Seriously, he's a target right now.

I wish him well. But dang, I'd hate to be in his shoes right now.

The way I think about it is that most of the bigots we have left are sniveling cowards, which is good. I like to think if someone was going to take a shot at him, they probably would have by now.

While wearing top hats and white tuxedos, of course.

They did a damn good job of protecting Bush, I can't see Obama's protection being any less effective. As a swing Obama voter from Ohio, I am happy with my choice.

They were protecting Bush from hippies, who actually believe petitions and 'citizens arrests' can work. Obama's got to worry about the prayer warriors with guns and racist militias.

The problem in my mind is a little less rational. Guys like Bush never get killed. A guy like Obama? Well. We surely hope not.

Seriously, that line gave me chills, it was an absolutely amazing speech.

so has america redeemed itself for the last eight years with this vote?
I'd like to think so...

Since we re-elected Michele Bachman, Saxby Chambliss and Ted Stevens, and we're awfully close to re-electing Norm Coleman, and we've also passed things like Prop. 8, no. But we're on our way. This is a huge first step.

Well, maybe Georgia.

as in the state and not the country. Although...

He said as much during his acceptance speech.

You know, the whole "black president" thing isn't really doing anything for me. It just seemed kind of inevitable, and ridiculous that we HADN'T had one by now.

But finally bringing an *actual* liberal regime back into power? Awesome. We haven't had this since Carter. I mean, I appreciated the Clinton years, but he was basically a centrist - not quite a Republican in Democrat's Clothing like Lieberman, but still, about the only real left-wing politics he brought to the table was the very-quickly squashed attempt at universal health care.

Now that we have liberal control of both the Executive and Legislative branches, there's hope that maybe, just MAYBE the government will be in it for the vast majority of the people for a change.

Seriously, the people i were watching with were watching this speech worried sick - for fear of hearing a rifle shot. The thick panels of glass on both sides of Obama were only a steep reminder that Obama may seriously have to deal with hick assasins.

We're not left with a lot of choices, this country is still circling the drain in nearly every possible aspect. Getting a man with the strength of character and intelligence of Obama is the best chance we have to salvage something out of this mess, and maybe make some positive strides against the regression of the last 8 years that we've all suffered through. A miracle would be an America that is still relevant in another decade.

We've all got to get off our asses and fucking do something about it, and the fact that this campaign and everyone that participated in it got a nearly unknown black junior senator named Barack Hussein Obama elected to the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FUCKING STATES in this crooked nepotistic system is a damn good start at achieving the pie in the sky impossible. We're all in this together, and moaning about the futility of swinging for the fences in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs isn't going to to get us out of this shit any faster than just fucking going for it. YEEEHAA

Thank you.

What I'm already sick of is the insinuation that because any corporations backed him, he is somehow bought and sold by them. Bush was an example of ultimate corruption, selling national forests to strip mining and loggers for nothing, giving Haliburton and Blackwater unimaginable amounts of cash, letting chemical companies do whatever the hell they want including tests on orphans in Third World countries (I am so not even kidding about that) and attempted to undo every single social program we have, without being called out nearly enough by the press.

And yet Obama gets called out for accepting corporate money. As if you can become president without it. He is not going to make everything perfect, but he can help by doing his job and driving this country towards being productive and competitive with the rest of the world, while maintaining or rather re-instituting diplomatic relations with many countries and hopefully curbing the amount of cronyism, bullying, phony distractions, doctored scientific reports, and shitpiles of excuses for not living up to what this country owes its citizens. I say good luck to him and yes, let's not get complacent or lax. These things are not going to go away overnight and after beginning to deal with them, we can keep an eye out so history doesn't repeat itself.

Fellas, I think you guys (especially Rodent - I really don't know where you're getting the corporate thing from my post) are reading a little too much into what I'm saying. All I'm getting at is, let's not make the dude out to be a god, when the president can really only do so much, and politicians -- as much as they act like it -- aren't really that much like us (ie, normal people). Be excited, be hopeful, but don't expect the guy to perform miracles.

If someone asks if your candidate is a god, you say, "Yes!"