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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Jeesh, allahpundit is playing the Dean Barnett card. What a cheap tactic. Yes, he is your president. Enjoy it and don’t whine for the next four years. You bought it, you own it.
Blake on November 5, 2008 at 4:46 AM
Just got in from working the polls here in Calif. 6:a.m. til now. You can trust in this precinct that all the ballots were counted and none that weren’t registered got to vote.Too bad “THEY” called the election before the polls closed here in Ca.
Hey, I worked today below minimum wage, because I love this country. Sure would be nice if the media could wait to count CA votes. Makes me not want to volunteer again.
FYI, this very small county in Conservative central valley Ca., for the first time in my volunteer election working, we had poll watchers that took names of those who had not voted and contacted them to vote. Unbelievable organization.
Had to come home to Obama’s acceptance speech, thanking, Axelrod, Plouffe, I thought I was watching the Academy awards!
Pretty sure I won’t be voluteering again to work election day .
mhrepub on November 5, 2008 at 4:48 AM
Unless Obama can really wave his magic wand and produce constructive change for America as a whole (and I have my doubts, with the disturbing left-wing propensities he seems to have), the GOP needs to get this guy out of office in 4 years — but to do that, we need a coherent, constructive message of our own and a candidate with the charisma and experience to make that happen – Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani, someone else — depending upon how conservative we want to go.
I have concerns that his presidency will end like JFK’s if he goes too far left, or even double-crosses the radical factions that supported him. I don’t think that outcome is good for America either, but it’s my second greatest concern about Obama, after his political agenda.
mark88hosting on November 5, 2008 at 5:01 AM
Conservative movement is scattered and divided – We need to unify under a central goal oriented group promoting the basics first. We can regain victories UNITED it will never work like we are structured now.
lanesmerge on November 5, 2008 at 5:13 AM
Guess pandering to the illegal aliens didn’t get the hispanic vote after all but it sure did run a lot of conservatives and their donations off. Did George Bush and John McCain (and their buddies) kill the GOP? Yeah, pretty much so. Does the GOP have a chance in the next mid terms or 2012? Doubt it if they don’t learn the hard lessons from tonight.
Buzzy on November 5, 2008 at 5:14 AM
Well, the great man who said “Country First” was a maverick. We’re all mavericks now.
Country First = I’ll be looking for another country, so I don’t let my productivity support this Marxist bastard.
Right_of_Attila on November 5, 2008 at 5:14 AM
I was news-free from mid-morning yesterday until now. What an utter disappointment.
misslizzi on November 5, 2008 at 5:26 AM
Well hope and change is already screwed the Russians are deploying missiles in response to the US missle shield according to Fox news.
boomer on November 5, 2008 at 5:33 AM
Still waiting for the oceans to begin healing…
hillbillyjim on November 5, 2008 at 5:37 AM
Obama and Ahmadinejad
RedWinged Blackbird on November 5, 2008 at 5:46 AM
Can we now see a birth certificate!?
TheSitRep on November 5, 2008 at 5:47 AM
Technically, global warming, Homelessness, Crime, Poverty etc. wont officially end until inauguration day
TheSitRep on November 5, 2008 at 5:48 AM
I’ll never call him my president. I still think he stole the election on illegal funds and fraudulent votes.
He will always henceforth be referred to as Hussein.
(Man, is America stupid!)
ErinF on November 5, 2008 at 5:55 AM
I live in NYC. I don’t think anyone realizes the crap I deal with on a daily basis, and how it will INcrease with Hussein in the White House.
LibertyBoyNYC on November 5, 2008 at 6:01 AM
I’m with you, AP.
America is bigger than me and my current positions. It was the greatest nation on Earth before me and will carry on the same after me.
But that doesn’t mean I won’t join the principled resistance, starting right about… now. I’d be more enthused about an Obama presidency if I thought it really was an Obama one – in practical fact, though, it’s a Pelosi-Frank-Dodd-Reid presidency.
Why? Because Obama’s so pathetically weak he’ll be steamrolled by his Congressional “betters.” Sadly, we’ve elected a symbol, not a man. Obama fits the “black guy” suit and so he was cast in that role, elevated by a marketing campaign Hollywood would be proud of.
Gilda on November 5, 2008 at 6:02 AM
Principled resistance won’t do squat! We’re now a one-party Marxist nation, as of January. These jerks can rewrite the Constitution to suit them however they see fit.
The GOP simply won’t survive. When you think about the millions of illegals swarming up here over the next four years, and how they will vote in future elections, the GOP is gone.
America is stupid. Not all of us mind you; just the ones that could be called racists and rednecks (for example) and still vote for the Murtha types.
I wonder when we can expect terrorisms’ first test, and how Obama will respond.
ErinF on November 5, 2008 at 6:12 AM
I live in NYC too and I know all too well. Every day, from everybody, the relentless pressure to conform to The One True Way of thinking. In meetings on totally unrelated topics – e.g. development of Blackberry apps for client convenience – I have to sit through 75% of it devoted to “Bush Sucks.”
This has been going on for years, btw. On Wall Street, which not surprisingly contributed to Obama more than 2-to-1 over McCain.
Gilda on November 5, 2008 at 6:12 AM
Sooo… I guess we can officially lay to rest the myth of the “bogus” exit polls?
Lehosh on November 5, 2008 at 6:15 AM
There will soon be an accelerated path to citizenship for 12 to 20 million illegals and around 75% of these will be new ‘tax-cut’ beneficiaries and can be counted on to vote the straight Dhimmi ticket. So I guess now is as good a time as ever to start guessing game as to whom will be the last Republican office holder in Washington.
Annar on November 5, 2008 at 6:17 AM
You’re a classy guy, Allahpundit. Barnett would be proud.
Take care of yourself.
Professor Blather on November 5, 2008 at 6:18 AM
Oh ye of little faith. Righteously rail and flail to your heart’s content; in the meantime the rest of us will be busy constructing the infrastructure of long-term success.
Please do not be so blinded by a temporary setback. The battle is lost but the war has only just begun.
Gilda on November 5, 2008 at 6:19 AM
Obama has bought the presidency. I am stunned at the willful blindness of Obama supporters. Never in our history have we elected a man president with so many questionable relationships and secrets. He was never truly ‘vetted’ by the press, he was given billions in free advertising by the mainstream media, and our country has taken a big step backwards thanks to liberal hatred of George Bush.
I am devastated. I am scared. I am concerned for the stablity of America going forward. America has made a huge mistake that will affect our future for many years.
cannonball on November 5, 2008 at 6:24 AM
Ze situation is “normalised” comrades. Oh the JOY of living in NY, my stoch is still turning.
NY Conservative on November 5, 2008 at 6:24 AM
True. Let’s mourn a little and then move on. My first step will be switching parties from Democrat to Republican.
misslizzi on November 5, 2008 at 6:26 AM
Gilda, I admire your optimism in times of turmoil, but if the GOP couldn’t pull this one out (a POW patriot versus a muslim marxist), then we won’t do it after four years of fawning MSM idolitry and brainwashing of the public, as well as the hundreds of millions of amnesty seekers.
But good luck with all that.
ErinF on November 5, 2008 at 6:27 AM
Not only did we just lose the war on terror, we just elected our enemy’s favorite son.
That dumbass Bush misunder-calculatated.
TheSitRep on November 5, 2008 at 6:27 AM
Plus the education system doing its job efficiently churning out new socialists.
MattMacD on November 5, 2008 at 6:28 AM
“We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism,
but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of
socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism.”
- Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev, 1959
davidk on November 5, 2008 at 6:31 AM
Did anyone here vote for The One? My car wasn’t filled with gas this morning and my mortgage balance hasn’t changed. I’m wondering if that happened only for Dem voters.
saint kansas on November 5, 2008 at 6:36 AM
I believe the Obama supporters will find that the wanting is better than the having.
backwoods conservative on November 5, 2008 at 6:37 AM
Thanks for your response, and the opportunity to clarify. I make no predictions (and hold out no hope) for GOP reinvigoration. Aggressively neutral on that front.
Where i place my faith – hopefully correctly – is with individual Americans who understand that personal liberty is the most desirable state of existence. Worth fighting for on many levels large and small.
Gilda on November 5, 2008 at 6:38 AM
Let me be among the first dozen to scratch my middle finger on my cheek in the direction of B. Hussein Obama.
Right_of_Attila on November 5, 2008 at 6:39 AM
The republic is dead, god save the King!
Viper1 on November 5, 2008 at 6:39 AM
If anybody ever wondered where communism went when we defeated it in Europe . . . look in your backyard. It’s a sad day for the Republic.
rplat on November 5, 2008 at 6:41 AM
Ohio was won by about 200,000 votes. This concerns me.
cannonball on November 5, 2008 at 6:42 AM
He’ll never be my president.
MarkTheGreat on November 5, 2008 at 6:43 AM
I’m masochistically loving this. Why? For a couple of reasons:
1.) The Democrats now can’t balme the Republicans. Everything that happenes now falls at their feet.
2.) Wait until the people realize what has happened. When the quality of their life goes down, who do they have to thank for it? Themselves. I may suffer with them, but I’m going to enjoy rubbing their face in it like a puppy that took a shit on the new carpet. I’m getting my “I told you so’s” ready as we speak.
My uncle said something to me recently that does haunt me. We are the only country in the world that has never lived under the rule of a dictator. We’re about due. And the people here are blindly welcoming it.I’m looking forward to pointing and laughing at these morons.
But I still pray for the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1FFVWEQnSM
Pcoop on November 5, 2008 at 6:46 AM
If, against all odds, he does well as President, then good for America.
If he’s a disaster, then 2010 and 2012 will be good years for the Republicans.
The main thing right now is to straighten out the problems with the Republican Party and to have nominees we can be excited about in the next election cycles.
Abelard on November 5, 2008 at 6:51 AM
Yup…a neighbor said something similar last night. Let ‘em have their super majority and finally take ownership of every single thing they bollocks up over the next few years.
flipflop on November 5, 2008 at 6:53 AM
I do have hope for Conservative Principles. We lost the White House and over the last 2 elections we lost a number of seats in the House and Senate because Republicans, who certainly are not all Conservative, forgot about those principles, in fact trampled them in their eagerness to feed at the public trough. Normally I would say we just have to wait for the liberals to muck it up and then return to power in Washington, but this time I have a real fear that Democrats in their inevitable downward spiral, will take the country with them. Just wait, the first victim will be freedom of speech via the fairness doctrine…..This is a sad, sad day.
hogger03 on November 5, 2008 at 6:53 AM
You feel like I did in 1997 when the Labour party won and now in 2008 they have put Britain back to the same position it was in before Thatcher.
There are ways to get back at them, they have an insatable thirst for money, however for those of you that run businesses, do what we do in Europe. Work to the point that you have enough to live on, then once you get into the excess taxation area stop, don’t bother, refuse additional work, or use the barter system, exchange goods and services among you without using cash, cheques etc, do it on the black within your communities, do work for others on getting work back in return.
While I live in a Socialist paradise I do all I can to reduce my tax hit, I am going to buy solar panals (once they are cheap enough), I will cut down trees in my garden for fuel, so this carbon tax does not hit me, I will use public transport and not replace my car. Paying tax is not a patriotic duty, it is an imposition.
TrueBrit on November 5, 2008 at 7:04 AM
Everyone worried about an excess of more illegals should think about the fact that if we do go into a recession or depression, then they will either head back home or not bother to come in the first place due to lack of employment. Trying to find some silver lining…
txmomof6 on November 5, 2008 at 7:13 AM
Probably not. I’m convinced that it will show that his mother is actually a jackyll
loudmouth883 on November 5, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Uh, no. And we also proved how absurd the public polls were showing Obama winning the popular vote by 8-13 points. The reality is half the country voted against Obama and the media has proven again that they are completely untrustworthy. Unfortunately, most of the public still doesn’t understand that, and I doubt that this election will change any of that.
I didn’t sleep for shit last night, and for quite a while I thought maybe I was just mad and frustrated that things didn’t go the way I thought they would go. But, then I realized what it really was that I was feeling. It’s fear. Actual fear that we’ve elected a naive, Marxist to the presidency, and he’ll have a Democratic majority big enough that he’ll probably be able to do anything he wants.
The guy has 2 years before the next congressional election, and if these guys fall flat on their collective faces then they’ll have nobody to blame. They can’t blame the GOP and get away with it, not that they won’t try anyway. I wish the guy luck, because the world is a very dangerous place right now, and I don’t doubt that Obama is not capable of running this country. He’s going to need all the luck he can scrounge.
eyedoc on November 5, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Look at the bright side, the white man can now check that item off our list. Now all we have to do is elect a charismatic woman with no qualifications. Then we can go back to choosing what’s best for our country.
smed on November 5, 2008 at 7:20 AM
Don’t forget Clinton’s first two years in office. The American people think they sent him there to fix the economy. As they watch idealogs dismantle everything that is good about this country, they will be heard with a loud voice in two years. Just hoping they don’t do too much damage in the mean time.
smed on November 5, 2008 at 7:25 AM
TrueBrit… There is going to be lots written over the next months about how the Republicans should follow David Cameron’s lead. I think that this is an awful idea and was wondering if you could confirm my hunch on this one.
Illinidiva on November 5, 2008 at 7:25 AM
Now I know how the sane Russians felt in 1917 or the sane Germans felt in 1933.
Resistance is
futilemandatory!profitsbeard on November 5, 2008 at 7:30 AM
Now we know…….$700 billion to save a country and $600 million and a few acorns get you the presidency.
sherry on November 5, 2008 at 7:31 AM
This is long. I will try my best to make it worth your time.
The election of Obama is a huge disappointment. He will undoubtedly replace several of the liberal justices on the Supreme Court with new liberal justices (we are fortunate that all of the conservatives on the court are likely to hang on until the next President). He’ll also appoint lots of other liberal judges. While I don’t think he’ll be a total wet noodle on national security, he won’t be the stalwart John McCain would have been. By far the worst thing he’ll likely be able to do is pass the “Freedom of choice Act”. Pray that somehow this does not happen.
But take heart. His ability to damage the economy is limited, for the same reason as my teenage son’s ability to damage my ‘95 Dodge van is limited: it’s already a wreck! If you’re into schadenfreude, consider that two years on, when he’s not been able to divide by zero and cure the common cold, there should be a backlash in Congress and the Senate. If you’re not into schadenfreude, then for the same reason take heart that he’ll only have two years to make things worse before there’s another accounting.
In the meantime, Michelle M.’s blog has the right answer to the question “what now?” I think Allah is right that we should give President Obama (I hope that gets easier to type, eventually) the benefit of the doubt as a decent human being — something we could never say of Bill Clinton — and challenge his policies forcefully but respectively, without reviling the man. I pray we’ll be able to end the hatred in our politics, because hatred obscures rational thought. It divides us into broad camps, where we can no longer debate individual issues, but must instead reflexively launch nuclear retaliation against ANYTHING proposed by “the other side” (aren’t we ONE nation under God? How did 54% or whatever get to be the other side?)
On the issue of abortion, we are unlikely now to be able to have any legislative or judicial success for many, many years. It is time now to forget about this as a political issue, and focus on it as a societal issue. We need to find someone willing and able to produce a campaign of pro-life messages similar to those funded by the Arthur Demoss Foundation back in the 90’s — these were extremely effective, but the campaign only lasted a short time. We will have to fight a protracted battle to change people’s hearts and minds on this issue. This, again, is a battle that cannot be won primarily with hate for abortion, but with love for people.
It was famously said of the Palestinians that they would never know peace until they came to love their children more than they hate Israel. I fear we will never make progress in this country until we learn to love our country more than we hate the other party. The two are NOT the same.
I hope you’ll all join me in praying for wisdom and success for our new President and for our nation. Peace to all.
RegularJoe on November 5, 2008 at 7:32 AM
On the bright side, affirmative action now ends, right? No more racial preferences that judge people on the color of their skin? We now go to judging people on skills, experience and content of character?
On the dark side, Islamo-kooks think Barry is the 12th Imam.
Alden Pyle on November 5, 2008 at 7:35 AM
For once, I agree with Reverend Jeremiah Wright: G*d d*** America.
President Bush, thank you for keeping us safe from terror for the past eight years. Unfortunately, that will not be your legacy. Your legacy is that you destroyed the Republican party.
But cheer up. At least your legacy isn’t a bj in the Oval Office.
Special K on November 5, 2008 at 7:36 AM
Congratulations to a man with a paper-thin resume and whose associations are so bad that he wouldn’t pass security clearance for a job in the State Department.
1057 days to go.
Urban Infidel on November 5, 2008 at 7:38 AM
Well, it appears that you don’t have to look to far for the America Haters now … they wear red today. Nothing good happened for the GOP last night as it should have been. In fact all the chest beating about how the GOP does not reelect criminals was also put to bed last night in Alaska.
It says all I need to know about Sarah Palin and the voters of Alaska.
She can now spend time with her new special needs son. Thanks democrats and independents for giving her son that special gift by sending the Cuda back to Alaska with convicted felon Ted Stevens where she belongs.
Intrade needs to start a new market, when will Mr 20% pardon Stevens?
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 7:42 AM
Congratulations, President Obama. I have never doubted that you were a decent and well meaning person, I just hope I have sorely misjudged your policy agenda.
Dudley Smith on November 5, 2008 at 7:42 AM
Ok, now we pound the Vera Baker story until he is forced to comment about it and make a lie which we can begin the impeachment process.
He won’t be in office 2 months and the country will already be wrapped in a Clinotn-esque scandal.
The best part will be watching Omarosa Obama’s sour puss as this story plays out accross the news every day. I can already hear the lamps crashing in the Whitehouse.
Alden Pyle on November 5, 2008 at 7:42 AM
Are you insane? This is still the greatest country in the history of the world.
Obama will soon be my president, making me the country-loving opposition.
God Bless and Keep America.
emailnuevo on November 5, 2008 at 7:43 AM
Boom chica wow woooow! Hahahahahahahah
Alden Pyle on November 5, 2008 at 7:44 AM
Well at Least it is over until the next election.
I lived through a Carter Administration, I will live through an Obama Administration. I guess I can look forward to telling everyone who voted for him “I told you so” when the wheels come off the bus but that is little solace. I would rather have the Country in the hands of someone with a modicum of Experience..who actually doesn’t think their Country needs Vindicated for anything.
Dr Evil on November 5, 2008 at 7:44 AM
Money quote
Alden Pyle on November 5, 2008 at 7:45 AM
Great posting!
I am stunned that the election went the way it did, and posted here that I fully expected McCain to win. I won’t try to analyze WHY we got to this place in our history and our culture, but I will say it’s time for conservatives to find the leaders who truly ‘walk the walk’ of our values and our priciples and get back to work.
Red State State of Mind on November 5, 2008 at 7:50 AM
I’m going back to voting Libertarian. The Republican party is finished.
Too many of the remaining national level Republicans are RINOs anyway.
MarkTheGreat on November 5, 2008 at 7:52 AM
I’m with you dude, keep doing what you do!
Dash on November 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM
The US is a corrput, amoral society. Obama will institute communism like in Russia, Cuba and other dictatorships. The american people deserve it for being idiots, ignorants and to only foculs on their wallets when voting.
tocoloro on November 5, 2008 at 7:54 AM
Some problematic writing:
A race superbly run? With wildly fraudulent finance practices, and most probably an equal amount of vote fraud?
Not letting the wrong reasons deter the wrong choice? Sorry, that’s unintelligible here. I couldn’t care less about Obama’s race. To focus on race from either direction is a distraction. It should neither keep him out of the white house nor should it cover for his marxism, globalism, machine politics, convenient and dishonest shifts, stridently anti-life positions, etc.
This is a time to affirm out commitment to the American values, including respect for the presidency, but let us not deceive ourselves about the nature of our circumstances.
paul1149 on November 5, 2008 at 7:54 AM
yep. Colon will be with him to work the pedals, but what a motley crew its gonna be. Does he even know where the White House is? Hey Obama its the big white building with all the fountains out front. gawd.
johnnyU on November 5, 2008 at 7:55 AM
We need to start working on unseating the black racist socialis muslim from the white house in 2012
tocoloro on November 5, 2008 at 7:55 AM
We have elected a socialist. The fairness doctrine is back in the democrats’ sights. The 2nd Amendment may be challenged. Spread the wealth will have it’s day, and mediocracy will be celebrated. However, today we all can say that state and public instituted racism is dead. No longer will minority groups have the right to challenge anyone or any group. The NAACP is a dinosaur’s bones in a museum. Rainbow Coalition should be disbanded. We elected a man not because of his color, but because of his politics. Four years from now, we’ll elect someone else.
CFL on November 5, 2008 at 7:57 AM
agreed toc
johnnyU on November 5, 2008 at 7:57 AM
Wanna bet?
The Democrats still blame Hoover for the Depression, even though it was caused by FDR.
How many Democrats told you in the last year about how Clinton took a lousy economy and turned it into paradise on earth, when even a causual examination of the record shows that Clinton took a strong economy and ruined it.
With the news media and educational establishment on their side, reality doesn’t matter. The people will believe whatever their masters tell them to believe.
MarkTheGreat on November 5, 2008 at 7:57 AM
That’s going to be hard to do, since most of the people who survived this debacle were RINOs to begin with.
MarkTheGreat on November 5, 2008 at 7:59 AM
I weep for my country and for all our troops in harms way. I am stunned that there are so many in this country that would even consider voting this Marxist thug, let alone actually doing it.
We will return in 2010 with a vengeance and recapture the House and Senate.
Sporty1946 on November 5, 2008 at 7:59 AM
Possibly, but I can see Pelosi, Reid, and Obama still blaming Bush and Republicans for their own failings four years from now.
matthewbit07 on November 5, 2008 at 7:59 AM
Thug thizzle.
Coronagold on November 5, 2008 at 8:00 AM
Illinidiva, that would be a big mistake, because Cameron is not a conservative. What you will be doing is going down the same long term decline that you see in Europe, you will have the more extreme left like Browna cause real damage, and when the Cameron type gets in he will never do enough to repair the damage, because of the way the left works, they will embed themelves into the system and slowly strangle it. I am sure you can see it in the USA now, its a bit more advanced in Europe. Only a true conservative will be able to sort it out and even then Thatcher was unable to do it.
TrueBrit on November 5, 2008 at 8:00 AM
Don’t worry about illegal aliens. When Obama is through with the economy, Mexico is going to be building a wall to keep out Americans.
MarkTheGreat on November 5, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Rove you magnificent bastage.
Coronagold on November 5, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Some of those who have written here appear to be bitter in defeat. I didn’t want Obama to win either but the people of the US have made their choice. We must respect that choice. To think that I have lived to see an african-american become president is so exciting. Back in the sixty’s I never thought it possible. I sincerely hope Obama is successful as our President.
The Marines were always color-blind. Now the nation seems to be. That makes me more proud than ever of the American people. It is a special day for America and some are too blind to see that. This nation is truly the land of the free.
I wish that the partisan bickering would end here and now. For those wanting to leave the country I wish you the best. Please don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. Some of you are so petty as to wish Obama ill. Those who do don’t seem to realize you are wishing America ill when you do that. That is simply wrong.
As for the rest of us we’ll work on putting the GOP back on the right track. In two years we can begin to reclaim the House and Senate back. In 4 years the Presidency can be ours again.
McCain gave a wonderful consession speech. One we should all listen to again. Its a time for America to come together to solve our major national issues. As John McCain said “Godspeed President-elect Obama”.
kanda on November 5, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Screw off, asswipe.
Fletch54 on November 5, 2008 at 8:02 AM
In case it hasn’t been done yet:
-Padme Amidala
Darksean on November 5, 2008 at 8:03 AM
The NY times will turn on him when he hesitates to bring all the troops out of Iraq. The blacks will turn on him when he has to renege on that “tax credit/check/handout”. It’s just a matter of time before all voting blocks turn on him because he made empty promises which he will learn he can not keep on 1/21/09. He can string out a falsehood for months as proven in his campaign. I say right around March 09, the gloves come off and based upon the ego the MSM gave him, he won’t be able to handle it.
sherry on November 5, 2008 at 8:03 AM
A toast!
To Change!
I hope you Obama supporters gets everything you deserve!
Cheers!
Pcoop on November 5, 2008 at 8:03 AM
uh… pardon me, but if it was me I’d want someone to tell me – your stupidity is showing.
RegularJoe on November 5, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Dude, or stupid dude, read my original post. I state “college graduates”.
That is what I gave you, dude.
Now, do your own research. I proved my point…but as I suspected, when faced with facts (that you say is right in front of you) you ignore them, which makes me suspect that you are a liberal. Facts confuse you.
Here is my part of my post (to confuse you more)
See where I say “college graduates”?
Sheeesh…you have to do better then that dude, acknowledging facts, then ignoring them isn’t cool dude.
And dude, like I said, I inform and point you in the right direction for you to learn, dude.
right2bright on November 5, 2008 at 8:05 AM
I agree with this statement in the utmost. He is not my president and never will be. All hail hussein……
Charger73 on November 5, 2008 at 8:06 AM
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.
The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived!
That is Obama’s modus operandi.
But I don’t wish that so.
I love America and wish our nation well.
maverick muse on November 5, 2008 at 8:12 AM
While I am not happy with the results of the election, I will never EVER stoop to the level the other side has lowered themselves to with GW. I fervently believe that Obama is wrong for our country. But the hate, the vitriol…WE MUST BE ABOVE THAT.
Obama will have my respect as our president-elect. I will disagree with him while keeping a sense of dignity, decorum, and class.
flyawaybird on November 5, 2008 at 8:14 AM
The only nutrootsy thing I plan to do is maintain that racism in this country no longer exists. I will argue that position vehemently. Whites outnumber black 8-1 and Hispanics are a larger minority than blacks.
One thing’s for sure, I’d better not hear Obama crying racism ever again.
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton need to get real jobs and Reverend Wright needs to start preaching about Jesus, assuming he even knows who that guy is.
Kafir on November 5, 2008 at 8:15 AM
Hear, hear. I’ll oppose President Obama as I opposed Candidate Obama – on issues, with principles.
Sure, his drooling media sycophants will play the race card at every opportunity but that argument is now officially moot. All that informal power they once wielded to great effect for 50+ years is now gone. Poof!
Lest our leftist detractors get too cocky, formal power is a different animal altogether. Whining alone won’t cut it anymore. Put up or shut up.
As those wiser than me have stated repeatedly: Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it!
Gilda on November 5, 2008 at 8:15 AM
This does not prove America is not racist. After all, there weren’t 100% of the votes for Obama. And you know, if you didn’t vote for him, you’re still a racist evil nazi reich-wing nutjob.
MattMacD on November 5, 2008 at 8:15 AM
James Thurber was right:
“You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.”
Wally on November 5, 2008 at 8:16 AM
I was just about to pose the same question. I guess the Aunt can now “talk” so, start talking.
S on November 5, 2008 at 8:17 AM
98% of D.C. voted for Obama…given the similar statistics there of Black people, I’d say that Blacks this Election have conclusively proven that they are, indeed, still stuck in racism and are, indeed, racialists.
If it was so important “just” to elect a Black man to the Presidency, there certainly are more qualified Black men around than Obama, especially ethically. And I disagree with Dean Burnett (may he rest in peace) that Obama is “a good and decent man.” That statement, by the way, speaks well of Burnett and only Burnett. Obama’s proven, in my experience, that he is not good nor decent. NO decent person lies as often and as cavalierly as Obama does. Same with his wife.
S on November 5, 2008 at 8:20 AM
I will respect the office of the President. I have ZERO respect for Barack Obama. Based entirely on his political and social views, no genuine Republican would respect him. Yeah, yeah “we survived Carter” but it’s going to be a long, miserable 4 years.
ExcessivelyDiverted on November 5, 2008 at 8:20 AM
A good and decent man would defend the life of a vulnerable child, not oppose the Born Alive Act.
ExcessivelyDiverted on November 5, 2008 at 8:23 AM
Does anyone have a list of the next bunch of senators that are up for reelection in 2010″? Those will be easiest to pick off by either party for working coalitions.
txmomof6 on November 5, 2008 at 8:23 AM
Does anyone remember a George Soros Quote from 2004 or maybe early 2005 when he was commenting about the 2004 Presidential elections? If I remember correctly, he said “…if I have to buy the next election then so be it but there will not be a republican in the White House in 2009!”. Things that make you go hmmmmm??????
0321_GUY on November 5, 2008 at 8:24 AM
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