Obama Wins!

[flyingbrick]

And the thing that's most frustrating, is that some clueless little halfwit who hasn't bothered to even read the above post, is going to jump into this conversation - probably before the end of the page - to say something senseless and stupid and just go to unmindfully prove savvys point.

I agree with everything she says.

As someone who lives in a powerful but increasingly broken country, I know what it's like to be fed hollow campaign slander and white-lies by dirty, power-hungry politicians.

I've followed these elections closely, and I've become a great fan of Obama. Yes, he's black. Yes, he's liberal. Yes, he knows how to make a speech. But he is also a wise man with good policies and righteous principles, and that is why he should have been voted for.

Obama has won. And I hope he can deliver, not just for the sake of America, but for the sake of all of us. Frankly, I've had enough of the petulant bullying and the haughty stubbonness that the Republicans have brought about.

Now. I eagerly anticipate a fourteen year old to but in and say "Hey, Obama rules, he has fit hair."

[RedStratocas]

Oh, well thats just me speaking from what I see at school, and what I see on myspace, and what I see on forums. There are plenty of educated young people who voted for him on his political stances.

One thing I saw when I was watching the news yesterday was a reporter went up to a black lady and asked "Did race play a factor in why you voted for Obama?" and she said "Yes. It was actually one of the key factors." And she went on to say that she thinks it's important that he represents the diversity in this country, while really, Obama's decisions in office are not going to benefit just the diverse people in the country, but instead, the country as a whole. So that's proof that there are some black people out there who voted for him mainly because he's black. Not saying that's true for all black people, but it's totally unfortunate that race had to play such a big factor in the election instead of where he stands on certain things.

And I don't know one gay person who voted for McCain. Why would a gay person vote for someone who is against what they are? It's true that McCain is not for gay marriage at all. So basically all the gay people voted for Obama because he isn't against gay rights. That's not an issue that is relevant to the election, really. Obama has other things on his plate that need to be taken care of first. Even then, he'll probably never get around to promoting gay rights because theres so many things wrong with this country.

Yesterday I also conducted my own "poll" because I was curious what other people my age were thinking. So I asked a lot of people who they would vote for and why, and apart from maybe one or two educated answers, I got a lot of "I don't know"s and "Just because he's awesome and John McCain is old" and you know, just ignorant stuff like that. I even got one person saying "I voted for Obama because McCain is ugly" :| And the state I live in ended up voting for McCain over Obama. Maybe thats just the young people who live around me who are stupid enough to say those kinds of things, but I feel like that's enough to speak for a large amount of young people spread across America.

I have full and total respect for everyone who voted with an educated reason to back up their decision. But if race and irrelevant topics like gay marriage and abortion are things that people voted for him for (which theres no denying that those things WERE key factors for some people) then I think they shouldn't have voted at all.


Whatever.
Obama will probably do good, and I'm proud of America's decision.
I just know I'm going to go to school today and there are going to be tons of gay people running rampid yelling about how excited they are that Obama won without a stable reason to back it up.

the question i have is are the people you were questioning old enough to vote?

it sounds like they don't really care about politics too much, and even if they are old enough to vote, they probably wouldnt stand in line for 3 hours to vote for something they dont really know anything about.

and just as an aside, even if there are a lot of people who voted for obama just cause hes "cool" or "black," it probably doesnt even come close to the amount of people who voted for mccain just because he's white. i saw a national poll not that long ago that said something like 10% of the population would never vote for a black person.

[Freeza101]

OMG YES YES YES.
I saw this today in the morning .. he won .

Thank god

[drama]

I wonder what hes going to do :S there really isn't much imo to do, well free health care, and better schooling in some parts of the country yes, but what else? someone educate me with american problems!

I err.. hear theres this Global Recession hoo-har going on at the moment..:rolleyes:

[Kardan]

Wasn't a landslide at all - but I'm glad Obama won

[Niall!]

I think he's black

[tasav]

And the thing that's most frustrating, is that some clueless little halfwit who hasn't bothered to even read the above post, is going to jump into this conversation - probably before the end of the page - to say something senseless and stupid and just go to unmindfully prove savvys point.

I agree with everything she says.

As someone who lives in a powerful but increasingly broken country, I know what it's like to be fed hollow campaign slander and white-lies by dirty, power-hungry politicians.

I've followed these elections closely, and I've become a great fan of Obama. Yes, he's black. Yes, he's liberal. Yes, he knows how to make a speech. But he is also a wise man with good policies and righteous principles, and that is why he should have been voted for.

Obama has won. And I hope he can deliver, not just for the sake of America, but for the sake of all of us. Frankly, I've had enough of the petulant bullying and the haughty stubbonness that the Republicans have brought about.

Now. I eagerly anticipate a fourteen year old to but in and say "Hey, Obama rules, he has fit hair."

Thank you Nik

the question i have is are the people you were questioning old enough to vote?

it sounds like they don't really care about politics too much, and even if they are old enough to vote, they probably wouldnt stand in line for 3 hours to vote for something they dont really know anything about.

and just as an aside, even if there are a lot of people who voted for obama just cause hes "cool" or "black," it probably doesnt even come close to the amount of people who voted for mccain just because he's white. i saw a national poll not that long ago that said something like 10% of the population would never vote for a black person.

1. Yes and no. Some of the people I questioned actually DID vote and answered with the same ignorant stuff the people who werent old enough to vote.

2. Actually, the lines here were not even close to 3 hours long. 30 minutes, at the most. And most young people voted just because they could. I have plenty of friends who voted for that reason without having stable reasons to back them up. I even talked to someone today who said she would have voted for Obama, even though she doesn't know anything about what he stands for. Thats how most young americans who voted will tell you, because most of them are ignorant, uneducated idiots. For american teenagers, voting for obama was basically conformity. It was the "cool thing to do". I'm not kidding. I'm around it every single day, and it's disgusting.

3. And yes, there are plenty of people who voted against Obama because he's black without researching his stances. Which is why I'm saying that race played WAY too much of a role in this election. All the southern states that were against the civil rights movement from the 1920's - 1960's-ish, A LARGE MAJORITY OF THEM voted for McCain. I observed that while I was watching the news last night. and it's not at all surprising.

4. There were tons of ignorant little 14 and 15 year olds running around today yelling "OMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE OBAMA'S GOING TO RUIN THE COUNTRY AND HE'S GOING TO GET ASSASSINATED OMGGGG!" Really, I cannot even begin to tell you how many little immature, naive, young, uneducated kids I heard say that today. Because he's not going to get assassinated, first of all, because the secret service is much more advanced than it was in Lincoln's time and JFK's time. So that's just a stupid statement. Second of all, all those kids don't know what he stands for, obviously. Because I support a lot of Obama's points, especially his stance on education, and how he wants to help kids my age who are about to attend college receive scholarships easily and help them get a further education, as opposed to John McCain's plans, which are not only lower on his list, but will probably make scholarships a bit harder to receive. Also, he wants to just put more kids in charter schools, which not everyone can afford, instead of fixing the public school system, which will work out easier for many families. Now, I'd think that high school american kids should care about having a president that wants to give us a better future, and if they had known that, I don't think they would have the ignorance to run around yelling about how our country is going to hell because Obama is going to run it. It's all ignorance. And racism. And immaturity. And absolutely ridiculous.

[Wig44.]

Obama wins because he is black, and his deputy isn't a women - it's the way it is. Although, that is not to say MY opinion. My opinion is that he would bring the changes to the USA that are needed, I thought he had a VERY good case and if I were american and able to vote - it would be for him.

[nicknbooner]

cant believe obama bin landen won.....
Now we have a democrat in, we will have millions of problems.
Legal Gay Marraiges in all 50 states
Abortion will be legal up until the day of the delivery
Hate Crime Laws will force Christian Radio Stations to air opinions of other false religions.
Taxes wil be 99% of our income at the end of the term

[N-Dubz]

id be worried if i was him, all the KKK black-hating people who voted Mccain will be upset!

i really hope nothing happens to him, he looks real and it could mean a complete change for America.