Positive Obama thread

By the way, I think Michelle Obama will be a most wonderful first lady (but what was up with that dress last night?) She seems like such a loving, genuine person. But with a steel backbone.

And Sasha and Malia are probably picking out their puppy as we speak!

Anne

oh happy day obama girls!

just hung my flag and it is waving proud. i am so proud of our great country!

change has come to america!

Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States

i have faith that the country can work together to make the the change we need to return this country to greatness.

YEP....We sure did!  I was so proud....Once that happened I relaxed....No Republican has ever won without us....Even Hamiltion County went Blue, and that's saying something...

Good morning, Obama ladies!  I feel so out of the loop here, but I was working the polls from 6AM to 10PM.  What a glorious day!  Don't have words -- too tired and overwhelmed.  The polling place where I was working (which is also where I vote) is in a Masonic Center, whose members are an odd mix of older white men and Philippinos.  I had always assumed it was a conservative organization.  But after the polls closed at 8, we turned on the TV where we were counting ballots and such.  It was Fox (ugh), but as word spread that Obama had clinched it, all these Philippine women streamed in to the polling area and were expressing their joy.  They gathered around the TV with their kids and grandkids and were watching his acceptance speech with rapt attention.  One woman shouted, "Look, Oprah's crying!"  It was a funny, wonderful sight.

On the down side, one of the poll workers was a raging conservative.  The rest of us kept our mouths shut all through the day, but this woman spewed her angry, negative views to everyone.  You know, he's a socialist, he's a Communist, he's a Marxist.  I don't like his wife.  She's going to say something that will embarrass us to the world (that was a new one).  Blah blah blah.  It was irritating and oh so familiar, but the rest of us had the last and best laugh, so who cares?

LuAnn, I'm sorry you're not feeling well.  Great that you were able to vote.  And loved your story about your daughter-in-law.  Hope you start feeling better soon. 

PatMom, thanks for the congratulations.  I thought McCain's concession speech, as much as I heard of it, was excellent.   

I have to get to work, but I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for making this election that much more fun.  Sweet potato pie and the stars and stripes, here we come!       

Felicia............do not go near the repub thread!!!  Back away from that button!!! :-)  You  don't think they are going to let all that anger float away over night do you?  It would be nice, but I doubt it.  I am so freakin' happy this morning!!!!!!!!!!!  When watching a snippet of his speech again, I started crying again!  It's really overwhelming.  I can't understand anyone that does not feel the connection with this man.  As it is so strong!!!  And so positive and so hopeful!!!  We're not going to get this done over night, but the majority of us are willing to do what we need to do!  If Barack calls on us, we'll be right there, just like we were thru the last months!!  There's going to be those that continue to spew out anger.  Let's  concentrate on the rest of us that came together no matter what our back grounds are!!!  We on this board in the beginning only had BC that bought us together, and thru this journey, even though we are all over the place, and have very different lives, we all came together for the cause of our country and because of Barack Obama!!!  And if that happened in our little circle, imagine all the little circles out there!  And now...turn it into one big circle and let's change things around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

OBAMA '08....IT IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking at it in color.... state by state

I have been on the repub thread and in all honesty they are just passionate about their candidate just as we are about ours.  I haven't been on today but last night everyone was very gracious and congratulating barack on his victory.  They are weary but if McCain won we would feel the same way.

I also have to say that John McCain showed a very nice side of himself last night.  He gave a very gracious speech and was so good to stop the crowd boo's and let them know that barack obama is person the people elected into office and he deserves the respect that comes with the position.  I am sure not all agreed with that but it was a very very nice speech and I was extremely impressed considering  the angry man I saw all the way through the campaign.

I really hope most of you all can mend fences and get back to the business of breast cancer which is what brought us all here in the first place.

Okay, not happy about the prop 8 passing in CA - WTF??? I have to say that I was very upset about having to sign a "I am not gay" statement to adopt my daughter from a very Catholic Guatemala but here in the good old U S of A this should not be happening. Grrrr!

I, too, thought McCain's speech (what few snipets I did catch) was good but I was VERY upset about the "boo's" from his supporters. Again, WTF??? He had to "shush" them more than once! Sore losers? I swear some people are just more tolerant than others.....

As I stated elsewhere, most all other countries around the world are in support of Obama and have high hopes for his presidency. This is a GOOD thing for us and for the rest of the world.

I have a friend that works at the convience store up the street and she grabbed my newspaper for me that I wanted to save!

As for the boo's they were uncalled for but they were from the people and not McCain.  At least he shusshed them and didn't pause to encourage more like he did during the campaign.  I went to the repub thread after I read here this morning and I just let it go.  Some people will not change their way of thinking no matter what.

I am just thrilled that we are going to have a younger mind in the white house instead of the older minds we normally have.  It used to be thought that as you aged you became wiser but that isn't necessarily the case anymore.  There is too much going on in this world that younger and more innovated minds might be a huge breakthough that has long been needed.  I am definitely tired of the bush regimes and trickle down thinking.  The only thing trickling did was lose alot of people their homes, jobs and lives!

Listening to Obama's speech last night I didn't notice any boos coming from the crowd when he congratulated McCain on his campaign.

Amy:  Isn't she gone YET???? Get on the plane already....

Amy, where is this article...curousity is getting me and I have to see this ultimate idiot!

As for my comments about the speech last night, apparently I am not able to get my point across properly in writing (probably too many drugs) so it is best to let it rest.

What an amazing historic event for all of us and the USA!! I just cried, and was so moved by seeing Jesse Jackson at Grant Park crying with two of his fingers over his mouth--like he was speechless. This was just a wonderful evening and we all did it!!

Yes, I'm really pissed about Prop 8 in CA. Northern California is very liberal, but unfortunately we have Southern California which is very much retired military and very conservative people. For years we northern CA people have stated numerous times that CA should be divided in 1/2!!

But, I don't believe that Prop 8 will stand when it's appealed (and we know it will be--sure the ACLU is already preparing the case--and I was told by a friend of mine that those who married BEFORE Prop 8 goes into effect, those marriages will stand. So, I know the law and appeals courts are not going to let a Prop stand that discriminates against one group of people, or allow a prop to stay that sets up a tiered system--with some having legal marriages and others prevented from having a legal marriage. Evidently the Mormon organization put millions of $$ into getting this passed. That prop should have been defeated. Grrrrr!! The one sour note on a glorious election day.

I sat w/my 81 year old mother watching the returns. She said she never thought in her wildest imagination that she would live to see an African American (or bi-racial) President of our country. She wouldn't watch any of the news in the afternoon. I think she was afraid that we would be disappointed--but I have talked to many "older" people who voted for Obama. They just didn't like McCain's policies.

I was in the local grocery store this afternoon. The young lady who helped me get my bags into the car was talking to me about the election. She wasn't old enough to vote in this election, but she put in a 16 hr day at a polling site because she was so inspired by Obama to get involved. Here is one example of young students and first time voters who are actually excited about the election, and are inspired to get involved in politics to help make changes in this country.

The tide is turning, and I think there will be a tsunami of positive changes in this country. It is time, we have waited for 8 long years for this to happen. AND NOW IT'S HERE!!! I pinched myself, and I'm awake so I know it is real. I just marvel at what the people of this country have accomplished for this election, and how it will change my granddaughter's life for the better.

Can't wait to see who will be in his cabinet. He reminds me very much of Lincoln and his term in office. I think Obama will surpass him though.

Sweet Dreams all.