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November 4 2008 I'm watching the election; I gave my cousin a call.Henry what are you doing? I'm just sitting here eating some walnutshe replied. My response was What! How can you be sitting there eatingwalnuts at a time like this? Henry turn the TV on. By that time the resultsfrom Virginia came over. Breaking News Senator Barack Obama President-Elect flashed across the screen.My cousin still cracking walnuts as I immediately informed him HenryHenry it's over it's over it's Obama. What! he said excitedly. What!Let me see he continued as he searched for the channel I was watching.Lord! Lord have mercy he said as he began to shed tears yet repeatingLord have mercy. I asked Henry Are you crying?I can't help but to cry. Henry Henry I called once again. Call yourwife. OK all right he said.We hung up and I then called my oldest son. He answered the phoneTell me about it. My reply to him was yes as I extended my right arm outand jerk it back just as my grandson BJ sometimes does when he's happyabout something. We talk awhile as we began to hear fireworks. Before wehung up my son said Martin Luther King is probably turning over in hisgrave.