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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:06 pm
by _boring
all the anti-obama people are PATHETIC right now IMO
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:17 pm
by drew
I was in line to vote when I got a text from Joe saying YES WE CAN. It was something else, standing in line in Koreatown with blacks, Koreans, El Salvadorians, Mexicans, and whites waiting to cast their vote in a tiny Japanese christian church. It was a microcosm of what was happening in America. Many young people voting for the first time, many middle aged people who felt like their vote wouldn't make a difference in the past voting for the first time. I've always been a proud American, I just always felt America wasn't living to its potential.
Big up to Blackdown for the interview, out to Joe!
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:26 pm
by flipw
-boring wrote:all the anti-obama people are PATHETIC right now IMO
must be a lot since almost half of the voters didn't want him to win
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:28 pm
by little boh peep
Everything that's been said in this thread already I want to quote, but it would make for a long post. That was a wonderful interview to read on a wonderful day.
Obama's campaign and victory is an example of what's possible for a person to achieve, and that begets hope. A personality like his is a bit of a rarity in modern politics, but is that not the ideal definition of a leader - a person who inspires by example?
Big up to everyone who voted, and to everyone who's celebrating here and abroad. Group hug. Yes we can, and yes we did.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:43 pm
by lomax
woooooooooo!!
no more Bush!
well.... only 77 days more, but wooooooooooooo!!! anyway
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:24 pm
by airtight
all hail the new chief!
i'm feeling very optimistic today.
and now when i travel abroad people won't ask me about negative Bush, they'll ask me about positive Obama.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:25 pm
by nesslei
airtight wrote:
and now when i travel abroad people won't ask me about negative Bush, they'll ask me about positive Obama.
i think that's quite a significant point: this is not only about changing circumstance but also about changing perception, and i definitely feel that america achieved a lot in terms of the latter yesterday - both amongst americans and the rest of us who care and are paying attention. there is hope, and it's good.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:39 pm
by ransom
TeReKeTe wrote:Lots to reflect on-- and a lot of work to be done!
Yeah, I hope people realize that we're going to have to get to work. There is not going to be a shortcut or easy way through it.
And my birthday is January 20th - Inauguration Day. Going to be crazy in DC.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:28 am
by whighzeguy
I'm happy as hell with the way things turned out.
Obama has one hell of a mess to cleanup before he can move on to his own agenda. Thanks Georgey!
Too bad we aren't gonna get to the 60 seats we needed in the senate to prevent BS filibusters.
BTW, WHAT A SPEECH!!!!
This man is right up their with Lincoln & Kennedy IMO.
On the other side of the aisle I have to give it up to McCain for a really classy concession speech.
I hope Sarah Palin takes a run at the White House in '12 that would make this race look like a nail biter.
On a local note:
Slot machines in Maryland
Next possibly casinos & then full on sports gambling??
One can dream.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:54 am
by whighzeguy
Sarah Palin didn't know that Africa is a continent and not a country.
A funny note about this is that Fox News broke the story.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/0 ... 41653.html
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:35 am
by fushimi
It's a time for hope, but there's an enormous caveat in that we are in the middle of a financial crisis:
Barack Obama lays plans to deaden expectation after election victory
Barack Obama’s senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next week’s election, amid concerns that many of his euphoric supporters are harbouring unrealistic hopes of what he can achieve.
The sudden financial crisis and the prospect of a deep and painful recession have increased the urgency inside the Obama team to bring people down to earth, after a campaign in which his soaring rhetoric and promises of “hope” and “change” are now confronted with the reality of a stricken economy.
One senior adviser told The Times that the first few weeks of the transition, immediately after the election, were critical, “so there’s not a vast mood swing from exhilaration and euphoria to despair”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 051118.ece
I hope there's genuine change in the long run but people may get antsy when if not much happens in the short term.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:46 am
by phonecall
Joe said it!
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:30 am
by nospin
"this is the thing that gives me hope... for the first time since i can remember, and this includes the clintons. somebody is speaking in a manner that matches my sensory perception.... this guy speaks, and i recognize him as human." jon stewart
for the americans, just dont forget to pay attention and keep him in check. he is a politician afterall...
can't say i'm not pleased though
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:27 pm
by dubsteptim
did anyone see the south park episode last night -- hilarious!
yah i took off jan 20th already... def gonna be there for the inauguration and watch history again... so exciting!
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:52 pm
by grievous_angel
Big up blackdown and joe for this.
I watched the election, could only make it through to 3.30 but that was enough, and watched loads more yesterday. Lovin' it. A level of failure for Obama is bound to occur, but will he make a difference? Absolutely. For a start, he's not in hock to corporate interests. This is the real thing.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:59 pm
by jah wobble
Grievous Angel wrote:he's not in hock to corporate interests. This is the real thing.
i wouldn't go that far. there's a sense that despite all his talk of change and whatnot there is still a modicum of the status quo in obama. not to say there is a lot, but i don't think the powers that be in the DNC or otherwise would let him get anywhere near the presidency if they were sure he would upset the total balance. the good ol boys having nothing to fear from barack.
that being said, his outward persona and the inspiration he gives to the more than half of the country that were feeling so dejected and angry about the last several years in america is a fucking great thing. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. fucking president of white america? it's fantastic!
American's dignity
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:19 pm
by scientifik
Almost makes up for having elected Bush twice! Damn. Embarassing.
Feel a little sense of self-respect again.
My street was shut down at 3am, Marley music was blasting out of an apartment windows and 500 people were dancing and singing along, even waiving American flags. Don't see that in NYC everyday.
Like a weird combination of the days after 9/11 and a post Yankees world series win.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:12 pm
by hosta
Great read. Thanks
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:14 pm
by Mr. Mittens
Thank Goodness! Largin up all the people who voted and put in work to make this happen
So relieved...
Re: American's dignity
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:02 am
by whighzeguy
Unfortunately there is nothing that can makeup for the 8 years & 2 terms he was in office. I still can't believe we're in Iraq. I hope troop withdrawl is near the top of Obama's to-do list.
scientifik wrote:Almost makes up for having elected Bush twice! Damn. Embarassing.