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Post by Sara on Nov 4, 2008 23:25:30 GMT -5
It all seems so unreal. I hope Obama can truly unite the country after this. He has such big job ahead of him. I'll be praying for him, for all of us, every single day. I am speechless. McCain, on the other hand, is doing a nice job here, with his speech. Yes, he sure is. I thought his expression of sympathy toward Obama for the loss of his grandmother and the fact that she didn't live to share this day with him was a particularly classy moment.
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Post by Karen on Nov 4, 2008 23:31:49 GMT -5
It all seems so unreal. I hope Obama can truly unite the country after this. He has such big job ahead of him. I'll be praying for him, for all of us, every single day. I am speechless. McCain, on the other hand, is doing a nice job here, with his speech. Yes, he sure is. I thought his expression of sympathy toward Obama for the loss of his grandmother and the fact that she didn't live to share this day with him was a particularly classy moment. He did do a good job in quelling the audience. I thought he looked a bit shocked as he walked off the stage, and things seemed very strained between him and his wife - but I chalk that up to the stress of holding it together.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Nov 4, 2008 23:36:26 GMT -5
It all seems so unreal. I hope Obama can truly unite the country after this. He has such big job ahead of him. I'll be praying for him, for all of us, every single day. I am speechless. McCain, on the other hand, is doing a nice job here, with his speech. Yes, he sure is. I thought his expression of sympathy toward Obama for the loss of his grandmother and the fact that she didn't live to share this day with him was a particularly classy moment. We did it? We did it. I still can't believe we did it. Yes, McCain was a class act there.
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 4, 2008 23:52:54 GMT -5
I see on CNN's site that my county went 73% Obama. Have I mentioned that I live in a University town?
Looking at their map of Ohio, it looks like all the greater urban areas (but Cincy - one conservative town!) went for Obama, and then almost all the rural counties (but us) went for McCain.
When I look at the small, rural counties still not in, I don't think Ohio's gonna flip.
I should go to bed - though I'd like to see Obama speak.
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 5, 2008 0:55:17 GMT -5
Obama did a nice job with the speech. Now it's all about where we go from here.
I found myself crying hard for awhile there, thinking of how far the country has come. And for some reason, I was suddenly thinking of my long-gone husband - how he would have loved this moment. And my Dad - who himself never felt comfortable or accepted in America - would not recognize his adopted country, if he could be here today. I can picture him, happy and astounded by this election, trying to hide that he cared, but not succeeding.
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Post by Matthew on Nov 5, 2008 1:22:22 GMT -5
Let us now be joyous and merciful. Julia, and better than the audience to John McCain's concession speech Which was itself a beautiful and gracious speech.
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Post by Queen E on Nov 5, 2008 4:15:42 GMT -5
Oh man.
Thank you...as an American abroad, I can walk tall today. Not just because of who we elected, but also because things were handled well, there were no massive improprieties, and people were gracious.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Nov 5, 2008 7:27:02 GMT -5
Oh, wow. I'm crying. We just elected a black man President of the United States. We did better than that. We elected a man who is a racial stew President of the United States. He's a little of all of us! How cool is that?
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 5, 2008 8:23:43 GMT -5
Let us now be joyous and merciful. Julia, and better than the audience to John McCain's concession speech Which was itself a beautiful and gracious speech. The audience was heavily disappointed; I didn't think they did too badly at all. There was some "too be expected" moderate booing. They were a standard "losing candidate's" audience, and they followed the leader when he asked them to stop. It gave me hope that we'll all be able to come together - i.e., not that everyone will be in merry agreement. Heck, we don't want that. But that a respectful tone can prevail. McCain can't control everyone of course, and there will always be nut jobs, but he set the right tone. I know McCain has flaws, and yes, push come to shove, he did allow out-of-line negative stuff, but I think he's generally a class act whose nervousness and blinking and twitching was all about how uncomfortable he was with the negative parts of his own campaign strategy. I think he's a very smart guy, a real patriot who will put this country first, and well . . . yes, I'll say it . . . a maverick in the best sense of the word. God bless John McCain as he figures out how to serve this country in the time he has left to do so. We're lucky to have him.
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Post by Lola m on Nov 5, 2008 8:48:10 GMT -5
It all seems so unreal. I hope Obama can truly unite the country after this. He has such big job ahead of him. I'll be praying for him, for all of us, every single day. I am speechless. McCain, on the other hand, is doing a nice job here, with his speech. Yes, he sure is. I thought his expression of sympathy toward Obama for the loss of his grandmother and the fact that she didn't live to share this day with him was a particularly classy moment. Classy is exactly the word. He was the McCain I had thought we'd see all during the election - the, I think, real McCain.
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Post by Rachael on Nov 5, 2008 9:36:31 GMT -5
Obama did a nice job with the speech. Now it's all about where we go from here. I found myself crying hard for awhile there, thinking of how far the country has come. And for some reason, I was suddenly thinking of my long-gone husband - how he would have loved this moment. And my Dad - who himself never felt comfortable or accepted in America - would not recognize his adopted country, if he could be here today. I can picture him, happy and astounded by this election, trying to hide that he cared, but not succeeding. Yeah, that was the one sad bit...my dad would have been so happy. Going to get dressed and run out for an actual newspaper.
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Post by Sue on Nov 5, 2008 10:20:58 GMT -5
Oh, wow. I'm crying. We just elected a black man President of the United States. We did better than that. We elected a man who is a racial stew President of the United States. He's a little of all of us! How cool is that? This makes me think that Obama may "owe" less to Jesse Jackson than to Tiger Woods.
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Post by Onjel on Nov 5, 2008 10:28:28 GMT -5
We did better than that. We elected a man who is a racial stew President of the United States. He's a little of all of us! How cool is that? This makes me think that Obama may "owe" less to Jesse Jackson than to Tiger Woods. Very astute observation.
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Post by Sue on Nov 5, 2008 10:29:32 GMT -5
I see on CNN's site that my county went 73% Obama. Have I mentioned that I live in a University town? Looking at their map of Ohio, it looks like all the greater urban areas (but Cincy - one conservative town!) went for Obama, and then almost all the rural counties (but us) went for McCain. When I look at the small, rural counties still not in, I don't think Ohio's gonna flip. I should go to bed - though I'd like to see Obama speak. Ah, yes. And then there is my state. 47% for Gore 42% for Kerry 37% for Obama (blacks in Memphis and Nashville; elite university liberals in Nashville) McCain ruled in TN. Then again, Obama didn't spend any time here letting people get to know him. I heard Ted Strickland (gov of Ohio) on NPR this morning explaining that Obama had to get out of the urban/Dem bastions in Ohio and visit the small towns and rural spaces so that people could meet him and get to know him. I get that TN was a lost cause from the get-go but that's my explanation for why it was so lopsided. TN has a Democratic governor and in the past we have had Democratic senators. But not only did we go 63-37 for McCain but the state house turned over (70 year held) Dem seat to a Rep. with the consequence that for the first time 140 years both houses of our state congress are controlled by Republicans!
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Post by Sue on Nov 5, 2008 10:36:39 GMT -5
Obama did a nice job with the speech. Now it's all about where we go from here. I found myself crying hard for awhile there, thinking of how far the country has come. And for some reason, I was suddenly thinking of my long-gone husband - how he would have loved this moment. And my Dad - who himself never felt comfortable or accepted in America - would not recognize his adopted country, if he could be here today. I can picture him, happy and astounded by this election, trying to hide that he cared, but not succeeding. Yeah, that was the one sad bit...my dad would have been so happy. Going to get dressed and run out for an actual newspaper. I stopped at the small corner store and picked up WSJ and USAToday. They were out of NYT (my guess is that maybe they only order 1 per day). But I passed a woman on my way out who was commented to the checker about her wounded her heart is today. I really am feeling some sympathy for those folks today. I've been on the losing side and it's not fun. Still, I'm hoping that in a few years she'll feel better about it. I think there is a much better chance of that than I got. Cause the longer Bush stayed in office the worst I felt about the Gore loss.
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