Congratulations USA!

[purr]

OMG's I just had a picture of paisley chickens flash through my mind.
edited to say they would match my mothers quilt. :lol

 

[smom1976]

I have to disagree with this election being not racist...

With the efforts of Acorn, and the news about pressure from the Black panthers at the poll booths...

And then did anyone else notice the segragation of the acceptance speaches?

There was not one africain american person in the whole audience at mccains speach...

and then Obamas speach was 90% not white..

this point seems not to even come up, but the point that the election was not racial does? How is that?

Granted ... I was split between the two..

I voted for mccain.. because even though I do want this stupid war to stop.. after talking to many people who are in the military there is plenty of good that the US is doing over there.. so it might not be compleatly communicated to us... that would not be the first time the press swings the community..

Obama is the president and I am an american citizen.. and I support him in authority and belive that he wont intentially try and hurt this nation. I will just believe that God is still in control.

 

[ebonykawai]

It makes me very disheartened to hear religious people bash other religious people, over politics or whatever. That's what's wrong with religion, in my opinion. You all think you're the only one who's right.

Edited to add: the post I was referring to has been edited so now my post won't really make sense to anyone. So....just ignore it, I guess.

 

[birdnutz]

I'm really surprised to see this thread still up.Good job! I didn't vote so much for someone as against. I really didn't like either candidate. I as an American am glad that I had that choice. I don't judge anyone on the who or why's of their own choices. I am a registered Democrat that voted against my own party. The lesser of 2 evils I believed. But Obama is now my president,so I started really researching his policys.
I'm a middle class forgotten American. The tax break he's proposing (CNN) is $1000.00 per year per married couple. Not really going to help since we're in the 35 (might be a little higher now) percentile tax bracket. Less than Bush gave us in the stimulas package. The price of living here has gone thru the roof with all the oil drilling. So now I'm looking for a job,this will only cost us at the end of the year.
I don't feel that massive pull out in Iraq is the smartest way to go about this. I'm scared it will make us appear weak to the terrorists. Don't get me wrong,I don't believe we ever should of went in the first place. I know this is cbs,but something to look into further.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/19opinion/main4460105.shtml

 

[TheMartianChick]

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The television coverage of the people in the crowd during Obama's speech may have seemed to be mostly African American, but I believe that the media was largely responsible for that. They probably wanted to show the way in which African Americans were impacted by the historic election outcome. It was a very diverse crowd and that could be seen in the footage shown before the speech.

As for the McCain speech, that is quite reflective of the demographics of the Republican Party. In the days of Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party was the more progressive party and once African Americans were allowed to vote, they voted with the Republicans because slavery was abolished under that party. Over the years, the Republican Party changed and more African Americans gravitated to the "new" progressive party...The Democratic one.

If you reflect back to the National conventions held during the summer, the Democrats had a diverse mix of people in attendance. They were partying together and seemed to be having a good time.

At the Republican convention, the camera people kept trying to show some diversity and ended up showing the same 3 or 4 African Americans. There were mostly sitting by themselves, not really engaged in conversations or even the celebration itself. For me, it was almost jarring to see an ocean of faces, but almost none that looked like mine. At one point I saw them key in on an African American face and then zoom back out when they realized that the person was some sort of usher or something.

Although I am a registered Democrat, I rarely vote straight across the party line once I get in the voting booth. I try to judge each candidate by their own merits and make sure that their values reflect mine.

 

[PotterWatch]

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There were unfortunately people on both sides attempting to dissuade voters. Luckily it seems not to have worked since people were out in record numbers.

 

[Sooner Chic-en]

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Well said....

 

[Sooner Chic-en]

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There were unfortunately people on both sides attempting to dissuade voters. Luckily it seems not to have worked since people were out in record numbers.

Well, umm... once again "Well Said"....

 

[Black Feather]

Ok, I'm curious about something. When you say you are a registered Democrat or a registered Republican....what exactly does that mean?

UC

 

[mom'sfolly]

Two main political parties here in the US, and most people register to vote mark a party affiliation. You do not need to belong to a party to vote in general elections. In some states you must belong to a party to vote in that party's primary, so no crossover voting. In other states voting in the primary is completely open. This allows spoilers in primaries, where you vote for the least likely to suceed other party guy. Here in Texas the primaries are party only, so independents don't get to vote in the primaries, unless they declare a party affiliation. You are allowed to change your affiliation after the primary, and besides, when you vote in a general election no one checks your party.

Hope this helps.