Obama Wins! Good news or not?

[robbo]

myself,well im a brit,and i watched this debacle of an election unfold for months,what a spectacle......and load of bollocks.neither of mcain or obama should have got anywhere near office of president,i myself like many here just cant fathom out how in a counrty so vast as the states you came up with only these 2 guys in the end.......what the fck? is that it? was that the best shot? jeez!
i can see much trouble ahead,i hope im wrong,but i just think you now have a recipe for serious problems in america if something real bad happens from now on in.i hope im wrong. lets see in 18 months time then comment on the new guy.

[Road Runner]

(tigerxxx @ Nov. 07 2008,20:20) ......isn't the guy who owns Fox originally from   ?

Yes and unfortunatly the bastard's still alive!


RR.

[alan1chef]

I have to admit....reading this thread has had me laughing so hard...had to put my hipwaders on though to wade through all the crap.

For starters, I will say that my record is still intact. Through all the elections that he has participated in, I have never voted for John McCain and when I went into the voting booth last Tuesday...I could not bring myself to vote for McCain this time either. I have never liked the guy....so....I voted for Obama, and for all the right reasons.

Get real guys....the US going toward socialism?? What a load of crap...the US is not EVEN close to socialism or anything remotely like socialism. A true socialist government has never and will never exist on this planet. I suggest all of you go back to your high school textbooks and re-read the part on socialism that you slept through the first time.

And....please....get off this stupid attack on Fox News....it's ALL entertainment...even CNN...all of it...purely entertainment. If you want REAL news...learn to read and pick up several different national newspapers.

As for Obama....he is more of a centrist than a liberal....see who he appointed as Chief of Staff? Obama is a smart guy...he will do the right thing.

[kahuna]

Finally you post a reply with which I can agree...

Now get rid of your bizarre avatar and I'll vote for you...

[robbo]

mayby bizarre isnt the word kahuna,im just trying to figure out just what it is thats in his stomach,its unusual,could it be a bottom? has this guy been eating ladyboys?

[PigDogg]

(kahuna @ Nov. 08 2008,23:59) Now get rid of your bizarre avatar and I'll vote for you...

The pot calling the kettle black?    

Il Duce has arrived in Sodom By The Sea.    

[stonefre]

Ok, Fox news is right wing entertainment then. Unfortunately my parents watch no other news source and believe everything they see on Fox news. How scary is that?

[PigDogg]

(alan1chef @ Nov. 08 2008,22:47) Chief of Staff

An excellent choice.

A guy he can trust.

A guy who knows Washington.

An energetic guy who can get things done.

[robbo]

(PigDogg @ Nov. 09 2008,18:46)

(kahuna @ Nov. 08 2008,23:59) Now get rid of your bizarre avatar and I'll vote for you...

The pot calling the kettle black?    

Il Duce has arrived in Sodom By The Sea.        

btw i agree,........kahuna your avatar is near the mark,think the board would look better if it was removed,considering what time of year it is even more so.

[bigmick22]

Ramadan is over

[smuttleydfs]

(alan1chef @ Nov. 09 2008,02:47) I voted for Obama, and for all the right reasons.

Welcome to the dark side Alan

By the way I'm in 100% agreement with you on the broadcast news media but the sad thing is so many take it seriously it is dangerous

[sev7en]

(robbo @ Nov. 09 2008,19:25) kahuna your avatar is near the mark,think the board would look better if it was removed,considering what time of year it is even more so.

Uhm, i think kahuna refers to alans avatar.

Alans avatar is scary, sucking in the stomach like that is not good for you.

Kahunas avatar is cool..

[mirimark]

this is a cool poll, it is encouraging that people in other parts of the world have some concern what goes on in American Politics.
Yeah or Nah, I think its cool.
I voted with the Majority.

[robbo]

(sev7en @ Nov. 09 2008,21:54)

(robbo @ Nov. 09 2008,19:25) kahuna your avatar is near the mark,think the board would look better if it was removed,considering what time of year it is even more so.

Uhm, i think kahuna refers to alans avatar.

Alans avatar is scary, sucking in the stomach like that is not good for you.

Kahunas avatar is cool..

oh dear, im not even gonna bother to try and say more.

[strocube]

Election 08 

    
     My parents decided that they would move to the U.S. when I was three-years-old. In all the years that I've been here I've never once felt patriotic, or proud of being an "American", however that may be defined. I was just here because this is where I was brought.
I lived in this country as a permanent resident until I was twenty-six, that was when I finally decided to go through the hassle of becoming a U.S. citizen. The only reason I even did that was because I wanted to travel and I did not want to travel on a Colombian passport. My last name being what it is, the possibility of it on a Colombian passport was such a potential cluster-fuck when it came to traveling anywhere, that I thought it worth the bother of becoming a U.S. citizen.
    
    At the swearing-in ceremony there were people in tears and waving little American flags. People were being photographed with their families; they were happy and celebrating. All I could think was, "Look at those rubes. Thank god this shit is almost over. Looks like I'll be able to get outta here and be able to make it to the beach while there are still a few hours of daylight left, yes!" I had gone to the ceremony by myself. I really didn't think it was anything to celebrate. I looked at it as some unpleasant but necessary bit of business that needed to get done, like going to the DMV or the dentist.

The first time I ever voted was in 1992, for Bill Clinton, and that was only because I wanted to stop his republican opponent, shrub the elder. I held my nose, as they say, and voted for the lesser of two evils.
    
    I never have, and still don't use the collective "we" when referring to the various actions of the U.S. I never say, "when we invaded Iraq, Granada, Panama, Viet Nam, Afghanistan . . ." or wherever. I always say, "when they", or when the U.S. invaded . . ." I never had anything to with it. In fact I was probably out protesting whatever the latest invasion may have been. I am not a nationalist, nor am I patriotic in any way. I should also mention that I feel exactly the same way about the country where I was born--Colombia.
    
     I've always felt that politics was a scam perpetrated by the rich and powerful to pacify the masses by giving them the illusion of "democracy" or that they actually had say in the way things were done--usually to them. To me, politics, democracy and all the rest of it have always been just big lies, in a long parade of lies, like Christianity.
    
    So given my outlook, I suppose it's not so strange that I find myself struggling to put into words my thoughts about the recent election of Barack Obama for president. I was shocked to find that this actually mattered to me, even though part of me feels that I should really know better. I imagine it's like something Charlie Brown would feel if he ever got to actually kick that damn football; wonder, disbelief, joy! This election seems really significant to me. It seems that in some way this country has actually taken a step towards living up to the promises of all the rhetoric pounded into us in school about "justice", "equality" and all the rest of the American mythos that we were expected to internalize, but that I never did.
    
    I guess what I'm saying is that I am a cynical bastard whose found himself taken aback at actually caring about, and maybe believing, however tentatively, in this thing we call "America". For the first time in all the years that I've been here I actually feel that this really is my country. 

    Just as a side note, I'd like to add that if there were any justice in this world the shrub and the criminal cartel that he fronts--BADLY, would be hanging by their balls for war crimes and crimes against humanity.