Final results thread

[gambit]

Watching the McCain concession speech, and his supporters need to shut up and let the man speak. He's giving a pretty good concession speech.

[gambit]

Damn, there are tons of people chanting (I think) OBAMA outside the White House.

[Mort]

It was very very solid .. Hats off to him is all you can say.

Huge Congratulations to you Americans !

[cured]

McCain's campaign speech was pure class. It sucks we couldn't see this side of him during the campaign.

[chuck]

Indeed. Classy speech by McCain.

He should have told the redneck fucks in the crowd to shut the fuck up already.

I liked how his leaving music was the theme music from Crimson Tide - where the submarine sinks beneath the water. Apt.

[chuck]

Oh yeah baby!

[cacophony]

i will admit to you fine folks that these results have me a little teary-eyed. it feels like we've managed to bring to a close 8 years of pure malevolence and finally we have some hope for the future. and the fact that obama won by such a large margin is so far beyond my expectations. i can only imagine what an incredible moment this is for the african american population, young and old. did anyone see the shot of jessie jackson on CNN? the man is outright sobbing. regardless of what his recent reputation has been like, that's a man who has been fighting for civil rights since black people were getting firehosed in the streets. it has to be an incredible moment for him, as well as everyone else of course.

and of course we can't overlook the fact that the election of the first black president could not have happened without the support of white and latino america, too. it's a huge statement about unity where the conversation usually revolves around division.

ahhhh i'm not saying anything new. i'm just rambling because i'm still reeling from the tremendous relief.

Originally Posted by cured

McCain's campaign speech was pure class. It sucks we couldn't see this side of him during the campaign.

agreed. also, i found myself irrationally angry at sarah palin's visible red teary eyes. she was barely keeping that smile on her face throughout the speech. mccain lost a hell of a lot more than she did and he kept it together and was sincere and gracious about his concession.

[Troy McClure]

Senator McCain was very good in his concession speech. I hope those who voted for him follow suit. It's going to be tough to talk some of those loonies back off their ledge.

Although, might I add President Barack Obama sure does have a great ring to it.

Jason

[gambit]

Damn, there's a possibility Obama could get 375 EVs.

I like what Keith Olbermann said, and I'm poorly paraphrasing here. Every civil rights moment was basically pushing equality onto whites, forcing them to give blacks a chance in society, and now, this was a choice by the nation to elect a black president.

[Troy McClure]

'Cacophony' you are right about Gov. Palin.

Also, I was watching Congressman Lewis and Tavis Smiley on NBC. Both looked like they were bawling off screen, and for good reason, too.

Personally, for me being half-Caucasian / half-latino, I can't believe this has happened. I was crying too.

Jason