I know its early but its a wrap. I feel like the Jets just won the superbowl. I already popped the most expensive champagne that I have. McCain has not chance. He never did. Palin was a hit for 2 weeks. Change is in the air. No more bush.

It def. looks like that. I voted for Obama, but I still don't see the overwhelming enthusiasm for the guy. He's promised the world, and we have no money for him to deliver. We'll see I guess.

Either President is not Bush so it doesn't matter who wins. McCain really had no chance with the Economy being crap with a Republican being the President, most people would want to go to the other group. Especially when people hate the current President, they feel that any Republican is going to be just like Bush.

I voted McCain, and really I am not excited about either. I feel like people have false hope with Obama, really don't think he is going to do a good job at all.

McCain is a Bush puppet. McCain winning is another term for bush. Its definitely time for a change. You really think McCain had a plan to rescue us from this crumbling economy. He's old and not sound minded to be president at this time. The right man at the right time is Obama. The nation has spoken. The world wants Obama. Al Queda is cheering for McCain.

Actually Al Queda is cheering for Obama because they think hes one of them. I remember on TV watching and seeing these Countries want Obama to be the President of the US. McCain was and is not a Bush puppet. That is why McCain lost and had no chance, because everyone thinks that.

And not to be racist or anything, but Obama also probably had the majority of minorities out there voting for him because hes black, and he also had a ton of white people also voting for him. So he had a large group to work with. I don't know how true that is across the country, I am just speaking of my area and what I've seen on TV.


I hope this country gets turned around, I really don't believe this will change anything though.

Congrats to people that want Obama, for all our sakes I hope he is half the man you guys say he is, cause I don't see it.

I know you weren't trying to be racist, but as a black man who voted for Obama I feel I have to say something. I've been getting that a lot recently from a lot of people and you honestly can't believe that that's true. As if minorities overwhelmingly voting Democratic is something that is just happening now...right . I feel that when people say that, they're saying that minorities can't think for themselves based on the issues, which isn't true...at all. If that was true, Al Sharpton and Alan Keyes would have been Presidential nominees, or at least put out an extremely better showing than what they put on. Truth be told, Obama is losing more by people voting against him because he is black ( http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2...ix_percent.html )

It sucks, but all I can say is get used to it Harlem, Im white and I voted for Obama, but if he does hold onto win, for the next four years all your going to hear is its because hes black. True or not, its always going to be an issue of discussion and will always cause 'issues'

Sorry, I didn't mean that minorities can't think for themselves. I was just saying that I haven't seen a minority that was for McCain. Like I said I don't know how that is across the country or w/e what the numbers are. Just going by what I see around me. Sure there are people that are against Obama because hes black, but I also feel there are people that are for Obama because hes black. Now that statement right there has nothing to do with my original statement that I haven't seen a minority for McCain. That was just that there are people out there that are voting for him because of his color, it works both ways. Me, I'm not a racist and really could care less what the guys color is. Not all people are like that though, and the country is still a ways away from being completely away from it. But hey maybe Obama being President is a step into that direction of a none racist country, as he would get the first black President out of the way so it doesn't matter what color the President is.

But anyways I hope this country is in good hands and goes on the upswing. So heres to hopefully the countries economy becoming strong once again!

tonight is a good night for america, the right man for the job won.

HEY DONT FUCKIN JINX IT... After the past 2 elections, anything can happen

Well, its over now

YAY

nah, it's pretty much a wrap. He's got nearly 300 electoral votes.
it's crazy how the popular vote was split nearly down the middle though.

My vote didn't matter

Texas

McCain- 55%
Obama- 44%

Great day in American history. A great day.



I ask all McCain supporters to rally around President Elect Obama...to turn this great country around move into a new, progressive direction.

McCain is conceding now.

Wow. I don't know what to say.

I paid absolutely no attention to the campaigns this year outside what was said on Saturday Night Live.

See the McCain supporters booing when McCain concede to Obama. That's why McCain can't win. Classless a-holes.

McCain sold his principles in order to try and win the White House. He fired his campaign adviser and then hired one of Karl Rove's proteges to run his campaign, and the same tactics that were ironically used against McCain were tried against Obama, except the public refused to buy it.

I feel like the Jets have won the Super Bowl, the Lakers won the NBA Finals, the Spartans have won the national championship in both football and basketball all in the same day.

President-Elect Obama has a lot of work ahead of him but I have faith he'll do a great job. He'll learn from the mistakes of Bill Clinton's first 2 years. This is an amazing night. Whether you like Obama or not, even if you voted for him or not this is something I've waited for since the day Al Gore conceded in 2000. I'm just happy that when my and your kids open up their history books they'll see Barack Obama next to people like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt and think I can be President too. This just isn't about black or white people. This about Muslims and Jews, Latinos and Asians, a poor little girl, and a little boy our girl who might not understand why they are attracted to somebody of the same sex. This tells them one day maybe one of my people (maybe even me) can become President of the United States. We'll have a Muslim-American and Jewish-American President one day. We'll have a Latino-American and Asian-American President one day. We'll have a woman as our President one day. And believe it or not we'll have a homosexual as President one day. Barack Obama has blazed the trail for everybody in American tonight of ALL backgrounds.

P.S.
Go out and buy few newspapers tomorrow and save them.

VIRGINIA FTW

it was great he took VA then right after Cali. and it was over.

Whens the parade? Do we get Obama Presidential Election Championship t-shirts, pennants and hats?

I was just outside on the main street of my campus in the midst of a massive swarm of students cheering for Obama. That's going to stay with me for the rest of my life. =]

wow....congradulations to you Obama supporters!



We must now prepare for the inevitable.....as the new commander in chief takes over, we will lay our weopons down and be overrun by the people that hate us. Yes...change is great.....I will take my happy ass to Canada, where the citizens support thier nation. They even know thier national anthem......20 bucks says Obama cant sing our national anthem.

jeeeeeeeez

Yes Obama is the President of the united states.

I was talking about my grandmother about how awesomely weird I was feeling and she said felt the same way when JFK was elected... I've always wanted a personable politician to idolize

Unfortunately most conservatives are very poor, poor losers.




Timebandit, I know your crying right now while digging your bomb shelter so I felt compelled to bring you a lil something to cheer you up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47hcybjZmVY

Enjoy big guy you deserve it

Very great night indeed. This is a night I will remember for the rest of my life. They said this guy couldn't win the senate race and he did...they said he could never be nominated as a presidential candidate and he was, and then they said he would never win, and he did. Now they say he will not succeed as president, and mark my words, He WILL.

Even when he was the extreme appealate to his first gig in his STATE senate district, they counted him out. Been counted out all his life... I just hope he takes the iniative and writes his speeches, those will be little treats for all.

It's a great day to be an American. The change is here. I cried when CNN announced it, it took me atleast a half hour to gain my composer. This is a great day for not only America and not only for African Americans but for the world! I don't think people understand the ramifications involved. As I feel my children and my childrens children will be better off because of this man. To see Obama's family and Joe Biden's family on that grandstand after Obama's speech truely moved me. To see the crowd and see caucasion and African Americans together for a common purpose was beautiful. To see the faces of people in the crowd and all over the world with a sense of hope was beautiful.

I'm still in total shock and overwhelming joy. He will unite nations and big our country back to the top. UN-BE-LIEVE-ABLE!

For all the Malcom X's and Martin Luthers who fought for this day. For JFK who fought and to finally get here is truely a blessing.

God bless you all.

Well said sir!

I cant help but be a bit worried because of his lack of experience...quite frankly, he has the potential to be great but could swing either way, I'm going to hope for the best and stand behind my new president.

















And I still wanna f*** Sarah Palin.

I feel the same way and our grandparents generation are really the only ones that can understand it. They had people like John Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. who they were with during the triumphs and tragedies of those men. Our parents generation didn't really have any inspirational leaders when they grew up and into their adulthoods. Their already talking about young people in their 20s to 40s wanting to go to Washington, D.C. and be part of the Obama administration or work in congress. As Luke Russert said tonight about young people "It's our turn."

Don't let the door hit you on the way out to canada. Enjoy canadian football eh...Go be a canadian.

I'm surprised that much went for Obama in Texas, doesn't Obama want to take away firearms from people? That must be why people are saying they are buying as much firearms as possible and ammo now that Obama became President.

I have already converted to hockey, eh! LOL

so, I see all these posts about how great Obama is, comparing him to JFK! I gotta say, what did this guy do to make you feel so strong about out president? this guy has almost no time as a politition and you have him on such a high pedestal. I dont see it, but it seems like I am the only one here that doesnt see it.

I don't see it either, but I am going to support whoever is the leader of our country either way. But to me they are all liars and frauds.

Thats exactly what I'm doing I'll give Obama his shot hopefully his spirit and working man style can turn this country around. Anythings better than Bush

I got to say, I dont spend much time in politics, I follow em, but dont throw my 2 cents out because to me, were all Jets fans and I dont want to mix feelings with anyone, but I must say, some people need to shut the f*** up. Its really no one on this site, or actually, its no one in this thread, but Im saying this to people around the Country and about people here at my school. Everyone needs to stop bitching, because no one is going to go to Canada and all saying that shows is that you really don't love the country enough to have a leader you don't like(And this isn't directed at JSOTF, I get you were jokin, this is to people that I know that are actually serious about it). I mean, both candidates have the same main goal, fix this country and weather you were for Obama or McCain, you must be able to see this country is on a downward spiral to another Depression. And to add to it, its hard to fund a war that half your contries against when your heading twards a depression, but no, people just want to put on their blinders, grab a beer and watch it crash.
A lot of the kids here[at school] started posting videos of Iraq Veterans talking against Obama and about why the war is good and how even though they didn't find WMD their still helping to incease the way of life for Iraqies, and I dont mean to be blunt but I know a vast majority of McCain supporters I know could give 2 shits about Iraqies. Now I got nothing but love for those fighting, nothing but love, my great grandfather, my grandfather, my uncles, and a lot of other family members of mine have served this country and if McCain was elected and instilled a draft, I'd serve with a smile on my face, but it is a lie for some of these people to say they support the war because they want to increase the living conditions of the Iraqi people, because I know its not worth it to them for American soldiers to die to increase the Iraqi way of life and when people say that to me, I just think they have no reasons to support their supports. Then a lot of people are saying Barack won because he won the minority vote, come on people, real life isn't like an episode of Dave Chappelle! Of course some people voted for him because he was black, but I can garuntee, like HHF showed, more people voted against him because he was black. We all know it hurt him more than it helped him. Hell, someone came to me today and said 'I hope your happy....now the National Anthem is going to be a rap song.' Now what did that tell me, did race play a roll in how they voted?

Obamas president, let me reiterate, Barack Obama is the next President of these United States of America, Love the idea of it. Don't think of what you can do to change it because no one can, we all need to band together to fix the country. After the Great Depression and WWII ended, this country was at one of its peaks in terms of way of life, baby boomers were startin up and the country was on and upward trend, lets get back to that state of America.

Wow. I'm so happy he won. Now I will quit my job and wait for my free handout. My kids will be better off now?
Makes total sense to me.

After reading this post, I'm starting to feel that I should have stayed up till 4 in the morning last night my time to watch the result with all the Americans students (and there's a lot!) in my halls. After the past couple of weeks when it became obvious Obama was going to win, I kind of took it for granted and didn't realise the huge significance that having him in charge of the US would mean.
When I turned on the TV this morning and saw the shots of Jesse Jackson crying, I must admit a shiver did go down my spine.
Now, I am a bit sceptical of Obama; a few months ago if I had the chance to vote, I would have plummed for McCain, but in the past few weeks Obama has come across to me as the right choice. Again, his constant promises of change do come across as slightly reduntant to me, but that's likely down to my inherent British cynicism.
However, I think his optimistic political stance will certainly help, rather than the pessimistic policies (especially when foreign policy is concerned) with Bush, which only isolated and undermined him. For instance, Obama's pledge to negotiate directly with nations viewed by Bush as enemies such as Iran will only help because Ahmadejinad will be less inclined to adopt a harsh stance against America if he is being welcomed in the international fold. Compromising with tyrants has in the past not worked - see Hitler, Adolf and the British policy of appeasement - but Obama seems to have the intellect to know what is needed.

I'm proud of America, and look forward to seeing how Obama deals with the challenges (and there are multiples ones, some caused by Bush (foreign policy wise), some not (aspects of the economic situation) that await him.

Well Austin, a metro population of about 2 million, and El Paso, a metro population of about 1 million, are both pretty liberal. Austin is referred to as the Peoples Republic of Austin. And shit we almost elected a jewish-folk singer/comedian named Kinky as governor



Probably would have turned out bad... BAD ASS




Seriously, as a former staunch conservative I urge all you GOPers to take this failure LOSS with dignity. Yes I know you turned one of the greatest senators of the 50 years into a bumbling old man overshadowed by a glorified back ad of a redneck woman... BUT C'MON, don't piss yourself

I dont see it either.. To be honest with you all, This election came down to this... Vote for McCain if you liked the past 8 years or vote for Obama if you feel like its time for a change.

I didnt vote because I didnt know who to vote for.. Both come with the good and the bad.

McCain- Has the experience and is most ready to take over president. But reminds me and so many others of a Bush clone. Also, if anything ever happended to him, could any of you really trust Palin as our president.. I sure as hell couldnt.

Obama- I like the guy, I like that he wants to bring change because quite frankly.. This country needs it. But, I dont think he is ready to take over president of the united states. He doesnt have enough experience. I feel hes way over his head. promising things I dont think he can do. Atleast not right away. A lot of issues are going to take a few years to get done, do we as the citizens have the patients to wait for things to get better. I feel shit is going to get crazy, and get crazy fast. I dont feel hes ready and I think other countries could feel the same way and try and take advantage of this opportunity.

Dont get me wrong, Im happy Obama is president. We need change. And I wish him the best of luck and prey everything is going to turn out alright.

I was told this joke today: " What does JFK and Obama have in common?? Nothing yet "

Jeez, I didn't know that I, did all that. Please, spare me. You dont have a clue about conservatives. Like most libs its just a dirty word. My taxes wont go up, but others. hehe. Good luck to all of you so called rich... nuff said.
Back to the JETS

I think that my opinion is extremely biased because of my background. However, I will not compare Obama with any GREAT LEADER. What has this guy done to earn such GREAT ackolades (SP)? I understand that Americans want a change, our country has been going down for a long time now. I feel the pain as much as anyone of you as far as the major issues of this campaign. But this guy that has less then 200 days in office is going to bring that change? This guy that has less then 200 days in office is the next JFK or MLK JR......that is like calling Eric Ainge the next Brett Favre or Joe Namath.....hehehe

So, I now ask this.....What is Obama going to do for our country? HOW is HE going to get us out of this recesion/depresion, what is he going to do to fix our foreign policies in Iraq and other currnet countries that we are not friendly with. What is he going to do to make our country GREAT again?

Thats the thing.. NOBODY knows. Everyone voted for him because he PROMISED CHANGE. He talked about change. he knew that thats what we citizens all wanted. But we all didnt think about HOW he was going to bring change. He has hardly any experience, he has no clue what to do. But ill say it again, I wish him the best of luck. I hope he pulls it off.

you guys know that who he surrounds him self with is even more important then really what he him self plans on doing. i don't doubt he lacks knowledge education and know how to execute his job. the key is his advisers and how they will carry out this transition to power. its unfair to compare him to anyone at this point. hes still very fresh.

What did everyone think about Obamas speech last night?

I thought it was very good.

both candidates had no idea as to what they were going to do to change this country if elected...
neither had the experience because neither have EVER been president before

Obama promised change so he has 4 years now to make progress
if he doesnt
youll elect a new president and it will be over with
this bullshit that he has no experience and is gonna ruin the country is exactly that...bullshit
no one has experience in leading an entire free nation until they are elected to do so
so lets see what hes got, its not like he can seriously bury the country any further into the ground than it already is