Congratulations, Obama
posted at 11:37 pm on November 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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One of the last things Dean Barnett said to me was that, as best he could tell, Barack Obama is “a good guy and a decent man.” I don’t think he’d mind me telling you that, especially under the circumstances. It’s a testament to his generosity of spirit that even in the heat of a campaign, with every reason to think the worst of his opponent, Dean couldn’t help but give him the benefit of the doubt. That’s Barnett all over, and that’s what made him an indispensable man whom we’ve been forced, horrendously, to dispense with.
I offer that as comfort to those of you who have no faith in The One but who do have faith in, and abiding affection for, DB. My guess is he’d have handled the news tonight with the same magnanimity that distinguished all of his writing. So in that spirit, congratulations to Barry O on a race superbly run and to our country for not having let the wrong reasons deter it from making the wrong choice. I’ll never be a fan, but I swear I’ll never take a nutroots posture either in relishing his failures because it helps my party. Like it or not, he’s my president. As a great man once said, country first.
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He is the wrong man. This is so wrong.
winemkr on November 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Well Obama is President, he talks the talk lets see him walk the walk.
Lance Murdock on November 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
O! crap.
Pablo on November 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Congrats. But I refuse to be HEALED.
James on November 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
All hail Ceasar. All hail the empty suit.
carl todd hand on November 4, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Don’t criticize Obama, or you’ll be branded a racist.
James on November 4, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Welcome O’President. Welcome O’Socialism. America has turned the page and is starting a new chapter. I prefer the cliff notes version please.
Mo_mac on November 4, 2008 at 11:40 PM
I HATE OBAMA and HE IS NOT MY PRESIDENT. Screw McCain for being classy. I’m tired of being classy.. This ass wants to take away my money and make me have crappy ghetto health care.
Illinidiva on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Cua AP traitor whines in 3 … 2 …
A Axe on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Country first, indeed.
Congratulations, Mr. President-elect.
Slublog on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
AP, I know yer and Atheist but please believe me when I say “GOD HELP US ALL!”
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
I came to admire Dean greatly through his writings. I just hope just hope Obama doesn’t become our worse fears.
Lance Murdock on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
When can I expect my new house and lifetime supply of gasoline?
herrevery on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
start the secession movement
sirmyth on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
It’s a historic moment for our country. And for the sake of our country, I wish the new president well.
paul006 on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
No.
Peri Winkle on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
The Emperor has no clothes!! He has no clothes!!!
We’re screwed.
XWing5 on November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Uhh, no. Without the media completely running interference for him, he would have lost.
It’s congrats MSM. They won the election.
On a side note, I have neighbors shooting off FIREWORKS right now. And I live in “normal” part of the Seattle suburbs. I’m thinking about calling the cops.
Security Mom on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Oddly enough, with everything else, I do feel happy that a black man got elected president.
Maybe it’s just me wanting to feel happy over something, but in that sense, America did something right today.
I just pray that the America of our Founders is still around four years from now to save.
Hawkins1701 on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
A great man indeed. I feel so bad for John. He doesn’t deserve this. I’m fine with Obama; I’ll actually wait until he messes up the country to be seriously against him. I’m with AP on that we should not behave like the other side did during the past eight years, starting on Inauguration Day. Country First should be one of McCain’s ultimate legacies to the GOP.
Baphomet on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Jonah Goldberg has a very classy congratulations on the NRO web site.
I say, godspeed, President Obama. You’ve got your hands full. Please keep this great Republic alive & thriving during your tenure.
And, please, have some respect for your loyal opposition.
JudetheFossil on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Not hopping on that train, Allah. Not after the Hell the left put us through.
I do think, in the long run, this is good for our party.
Also, expect to see at least 2 Supreme Court resignations in the next few months.
SouthernGent on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Screw you, Obama.
gumble on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
And America moves another step closer to socialism…
This is a sad day in America’s history.
Afterimage on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Buck Farack. To use a line from my more liberal friends, “he ain’t MY president!”
john1schn on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Country first is exactly why I won’t congratulate him.
They didn’t put Bush “country first.”
Being nice is great if you want to contine to get your teeth kicked in.
We’re not talking about humans. we’re talking about Democrats.
Maybe you’re not old enough to remember, AP, but these are the same douchebags who cajoled 41 into “working” with them, and they beat him to death with “Read My lips.”
Obama beat the crap out of his President, and now so will I.
You’re wrong.
drjohn on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
It’s so comforting to have a far-leftist, lying liberal whose radical past has been hidden by a supporting media from the public.
amerpundit on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Scary part is that Nate Silver from 538.com got the results right.
Lance Murdock on November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Amen.
It’ll be nice to get dumped on every time every little thing goes wrong. No more Bush hate fanaticism. It’ll almost be refreshing to hear a more upbeat news feed for a while… till the you-know-what hits the fan and people are scratching their heads going “How did we ever vote this guy in?”
Luckedout on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Amen
mycowardice on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
This is how I felt when McCain won the Republican nomination in the first place…so down over politics twice in one year.
thecountofincognito on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Oh, and an honorable loser is still a loser.
amerpundit on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
BS, you voted for him. And that paragraph about Dean is typical liberal emotional blackmail. It’s amazing how you believe we don’t see through you.
peacenprosperity on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
sign me up.
mountaineer for liberty on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
He’ll be tested, mark my words - Biden said.
Be prepared, America. our is spilled, don’t act surprised.
wise_man on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Someone said in another thread that israel has to attack Iran before Bush leaves…God help us all with this American Idol canidate leading … Oh God help us…
Anys I am a conservative so I take my lumps like a man. Congratulations Barry. I look Forward to opposing you and getting Sarah and Bobby Ready to kick your ass in 2012 after you’ve destroyed our country.
Dritanian on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
My dear friends at Hot Air,
For all too brief a time I had the pleasure of your company, commenting on one of the most remarkable websites in the country. Manly Rash was a force of nature: a contra-rotating whirlwind that someyimes unleased more damage than he did any good – even if it provided so many here with both laughs and heartburn.
I would like to thank Michell Malkin, Ed Morrissey and Allahpundit for putting up with my obnoxious silliness. Be assured, folks: deep down at heart I am every bit the pompous, preening, ass hat that you perceive me to be. And I am ever grateful for your tolerance and magnanimity.
It’s been a hoot, these past few months and I had the time of my life here. I threw my lot in with McCain because it was my desperate hope that America would redeem herself. I went so far as to bluff recklessly on a McCain victory – figuring that if the best happened, I’d be a hero. If the worst happened, I’d be a goat.
It was a 50/50 shot and I bent the ranch. I lost.
The time has come to move on. Per my wagers with other commentators, I will be departing Hot Air forever as of this post. I am especially grateful for all of your expressions of support and friendship. That meant so very much to me – more than you can begin to imagine. You are good people and I will miss you very much.
This is my last post on Hot Air.com
Good-bye. And God bless you all.
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
I am so disappointed, and I am trying not to be depressed. I do not want to act like the unhinged left, though, in their trashing of President Bush. Therefore, I will make an attempt to find the silver lining in this debacle.
I hope Obama’s election will finally heal any racial tension left in our country, on all sides. I hope blacks can now stop believing themselves victims ala the Jesse Jackson’s of this country and start feeling empowered.
DCGamer on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA. I have had this username for months and have just been waiting to post after The One beat McCain.
Suck it, you conservative douches!!!!!
congsan on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
This blog has turned out to be a screamfest…
d1carter on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Cue the “now hiring” button. You’ve updated your resume, right AP?
TheEJS on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Words aptly spoken. Hat’s off to you.
James OK on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Let’s see what tomorrow’s IBD poll says, before declaring this contest over.
YYZ on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
ladies and gentlemen:
The United States of America elected an African American as it’s president tonight.
Forget ideology for a moment and think about it.
mylegsareswollen on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Well said AllahPundit.
Bradky on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Congrats, but don’t expect us to go along with your program sir.
One other thing, I hope this puts an end to the silliness that permeated this thread during the past few days, i.e., “McCain will win easily,” “McCain will win in a landslide,” etc. etc. Nothing wrong with being positive even when the results were inevitable (as I knew they would be when Rove conceded the other day that the hill was “too tall” for McCain to overcome), but to behave as if it were just not possible for McCain to lose Ohio, Virginia, Florida, and all the others, then pick up Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Iowa was the height of foolishness.
Next time the polls give us bad news, let’s not dismiss them so readily next time. They are reliable indicators of what will happen. This election certainly proved that.
Joe Pyne on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
That is a thoroughly decent and correct sentiment. Nothing was more distasteful than listening to people insist that George W. Bush wasn’t their president. I may not agree with Obama and may think his abilities are wildly overrated but its vile to think he doesn’t want what he believes his best for his country.
alex342 on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
What a sad day this is. It’s so hard to believe that so many people have turned against what has always made this country great. So many want it all handed to them. What ever happened to pride in doing a job well done? Pride in making your own way? Handouts used to frowned upon, and so many were embarrassed to use them. Now, people expect them.
StephC on November 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
He’s not my president. He’ll always be the terrorist loving junior senator from the corrupt Chicago political machine to me.
Part of what made this country great just died a horrible death, to have this POS elected JUST BECAUSE HE LOOKS BLACK. So many people elected him due to racial guilt or because he “looks like me”. That is not a good reason for voting for president.
worlok on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
My ongoing faith is in the founding principles of the American Republic and the inherent goodness of the American people.
Presidents come and presidents go. Some are good, some are bad some, are awful. Obama’s legacy is yet to be written. I am not optimistic, but I am hopeful that we will survive whatever damage he wreaks and make it through to the next cycle, and repeat in 2012 what we did in 1980.
I just hope the country is in better shape when Obama leaves in 4 years than it was when we kicked that idiot Jimmy Carter out in 1980.
I just know that we here at Hot Air and in conservative blogs and talk radio need to stick together, not give in to intimidation or leftist bully-boy tactics, and get our house in order for the next run.
Always Right on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
My one last hope. He’ll govern as the centrist that he pretended to be.
Time for more booze….
beancounter on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
I cannot be so magnanimous. History has shown that, whenever there is a clear path to totalitarianism, it is taken. Obama is a socialist, an anti-semite, and an anti-American (judging by his feeling that the Constitution is fundamentally flawed).
The electorate has made its decision. I just hope we can survive it.
stonemeister on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Look, I agree with AP. We hated how much the nutroots had the BDS syndrome. Let’s not have an OBS syndrome. He is our president. Lets make it a battle of ideas, not personalities.
Let’s find ways to communicate conservative values to the common folk out there. They are blindly listening to the media. As far as I see it, the media is much more powerful than we think.
justinok on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Chris Matthews registered with HA?
mylegsareswollen on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really not proud of my country.
Hammertime on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Next time a charity calls you looking for money, point them to Barack. He is The One, after all.
john1schn on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Congrats. Please listen to the moderates in your party for all our sakes.
phronesis on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Shit what about trading in for the free government healthcare>>>??
Dritanian on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
At the very least, it’s about time this country returned to solid fiscal policies. Welcome back the Robert Rubin regime. Either Warren Buffet or Larry Summers will soon receive a call to start planning an economic turn-around and set this country on a new course.
The failure of supply side policies over the last 8 years has created a massive federal deficit and $10 trillion debt that the country must start to address. But it’s not going to be easy.
bayam on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
ODS syndrome*
justinok on November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
“Don’t Blame Me. I Didn’t Vote for the Socialist!”
HornetSting on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
I see a ban-hammer in your future.
James OK on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
I’m in shock, I truly thought sacrificing one’s life was more important than skin color. I was wrong.
puppykicker on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
All I have to say is what John Wayne said about JFK:
I didn’t vote for him, but he’s my president and I hope he does well.
Lay-Z on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
the Media elected this president, heck they nominated McCain too.
the GOP branding problem goes to the combination of Bush having to make tough decisions and the MSM/Dems choosing to politicize them for this night to eventually come. They are scumbags, particularly the MSM for playing along
jp on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
At least we know we did all we could and now we can only have faith in the great words of our friend Senator McCain. I hope President Obama truly understands the futures that are now in his hands.
coco on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Well, the good news is that the Republicans will have a much better chance of winning back the Congress in 2010. This embarrassment should motivate them to get their act together, not to mention inspire some new blood to run for office. Also, after the inevitable failures of Obama and the Democratic Congress, they won’t have McCain to blame (though of course they’ll still blame Bush). The American people will get a taste of socialism, which will renew their desire for candidates with the best ideas rather than the best image. This is an opportunity, folks. With some actual leadership and vision, the “conservatives” could very well pull this off. (The Republicans could start by instituting a preferential voting system in their primaries to prevent another McCain-like candidate.)
Send_Me on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
When do I get my check?
Metro on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
We are officially in the suck
F15Mech on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
I wish I was dead. Farewell, United States, I hardly knew ye.
I will congratulate some folks though. Congratulations all you effing morons who just elected a terrorist befriending, infanticide supporting, unbelievably lying, socialist son of a b**ch. I don’t really give a sh** if I’m banned, because this election will mark the beginning of the end of this once great nation. F**K off all you idiots out there. There will be no recovering from this.
RightWinged on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
I might warm up to him… eventually.
Andrew D on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Well put AP.
Out of nowhere, like a bullet. What an achievement. KO’ed the Clinton machine. Mastered the Electoral College.
Congratulations, indeed.
Obama’s no Tabula Rasa. The San Fran Truth Serum proved that.
Let’s hope and pray that Heather MacDonald is right…
zb42 on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
No matter how bad it gets, remember: Even the Clintons couldn’t wreck this country in 8 years.
Obama will only get 4 to try, I hope.
manofaiki on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
I went to a school in the inner city which was almost exclusively black. The kids there were underfunded , underappreciated and essentially forgotten by society. I think it’s impossible to understate what this means to them. I saw footage of Jesse Jackson crying on CNN. I have to admit I’m doing the same.
crr6 on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
No, I think he’s a douche too!
HAHAHAHHA.
congsan on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Obama is president and he won fair and square.
But tht doesnt mean I abandon my values to back him.
He is the leader now and he has to prove he can lead and not just talk.
And I will fight for what I know is right.
William Amos on November 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
You planned for months to call a bunch of anonymous commenters a name on a conservative blog. Wow.
amerpundit on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
That was our problem. The electorate did and we got McCain. We need NO MORE RINOS….conservatives with real conservative values. Accept NO Substitutions.
HornetSting on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Okay, he is MY PRESIDENT. There.
Thank you America!
Now, let’s Change everything and give Hope to the masses.
carbon_footprint on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Two thoughts: 1, Those are kind words, AP.
2, I keep hearing what a great guy he is and then they actually say; “we as a country dont really know anything about him.” That scares the hell out me.
What the hell just happened?
Amadeus on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
We would, but they’re all dead. Now’s the time for blood… nice red juicy meat 24/7.
TheEJS on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Congrats to Obama.
Well-Armed Lamb on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Well said, AllahPundit.
terryannonline on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Can someone tell me if the Dems got 60 seats in the Senate or did the fall short??
At least that will be some good news…
Anyways, this Canuck feels awful for you guys down there in America….but we have survived socialism ad nauseum up here with people like Trudeau and Chretien….you can survive this too….
Bless all of you and America and may God give humility and intelligence to President Obama!
Albertanator on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
*shudder
congsan on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Let’s call it like it is: if it wasn’t for the MSM, this guy would still be a community organizer.
pmanley on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
“Congratulations”?
ARE YOU SHITTING ME?
7 Years after the Jihadis attacked us, and killed 3000 of our fellow citizens, 40,339,687 + and counting Brain Dead Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi Democratic Leftwing Traitor Nutbags have given the Jihadis a moral victory of incalculable proportions, by putting an Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi/Anti-White/Anti-Semitic Racist Marxist-Muslim in the Oval Office!
“Congratulations”?
Shame on every single person that voted for this POS, and shame on this country.
I’m sick to my stomach.
This is a kick in the face to every American who lost a loved on 9/11 and to the memory of those victims, and to every American Man and Woman who has served in Iraq & Afghanistan and elsewhere, ever since 9/11, and who were killed or wounded, or just served, and their family members as well!
7 years later, and they, the Jihadis, have won, and they didn’t do it; just like Vietnam, we have destroyed ourselves from within, thanks to the Marxist Anti-American Left in this country.
Giap said it best: We won’t win in the jungles of Vietnam, we will win on the streets of America.
History has repeated itself, thanks to: the Mainstream Media, the Hollywood crowd, William Ayers, Jesse Jackson, Rashid Khalidi, Bernadine Dorhn, Al Franken, Al Sharpton, Ward Churchill, Frank Marshall Davis, Tony Rezko, ad naseum…
“Congratulations” my ass!
Dale in Atlanta on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Baseless accusations of racism, outright lies about his opponent’s record, millions of dollars funneled to an organization practicing voter fraud, tapdancing when confronted about his positions on any major issue…
No congrats from me, if the media reported ANYthing remotely resembling the news when it came to Fannie/Freddie (of course I’m leaving out about two million other stories they should have covered but didn’t, but I’m confident that that story alone would have done it), we’d have a President-elect McCain in a landslide. So what’s he to be congratulated for? Skating by while his lovers do the dirty work.
Screw it, I’m moving to Wasilla.
OneGyT on November 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Congratulations to Barack Obama.
On a personal note, most of my family and almost all of my coworkers and friends are Democrats. As a relatively new Republican, I’m very happy to have HotAir, Michelle Malkin, LGF, NRO, and other like-minded sites to come to for some sanity and perspective.
aunursa on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
He had a Republican Congress.
amerpundit on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
I don’t like it, but let’s hope that The One lives up to the great hopes of his sincere followers, and is nothing of what his detractors believe him to be. May God keep him.
Now Conservatives, let’s get back to being conservatives. Remember it took 4 years of Carter to bring us Reagan.
p40tiger on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
let’s just say it’s cathartic.
congsan on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Well said, Allah. I always thought he was a decent guy, just not the right one to lead this country.
Ian on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
I strongly urge all of you not to emulate manlyrash…
dont desert the ship. Dont shrink away from those of us who believe in conservatism, and the greatness of America. This is a difficult night. We all need to stay together, share our hopes and desires for the future with each other.
Now more than ever, we need to stay together as a community of like-minded conservatives and patriots. The easy way out is to slink away. The right way is to stay the course and keep fighting for a better America.
Always Right on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Just think folks!
We Won’t Have to Pay Our MORTGUAGES.
We Won’t Have to Pay FOR HEALTH CARE!
Kini on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
I really want to accept the person that a majority of voters chose to lead this country as my president. I really do. But with the way the media conducted themselves during this campaign I don’t know if I can. I think he is mostly their creation.
Mark1971 on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Nope I can’t do it. This isn’t about being a good sport this is about someone who is so against what this country is about.
This is wrong and I’m not going to grit my teeth and say congrats. Wrong is wrong. He should have never been elected.
gophergirl on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
God selected him to be President for a reason. Let’s do the best we can to work together for the good of the country. Right now many people think Republicans are scum. Let’s just show them they are wrong.
pedestrian on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
A little old, but still.
phronesis on November 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
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