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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i know. don’t they make it clear that christianity = morality.
eh on November 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM
Holy crap…. there are fireworks going off for the past hour or so here in Burlington, VT. I heard uproarious cheers a while back too and asked some random person on the street if they heard it. They said it was Obama supporters. I said “you mean f-ing idiots, because the 2 are synonymous”. Turned out (as she got closer, walking her dog) it was some bull-dike and she was like “oh, maybe there’s a ball game”, I said, no “you were right the first time, it was idiot Obama supporters”. The roaring crowd was traveling for a couple of miles. Again, I wish I was dead.
RightWinged on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
My question is, where were the Republican voters?
Bush won over 53 million. Obama is just barely over 51 million.
Enoxo on November 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM
McCain!
time2taketheglovesoffGOP on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
There are quite a few of us disgusted by this.
Dubn8tr on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Heh. I’ve been called worse. Attitudes like mine is what has kept the country together through FAR worse times. We’ll get through this. I have far more faith in the American People than any political party. Are we headed for dark times? Yep. Are things going to get ugly? Yep. Am I willing to throw in the towel? OH HELL no.
On the purely political side of this, and as others have said here, I don’t want to see the Conservative movement devolve to the level of the Democratic Underground, DailyKos, and the other nutjobs out there who see horrendous things as a benefit to their own political party.
Sorry if my attitude offends you but I won’t apologize for the attitude.
Pilgrim on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
He’s not my President. I also want God to bless and protect him. If something is going to happen, I don’t want to have anyone else to blame but the Obamanation. He baracks up, I don’t want anyone else being blamed.
john1schn on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Wait for the coming tide of industry moving out of the US.
If people have any inkling that this man with his history, who “will heal the hole in our souls” will lead as a centrist you are in need of some real counseling on the nature of the demagogue. You have Stockholm syndrome already.
George_Canada on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
We might not like the results, we may question the methods, but we are a country of laws
Laura in Maryland on November 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM
Laws that Obama’s campaign broke continually.
Let’s not gild this nasty socialist turd.
TexasJew on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
ManlyRash, please don’t go. We are the base of the way forward. Republicans stink, we ALL know that. I don’t know what the answer is, but like minded people, true conservatives (small govt, life affirming) must stick together to come up with ideas. This is as good a place as any…and pretty soon, all we will have left will be the internet.
JustTruth101 on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
If you believe that, you are already starting out on the wrong path for 2010/2012. AP is agnostic at best and a pessimist.
This election was lost due primarily the MSM covering for Obama, Obama’s good ground game, Bush and nation-building and spending fits with Repubs. in Congress. Without Palin, Mac would have lost another 2-3% of the popular vote. If he had picked Lieberman, I know I would have stayed home and not voted for him and there would have been thousands less volunteers as the election degenerated into Dole ‘96 again.
Palin was the ONLY bright spot in this election for McCain. I don’t know if she is interested in running for national office as POTUS or VP in the future. However, the Repubs. must field somebody to challenge Obama in 2012. Maybe she takes on that challenge at least to keep the GOP busy building out to 2016. I do know that she is a good wholesome face for the GOP if they want her to lead and she wants it herself.
I was pushing for Sarah to be on the ticket with McCain because I felt it was worth the gamble so that it would be a fight rather than going through the motions like Dole in ‘96. I pushed this knowing that Jindal was still in the minor league system if we needed him later, or Cantor.
I drove 700 miles to see her and got to simply shake her hand at the rally in FL. I stayed in Florida to help making calls, etc. Then drove back home.
Now, you name me one other VP choice that makes a man put up 1400 miles, four nights in motels, and a day and a half working phones in an effort he knows is still a longshot?
Come on. Gimme a name. You can’t.
Obama made Dems do that. Palin WILL too.
Sapwolf on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Point out failures, but never, ever encourage them. That’s the difference between them and us. What separates us.
malan89 on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Fuck You Obama. You will never be my president. Long live the Resistance. The Sons of Liberty will be reborn. The Tree of Liberty will be watered.
bill30097 on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Thank you, Allah. As a Christian Pastor, this person does not speak for me or 99.9% of the Evangelical Christian community.
Thanks for keeping Hot Air a well run professional site.
Joe Pyne on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Good news for arugula sales eh? It’s hard to find a silver lining right now.
Joeyyy on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Exactly.
Let the idiots have their own country.
$10,000 bucks says that the pacifists do not have the guts to stop us from seceeding.
This is the only solution.
Under President Hussein, ACORN will have a federal budget of $10 Billion a year.
SaintOlaf on November 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM
we should ask Bush to leave office early!
time2taketheglovesoffGOP on November 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM
mylegsareswollen, what’s the big f’in deal with the US electing a black president? I’m black. Explain it to me. I want to know. How the hell is his race going to help the US stay strong? How will his race defend us from enemies without and within? How will his race keep our economy strong? The eff it will. We’ve elected a friggin’ terrorist-symp, a communist, an anti-Semite. A COMMUNIST!!!!! A crook, a liar, a man who has only ever run his mouth. Nothing he’s put his hands on has been successful. So what? We’re supposed to be comforted by some bullshit nod to history?
All I can tell you Jews out there, grab your guns and a shovel. Start digging the underground railroad to Israel. Heaven knows, you’ll need it!
SilentWatcher on November 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM
You don’t know when to stop digging yourself deeper.
Chimpy on November 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM
This country has been ruined by a bunch of vacuous types who think that voting for the black guy is a sign of enlightenment and intelligence. Amazing.
jr.ewing.78 on November 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM
I can accept a defeat,but to kiss his ass?.no, never!..i still have my pride!….you disappoint me allah!
Bluestate_Blues on November 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Come on lets not go there. I love this place and respect everyone here and will need HotAir to get me through the next 4 years. Lets make sure we dont see stuff like this here. Leave that to the libs over at Kos or Huffpo.
We are better then that.
HoosierCon on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Okay I get that but, I hope the next African American President is someone I admire and trust. Obama has just not earned my respect or trust. But hey if he does a good job… I’ll change my mind.
I say–okay now EARN my trust! Put the country first not your socialist views but Amercian views. Then I’ll be your strongest supporter. But for now Obama is on probation!
petunia on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Rush being forced off the air to Satellite would diminish his audience and thus his 1st amendment rights.
FloatingRock on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Well. I’m utterly depressed out of my mind now.
Seriously debating not going to work tomorrow. It’s late, I don’t feel like haggling with the bus system this late at night, I might just crash here on the couch.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Yeah, good luck with all that.
RightWinged on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Yep. Nailed it in one.
11.04.2008 – the death of my faith in the American system. It’s done.
So add me to the group. He’s NOT my president.
Vyce on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
FloatingRock on November 5, 2008 at 12:27 AM
I am not talking ODS. I am talking holding his feet to the fire to keep his promises. I am going to hold him to account for the economy for the price of gas. Gas right now is $2.40 every penny it goes up is due to Obama. My electric bill charges me 10c kwh. Every penny it goes up is going to be due to Obama. His policies are the problem. Everytime a CEO ships jobs overseas I will yell at the top of my lungs that Obama is shipping our jobs overseas. Everytime my insurance premium goes up I will blame Obama and the dems in Congress. Everytime college costs goes up the dems get the blame. Everytime I get only a 3% raise or no raise I will blame the dems. every point of increased unemployment will be blamed on the dems, every tax increas in gas, fuel, income, sales taxes will be the dems fault.
My motto for the next 4 years will be “HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH YET?” I will print up bumper stickers, I will comment on blogs, I will make my living on blaming the dems for the slow decline of the working man.
Bank on it.
unseen on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Allah: That whole Fairness Doctrine thing; does that mean we will have lots of more trolls here?
carbon_footprint on November 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM
I kept hearing rumors of riots, I did not expect them on Hot Air. Let’s take a breath (or drink). We need to be united not divided.
I’m tired, I’m grouchy, and I’m mourning my country, my security, and my children’s futures. I’m heading to bed; those who cannot be civil should do likewise.
My memory fails me, but the sentiment sticks:
Little children, be good to one another.
Laura in Maryland on November 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Nice, Allah. Well done.
Alex K on November 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM
So before I head for bed…
No more Rino’s…I would rather lose fighting the good fight, then fighting for someone because I don’t want the other to win.
So much for thinking you can win the hispanic vote by catering to the liberal side.
Hispanics want fair border control, and fair immigration policies…the liberal Hispanics don’t. If McCain would have been a conservative on the border, while respecting the legal immigrants, and working on a real solution to the immigration problem, he would not have lost the Hispanic vote.
If he would have said NO on the bail out, and asked for cooler heads to prevail. If he would have asked for some of the great economic minds to come to Washington for a summit, rather then allowing know nothing senators (the same ones who got us in this mess) to bail us out, it would have been wise for our country.
I still think Palin was the best pick, and she should have had more interviews, and coached to tell arrogant interviewers like Gibson and Curic (sp) to stick it when they tried a gotcha. People love the press to be put in their place.
But we had no real conservatives to draw from, and the Republican powers are mostly Rino’s now.
Conservative will be popular after 4 years of pandering to the far left…so we better start finding them now.
…and Rush is just as happy, his show is guaranteed to be more listened to then ever. All of conservative radio has got a good boost from this election.
And finally, sadly, dems don’t need 60 for a filibuster majority. There are enough Republican wimps to fill in the gap they need to reach the 60.
…I am sad, not for me, but for America, I really think it made a terrible mistake…but then I hope I am wrong.
And until he casts his first vote, or makes his first policy change that negatively affects America, then I can honestly say I have nothing against him. I wish him well, until he takes away my liberties.
As I one said: Don’t blame Obama, he hasn’t done anything.
right2bright on November 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Barak Obama is not my president!
George W. Bush is my president.
Come Inauguration Day, I will of course accept the unavoidable.
The difference is, I am proud that George W. Bush is my president. I will not be proud when Barak Obama becomes my president, and will work against him politically.
theregoestheneighborhood on November 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM
They keep going on and on about electing our firt black president. Why not our first BI-RACIAL president? Why not say our first SOCIALIST president? Because that’s what really matters.
Tony737 on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
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
Wrong he is 1/2 white!
and he is a MARXIST
time2taketheglovesoffGOP on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
I wouldn’t joke about the Fairness Doctrine. It’s a reality now.
malan89 on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
So now that Obama has won, can we now finally rid ourselves of Affirmative Action?
Send_Me on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Just,
He is leaving because he lost the bet that’s all.
Manly is a man of honor to the end.
Manly,
I’ll see you at the Alamo some day if and when Texas secedes.
Sincerely,
Sapwolf
Sapwolf on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
You know why the Dems just talked about going to another country while we’re the ones talking about seceding?
We can actually live without them.
I don’t think there are any farms left in New York City, iykwim.
jr.ewing.78 on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
I live 20 miles outside of Cleveland. I am truly ashamed, disgusted, embarassed, and shocked. When I feel asleep last night, I had no f##kin clue to the world I lived in. My eyes are wide open tonight and I still can’t understand on so many levels how the F##K he won? Ohio, Virginia, Flordia????? WTF. Our states just made Barack Hussein Obama the commander-in-cheif of our military!?!? ARE YOU F##KING KIDDING ME.
kriscoleman on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Israel is already firing on Gaza. I’m just sayin’.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081105/D948I1AO0.html
haikusrock on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Well on the plus side the media won’t be talking down the economy every minute.
unseen on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Thanks for the fun though, Allah.
You never had me fooled for a minute.
I always knew it was you.
Saltysam on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Heard this was lowest Republican turnout in 30 years.
MrX on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
…I am not a moderator, and have no say other than express my opinions, as we all do here…but, think that you’ve made it clear that you don’t belong. You might want to begin groping for the door.
I will do everything I my scant and fleeting power to thwart the man and his party, but I will not stand idly by and contenance even the suggestion of harm befalling even a hair of the man’s unworthy head. It is one thing to oppose, it’s another dispicable thing to plot…and what you’ve done is even baser…you’ve suggested…you don’t even seem to have to wherewithal to plot properly.
…sorry, folks, if I seem steamed…but a man stands up to thwart what he sees as disreputable, whether it is a foul and foreign political movement or violence suggested against that movement….
…this just makes a low evening that much lower….
Puritan1648 on November 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
live 20 miles outside of Cleveland. I am truly ashamed, disgusted, embarassed, and shocked. When I feel asleep last night, I had no f##kin clue to the world I lived in. My eyes are wide open tonight and I still can’t understand on so many levels how the F##K he won? Ohio, Virginia, Flordia????? WTF. Our states just made Barack Hussein Obama the commander-in-cheif of our military!?!? ARE YOU F##KING KIDDING ME.
kriscoleman on November 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
one word: ACORN
unseen on November 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Congratulations, Mr. President. Now you face the world, and it will challenge you. Soon. You ran an incredibly successful campaign, but now it is time to take a good long look at all those promises you made. Some, possibly even most of them, will be impossible for you to keep without ensuring your defeat in four years. If you think the campaign has been stressful, if you think it has aged you, made you grey, made you cranky, then, prepare for stresses and expectations the likes of which you have never even approached. Everyone is watching you, Mr. President. What you do in these next few months and years will have an impact on the life of every man, woman, and child of these United States. They say that pressure can mature a man in moments, force him to grow up. Mr. President, I urge you to be a responsible president, and consider the effects that your actions will have. Again, congratulations Mr. President, you have taken on the most difficult and thankless job known to man. Everything will be your fault, that is inevitable. All those foreign “friends” will now look to you to bring this country low, but I have enough faith in you to believe that, despite our vehement disagreements, we share a love of this country and want her to succeed. When you refuse to humble yourself to them, they will hate you. These former “friends” will call you a warmonger, an imperialist, and all sorts of other labels that you will find unfair. Mr. President, you have taken on a job I wouldn’t… couldn’t want. I wish you the best of luck during your term and in the protection of this nation and her people. Mr President, may god bless you and keep you safe and on the proper path.
MikeTheLibrarian on November 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
WTF???
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Congratulations to MSNBC, NYT,Rolling Stone, ABC/CBS/NBC and CNN on a very convincing campaign. Oh, and Barry too.
Bob Mc on November 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
I had the exact same thought as I watched his speech.
jwp1964 on November 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
And thus you go from hero to puss.
Man up.
SouthernDem on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
I would have preferred that the first African American president would actually be a good president, rather than what I suspect will be a disastrous president.
theregoestheneighborhood on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
The candidates I voted for today have all lost, I can only now hope that BO will become overly cautious because of the promises he has made. Let the fear of finally having to make a decision that matters open him up to the criticism he so rightly deserves.
God, Please give us the strength to endure what comes. I love this country, and ask for Obama’s eyes be made to see.
la.rt.wngr on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Will the MSM discuss the over 90% support of black voters for Husseien Obama as racial?
And will they give credit to all the WHITES that voted for him?
time2taketheglovesoffGOP on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Allah: That whole Fairness Doctrine thing; does that mean we will have lots of more trolls here? – Carbon
No, it means either A.P. or Ed will have to be fired and replaced by a liberal. But here’s the question, will half the bloggers at D.K. be fired and replaced with conservatives?
Tony737 on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Not.
FloatingRock on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Well said.
We can be bitter and oppose him all we want, but we should NEVER wish him harm.
jr.ewing.78 on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Ditto!
davenp35 on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
That wasn’t a joke.
And that is going to be the least of our losses of freedom I suspect.
carbon_footprint on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Please don’t give up, our military will need your support more than ever in the next few years.
Sven on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
get right with your maker, read up on the Book of Revelation, move your finances overseas, get a good tax attorney, and pray hard for our country
obaaa’s intense ego will be his downfall
he had the media, foriegn cas, and the stupidity of the American people (nearly half of them)
Eisenhower ” A country that values privaledge above principal soon will have neither”
audiotom on November 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
I’m not saying we go crazy, but I am saying we hold him to his word. After all, he was elected.
I’ll support him right up until the point he starts screwing up (which he being a Chicago pol won’t be long). After that, you’ll see me at the front of the Protests.
Chaz706 on November 5, 2008 at 12:40 AM
I disagree that he ran the race superbly Allah.
Sir Corky on November 5, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Can I be ManlyRash now? Please?
:P
Ugly on November 5, 2008 at 12:40 AM
AP, if you don’t bash Obama, will HotAir go bankrupt? What will you do for 4 years? What is your purpose? Please tell us?
faraway on November 5, 2008 at 12:41 AM
I’ve wondered the same thing. And will ABCNBCCBSMSNBCCNN have to become balanced as well?
carbon_footprint on November 5, 2008 at 12:41 AM
President-Elect Obama is my president, and your president. We lost, take it like a man.
We lost because we have allowed the leftists to control our academic institutions from pre-school to our major universities. We lost because we allowed the leftists to control most of the information carried over our broadcast networks. We lost because we got lazy! We expected the American people to remain traditional without reminding them again and again of our heritage as Americans. We have come a long way since the McGovern days. Obama is more liberal than he was and he wins the presidency going away!
We have a lot of work to do my conservative brothers and sisters. The battle is lost, but we can still win the war.
Joe Pyne on November 5, 2008 at 12:41 AM
The truth always comes out, the problem is by then it is too late.
kriscoleman on November 5, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Yes, I thought about it, and I can honestly say…no more whining from the African-American community. America has proven that it is not racist (in fact it hates elderly more then blacks). African-American, you have no more excuses, you have arrived.
Highest paid athletes
Highest paid entertainers
Most powerful politician
Equal pay for college graduates (in fact greater)
We have proved we are not racist, so drop the race card.
right2bright on November 5, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Who cares if he’s a nice guy? My dad is a nice guy and I disagree with him politically too.
Conservatism is still alive! McCain and the RINOs lost tonight, not true Conservatives. We didn’t have our dog in the fight. Obama’s win proved you can win without being in the middle.
I wanna see Jindal on a flight to Iowa or New Hampshire soon. Indian-American trumps Halfrican American.
rmel80 on November 5, 2008 at 12:42 AM
Not My President!
Sorry!
hawkdriver on November 5, 2008 at 12:42 AM
I just tore myself away from the TV and obligatory bottle of courage to peruse the comments. Two thoughts:
1) You can’t lay this on ACORN. They organized and committed fraud, for which I hope they all rot in jail under the RICO statutes. But the margin of victory was way more than their BS in Ohio and other states.
2) I pray that the skinheads, Aryan Nation types, and other whack-jobs stay cool. The only thing that scares me more than Chairman Comrade Barack is the thought of President Biden. Obama is smart, even though inexperienced and posessed of hubris. Biden’s a proven moron.
Good night.
Anton on November 5, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Look, any conservatives on this site knew that our candidate was less than a perfect candidate. We lost because republicans got away from what made us winners. We didn’t hold the party accountable. I take responsibility for my part.
But listen up. Barrack Obama is our President-elect. I have a very tough time accepting his supporters, hell, even MSNBC is talking about how we have put terrorists on notice – but I hope that Obama will cross the party aisle, like our guy would have certainly done, over and over and over and over again. When he does, I will support him. When he doesn’t I will do what I can to fight him.
He is it. Get over everything else. It’s done. Don’t make asses of yourselves like the dems have done over the last 8 years.
Country First.
See you in 2010.
JeffinOrlando on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
You don’t know when to stop digging yourself deeper.
Chimpy on November 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Okay, for the uninitiated, let’s recap a little history, so our good Leftist “Chimpy”, can go away.
The below, are ALL FACTS! “Chimpy”, if you can offer any PROOF that they are NOT facts, I’ll be happy to read your evidence, via posted URL’s.
Barak HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH) is, and they are such immutable FACTS, that I do not even need to provide any supporting evidence; you howerver, need to provide disproving evidence, which you cannot, and will not:
a Marxist: Check!
Anti-American: Check!
Anti-White: Check!
a Racist: Check!
Anti-Semitic: Check!
a Muslim: Check!
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/pipes_obama_muslim/2008/10/09/138898.html
http://www.daylife.com/photo/01u33pL9Ns06D
practices “Taqiyah: Check!
Okay, now, let’s discuss you “Chimpy”, shall we?
The below are all immutable FACTS as well, but I’m willing to see your “evidence” proving otherwise; which you cannot, and will not provide.
Chimpy is:
Anti-American: Check!
Pro-Jihadi: Check!
Delusional: Check!
Democrat: Check!
Traitor: Check!
Leftwing: Check!
Nutbag: Check!
See how easy that was?
So, I’ve proved everything I needed to about Barak HUSSEIN Obama, and you too “Chimpy”.
As I said, if you can disprove anything, which you cannot, that I said about Obama, or yourself, I’m willing to listen?
Dale in Atlanta on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
The irony, only 13% of blacks voted…less then 4 years ago. Obama was elected by whites, racism is gone.
right2bright on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
…while I am energized….
…buck up, man…we have a nation to defend….
Puritan1648 on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
My question is, where were the Republican voters?
Bush won over 53 million. Obama is just barely over 51 million.
Enoxo on November 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM
McCain!
time2taketheglovesoffGOP on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
The votes haven’t been completely counted yet, not by a long shot.
The mandate for the One is not in yet and he could still make a concession speech.
Where the hell is my vodka?
winemkr on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
a-c doesn’t biblically mean “against”, it can also be interpreted to mean “in place of”
Chuck Swindoll did a great series in 1976. Listen to this one. Click messages, select day 2. Remember as you listen this was recorded in 1976.
JustTruth101 on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
And will ABCNBCCBSMSNBCCNN have to become balanced as well? – Carbon
No, of course not, the F.D. will only be directed at talk radio. All the radio guys hafta do is put the libs on at dark hours when nobody is up anyway.
Tony737 on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
‘Mornin’ comrades. Welcome to the USSA. How’s it feel to be working for the state?
jakabok_botch on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
I am proud to be an American, and not for the first time in my life.
Now, Black America just might understand something about this country that they have been blind to.
This is not a racist country. It is THE GREATEST COUNTRY in the world.
In a short time, after the party is over, Black conservatives are going to be coming out of the woodwork. They will not want to be associated with the demise of what it is that makes this country great.
And we will finally see a country where the political argument will truly, finally be about ideology.
The race game is done.
The time is ripe for Black conservatives, many of whom have yet to discover that they are conservative, to come home to the Right, take leadership positions in larger numbers, and help put this country back on its feet again.
No longer will the Democrats carry 90% of the black vote.
It’s over.
Saltysam on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
My rental lease runs out here in AL in Feb.
I just confirmed I can live with my Mom and Dad for 4 years at no expense. COOL!
I’m gonna grab a good RTS computer game and play non-stop while training for a marathon in 2009. I’m also gonna apply for welfare and get my tax refund while paying no income taxes. I think I could really get used to this living off others afterall.
I’ll check in on HotAir now and then just to see what policy ideas are on the back burner though.
Sapwolf on November 5, 2008 at 12:45 AM
…while I am energized….
…buck up, man…we have a nation to defend….
Puritan1648 on November 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
Semper Fi!!!!!!!!
winemkr on November 5, 2008 at 12:45 AM
Who is your president? Sarkozy?
mycowardice on November 5, 2008 at 12:45 AM
Folks, I have something to say. I am, and will always be, an American.
Tonight, American citizens chose between two American citizens to lead the rest of us and, effectively, the free world.
Damn near all of us here, including me, wanted the person who did not win. You know what? It’s an election. Sometimes we lose, sometimes we win. Remember we’ve won more often than not in the last few decades. The democratic process works, and I’m glad to be a part of it and be able to cast my vote freely for who I want, as I am glad for all of you and every person who voted one way or another in the last few weeks.
I am an American citizen. George W. Bush is the president of my nation, America. In ten weeks, he will hand the reins of power to Barack Obama, and Barack Obama will be the president of my nation, America. And when Russia, or Iran, or Venezuela, or whoever comes after us, I’m going to stand next to my president and say “Well, let’s see what you got”, just as so many Americans did seven years ago with Bush. If he screws up, so be it. We will give him plenty of hell, because trust me, we’re going to be holding him just as much to the flame as the libs held Bush.
Yet, tomorrow morning, we’re going to get up and go to our jobs. We’ll have what we want for lunch. Then we’ll go home, and read, or go out to a movie or with friends to drink, or come on HotAir and post, or hopefully have sex with someone (or something, not judging). We’ll do these things because this is America, land of the free. If you’re ready to turn over and die because the guy you backed didn’t win the presidency, you should be ashamed. You’re no better than the liberals who went into seizures the last two times. Are you Americans, or are you French? Make up your minds! This is our nation, and we’ll fight tooth and nail for our beliefs.
In the end, when the chips come down, Barack Obama is an American citizen just like you and me, and when trouble strikes, do you think he’ll want to die? Do you think he’ll want Americans to die? Do you think he wants to see this country collapse while he’s in charge? If you do, you really need a break from politics. If a nuke falls or city gets attacked, socialist or no, he’s gonna be pissed, just like a lot of Americans. If he doesn’t respond, we’ll toss him out on his ear. However, use a little common sense and realize that he’s not going to sit back and let the place burn. He’s not stupid, or else he wouldn’t have gotten this far (remember, this is the same logic we used for Bush). The guy is the president of the greatest goddamned country in the world, and don’t you forget it.
Let’s all relax, take a break from the most grueling presidential campaign in history, and stop wishing death on the guy like some jackasses who thankfully will no longer be posting here. Those of you that want to leave because you think the fight for conservatism is dead, good riddance. We’ve just elected a new president, and for all we know, it might not be as bad as some people have said. Let’s give the guy a chance. If he screws up, we’ll crucify him. Until then, I don’t know about you, but I refuse to become the new liberal nutbags. I am an American, and I’m proud of my country, its freedoms, and its people.
MadisonConservative on November 5, 2008 at 12:46 AM
The nation just flipped off the force, time for the force to return the favor and finally come home to their families and stay for more than half the time going forth to “nation build” people who truth-be-told were naive in believing we could be trusted to foster them through the birthing of their version of freedom on behalf of an American public who can so easily be beguiled into undermining the goals of the servicemember’s sacrifices.
The modern democratic party is like an alzheimer’s stricken COMINTERN member humming La Internationale from memory….
jumped stright from Marx to Stalin with no pesky in-between.
sven10077 on November 5, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Obama often adopts the style and cadence of a preacher in his speeches. That’s gotta be on purpose.
aero on November 5, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Dude, I don’t plan on working in an Obama world. I’m sucking government freebies til 2012 and living with relatives.
Get with the program.
Sapwolf on November 5, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Like someone said. We need a Dem in the White House once in a while to screw things up, and remind people why they should vote Republican.
Fires1 on November 5, 2008 at 12:47 AM
sorry, you gotta click listen and go through a bunch of screens to listen to it…
JustTruth101 on November 5, 2008 at 12:47 AM
just tore myself away from the TV and obligatory bottle of courage to peruse the comments. Two thoughts:
1) You can’t lay this on ACORN. They organized and committed fraud, for which I hope they all rot in jail under the RICO statutes. But the margin of victory was way more than their BS in Ohio and other states.
Anton on November 5, 2008 at 12:43 AM
There were 200,000 questionable ballots in OHIO. Obama is winning by less than 70,000 you do the math. VA was decided by 100,000 votes. Again you do the math.
Of course Acorn stoled this election. Or helped. In every battle ground state.
unseen on November 5, 2008 at 12:47 AM
Being a military spouse I am scared for our future. In three weeks my spouse will be home I guess this will be my silver lining for the weeks and months to come. Please keep the troops in your prayers. I know many that are truly disappointed. You will never hear them complain. They will fight to keep us safe.
Brat4life on November 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
I think that we all get how awesome it is to have an African American elected, but we didn’t think it would be a socialist. I was hoping for more along the lines of JC Watts or Condi Rice.
Cool! Is your name John Galt?? Can I join you??
Illinidiva on November 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Roger all that Joe.
Pilgrim on November 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Barack Hussein Obama: guy who nobody knows anything about, who has an islamic past,hangs out with terrorists and muslims and black racists,has a communist dictator cousin, and was funded and accepted onto the Harvard Law review via recommendation from a Saudi prince, IS NOW THE COMMANDER AND CHIEF OF THE MOST POWERFUL MILITARY, THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
SaintOlaf on November 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Exactly. Very true. Plus I think what’s more important now is the Congress. So now it’s time to focus on Pelosi and friends.
terryannonline on November 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Will the Black Panthers be apart of the Civilian Security Force?
Kini on November 4, 2008 at 11:56 PM
That is exactly what I was thinking myself. This is going to get scary as hell.
sheebe on November 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
FD doesn’t work that way, approx. same time of day. In the past they had one follow the other, or one on one day and the other the next.
Believe me, they hire people with stop watches, and at any time order audit tapes. If they think you are wrong, then you have to prove you are right. It is “guilty until proven innocent”.
right2bright on November 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Israel unleashing now?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081105/D948I1AO0.html
http://www.breitbart.com/print.php?id=081105051435.g6xuwk7n&show_article=1
Conservative_SAHM on November 5, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Anyone know how to get a hold of manlyrash? If so, tell him not to leave! He is a great man. Won’t be the same without him.
sheebe on November 5, 2008 at 12:49 AM
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