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Mike Lucey · 5 Nov 2008, 13:09

Yeah, but I imagine the guy is giving directions to the newspaper
guys about where to go for a pint! They are unofficial tourist
guides and do a great job

david_h · 5 Nov 2008, 14:42

Congratulations to President-elect Obama. It wierds me out to think that I am older than the President of the US. This is the adjustment I am going to have to get used to. I have never known that before, obviously. I Think the U.S. has turned a corner in many ways. and I think that is a good thing. While I didn't vote for BHO myself, I never personally had an even a thought about his race and in fact I am charged that an Af.Am can now hold the highest office in the land. My decision not to support BHO was purely on political philosophies. However, that being said, I thought he and JMcC. gave great speeches> I did start to feel better about things after BHO's acceptance speech. I hope he will be a bridge builder and that the awful partisan rhetoric can be put behind us. But, As I have perused this thread --one comment flew off of the page that kinda disturbed me.

@unknownuser said:

Nice job USA!! What a great choice!! Democracy seems to be pretty healthy.....Bravo!!

Does this mean that if McC had won, democracy isn't healthy? The People spoke and IMO, the health of our political system doesn't rest with any one man or party but in the way that one administration can transition to another with the shedding of blood or the destruction of property and that win or lose, we are all still citizens of this great land. Now Pres-elect Obama will be my President and I will sustain him.

bellwells · 5 Nov 2008, 15:11

@solo said:

Pinching myself

This is not a dream, we just took America back and maybe saved it from an almost certain doom.

This is the America I saw as a kid, this is the America I left my country for, this is the America that makes me proud to be a part of.

Wow, these are bizarre statements, Pete. Not unlike Michelle Obama's comments, really.

If Obama runs our country like he ran his campaign, we might be OK. Congratulations to all those who voted for him. I love this country and will always be proud of her, no matter who the president is.

david_h · 5 Nov 2008, 15:19

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

Does this mean that if McC had won, democracy isn't healthy?

You said that...that is for you to decide.....I said Democracy seems to be pretty healthy....is that not the case?

Point taken. Thank you.

david_h · 5 Nov 2008, 15:25

one more thing. . .Obama is the first President of the U.S. whose last name ends in a VOWEL (other than Y of course. ..Kennedy, McKinley) It always seemed to me that Americans before tis time had always seemed more comfortable with Leaders not because of their race, religion or party but rather if their leader's last name ended in a good hard conenant, like N S or T. Lincoln, Roosevelt Truman, Adams, Reagan and Clinton, etc. We indeed have turned a corner as a nation.

remus · 5 Nov 2008, 16:50

jenujacob · 5 Nov 2008, 17:21

CONGRATS!
u guys think BHO can push google to release SU7 ASAP?

Simon B · 5 Nov 2008, 18:07

America's back on track

cornel · 5 Nov 2008, 18:34

...same track...?!!

Marlise · 6 Nov 2008, 02:21

Colorado used to be pro-Republican. We're delighted with our new President-elect Barack Obama this time. If anyone can clean up our messes, he will.

tomsdesk · 6 Nov 2008, 04:09

This is a hoot! (If the page changes, this is the article title I'm trying to link: Failure to Blow Election Stuns Democrats

The Borowitz Report | Andy Borowitz | Substack

Home of Truth. Click to read The Borowitz Report, by Andy Borowitz, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

(www.borowitzreport.com)

(The cell phone story is pretty funny too!)

RickW · 6 Nov 2008, 18:49

@unknownuser said:

I hope he will be a bridge builder and that the awful partisan rhetoric can be put behind us.

Sure, but the bridge probably only has a one-way lane going to the left. I will be thoroughly shocked if the "most liberal senator" does anything meaningful to reach out to conservatives.

ehaflett · 6 Nov 2008, 19:30

@rickw said:

@unknownuser said:

I hope he will be a bridge builder and that the awful partisan rhetoric can be put behind us.

Sure, but the bridge probably only has a one-way lane going to the left. I will be thoroughly shocked if the "most liberal senator" does anything meaningful to reach out to conservatives.

He's going to have trouble finding a way to pay for building that bridge too, what with all the scalpels and pork he's been talking about.

Stinkie · 6 Nov 2008, 20:24

@rickw said:

@unknownuser said:

I hope he will be a bridge builder and that the awful partisan rhetoric can be put behind us.

Sure, but the bridge probably only has a one-way lane going to the left. I will be thoroughly shocked if the "most liberal senator" does anything meaningful to reach out to conservatives.

Then prepare to be shocked. I'm fairly certain the Democrats aren't gonna toss away the chance to win big in 2012.

david_h · 6 Nov 2008, 20:33

I was surprised by BHO's pick for Chief of Staff. Rohm Immaneuel??? Not exactly a washington outsider. He's about as beltway as it gets. and he makes Karl Rove look like a Panda Bear. So much for bridges.

Stinkie · 6 Nov 2008, 20:41

Let's wait and see. If they blow this strategic opportunity to ensure political succes for years to come ... they oughta be banished to Antarctica.

I'm a leftist, but if I was elected Prez, I'd be blowing smoke up moderate conservative behinds all over the place. Err, I mean I'd try to forge a broad coalition.

solo · 6 Nov 2008, 20:49

Geez guys, give him a chance to prove himself.
He is not even in the whitehouse yet and the speculations and criticism has started. What's next a rejection of his choice of puppy?

On a side note however, getting a pitbull puppy with some red lipstick would be seen a a bridge gapping right?

bellwells · 6 Nov 2008, 21:01

Obama doesn't need to build a coaltion, he's got 54, or so, democrats in the Senate and significant majority in the House. He's a leftie's leftie. Hell, he is even more left than Bernie Sanders, the admitted socialist from Vermont. There is absolutely no reason to expect he'll govern any differently.

tomsdesk · 6 Nov 2008, 21:32

@rickw said:

Sure, but the bridge probably only has a one-way lane going to the left. I will be thoroughly shocked if the "most liberal senator" does anything meaningful to reach out to conservatives.

@bellwells said:

Obama doesn't need to build a coaltion, he's got 54, or so, democrats in the Senate and significant majority in the House. He's a leftie's leftie. Hell, he is even more left than Bernie Sanders, the admitted socialist from Vermont. There is absolutely no reason to expect he'll govern any differently.

If this is any indication of the attitude he'll be reaching out to: I give him little chance as well

RickW · 6 Nov 2008, 21:35

@solo said:

Geez guys, give him a chance to prove himself.
He is not even in the whitehouse yet and the speculations and criticism has started.

It started months ago - it's just continuing.

But seriously, mine was strictly a pragmatic statement. He has a Dem House and Senate - what need has he for moving right, or building bridges? (I wouldn't necessarily expect a Rep President with a Rep Congress to move left, either - it would only alienate the base that elected him/her.) Equally scary, Congress has a Dem President. Pelosi and Reed (et al) will come up with plenty of junk on their own, and I doubt they could come up with anything too far left for Obama's taste.