It’s unofficial at this time but it looks like Obama has won NC by the narrowest margin of any Presidential candidate in history. And thankfully there is no disputing he won nationally, in a landslide.
This morning Connor got up and Amy told him Barack Obama won. I didn’t think he knew who Obama was. His response to her was “I told you John McCain didn’t win”. Amy then informed me they had a mock election in Kindergarten and Connor voted for Obama, who apparently also won the popular vote of the East Wake Academy five year-olds. Now it’s official.
Only in America can a country experience one of the greatest attacks on any nation by a man named Saddam Hussein and seven years later select our first minority named Barack Hussein Obama to the highest office in the world. As a nation we have been deceived, misguided and thrown into economic chaos by a President and administration farther out of touch with their constituency than any in US history. Is still have little sympathy for those who chose by ballot to have it happen for a second Bush term in 2004. I may never get over that. Hopefully this sends a clear message that we have chosen to redeem ourselves by doing what is right for our nation, our children and the world.
I saw one supporter with a sign in Chicago last night that I really thought summed it up. It read:
“Hang on. – Help is on the way. – Obama 01/20/2009”
I even saw a little admiration for Obama from Carl Rove on Fox News last night. At the beginning of Bushes first term he claimed Bush to be “A Uniter, not a Divider”. Remember that? Well we finally have the real deal. 43% of white voters cast their ballot for Obama. That’s the highest percentage for any Democrat in US history. That 43% of white voters comprised 64% of the total votes for Obama. This was not a minority elected President. He is a minority who was elected President. And he was clearly chosen by the majority of us.
It’s like we finally have our adult supervision back at a time when we desperately need it. It’s been a long time since any of us could say we have a true leader in the free world. More importantly we now have a leader we can proudly send among many others throughout the world. That’s how important this election was. We may have finally gotten it right America.
I was so proud to be an American last night when we as a nation voted for our first minority, Barack Obama. Even though I could not stay up for the whole election, b/c as usual I started falling asleep on the couch, I knew in my heart that we would make the right decision in the end and vote for Barack Obama as President of the United States of America!! YEAH OBAMA!! Honestly, I feel like John McCain was pretty sincere in his speech last night for not winning the election. I think even he feels like Obama will make a good President but of course it is probably all show. I’m sure he went back to his hotel room last night and drank a “40” and cussed Obama left and right. Just Kidding.. Hopefully, he did not do that. HA!HA! I’m hoping that we as Americans made the right choice and will have a more prosporous 4 years ahead of us.
I feel honored to be a part of something that will forever remain a big part of history. I honestly have never seen anything like it. The excitement surrounding the entire voting process was unprecedented! Katie, my youngest daughter, and I went to vote together. This was the first election in which she was eligible to vote. Wow…did she get a good one!! To see a 20 year old young woman so excited and passionate about the voting process was in itself a promising sign for the future! I sincerely hope that we, as a nation, can work together to make the world a better place for everyone.
That is great that you and Katie went and voted together. I ddin’t realize this is the first election Katie was able to vote in. She is really growing into a bright and intelligent young women. You did vote for Obama, right? Just kidding. I’m full of crazy humor today. HA! Hope everything is going well for you. I need to email Grandma Johnson. Maybe she will post a comment on Todd’s website…