Doesn’t it?!
Let’s celebrate, be good to each other & finally give America a big hug! Obama!!!!
I believe.
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Obama!!
My tummy’s tinglin’!
Change FTW !
Woot !
:-) It’s just amazing feeling. Congratulations to all of America. :)
Absolutely! Well done, my American Friends!
w00t!!
YES! Change IS good! We should have stayed out of the Bushes.
I pray for President Elect Barack Obama, I pray for our nation and our people and for the world.
I will join you my fellow Canadian team mate and shall huge the USA!
hug** oppsssyyyy
im too excited to type.
Thank you to all of my fellow Americans for voting. YAY! One problem taken care of, just a few more to go…
Aww your late birthday gift to America was hope and change. thanks Lisa ;-)
And yes, change is good. I cant remember the last time I felt so proud and optimistic.
What an appropriate post for my first comment on your site. Change does indeed feel good! Thanks from Newark, NJ USA.
If Obama sticks to (at least 50%) what he said/debated in this campaign then this is a step forward for sure. For this entire world.
And he got the Bilderberger approval ;)
Congrats!
Be good to each other, something I haven’t felt here in the states in quite a long time. I’m relieved that Barack has a brighter vision for us Americans
Yes. I’m also glad Mr. President Obama has science and technology in his sights. Perhaps now the definition of broadband can change from having an internet connection faster than 256Kbps.
I now only hope Prop 8 (a discriminatory proposition) doesn’t pass here in California.
I can’t wait for the next few years.
yes obama! germany stands by you! thanks for your speech in front of the “siegessaeule” in berlin. and make change!!!!!
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WONDERFUL post and makes me feel great~~~
I think it marks the biggest “positive” historical event I have ever witnessed in my lifetime. It is my “man walks on the moon”.
I second Joe’s comment. I just hope it is truly a turning point for the better. Ran through a mixture of emotions yesterday. I am so relieved and happy. :) Yay!
A Net Neutralist in the Whitehouse is good for Britain, Canada and the world alike!
No offense to anyone, but I just was curious as to how someone can be happy about Obama winning the election and have the American flag in the same post.
@Kevin — huh? American election. American Flag.
Different Kevin here, but I love the blog Lisa! Unfortunately I’ll have to be unsubscribing! Obama’s policies will push America further into a recession…and more than likely a depression.
@Kevin — wow. how intolerant of you. later!
I wasn’t really going to unsubscribe! But Obama is so far left he might fall into the Pacific!
(The Captain walks into the empty, darkened auditorium, looks around for a moment, walks to center stage, faces the audience and clears his throat.)
Reply
“Lights, please”.
(A single spotlight comes on and shines upon the man standing onstage.)
No offense to you, Kevin, but the last time I heard, we radified the Constitution to include Civil rights for African Americans. This was done back in the 1960′s, an extremely volital time for the United States of America.
Dr. Martin Luther Ling, Jr. marched with thousands: Black AND White, stood upon the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and made his historic “I have a dream” speech.
We are no longer a nation which has or will ever tolerate social injustice again.
Dr. King was assassinated for what he believed in 5 years after he gave that speech.
It is HERE that we make our stand for Freedom, Peace and Justice, not only as Americans but as citizens of the world.
We stand beside our friends in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Europe and all nations who strive for the same things we do.
THAT is why there’s an American Flag there.
That’s all.
(The Captain exits.)
I was a poll worker from 5:30 am to 9:00 pm, and I loved it. I could see a lot of first time voters voting for Obama, this kept me going all day. We just have to see if he can deliver on his promises.
ps i voted for Obama
Captain, what the hell was that? This has nothing to do with race. The white majority elected Barack Obama. Blacks didn’t show up like they were expected to. If you think this is a Civil Rights issue, you’re mistaken. No doubt it’s a great step for the diversity of America, but don’t forget the white majority elected Obama yesterday.
@captain & @kevin no arguing in my blog comments! My post wasn’t meant to stir up a political debate. i like to keep my site upbeat and positive.
so i’ll say it again:
“let’s be good to each other”
now go munch a cupcake or somethin’ :D
So, who’s arguing?
Peace and Love. :)
@Davinder I am sorry about Prop 8 not passing. I was hoping that was going to go down in flames. Not fair. I guess there can’t be too much change in one day.
Well he isn’t president for 2 more months!
I thought about this later on. It’s not even the fact that the US elected it’s first black president. It’s the fact that a black for one of the world powers got elected. You can gather a decent list of first world countries that never had a black as their leader.
well at least there might be a chance of less wars happening, now that the president is black… thats pretty much why the rest of the world are happy:-
http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/headlines.html
@kevin: There’s a reason the majority of whites voted obama, its not like they did it to sympathise with black people out of there own good will… They did it, coz he was the best one there.
McCain : “I dont really know anything about economics..”
If McCain won he would have done what he’d said he’d do: GO TO WAR WITH IRAN!
now why exactly would you support McCain?
McCain/Bush/Racist supporters are the type of people that has made the world a crap place. I blame them for, gas prices, food prices, unemployment around the world.
I know people that have lost over $40k due to this financial crisis, and I blame, a$$ whipes like the McCain/Bush supporters.
like it or lump it, spoilt and ignorant people are the disease of the world.
maybe its time for some peace, or anything other than a republican…
and im white!
politics = grrr..
Weren’t you supposed to be canadian?
@ali — no fighting!
@Manu — I am Canadian, but I live about an hour from the US, so what happens there has a huge impact on my country.
Ahh, America’s get out of jail free card.
What type of huge impact?
Looks like everyone is throwing their eggs into this basket now.
America’s get out of jail free card.
THANK GOD FOR SANE AMERICANS!
He wasn’t who I voted for but I’m still excited for this historic time in our country’s history. Regardless of what you think of Obama or his policies you can’t help but appreciate the significance of Tuesday’s outcome.
I wrote some of my thoughts on the subject here:
http://www.bradruggles.com/2008/11/05/history-in-the-making/
“America’s get out of jail free card.”
What does THAT mean?
I was so excited when I first heard the news. I think the only thing that’s scary with this outcome is that it seems disappointed McCain supporters can get much more violent than disappointed Obama supporters. I guess it’s the whole gun-hugging thing.
I completely understand why you refrain from discussing sensitive topics now. I was a volunteer for the Obama campaign and was actually threatened a few times. People are downright scary! But I digress. Obama FTW!
@Dave: did you forget about the black panthers caught on tape preventing people from voting? They said they were there to protect their interests.
But really, I could care less if our president was white, black, jewish or catholic. What matters to me are substantive policies. And president-elect Obama’s policies are not quite in line with what I believe. But everyone has their own opinions. I have many friends that are liberal and we respect each others opinions and that’s that. No big deal.
It was a very cool time to be in America watching an election. I think Americans can look forward to many more international hugs coming their way.
After having followed the news since obama won, I think that Obama isn’t really going to do anything different, his probably going to start a few more wars, but with a more intellegent pretext than Bush or McCain.
So if he starts a war with Iran, he’d get more support and trust than if Bush was to go to war with Iran.
I think theres enough evidence out there of the Illuminati and how everything in American politics is fake, and just serves the interest of the Israeli people alone and no one else.
end of/ there all puppets
I did not vote for Obama, but all the positive feeling he is generating can’t be bad for the economy so that will be good. Let’s wait for a year or two before we start worshipping the man. From the looks of his cabinet it looks like Clinton won. Which can only mean that the the Republicans will probably take back Congress in 2 years… (Maybe he won’t be so bad after all.) As I like to say – Bill Clinton was the best Republican President we ever had – 1994 to b4 Monica…