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Obama becomes president in historic US elections
North Korea News.Net Tuesday 4th November, 2008
Barack Obama, the 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois has won the historical election in the US, as the first African-American president.
Obama reached the 270 electoral votes he needed for election at 11 p.m. ET.
Obama swept to victory over Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, whose running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was seeking to become the nation’s first female vice president.
As expected, Obama won overwhelmingly among African-American voters, but he also took a small majority of white voters.
Women and Latino voters were his biggest supporters and he also won by more than 2-to-1 among voters of all races 30 years old and younger.
A disappointed McCain camp have expressed pride in their Republican candidate, saying that he had put up a good fight in difficult economic times.
Obama will have a broad Democratic Congress on Capitol Hill under his presidency.
The Democrats won strong majorities in both the House and the Senate,
While the election results were proceeding, Mr Obama played his traditional election day basketball game with friends and staff near his home in Hyde Park in Chicago.
Thousands of people have now begun pouring into Chicago's Grant Park for Barack Obama's election night party.
A total of 65,000 supporters received the highly-sought tickets to attend the party.
Locals are calling the sprawling lakefront venue "Obama-rama" and around 1 million people are expected in the surrounding area. Email this story to a friend
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Hindu 11-05-08, 03:44 AM |
Salute Americans
I salute the the Americans for their wind of change going beyond all creed, color and race to put in actions what they believed in true democracy and equality to all citizens. A lesson to all so called conservative minded politicians of the world. Thank you America, “In God We Trust”..GOD is with you.........
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Anonymous 11-05-08, 04:10 AM |
Time will tell. It’ll take decades for the real change. Here we have someone who can talk the good talk. That in its self is a bonus. I had my doubts and still do BUT Congrats to America. The land of free. Good luck and may you Prosper. A US Friend.
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ramgold 11-05-08, 04:49 AM |
Performance History-will it be repeated
It is one thing to win the BIG ELECTION, and pour out promises to the world. But lets pray he doesnt stumble whilst going up the stairs at the White House, as so many other Presidents had gone through. Being in the White House is a different ball game altogether. He has everyone’s plates with him to balance. Could he? Of War, The Economy, Politics and socio-economic woes of the world....could unsettle all his brave election promises. Oh Mr President, keep your eyes and ears open and see the world at large, hear their cries...you shall be our saviour. God bless you Mr Obama.
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KHURRAM 11-05-08, 12:08 AM |
Obama becomes president in historic US elections
CONGRATULAIONS TO AMERICAN NATION AND HOPE OBAMA WILL NOT BE BLACK MAILED BY NEUCONS WHICH SEEMS DIFFICULT AS OBAMA CAN EASILY DRIVEN BY GIVING HIS PAST & RELATION TO MUSLIMS, OBAMA WILL BE BLACK MAILED & TOUGHER DECESIONS AGAINST MUSLIMS WOULD EASILY BE DONE IN OBAMA PRESENCE BY JUST SAYING THAT OBAMA GOT MUSLIM BLOOD AND THEN............
GOD SAVE MUSLIMS NOW
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Caring Soul 11-05-08, 02:17 AM |
Day of reckoning
Finally, the coloureds are now looked upon as fellow human beings, and no less equal to the whites, in every spectrum of human lives.After decades of sustaining brutalities of unimaginable proportion,the coloureds, in particular the blacks, finally get their recognition which has been long overdue.The world is for all, irrespecive of colour race and religion.
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Anonymous 11-05-08, 08:58 AM |
Wag the dog?
The king maker is the press and media, stupid.
We know every new president was hailed as saviour for don’t know how many times.
Lets see if this one will be different or will he be overwhelmed by the corrupt press and media.
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samurai 11-05-08, 09:03 AM |
Obama Let's just wait and see who he really is
Do understand that Obama reached this plateau because he had the military industrial complex and corporate America behind him. He has made lots of promises that he will not be to keep because the finances are not available. Where is he going to get the money? From the Federal Reserve printing presses. Change with Obama? I do not think so. I think many of you better take a second look at who is financing this guy and look at his past remarks the past year. There was big money behind his and he has made a lot of promises to the wrong people.
So who is going to benefit from his election? The same people who benefited from Bush’s election. Do you think he is going to give up all the power that Bush stole from the Constitution? No way, Jose! Will he scrap the patriot act? No. We he restore the Constitution? No. Will be continue the war in the Middle East? Yes. Will he put a stop to illegal immigration and free education and medical care to illegals paid by American taxpapers? No. You had better go read up on his policies. Because if you think he is going to help the average American, you better be careful for what you wish for because you may get what you deserve.
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kubara 11-05-08, 11:07 AM |
Great success ! I just felt that it is an exploration of America. We are NEPALESE PEOPLE are proud of you and people of America. It has proved the universe that there is no sign of discrimination in America. Great example after Luther King
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Anonymous 11-05-08, 12:53 AM |
Repeal reverse racism aka affirmative action NOW
No more finger pointing DNC you have the helm when you further run America aground only you can be blamed!
No more racist goverment programs based on race, religion, gender or who you like to bang end the quota system now!
Congrats George Soros you finally bought an election you slimy little turd.
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Sammy 11-05-08, 01:37 AM |
The free people have spoken, I hope that this man will not let them down
Yes, the free people of America have spoken and made their choice for a new president that will probably make changes, and bring America back into the right track, where freedom, human justice, and equality will triumph once again, and surely all of America’s lost friends will come to pitch in and help to restore the suspended principles that were temporarely removed by the past regeme that was at the helm.
With this new president we expect that America will follow the way to world peace, NO MORE BULLIES, NO MORE ARROGANT INDIVIDUALS, NO MORE RACISTS, AND NO MORE TERRORISM, but a more harmonious society that will evolve, respecting each other’s rights because we are all Americans, no matter our financial standing, our color, our creed, or our background.
I do hope that this new president will use diplomacy rather than force to settle our controverses with those that differ in opinions, because the road to keeping world peace is to have communication, dialogue, and diplomacy, and through this enemies will become good trusted friends.
Sammy
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Anonymous 11-05-08, 08:48 AM |
Unregistered;112678: No more finger pointing DNC you have the helm when you further run America aground only you can be blamed!
No more racist goverment programs based on race, religion, gender or who you like to bang end the quota system now!
Congrats George Soros you finally bought an election you slimy little turd.
Obama makes it to President and there’s no more racist Americans like you yea right. People are still starving and suffering from European injustice but where going to correct that; yes my friend where just gettin started, he’s one man; but drops always come before the flood. It’s a new day deal with it. Obama 08
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red 11-05-08, 03:13 AM |
i cant put it in words
im a black man 27 from orlando fl ,,this day mean so much 2 me.i never mat my father im a drop out,naver really had no one 2 look up,but now i do.
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Big dick 11-05-08, 03:18 AM |
I am white in Oregon
I am the new slave to the black man.
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Obama 11-05-08, 03:21 AM |
Hey Big dick!
You can clean my toilet in the white house if you want. We also need someone to pick up dog poop. We are getting a puppy!
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Big dick 11-05-08, 03:25 AM |
Mr. President
I would love to do that for you President Obama. When do you want me to start?
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Obama 11-05-08, 03:28 AM |
Big dick
You can start immediatley. Call me. my number is on my website. Just tell me this is Big dick calling.
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waltky 11-05-08, 05:18 AM |
Don’t get your hopes up too high - or you may be disappointed.
History has already provided us with an example of what happens with an administration following on the heels of a President who leaves a high deficit. Remember 'Read my lips - no new taxes'?
The Obama administration will be facing the same bugaboo as Bush Sr. did after Reagan, which is the economy.
Just as it took us 10 years to work our way out of the post-Reagan recession, so too it will probably be longer to work ourselves out of a bigger deficit. Just as at the end of the Reagan administration, we are only now beginning to see the effects of a faltering economy.
This problem will not be one to solve, just as with the Bush Sr. administration, in four years. It most likely won’t be solved with the economy picking back up in eight years, due to the enormity of the economic problem. To put it bluntly, Bush Sr. and Clinton (who also started with majority Democratic support in Congress) had it easy when one considers that the present situation is 10 times worse than the post-Reagan recession.
Keep in mind that we still have the larger derivatives market to deal with.
The most Obama can hope to do is to lay the groundwork to deal with the faltering economy and its inherit deficit. We will not come out of the recession in his term nor are we likely to come out of it in the following four years regardless of whether he is re-elected or the Republicans re-gain the White House. Again, to put it bluntly, we’re in it for the long haul.
Unemployment will likely go to 15-20% if one includes the underemployed and those who drop out of the labor market, although the government will tell us it isn’t that bad. Unemployment is already starting to climb and will continue to do so for the next 4-8 years.
For those who look forward to troops being withdrawn from Iraq, let me ask you...
... what jobs will there be for them to come back to?
Some have in the past argued that the military is an un-official public works program, keeping employed those who normally wouldn’t be employed in a down economy. I can’t say that that I entirely disagree with that although it does strike me as being on the cynical side.
So whether we bring the troops home or not, nothing much will change.
Also, considering that Congress controls the purse-strings, spending, trade and business policy and taxation, it has far more influence on the economic destiny of the nation than does whoever happens to occupy the office of the Presidency. The President can only 'suggest', i.e present a policy or agenda and try to persuade Congress to go along with it. No matter how well-intentioned (as we saw with universal health care in the Clinton adminstration), if Congress doesn’t get on board, it isn’t going to happen.
We can only hope that Barak Obama will level with us and tell us what we don’t want to hear rather than try to put a face-saving spin on things which the the normal Washington SOP. If its bad, tell us how bad it is but also tell us what he is trying to do to remedy the situation. That is how a President gets the public to follow and do their part to bring the country out of a bad economic environment just as FDR did.
On the foreign affairs side, look for someone, China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, the most likely of candidates although not limited to them to test Obama’s mettle just as JFK’s was tested with the Cuban missile crisis. Remember, JFK was also an untried freshman Senator who became President as Barak Obama now is.
There will be those who will bewail that things might have turned out differently had McCain been elected when the stuff hits the fan which is an exercise in futility. Mistakes are naturally going to be made by anyone who doesn’t have the experience of dealing with similar experiences in the past. That has been part of the problem with the current administration.
We can only hope that Obama will chose wise and previously tested advisers to help him execute his policies and programs. It also depends on the public giving them an honest chance, including the above mentioned mistakes that will be made by learning from experience as we deal with both domestic and foreign issues that we haven’t faced in a couple of generations.
Sorry for the length and I don’t mean to burst anyone’s aspired bubble nor to rain on anyone’s parade...
... just trying to bring things back down to earth.
;)
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