ooeerrrr 16-3 so far nail biting stuff this
omg they r comin in thick n fast now this is exciting
come on obama
see... this is where I have an eye on a lot of things....
watching sky, fox, bbc and cnn on the tv... and NBC in america on the net.....
some of them have called pennsylvania for Obama... some too close to call....
If Obama does win Penn... its the beginning of the end, McCain has to win almost everything he is defending...
I am chuffed that georgia hasn't been called yet... my vote counts for a change.......it is normally the quickest state to go red....
breaking news fabio ABC are projecting Obama has won Pennsylvania and New Hamspire
well my lids r getting heavy i'm gonna have to give up n go bed :cry:
damn shame would love to see history made rather than watch the re runs in the mornin
fingers crossed guys hope obama wins
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Barak Obama is the new president....
im off to bed!!!!
Obama is the new president.
Well done!!!
Wow that was just a great night, thank you all for your contributions, making a great thread. The very interesting insights by our American friends have really helped to make for a wonderful evening.
Hugz to you all.
I don't think the americans had a very good choice.
Well done America you saw the person not the colour..the dream lives for us all
I'm pleased for Barack Obama and America - I think the new 44th President will be a good , not just for America but for the whole world.
I have not seen anything different in what Obama has been saying to any of the other US politicians.
This is what he is....... a politician first.....and an American politician that will put the Americans above any other country.
Is that bad......hell no.....If I was an American I would want my politicians putting me first as well.
I don't think he will be any different as he has no big change policies, that I have seen. Are there any? He seems to be just carrying on with the last blokes plans.
If I was an American I think I would of voted for Obama as well though.......just because that Palin annoyed the hell out of me.
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Ya know? At 1 am I was watching the BBC election prog and I'm sat there watching all the pundits working overtime to get the coolest soundbite and it suddenly occurred to me. Why the fuck do I care? It's the same old shit, it's just with different toilet paper.
I also wondered if they're going to change the name of the White House. :twisted:
An excellent result!! :thumbup:
I hope it helps to bring the world together :inlove:
Brilliant!!!!!
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I would love to be as cynical as a lot of you guys that nothing will change......
I spoke the my grandma yesterday, who has lived in the south, Georgia, all her life..... I think that most of those under the age of 45 will have just seen Barack Obama just the same as any other candidate....
but my gran has been thru segregation..... she was telling me thru the times when she couldn't sit next to a white person on the bus.... or had to move back for a white person when it got full....
she was telling me that she couldn't use the same public restrooms as white people....
they were basically treated as 2nd class citizens....
so to get where they were then..... to where they are now meant so much to a ton of people yesterday, I know that it is going to sound very cliche, but the amount of times I had heard the words "I thought I'd never see it in my lifetime" really stuck with me....the enormity of what has happened......
my night after I came off here at 2am.... worked out what time it would be called at , and gave my gran a call...... she was already in tears....
so at 4am I screamed "yes".... and at I broke down in tears...... I am glad that I saw a lot of people in the crowd also doing so
Barack Obama had better not be like his the person he is taking over from, because he will only get one chance, and if he messes up then it might be another 390 years before we get another shot...
hopefully it will be a lot more bi-partisan, and that is what he is saying... if he does that then the entire country will get behind him... and they will be a lot lot better....
I kept a copy of the night on my sky+ and I may well watch it again at some point, it was a piece of history for me......but I am so glad I stayed up to see it.. and so glad that I lot of people who thought they would never see it did......and those who didn't were watching from up above, and looking down with the broadest grins......
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Good post Fabio.
My Brother lived in Atlanta for over 20 years and even today Blacks to him still seemed like second class citizens by the way they were treated. He found it hard to understand for many years, as he had this image of the USA, as all being equal.
Yes I am sure millions voted for him just for the colour of his skin but.....to me he did seem the better out of the two.
I hope he can make the grade as President, as he does seem like a really decent guy, whether he is strong enough to sort out some of the massive problems they have, remains to be seen. But I wish him well for the sake of all of us.
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