Living History

Playing on white guilt and protest against undeserved hatred of Bush helped push this unqualified, Anti-American, Anti-White socialist into office. Those of us who have "moved past" racism when we were two years old do not feel the need to wax poetic about it. When you tell us that "We" have finally moved on I do not know to whom you speak. Most of us have never judged a man by the content of his character. If you want to speak on behalf of racists, that is fine, but do not lump all of us into that category. My ancestors never owned slaves and fought on the side of the Union during the civil war. I have no white guilt. I judge a man based on the content of his character and Mr. Obama seems to be severly lacking. His terrorist associates, his criminal associates, his belief that people who don't support him are ignorant, his and his wifes view that this country is mean and broken and needs to be "Fundamentally" changed. The only thing proven in this election is that people care more about how a speech is delived than what is said in that speech. Be prepared people for the worst 4 years since Jimmy Carter. But never again let the press and race baiters pick your president. You need to learn the issues before you give a person this much power.

Oh by the way. If you want to talk about lynching...look at what the press did to Sarah Palin. A woman.

Give it a rest. The people have spoken by a landslide. We want out of Iraq. We want a country run with a different point of view, and if you don't like it then you can leave. We put up with your republican crap for way too many years and obviously we've had enough! Go Obama/Biden! Pull us out of this terrible situation that so called patriotic republicans have put us in. Obama, Obama, Obama!!!!

No fair minded American can fail torecognize the historical significance of what we as a nation have done and, indeed, celibrate it. Where else in the world would a member of a long-oppressed racial minority be elected through a popular election? I am not aware of any instance in the history of the world.

We also can't forget that John McCain was a compelling candidate in his own right, with a history of taking principled stands, sometimes wrong, oftentimes on big things right. He could have taken the low road and he did not, despite what some partisans said during the heat of the campaign.

We have stuck our collective fingers in the eye of all those people in Europe and elsewhere who sniffle at our democracy as backward and unsophisticated. We ran a campaign were the leading figures were a centrist Republican, two women, and of course the man who won it all.

Obama's challenge now is to match his governance with his campaign and its rhetoric. Not since 1932 I think have we seen a president who can basically do whatever he wants, for better or worse. Those of us who are skeptical of some of his particular policy ideas will have to hold our breath a bit, but I for one have confidence we will be for the most part pleasantly surprised.

I am grateful today. I am grateful I was able to participate in a true free and fair election, for this election has restored my faith in our system. I am grateful that I was able to see history as it was being made. I am grateful for having tried to help overcome the struggles that the American people are going through - as we ALL did.

And that speaks to the part of this election I am MOST grateful for: We, the people. Not just America, but all the people of the world. I am grateful for the McCain and Palin supporters who came out to champion what they believed in, the good and true things that they support, and I am grateful for the Obama and Biden supporters who came out to do the same and vote for a truly historic, timely, and quintessentially American leader. This *is* the true spirit of politics - for all its acrimoniousness, we all have the chance to go out and vote for what we believe in, and that gives me a gratitude that's deep in my soul.

I'm grateful to be alive and witnessing this day. This is a victory for everyone in America today, and a majority of people around the world who supported John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin and all the other candidates this election cycle because WE MADE OUR VIEWS KNOWN. I will never again forget the power of democracy and a free vote - this day and the energry of the election will live for decades in my memory. We all made this historic, positive election possible. I was uplifted deep in my heart and soul by McCain's concession speech to Obama because it was so COMPASSIONATE and DECENT. All of a sudden, I saw him return return with genuine graciousness to the proud, determined, steady, deeply honorable, and deserving man that I saw in 2000 and 2004.

None of us have lost this night. The Democratic Party has witnessed a historic and world-changing election. We have all elected a truly amazing man. We have shown ourselves and the world that the impossible is possible. We have shown ourselves that we have chances at things no one ever thought could happen. The Republican Party can rest assured that one of their own best leaders will continue to serve the Senate for possibly decades to come - I cannot see McCain losing his seat after the display of service to America that he showed last night - and witnessed the birth of a junior rising star in Sarah Palin, who with her youth and vigor now has both the fame and the time to deepen her understanding of governance and her good works and become a true force for her own type of change on the national level.

I will be working forward to try to make this kind of thing happen every year. God Bless America.

I voted for McCain-not because Obama is black, but because he doesn't stand on biblical principles. ANd while McCain wasn't exactly the best candidate in and of himself, I do agree wth his stand on abortion and other factors that tell me he wants to run this country based in what it was originally founded upon-God. While I accept the fact that Obama is now our president, I wonder where he will put God. Will God continue to take a back seat to the wants and desires of mere men and women in federal government.? I, for one, wil not allow that to happen. As a Christian, I urge all Christ followers to support our new president-elect without compromising your spiritual integrity.

I was a McCain/Palin supporter, I blogged for them, , always respectfully, I jope. my quesions about Obama remain. However I am glad for our black brothers ans sisters and hope this puts race to the background once and for all. I still have questions about Obama, but I wish him well. His pproerity is now ours. He certainly has a historic opportunity, and a great challenge.

Basically, the democrats could have pitted a monkey against any republican candidate & the monkey would have won. Bush has left a bad taste for republicans in the mouths of the nation and they reacted...Neither candidate to me looked like the best person for the job. But I pray now with all my might that Obama doesnt tank this nation.

First off, I would like to say that I voted for the Republican ticket because I am a small business owner and will see a tremendous impact on my business. With that said, it is my duty as a citizen of the US to embrace the new President and accept the will of the people.
However, it is also my responsiblity as a citizen to question the President's decisions. If the President, Congress, the media and/or people of the US use racism as a defense for legitimate questions raised against President-elect Obama, we will never heal as a country. I hope and pray that day will never come.

isn't he only a very small portion black, I don't understand the whole african american thing, he is more white than black,

WELL SAID BILL COSBY !!

'They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English.
I can't even talk the way these people talk:
Why you ain't,
Where you is,
What he drive,
Where he stay,
Where he work,
Who you be...

And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk.

And then I heard the father talk.

Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads.
You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.

In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living.

People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now
We've got these knuckleheads walking around.

The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal.

These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids.

$500 sneakers for what?

And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics.

I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.

Where were you when he was 2?

Where were you when he was 12?

Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol?

And where is the father? Or who is his father?

People putting their clothes on backward:
Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong?

People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something?

Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body?

What part of Africa did this come from??

We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don't know a thing about Africa ...

I say this all of the time. It would be like white people saying they are European-American. That is totally stupid.

I was born here, and so were my parents and grandparents and, very likely my great grandparents. I don't have any connection to Africa, no more than white Americans have to Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland, or the Netherlands. The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans as regards to Africa. So stop, already!! !

With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap.....And all of them are in jail.

Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

We have got to take the neighborhood back.

People used to be ashamed. Today a woman has eight children with eight different 'husbands' -- or men or whatever you call them now.

We have millionaire football players who cannot read.

We have million-dollar basketball players who can't write two paragraphs. We, as black folks have to do a better job.

Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us.

We have to start holding each other to a higher standard.

" We cannot blame the white people any longer."
Dr. William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.

It's been less than 24 hours since Obama was declared the winner of this election, and already the Russians have announced that they are moving ballistic missles into the balkans. Additionally, the PLO celebrated his win by firing off 35 explosive rockets into Israel.

I sure hope this whole racial reconciliation angle is worth what this is going to cost us.

YES GOD HELP US ALL AS WE ARE NO LONGER A FREE NATION......

While Jesse Jackson and Oprah last night cried tears of joy as the shackles of our past dissolved, our new President-Elect, sober and determined, quoted Lincoln to ask us to re-tie the bonds of affection that bring us together. The better angels of our nature cried to hear that summons.

Congratulations to Mr. Obama. While Mr. Obama;s broken promise on public financing tarnishes his campaign a fair amount in my eyes, overall I think his campaign was tremendously well run. And he -- with a huge assist from President Bush -- beat the best candidate the Republicans could offer in Mr. McCain.

I'm a conservative Republican who often takes the time to read Ms. Quindlen to see how some on the urban left think. I've long lost hope that Ms. Quindlen would someday lose her disdain for people like me, but I do hope she understands that just because someone opposed Mr. Obama last night doesn't make them racist. It is the Democracts who constantly inject race into politics. The truth is that for me and the vast majority of Republicans, skin color truly isn't what matters. Issues do, and I happened to agree with Mr. McCain on the issues. But today isn't McCain's today; it's President-elect Obama's. And as one of those relgious conservative that Ms. Quindlen so dislikes, I will be praying frequently that God protects Mr. Obama and his family and grants him the wisdom to lead our country well.