He won. The “West Wing” scenario played out exactly as–
Uh oh.
Has anyone checked on Joe Biden?
PAD
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Actually when I heard about his grandmother I thought “that’s his Leo.”
David
I never thought I’d see this in my lifetime. I guess the 60’s were worth it. Wow. I’d love to be a fly on the wall near Sarah Palin, whose a.m. plans will have to be adjusted now.
Has anyone checked on Joe Biden?
They’ll have to let him out of the locked closet now. Let the comedy begin!
Congratulations, President-Elect Obama.
Ouch, I hadn’t thought of that. Given that Joe Biden was hospitalized for two brain aneurysms in the 80’s, the West Wing scenario can’t be discounted as a possibility. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen.
It is an amazing time to be alive. Though I’ve already seen some sour grapes on other blogs, tonight we celebrate!
Lovely. Somewhere in heaven, Martin King is dancing with joy. I know I am.
This is truly a great day. For me, it ranks with our first steps on the Moon.
I’d have a drink in celebration, but I’m out. Unless Claire has a beer stashed in the fridge someplace.
Miles
Finally, I can stop worrying about this election.
Now I can start worrying about this Presidency. I totally believe that Obama has it in him to be a good President. However, we don’t need a good President right now, we need a great one. Honestly, we need a legendary one. That’s a lot to hope for, so I wish Obama the best.
But for now, it’s just nice to see Obama win.
Go to rogerebert.com and read his blog on this.
Studs Terkel is grinning like a maniac. So is Paul Newman. And Tim Russert.
Miles
Well I’m glad
But he has been handed one gigantic mess to clean up and I am afraid he wont be able to have any time in these next four years to show us what kind of mark he may have made of his own
But if he CAN clean up the mess he was handed….and get back some of the respect we used to have in the world theater…..I should think that that alone would show and prove what kind of man he is
Time will tell
I’m starting some pools of my own.
-How many months until the next attack on US soil?
-How many months until some nut kills him, just to say he killed the first black president?
-How many months until all of you realize just what a mistake you made?
We are SO SCREWED!!!!
I’m starting some pools of my own.
-How many months until the next attack on US soil?
-How many months until some nut kills him, just to say he killed the first black president?
-How many months until all of you realize just what a mistake you made?
We are SO SCREWED!!!!
Actually when I heard about his grandmother I thought “that’s his Leo.”
That’s a good point.
And also consider that Vinick was associated with a nuclear meltdown that cost him dearly since he kept talking about how nuclear power was safe. And McCain talked about how sound the economy was and then there was an economic meltdown.
PAD
Gave, you’re such a comedian. Why waste it on us? Go out there and make a living off of your… talents.
Bad, PAD! Bad! 😀
Bad, PAD! Bad! 😀
Er… Dave, you’re such a comedian…
Wow! A culmination of one of the better organized campaigns I have ever seen. While I have some serious misgivings over whether or not a President Obama will succeed, they can wait for another time. For the sake of the country I love, I hope I am wrong and the peoples’ faith is justified. For now, I would just like to say congratulations to the people who supported the winning ticket.
Wow! A culmination of one of the better organized campaigns I have ever seen. While I have some serious misgivings over whether or not a President Obama will succeed, they can wait for another time. For the sake of the country I love, I hope I am wrong and the peoples’ faith is justified. For now, I would just like to say congratulations to the people who supported the winning ticket.
Congratulations to President-elect Obama. I hope his term is memorable for its success,
Finally it’s over and Peter’s countdown clock can fade away in 70+ days, without a reset.
I had Faux News streaming just for the heck of it, the look on the faces of their viewers when the race was called was just priceless. I’m sure tomorrow Lumbaugh will start his America Held Hostage, schtick again, but for me the Long Night is Ending!
Finally it’s over and Peter’s countdown clock can fade away in 70+ days, without a reset.
I had Faux News streaming just for the heck of it, the look on the faces of their viewers when the race was called was just priceless. I’m sure tomorrow Lumbaugh will start his America Held Hostage, schtick again, but for me the Long Night is Ending!
8 years ago started the darkest time in my life. I was a lost soul, and had no direction in my life. I thought it ironic that at the same time, our country could not decide our President for the next millennium. Sadly the times to come mirrored my own little life.
I managed to pull out of a significant depression with the help of a dear, dear friend. I learned hope once more, and I believed that the country had gotten wiser as I had. We all were there for 2004…
Difficult though it was, I refused to fall into despair. I forged forward and continued to improve myself and hope perhaps that the nation might follow my odd synchronicity.
(making this my homepage helped: http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml)
Tonight, I’m elated I held to hope, hard though it is sometimes…
Like faith, hope manages.
8 years ago started the darkest time in my life. I was a lost soul, and had no direction in my life. I thought it ironic that at the same time, our country could not decide our President for the next millennium. Sadly the times to come mirrored my own little life.
I managed to pull out of a significant depression with the help of a dear, dear friend. I learned hope once more, and I believed that the country had gotten wiser as I had. We all were there for 2004…
Difficult though it was, I refused to fall into despair. I forged forward and continued to improve myself and hope perhaps that the nation might follow my odd synchronicity.
(making this my homepage helped: http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml)
Tonight, I’m elated I held to hope, hard though it is sometimes…
Like faith, hope manages.
How many months until all of you realize just what a mistake you made?
What stopped the republicans from making Chuck Hagel their candidate and preventing our “mistake?” Hagel wanted to run, and the popular vote is being reported way closer than the polls indicated. It would have been a walk for him, but what stopped you from picking him?
How many months until all of you realize just what a mistake you made?
What stopped the republicans from making Chuck Hagel their candidate and preventing our “mistake?” Hagel wanted to run, and the popular vote is being reported way closer than the polls indicated. It would have been a walk for him, but what stopped you from picking him?
On behalf of the world, or at least my corner of it, I want to thank the United States of America for getting it right.
Congratulations, President Obama!
Now the hard part begins.
I hope Obama has a huge staff that is able to keep track of all the stuff that needs un-doing after 8 years. And not just the big, obvious stuff either…
Now the hard part begins.
I hope Obama has a huge staff that is able to keep track of all the stuff that needs un-doing after 8 years. And not just the big, obvious stuff either…
I guess the 60’s were worth it.
Let’s not get carried away.
Peter, I just finished Election Day this evening. Pretty ironic timing, ain’t it?
Have a question, though.
(Spoiler Warning) When Wolvie first confronts Kaz, Kaz sticks one of his claws into his own arm, twists it, and then yanks it out. After squeezing it, the bleeding soon stops. From this I got that he had a healing factor. But later it’s revealed that he’s a power damper. So how did that nasty arm wound suddenly heal? (End Spoiler Warning.)
Peter, I just finished Election Day this evening. Pretty ironic timing, ain’t it?
Have a question, though.
(Spoiler Warning) When Wolvie first confronts Kaz, Kaz sticks one of his claws into his own arm, twists it, and then yanks it out. After squeezing it, the bleeding soon stops. From this I got that he had a healing factor. But later it’s revealed that he’s a power damper. So how did that nasty arm wound suddenly heal? (End Spoiler Warning.)
Biden’s on stage now. So I guess Toot was his Leo.
Biden’s on stage now. So I guess Toot was his Leo.
As someone who did not want to see Obama elected, all I can say is I hope he does what is best for this country as a whole, and really works to be a centrist like Bill Clinton did.
I am still amazed at the amount of ignorance all around me, at how important people think the President is. The bigger issue the past 8 years was the loss of checks and balances when Republicans held control of everything for 6 of them. It is Congress that writes the laws. I personally think that if Democrats had control of one part of Congress, we wouldn’t be so bad off right now. And I hope Democrats realize that it applies to both sides. They can’t go overboard with their agenda, as Republican’s stupidly did. The next four years are more important based on what Congress does, than anything Obama could do.
One last comment: I am dámņ proud of this country for actually electing someone of mixed race, who at least looks like a black man. I would have loved for it to have been Colin Powell and not Obama, but I truly hope this helps this country truly become colorblind.
As someone who did not want to see Obama elected, all I can say is I hope he does what is best for this country as a whole, and really works to be a centrist like Bill Clinton did.
I am still amazed at the amount of ignorance all around me, at how important people think the President is. The bigger issue the past 8 years was the loss of checks and balances when Republicans held control of everything for 6 of them. It is Congress that writes the laws. I personally think that if Democrats had control of one part of Congress, we wouldn’t be so bad off right now. And I hope Democrats realize that it applies to both sides. They can’t go overboard with their agenda, as Republican’s stupidly did. The next four years are more important based on what Congress does, than anything Obama could do.
One last comment: I am dámņ proud of this country for actually electing someone of mixed race, who at least looks like a black man. I would have loved for it to have been Colin Powell and not Obama, but I truly hope this helps this country truly become colorblind.
Kudos to Obama and company. It’s going to be a hard road ahead of him — he’s inherting the financial crisis, Bush’s international mess, and the scrutiny of those fearing having a Democratic president and Congress (like the six years of Republican control of those two branches of government worked so well) — but I think he’s up to the challenge.
I found it telling that when Ohio was declared for Obama, this news wasn’t mentioned at the McCain rally (which had been announcing all their victories). So I suppose the Straight Talk Express stops at bad news.
And while I hope Sarah Palin fades into the background, she’s not only the first Republican female vp candidate, but the subject of the, er, homage of Hustler Video’s pørņ flick WHO’S NAILIN’ PAYLIN? Further, there’s a bonus scene online where Paylin is, er, “consoled” by Obama http://www.avn.com/video/articles/33186.html (and this link is to the article, not the scene!)
The only way the crowds’ elation could be more awesome would be if the camera cut away to show people knocking down statues of Palpatine and Ewoks celebrating on Endor.
It’s about time we won one.
And in the universe next door, the 80-year-old Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., elder statesman of the American Civil Rights Movement, smiles to the crowd cheering in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
And in the universe next door, the 80-year-old Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., elder statesman of the American Civil Rights Movement, smiles to the crowd cheering in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Considering how well reality is following THE WEST WING’s script, Obama’s first act as president should be to get Aaron Sorkin to restart THE WEST WING, writing stories detailing the mindblowing successes of the Santos adminstration.
History marches on and another brick in a very old wall has fallen to the ground and crumbled to dust.
This is a rather odd sensation. As I sit here typing, Obama having finished his acceptance speech a few minutes ago, I can’t help but wonder if my father felt like this once. I am looking at a new world. I am looking at a country forever and irreversibly different from the one I grew up in for the last 37 (actually, 38 in one week) years or that I lived in even just yesterday that will be the only world that Ian will have ever known.
This is the first Presidential election of Ian’s life even if, at a mere 16 months old, he will not remember it. This election is our man on the moon. This election is our Berlin Wall crumbling. A world that many did not think that they would ever live to see even ten years ago will be the norm for him.
It doesn’t matter if you agree with Obama or even if you hate him. He has by his election to the office of President of the United States changed our world. When L. Douglas Wilder became the first black Governor of Virginia he decided to test the national waters and found them to be mostly indifferent of his accomplishments here. But he also found disbelief. My fathers family was having a huge family reunion at the time and I remember a number of us talking about the prospects of Wilder running for the highest office in the land. The general line of thought expressed by many was that he would never make it. America would not elect a black man to that office, and certainly not a black Democrat, and if America did he would be run out of the country by the Klan or Old South.
My view wasn’t quite that pessimistic, but I certainly didn’t believe that I would see a black man elected POTUS in my lifetime. And I surely did not think the first black POTUS would be a Democrat. I knew it would happen one day, I was just resigned to the fact that, like my father’s generation likely thought about men on the moon or the fall of the Berlin Wall, I would never actually see it.
And now I will.
And my son, my 16 month old son who lies quietly sleeping not far from me will never know in any way other than academic what this moment in our country means. For him a black POTUS will be a fact of history. It will be the way things were for as long as he could remember and he’ll likely never fully understand what his mother and father and their friends are talking about when they look back on their lives and discuss the day our country kicked over one more domino and removed one more brick from the wall of racial inequity and injustice.
This is no longer an optimistic fiction or a hopeful pipedream. This is now the reality of our world. This is the only reality that many of our children shall ever know. I wonder if I will be able to impress upon Ian the true meaning of what the last twelve hours in this country meant and what tomorrow morning will mean. I wonder if my father thought these things and felt these things when his world changed and he looked at the sleeping child that he would one day be explaining the changes of his world to.
History marches on and another brick in a very old wall has fallen to the ground and crumbled to dust.
This is a rather odd sensation. As I sit here typing, Obama having finished his acceptance speech a few minutes ago, I can’t help but wonder if my father felt like this once. I am looking at a new world. I am looking at a country forever and irreversibly different from the one I grew up in for the last 37 (actually, 38 in one week) years or that I lived in even just yesterday that will be the only world that Ian will have ever known.
This is the first Presidential election of Ian’s life even if, at a mere 16 months old, he will not remember it. This election is our man on the moon. This election is our Berlin Wall crumbling. A world that many did not think that they would ever live to see even ten years ago will be the norm for him.
It doesn’t matter if you agree with Obama or even if you hate him. He has by his election to the office of President of the United States changed our world. When L. Douglas Wilder became the first black Governor of Virginia he decided to test the national waters and found them to be mostly indifferent of his accomplishments here. But he also found disbelief. My fathers family was having a huge family reunion at the time and I remember a number of us talking about the prospects of Wilder running for the highest office in the land. The general line of thought expressed by many was that he would never make it. America would not elect a black man to that office, and certainly not a black Democrat, and if America did he would be run out of the country by the Klan or Old South.
My view wasn’t quite that pessimistic, but I certainly didn’t believe that I would see a black man elected POTUS in my lifetime. And I surely did not think the first black POTUS would be a Democrat. I knew it would happen one day, I was just resigned to the fact that, like my father’s generation likely thought about men on the moon or the fall of the Berlin Wall, I would never actually see it.
And now I will.
And my son, my 16 month old son who lies quietly sleeping not far from me will never know in any way other than academic what this moment in our country means. For him a black POTUS will be a fact of history. It will be the way things were for as long as he could remember and he’ll likely never fully understand what his mother and father and their friends are talking about when they look back on their lives and discuss the day our country kicked over one more domino and removed one more brick from the wall of racial inequity and injustice.
This is no longer an optimistic fiction or a hopeful pipedream. This is now the reality of our world. This is the only reality that many of our children shall ever know. I wonder if I will be able to impress upon Ian the true meaning of what the last twelve hours in this country meant and what tomorrow morning will mean. I wonder if my father thought these things and felt these things when his world changed and he looked at the sleeping child that he would one day be explaining the changes of his world to.
On behalf of the world, or at least my corner of it, I want to thank the United States of America for getting it right.
And on behalf of my corner of the USA, you’re welcome and sorry for taking so long.
Has anyone heard McCain’s concession speech? I think it may be the best I’ve ever heard. It’s just a pity that his audience insisted on shouting out stupid things instead of listening to the man they supposedly supported.
Has anyone heard McCain’s concession speech? I think it may be the best I’ve ever heard. It’s just a pity that his audience insisted on shouting out stupid things instead of listening to the man they supposedly supported.
I wonder if the last 8 years were worth this moment. If McCain had won back in 2000 would be witnessing such a historic event and ášš whooping?
I wonder if the last 8 years were worth this moment. If McCain had won back in 2000 would be witnessing such a historic event and ášš whooping?
I wonder if the last 8 years were worth this moment. If McCain had won back in 2000 would be witnessing such a historic event and ášš whooping?
Funny. I already am reading excuses to explain why Obama doesn’t succeed (such as the mess he has been handed). I grant you the two wars. Those were deliberate choices by Bush. But the current economic situation is directly tied to Democrat policies (such as pushing for loans to those who could never afford them in the first place). That mess is the much more pressing one at the moment since the surge worked in Iraq (though I admit Afghanistan is not headed the right way right now).
Congrats to Obama. I hope this shows what most conservatives have known for a while — we are not primarily a racist nation. It is no surprise to me an African-American could win. He did run an incredible campaign. I think there was overwhelming media bias in his favor, but it was so blatant at times that I doubt it actually is why he won. No, he won by running on nice speeches. Now we will see if he can actually govern.
So enjoy the next four years. I hope I am wrong in my fears for where Obama might take us. Because if he does what I think he will do (raise taxes, go along with a return of the so called “fairness doctrine,” crush the coal industry, etc.), I suspect some of you will be still blaming Bush for the “mess” he left as a way of defending Obama for the state the country is in.
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Actually when I heard about his grandmother I thought “that’s his Leo.”
David
I never thought I’d see this in my lifetime. I guess the 60’s were worth it. Wow. I’d love to be a fly on the wall near Sarah Palin, whose a.m. plans will have to be adjusted now.
Has anyone checked on Joe Biden?
They’ll have to let him out of the locked closet now. Let the comedy begin!
Congratulations, President-Elect Obama.
Ouch, I hadn’t thought of that. Given that Joe Biden was hospitalized for two brain aneurysms in the 80’s, the West Wing scenario can’t be discounted as a possibility. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen.
It is an amazing time to be alive. Though I’ve already seen some sour grapes on other blogs, tonight we celebrate!
Lovely. Somewhere in heaven, Martin King is dancing with joy. I know I am.
This is truly a great day. For me, it ranks with our first steps on the Moon.
I’d have a drink in celebration, but I’m out. Unless Claire has a beer stashed in the fridge someplace.
Miles
Finally, I can stop worrying about this election.
Now I can start worrying about this Presidency. I totally believe that Obama has it in him to be a good President. However, we don’t need a good President right now, we need a great one. Honestly, we need a legendary one. That’s a lot to hope for, so I wish Obama the best.
But for now, it’s just nice to see Obama win.
Go to rogerebert.com and read his blog on this.
Studs Terkel is grinning like a maniac. So is Paul Newman. And Tim Russert.
Miles
Well I’m glad
But he has been handed one gigantic mess to clean up and I am afraid he wont be able to have any time in these next four years to show us what kind of mark he may have made of his own
But if he CAN clean up the mess he was handed….and get back some of the respect we used to have in the world theater…..I should think that that alone would show and prove what kind of man he is
Time will tell
I’m starting some pools of my own.
-How many months until the next attack on US soil?
-How many months until some nut kills him, just to say he killed the first black president?
-How many months until all of you realize just what a mistake you made?
We are SO SCREWED!!!!
I’m starting some pools of my own.
-How many months until the next attack on US soil?
-How many months until some nut kills him, just to say he killed the first black president?
-How many months until all of you realize just what a mistake you made?
We are SO SCREWED!!!!
Actually when I heard about his grandmother I thought “that’s his Leo.”
That’s a good point.
And also consider that Vinick was associated with a nuclear meltdown that cost him dearly since he kept talking about how nuclear power was safe. And McCain talked about how sound the economy was and then there was an economic meltdown.
PAD
Gave, you’re such a comedian. Why waste it on us? Go out there and make a living off of your… talents.
Bad, PAD! Bad! 😀
Bad, PAD! Bad! 😀
Er… Dave, you’re such a comedian…
Wow! A culmination of one of the better organized campaigns I have ever seen. While I have some serious misgivings over whether or not a President Obama will succeed, they can wait for another time. For the sake of the country I love, I hope I am wrong and the peoples’ faith is justified. For now, I would just like to say congratulations to the people who supported the winning ticket.
Wow! A culmination of one of the better organized campaigns I have ever seen. While I have some serious misgivings over whether or not a President Obama will succeed, they can wait for another time. For the sake of the country I love, I hope I am wrong and the peoples’ faith is justified. For now, I would just like to say congratulations to the people who supported the winning ticket.
Congratulations to President-elect Obama. I hope his term is memorable for its success,
Finally it’s over and Peter’s countdown clock can fade away in 70+ days, without a reset.
I had Faux News streaming just for the heck of it, the look on the faces of their viewers when the race was called was just priceless. I’m sure tomorrow Lumbaugh will start his America Held Hostage, schtick again, but for me the Long Night is Ending!
Finally it’s over and Peter’s countdown clock can fade away in 70+ days, without a reset.
I had Faux News streaming just for the heck of it, the look on the faces of their viewers when the race was called was just priceless. I’m sure tomorrow Lumbaugh will start his America Held Hostage, schtick again, but for me the Long Night is Ending!
8 years ago started the darkest time in my life. I was a lost soul, and had no direction in my life. I thought it ironic that at the same time, our country could not decide our President for the next millennium. Sadly the times to come mirrored my own little life.
I managed to pull out of a significant depression with the help of a dear, dear friend. I learned hope once more, and I believed that the country had gotten wiser as I had. We all were there for 2004…
Difficult though it was, I refused to fall into despair. I forged forward and continued to improve myself and hope perhaps that the nation might follow my odd synchronicity.
(making this my homepage helped: http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml)
Tonight, I’m elated I held to hope, hard though it is sometimes…
Like faith, hope manages.
8 years ago started the darkest time in my life. I was a lost soul, and had no direction in my life. I thought it ironic that at the same time, our country could not decide our President for the next millennium. Sadly the times to come mirrored my own little life.
I managed to pull out of a significant depression with the help of a dear, dear friend. I learned hope once more, and I believed that the country had gotten wiser as I had. We all were there for 2004…
Difficult though it was, I refused to fall into despair. I forged forward and continued to improve myself and hope perhaps that the nation might follow my odd synchronicity.
(making this my homepage helped: http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml)
Tonight, I’m elated I held to hope, hard though it is sometimes…
Like faith, hope manages.
What stopped the republicans from making Chuck Hagel their candidate and preventing our “mistake?” Hagel wanted to run, and the popular vote is being reported way closer than the polls indicated. It would have been a walk for him, but what stopped you from picking him?
What stopped the republicans from making Chuck Hagel their candidate and preventing our “mistake?” Hagel wanted to run, and the popular vote is being reported way closer than the polls indicated. It would have been a walk for him, but what stopped you from picking him?
On behalf of the world, or at least my corner of it, I want to thank the United States of America for getting it right.
Congratulations, President Obama!
Now the hard part begins.
I hope Obama has a huge staff that is able to keep track of all the stuff that needs un-doing after 8 years. And not just the big, obvious stuff either…
Now the hard part begins.
I hope Obama has a huge staff that is able to keep track of all the stuff that needs un-doing after 8 years. And not just the big, obvious stuff either…
I guess the 60’s were worth it.
Let’s not get carried away.
Peter, I just finished Election Day this evening. Pretty ironic timing, ain’t it?
Have a question, though.
(Spoiler Warning) When Wolvie first confronts Kaz, Kaz sticks one of his claws into his own arm, twists it, and then yanks it out. After squeezing it, the bleeding soon stops. From this I got that he had a healing factor. But later it’s revealed that he’s a power damper. So how did that nasty arm wound suddenly heal? (End Spoiler Warning.)
Peter, I just finished Election Day this evening. Pretty ironic timing, ain’t it?
Have a question, though.
(Spoiler Warning) When Wolvie first confronts Kaz, Kaz sticks one of his claws into his own arm, twists it, and then yanks it out. After squeezing it, the bleeding soon stops. From this I got that he had a healing factor. But later it’s revealed that he’s a power damper. So how did that nasty arm wound suddenly heal? (End Spoiler Warning.)
Biden’s on stage now. So I guess Toot was his Leo.
Biden’s on stage now. So I guess Toot was his Leo.
As someone who did not want to see Obama elected, all I can say is I hope he does what is best for this country as a whole, and really works to be a centrist like Bill Clinton did.
I am still amazed at the amount of ignorance all around me, at how important people think the President is. The bigger issue the past 8 years was the loss of checks and balances when Republicans held control of everything for 6 of them. It is Congress that writes the laws. I personally think that if Democrats had control of one part of Congress, we wouldn’t be so bad off right now. And I hope Democrats realize that it applies to both sides. They can’t go overboard with their agenda, as Republican’s stupidly did. The next four years are more important based on what Congress does, than anything Obama could do.
One last comment: I am dámņ proud of this country for actually electing someone of mixed race, who at least looks like a black man. I would have loved for it to have been Colin Powell and not Obama, but I truly hope this helps this country truly become colorblind.
As someone who did not want to see Obama elected, all I can say is I hope he does what is best for this country as a whole, and really works to be a centrist like Bill Clinton did.
I am still amazed at the amount of ignorance all around me, at how important people think the President is. The bigger issue the past 8 years was the loss of checks and balances when Republicans held control of everything for 6 of them. It is Congress that writes the laws. I personally think that if Democrats had control of one part of Congress, we wouldn’t be so bad off right now. And I hope Democrats realize that it applies to both sides. They can’t go overboard with their agenda, as Republican’s stupidly did. The next four years are more important based on what Congress does, than anything Obama could do.
One last comment: I am dámņ proud of this country for actually electing someone of mixed race, who at least looks like a black man. I would have loved for it to have been Colin Powell and not Obama, but I truly hope this helps this country truly become colorblind.
Kudos to Obama and company. It’s going to be a hard road ahead of him — he’s inherting the financial crisis, Bush’s international mess, and the scrutiny of those fearing having a Democratic president and Congress (like the six years of Republican control of those two branches of government worked so well) — but I think he’s up to the challenge.
I found it telling that when Ohio was declared for Obama, this news wasn’t mentioned at the McCain rally (which had been announcing all their victories). So I suppose the Straight Talk Express stops at bad news.
And while I hope Sarah Palin fades into the background, she’s not only the first Republican female vp candidate, but the subject of the, er, homage of Hustler Video’s pørņ flick WHO’S NAILIN’ PAYLIN? Further, there’s a bonus scene online where Paylin is, er, “consoled” by Obama http://www.avn.com/video/articles/33186.html (and this link is to the article, not the scene!)
The only way the crowds’ elation could be more awesome would be if the camera cut away to show people knocking down statues of Palpatine and Ewoks celebrating on Endor.
It’s about time we won one.
And in the universe next door, the 80-year-old Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., elder statesman of the American Civil Rights Movement, smiles to the crowd cheering in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
And in the universe next door, the 80-year-old Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., elder statesman of the American Civil Rights Movement, smiles to the crowd cheering in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Considering how well reality is following THE WEST WING’s script, Obama’s first act as president should be to get Aaron Sorkin to restart THE WEST WING, writing stories detailing the mindblowing successes of the Santos adminstration.
History marches on and another brick in a very old wall has fallen to the ground and crumbled to dust.
This is a rather odd sensation. As I sit here typing, Obama having finished his acceptance speech a few minutes ago, I can’t help but wonder if my father felt like this once. I am looking at a new world. I am looking at a country forever and irreversibly different from the one I grew up in for the last 37 (actually, 38 in one week) years or that I lived in even just yesterday that will be the only world that Ian will have ever known.
This is the first Presidential election of Ian’s life even if, at a mere 16 months old, he will not remember it. This election is our man on the moon. This election is our Berlin Wall crumbling. A world that many did not think that they would ever live to see even ten years ago will be the norm for him.
It doesn’t matter if you agree with Obama or even if you hate him. He has by his election to the office of President of the United States changed our world. When L. Douglas Wilder became the first black Governor of Virginia he decided to test the national waters and found them to be mostly indifferent of his accomplishments here. But he also found disbelief. My fathers family was having a huge family reunion at the time and I remember a number of us talking about the prospects of Wilder running for the highest office in the land. The general line of thought expressed by many was that he would never make it. America would not elect a black man to that office, and certainly not a black Democrat, and if America did he would be run out of the country by the Klan or Old South.
My view wasn’t quite that pessimistic, but I certainly didn’t believe that I would see a black man elected POTUS in my lifetime. And I surely did not think the first black POTUS would be a Democrat. I knew it would happen one day, I was just resigned to the fact that, like my father’s generation likely thought about men on the moon or the fall of the Berlin Wall, I would never actually see it.
And now I will.
And my son, my 16 month old son who lies quietly sleeping not far from me will never know in any way other than academic what this moment in our country means. For him a black POTUS will be a fact of history. It will be the way things were for as long as he could remember and he’ll likely never fully understand what his mother and father and their friends are talking about when they look back on their lives and discuss the day our country kicked over one more domino and removed one more brick from the wall of racial inequity and injustice.
This is no longer an optimistic fiction or a hopeful pipedream. This is now the reality of our world. This is the only reality that many of our children shall ever know. I wonder if I will be able to impress upon Ian the true meaning of what the last twelve hours in this country meant and what tomorrow morning will mean. I wonder if my father thought these things and felt these things when his world changed and he looked at the sleeping child that he would one day be explaining the changes of his world to.
History marches on and another brick in a very old wall has fallen to the ground and crumbled to dust.
This is a rather odd sensation. As I sit here typing, Obama having finished his acceptance speech a few minutes ago, I can’t help but wonder if my father felt like this once. I am looking at a new world. I am looking at a country forever and irreversibly different from the one I grew up in for the last 37 (actually, 38 in one week) years or that I lived in even just yesterday that will be the only world that Ian will have ever known.
This is the first Presidential election of Ian’s life even if, at a mere 16 months old, he will not remember it. This election is our man on the moon. This election is our Berlin Wall crumbling. A world that many did not think that they would ever live to see even ten years ago will be the norm for him.
It doesn’t matter if you agree with Obama or even if you hate him. He has by his election to the office of President of the United States changed our world. When L. Douglas Wilder became the first black Governor of Virginia he decided to test the national waters and found them to be mostly indifferent of his accomplishments here. But he also found disbelief. My fathers family was having a huge family reunion at the time and I remember a number of us talking about the prospects of Wilder running for the highest office in the land. The general line of thought expressed by many was that he would never make it. America would not elect a black man to that office, and certainly not a black Democrat, and if America did he would be run out of the country by the Klan or Old South.
My view wasn’t quite that pessimistic, but I certainly didn’t believe that I would see a black man elected POTUS in my lifetime. And I surely did not think the first black POTUS would be a Democrat. I knew it would happen one day, I was just resigned to the fact that, like my father’s generation likely thought about men on the moon or the fall of the Berlin Wall, I would never actually see it.
And now I will.
And my son, my 16 month old son who lies quietly sleeping not far from me will never know in any way other than academic what this moment in our country means. For him a black POTUS will be a fact of history. It will be the way things were for as long as he could remember and he’ll likely never fully understand what his mother and father and their friends are talking about when they look back on their lives and discuss the day our country kicked over one more domino and removed one more brick from the wall of racial inequity and injustice.
This is no longer an optimistic fiction or a hopeful pipedream. This is now the reality of our world. This is the only reality that many of our children shall ever know. I wonder if I will be able to impress upon Ian the true meaning of what the last twelve hours in this country meant and what tomorrow morning will mean. I wonder if my father thought these things and felt these things when his world changed and he looked at the sleeping child that he would one day be explaining the changes of his world to.
On behalf of the world, or at least my corner of it, I want to thank the United States of America for getting it right.
And on behalf of my corner of the USA, you’re welcome and sorry for taking so long.
Has anyone heard McCain’s concession speech? I think it may be the best I’ve ever heard. It’s just a pity that his audience insisted on shouting out stupid things instead of listening to the man they supposedly supported.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7709978.stm
Has anyone heard McCain’s concession speech? I think it may be the best I’ve ever heard. It’s just a pity that his audience insisted on shouting out stupid things instead of listening to the man they supposedly supported.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7709978.stm
I wonder if the last 8 years were worth this moment. If McCain had won back in 2000 would be witnessing such a historic event and ášš whooping?
I wonder if the last 8 years were worth this moment. If McCain had won back in 2000 would be witnessing such a historic event and ášš whooping?
I wonder if the last 8 years were worth this moment. If McCain had won back in 2000 would be witnessing such a historic event and ášš whooping?
Funny. I already am reading excuses to explain why Obama doesn’t succeed (such as the mess he has been handed). I grant you the two wars. Those were deliberate choices by Bush. But the current economic situation is directly tied to Democrat policies (such as pushing for loans to those who could never afford them in the first place). That mess is the much more pressing one at the moment since the surge worked in Iraq (though I admit Afghanistan is not headed the right way right now).
Congrats to Obama. I hope this shows what most conservatives have known for a while — we are not primarily a racist nation. It is no surprise to me an African-American could win. He did run an incredible campaign. I think there was overwhelming media bias in his favor, but it was so blatant at times that I doubt it actually is why he won. No, he won by running on nice speeches. Now we will see if he can actually govern.
So enjoy the next four years. I hope I am wrong in my fears for where Obama might take us. Because if he does what I think he will do (raise taxes, go along with a return of the so called “fairness doctrine,” crush the coal industry, etc.), I suspect some of you will be still blaming Bush for the “mess” he left as a way of defending Obama for the state the country is in.
Time to go to bed.
Iowa Jim