Loose Ends: Obamaha

So if there's over 9000 votes yet to be counted, how can we call the Terry / Esch race? According to Douglas county, he's only ahead by 2813 votes.

You right wingers crack me up! And they call me a conspiracy theorist. Sheeesh!

I find it strange that there was such a last minute surge for McCain. When I went to bed well after midnight, Obama was still ahead by a comfortable margin. I'd like for someone to compare the final results with the scanner printouts. Is that going to happen? Doubtful huh?

suspended campaign, what suspended campaign? oh, you mean when he lied and said he had suspended his campaign to make a publicity stunt by going to dc, and his campaign continued absolutely un-suspended??

Blue,

You are right about McCain's campaign, but it's a style that was highly effective as recently as 4 years ago. But a) they didn't execute it very well and b) Barack Hussein Obama and his team figured out how to counter it.

Not to mention c) Palin, d) the campaign suspension and e) the economy....

Blue - great observation - I doubt Susan B. even really understands what those labels mean - see my earlier comment.

But, they are convenient tools to assuage ones guilty conscience for not be able to vote for the best candidate by far.

Posted by: Susan B.
"Did we ever get clarification that Obama was in fact born in the United States?"

re: The 44th President elect of the United States

It was proven without doubt that Obama is a marxist, leninist, terrorist, manchurain candiate,
muslim, arugula & granola eatin', no birth certificate havin', arab, socialist, communist,
democrat with a messiah complex.

did I miss anything Susan?
;-)

McCain lost because he chose Palin and she is stupid. Once that became clear with the economy going to the toilet, McCain lost the confidence of voters who may have still supported him.

I think I could have a beer with Obama--I once saw him drink a PBR on TV and even I could afford that.

I don't really want him in office so I could feel like I could have a beer with him because I want somebody who is smart and looks for solutions. They may be a little more liberal than I would like but I bet McCain-Palin would have picked stupid solutions for the most part.

I believe in free markets but I also realize as one economist said "In the long run, we're dead" and to me that means that we need laws that promote competition--it may not be perfect competion but as I said we don't have that long to fix things.

On health care and the environment, again if we could prolong somebodies life so that they or their relatives could learn the correct decisions or gain the proper skills to provide for them in competition with the world, I would be all for free market environment and health care.

The problem is that if we screw up health or the environment we often do not get a second chance to make sure the long run solution is optimal.

I will be voting against Obama if he increases protected government jobs or encourages a true "welfare state" but if he can make healthcare and protection available for the school age young and the old with a security social security system, then I will gladly vote democratic for the second time in my many decade long life.

As somebody said on radio today, Obama's problem may not be the republicans but the democrats.

I was beyond excited by 8.30pm last nite. I knew Obama had the election and was going to be the next president elect. But then the next issue came in my mind: "Does he really know what mess he is about to inherit and can he handle it?"...Also, I wonder if some people out there are planning another presidential assasination. I hope not..all we can all do is hope and pray that he and his family are kept safe and that the American people start to think and operate with one mind.
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL!!!

"Did we ever get clarification that Obama was in fact born in the United States?"

Yes.

"State officials say there’s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.

Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday that she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama’s original birth certificate."

Did we ever get clarification that Obama was in fact born in the United States?

Anyone else notice the style of paintings of Obama look eerily similar to paintings of Che Guevara?

These artists who try to deify politicians need to update their style palettes.

McCain lost the election because of the rationale of the some of those who comment here on Jake's blog. McCain and Co. ran a campaign that was 30 years old, and, they tried to 'demonize' the opposition as if he wasn't an American.

Instead of debating issues, Republicans ranted about 'associations', instead of getting a pulse on current day America, they relied on the tactics that worked in the past.

Bush, Cheney and Co. traveled down a path
most Americans rejected.

America lost faith with Republicans as crisis multiplied in our country. The country felt that republicans had no answers.
All things, eventually change..... Republicans did not

These are still difficult times we live in and only
time will tell if he is successful. There is a sense that something good has happened in America, as if most folks have taken their first deep breath in a long while.

There is something to be said for hope, and a man like Obama who seems to be secure and smart enough to try something different and conduct himself in a different way.
I truly hope he is.

Sorry Kay. My diatribe was directed at Mike_C.

Kay and others,

Please, no revisionist history here. Bush and his administration had no interest in working with the opposition and excluded them as much as he could. This was after years of watching Republicans in Congress do the same thing. So there is no high road for you take now.

As a "Lib" all that I can say is that payback hurts. For years the conservative machine has portrayed libs and everyone else other than them as villians and evil doers. You and others who supported that machine would do well to just sit back and take it as we have had to do for most of the last 30 years. Only, this time the gloating won't last long because we libs are anxious to get to work to begin repairing the extreme damage done to this nation over the last 8 years.

Like you, I am an American before all else. The difference is that I share the vision of my president and no longer have to wonder why anyone voted for him.

Sam

I saw the video as well. Those people that stormed the White House were waiving the communist soviet flag. In the celebration videos that were coming in, there were people wearing the soviet tee shirts.

What is up with that???

Just what kind of change were these people told?

Folks,

This is Kay, Ipredicted before that Obama will win the presidency, if you all can remember during the primary, I said that Obama movement was moving train and no one can stop it. After winning the primary I said that I will not post anything till today after the result is known.
I am happy my prediction comes true.

This is my another prediction again Chelsea Clitton will be the first woman to win the presidency of US. Hillary and Bill have made this possible by helping Obama to make history.
Note

My congradulations to Mr. Obama on running a tremendous campaign. I am first & foremost an AMERICAN. Even though I do not agree with his policies...

I will do what most of you libs refused to do for Bush...I will support him as my President.

There is much work ahead and the new president is going tohave a huge task. It starts by ending all this foolish back & forth BS. I ask my fellow conseravtives to show more class and pride in our country than libs did after both the 2000 & 2004 elections.

John McCain said Country First and I beleive that is the way to move forward. It does not mean walking in lock-step, or agreeing with everything from the left. Let us also hope that Pelosi & Reid understand its time to stop the partisan bickering. We do not need anymore speech such as her's before that first bailout package vote.

It is time to see if Obama, Pelosi & Reid can actualy DO what they talk about - Reach across the aisle and work together. The last 8 years were not a disaster because of GWB. It became a mess because the liberals were too bitter and vengeful about losing to work together and get the job done. It's now our time to show them how good things can get accomplished.

God Bless America!

AGAIN to Obama Land... Quit playing the race card. It is irrelvant.

And quit spewing misogynistic B.S. about Palin. You hated Hillary and now you hate Palin. Obama won. They cannot threaten your chosen one any more.

You guys sound like a cult movement and not informed voters.

Jake,

How about Missouri!?!? The Stl. Dispatch reports only a 413 vote margin for McCain (as of 2 a.m.) with an unspecified few thousand provisional votes.

Can you imagine what would have happened if this had been a really close race. We had not just one close state - like Florida 2000 - but 3 (and a third); Missouri, Indiana, and North Carolina.

Can you imagine if we had to do 3 recounts in 3 different states. Thank goodness for the woeful McCain campaign.