m damn glad that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, John McCain, and Sarah Palin all lived to see it!

Want to play? Just make a list of people who you wish could have seen Obama’s election and either append it as a comment or link it as a blog post. As a rule, keep to people who would have been 95 years old or younger this year if they had lived or who died within the last year.