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mamanee 
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:06pm |
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LuluBelle85
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:08pm |
Yay! Just commented on the other thread.
Totally agree that the world and America especially needed this!
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:08pm |
Yay I am happy it is Obama, but they really need to get over the statement "black voter".
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:09pm |
Yay awesome stuff. My friend in Ohio just told me 
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:21pm |
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Have to say that John McCain made a very gracious speech conceding defeat. Well done to him
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:24pm |
I agree Bel - was just coming on to say the same thing.
Fabulous! Time for a change - I believe for the better
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:28pm |
 Bel wrote:
Have to say that John McCain made a very gracious speech conceding defeat. Well done to him |
I agree, and I felt sorry for him when they booed him, poor man.
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:32pm |
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Yay!
Can't believe TV1 stopped coverage at 5.30. Surely we can do without wheel of fortune today?
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:34pm |
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:39pm |
Sheza wrote:
Bel wrote:
Have to say that John McCain made a very gracious speech conceding defeat. Well done to him |
I agree, and I felt sorry for him when they booed him, poor man. |
Weren't they booing the fact that Obama was Pres?
Anyway it's awesome - I hope George W takes it as a giant finger to him as well.
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:51pm |
Yeah I took it as the crowd booing that Obama Won 
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:54pm |
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WOOHOO!!!!!....Over 300 votes....History in the making!
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:56pm |
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Yay Obama !!!!
They probably were booing him , America has STARTED the path of change, they still have a long way to go .
But , at least its a start .
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 6:17pm |
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Yeah they were booing at the mention f Obamas name - whereas when Obama made his speech and mentioned McCain there were still cheers. But DH and I decided they could afford to be gracious because they WON!!
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 6:48pm |
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I sat there stunned as these are the things that our kids will be reading about in history books in school. That speech he made will be historical and I think it's just fantastic that the country has finally woken up and smelt the salami.
I just hope the keep his security tight. Bad feeling some people aren't going to be very happy............
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 7:23pm |
i was sooooooo happy obama won!!!!! i really feel for him though, such a shame his grandma didn't quite make it to see his day 
although i'm sure she'll be with him in spirit 
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 7:37pm |
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I think it's fantastic! I'm really chuffed that this happened in my lifetime. Can't wait to see what the future holds! Good things I'm sure.
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 8:30pm |
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So glad Obama got in, its time America had a huge change.
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:34pm |
you know what ???? Martin Luther King Jr's vision ,his dream is finally coming true
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
Its finally started
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Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:45pm |
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I'm so so happy that Obama won - A huge victory and a much needed change.
His speech today was extremely powerful and I felt myself well up with pride and emotion listening to it.
Now about our Leaders Debate......
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