The Obama Celebration Party thread

[texan1]

As bad a president as Bush may have been, I'm still glad he was elected over Gore.

Obama's victory was much more decisive. He was a better candidate than Gore, Bush, McCain, or Kerry. Hopefully, he'll be able to live up to the expectations!

Yes - for the first time ever I feel like I voted for someone because I truly like them, rather than voting for them because they "weren't as bad as the other guy".

 

[lilithu]

As bad a president as Bush may have been, I'm still glad he was elected over Gore.

Yeah, we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one.

Obama's victory was much more decisive. He was a better candidate than Gore, Bush, McCain, or Kerry. Hopefully, he'll be able to live up to the expectations!

IMO, he's a better candidate that Reagan and Clinton too.

He won't live up to expectations tho. No human can live up to the expectations placed on him now. I just hope he takes us in the right direction.

 

[jonny]

I'll have to see how he does in his second term before I decide he's a better candidate than Regan. Regan's election was more decisive than Obama, but I believe both were elected for similar reasons.

Clinton's presidency was a disaster for the Democratic Party, IMO. He lost control of the House and Senate in just two years and it's taken 16 for the party to recover.

 

[UnityNow101]

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I am greatly satisfied that the Republicans arguments about Barrack Obama being a socialist and terrorist pal didn't work. How are the Republicans ever going to win another presidential election when their primary tactics, both fear and smear, do not seem to work anymore? This could be an end to the neo-conservative movement as we know it...

 

[Reverend Rick]

This could be an end to the neo-conservative movement as we know it...

Dream on!

 

[UnityNow101]

RICK,

What's going on man? It's good to see ya!

 

[jonny]

This could be an end to the neo-conservative movement as we know it...

Thank god. I might vote Republican again someday if that's the case.

 

[Mathematician]

I doubt it's dead. They're rallying around Huckabee and Palin on Fox. Does anyone really think that someone like Ron Paul would become GOP mainstream when you have people like Limbaugh, Hannity, and O'Reilly?

 

[Alizée]

Dream on!

Oh lord.

Get over it Rick.

This is an amazing and historic moment, it IS for the best for our country.

If you don't like it, Leave.

 

[UnityNow101]

I doubt it's dead. They're rallying around Huckabee and Palin on Fox. Does anyone really think that someone like Ron Paul would become GOP mainstream when you have people like Limbaugh, Hannity, and O'Reilly?

If they are rallying behind Palin and Huckabee, then I believe that it is safe to say that they are finished as a serious political party. They need to take their direction down a more libertarian path. As for Limbaugh and Hannity, they have lost all of their credibility as power brokers within the Republican party since the Republican primary race. They all despised John McCain, yet their hatred of the man's policies and positions fell on deaf ears, for the most part...

Let's ask the proverbial Republican Rev Rick. Do you believe that they should continue down their path as the evangelical-oriented party, or do they need to completely change direction? Obviously there is a disconnect with the majority of voters which cannot be fixed by heading down the same old path. Many would argue that it was Sarah Palin, the stauch evangelical type, that ended up ruining John McCain's chances this year...

 

[Mathematician]

I think we're seeing a length of liberal politics that will be akin to 1932-1968. When Nixon entrenched his party with disenfranchised Democrats, he set up a huge calamity. Libertarians have become thoroughly ****** off at Republicans, and with a moderate conservative like McCain, the Religious Right didn't jump.

I don't know. I can see people like Hannity getting behind Goldwater types to fend off a common enemy, but Goldwater types were pro-homosexuality, pro-choice, anti-aggression, intellectual appealing... Ron Paul is Goldwater minus the astute social views so maybe he could be a possibility.

 

[Valjean]

Has anyone been reading the foreign (non-American) press? The rest of the world seems quite excited, as well.

And Moon Water, in re: your question in #61, if you can't find local initiatives in American sites, go to the foreign papers. They're often more detailed than the American papers.

 

[kai]

oh everyones excited , the world is having a tough time from afghanistan to the Congo , the credit crunch, and we are all looking to the USA to lead the way, I just hope he is up to the job, have a good party America the hard work starts later,

 

[Mojopalin]

Congratulations, Democrats, "liberals", and progressives. I'm glad John (Nosferatu) McCain and Sarah (Barracuda) Palin lost the election and that dumbass Bush and his crime family are nearly out. However, I hope that green progressives and Libertarians are not excluded from the new world. I hope that even "Air American" liberals don't fall asleep like they did during the Clinton years. I mean, It wasn't Bush who gave us the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which paved the way for such horrors like Fox News and corporately owned mass media (yes, Republicans, you can thank Bill Clinton for Fox News). It wasn't Bush who gave us NAFTA and the WTO. It wasn't Bush who deregulated the banks. It was Bill Clinton. Barack Obama may be the next FDR and Abraham Lincoln we all hope he will be if WE can keep a fire lit under that dude's ***. The corporate gods and our money drenched government are not going to suddenly rain gold change down on us out of the goodness of their hearts. Real change always happens when we, the people make the move for change.

That's my quick rant.

We have a new figure head.. It's party time!

 

[Mojopalin]

I'm cynical as all get-out, I know. Always have been. Always will be. At the same time, I'm really kinda happy. It's like a weight has somehow been lifted. Or an evil spell. Dick Cheney can finally spread his bat-like wings, fly atop some gothic/art-deco building and turn to stone like the gargoyle he is, while Bush can go back to playing G.I. Joe.. safely... with toys.. instead of using real men and women.

I can't believe it. I'm actually kinda happy. Even optimistic. It's really weird.

Still. Let's see what happens. I've had my heart broken before.

 

[Alceste]

Congratulations terrorists, illegal immigrants and socialists of America!

 

[Apex]

Now we get to see if he will actually stick to what he has promised.

 

[Magic Man]

Thankg God! I wasn't all that worried, but I am relieved that it's over, and he made it in. Now, let's see what he can do.

 

[doppelganger]

Thankg God! I wasn't all that worried, but I am relieved that it's over, and he made it in. Now, let's see what he can do.

Correction: let's see what we can do. If we don't seriously take ownership of our government, it will take ownership of us.

 

[The Voice of Reason]

All I wanna know is...how many bets did Rick just lose?

All of them.