Election 2008 | 11/04/2008 10:00 pm

Barack Hussein Obama Wins Historic Election; Will Become 44th President of The United States of America

A Dynamic Political Force Changes the Face and Race of Power in Washington and the World

By The Staff of wowOwow

Barack Hussein Obama has been elected to the office of President of the United States of America.

The junior Senator from Illinois swept the 2008 election with a majority of both the popular and electorial votes. He won a solid victory against Arizona Senator and Viet Nam-era war hero John McCain, winning in both traditional Democratic states as well as states known as Republican strongholds.

A virtual unknown until his stirring keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention, the President-elect’s meteoric rise to the White House was fueled by a riveting personal style, a gift for stirring oratory and a commanding ability to deploy new technology to raise funds and organize supporters.

The election of the left-leaning Democrat marks significant demographic and cultural shifts among the American electorate. He will become the first post-Baby Boom President, as well as the first bi-racial President. Politically, his ascendancy will mark the end of the prolonged era of small-government and unregulated capitalism that’s been in power since the Reagan Revolution of 1980.

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PRESIDENT Obama! :o)

By Donna Chee on 11/04/2008 11:25 pm

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Yes, Wine, Michelle usually looks so gorgeous, maybe she’ll get rid of that ugly dress. Otherwise, they were all great!

By Rita@ Goldivas on 11/05/2008 9:30 am

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I am just up in England and have come straight tor read the posts.Well done America. History has been made. I for one am proud of you. Tanya

By Tanya Whorwood on 11/04/2008 11:25 pm

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Thank you Tanya, I am proud of America too! After the last 8 years I didn’t know that was possible to say or think again.

By Wine Warrior on 11/04/2008 11:42 pm

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Yeah, this election was decided so much quicker than some of the recent ones. In 2004, it wasn’t known until about 3:30am ET (six hours behind England) who won. The 2000 race was uncertain for even longer.

By James the Game on 11/04/2008 11:54 pm

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Thank you Tanya, I am proud of us too!

By DeBúrca obj on 11/05/2008 1:16 am

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I AM FINALLY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. I haven’t stopped sobbing and dancing all night!!! I feel like I can BREATHE again. My faith in the people of this country has been restored, and surely people of other countries feel similarly! The American people have spoken LOUDLY and it is clear we are tired of GOP B.S. and we are ready for True Change - PACK YOUR SHIT, DUBBYA, AND GET THE HELL OUT!

By Kryssi K on 11/04/2008 11:26 pm

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Oh, and one more thing… GOD BLESS YOU, CALIFORNIA. (As always.)

By Kryssi K on 11/04/2008 11:27 pm

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Well, except for the livestock having more of a constituency than I do. Just think how many people the LDS and the Knights of Columbus could have fed with all that hate money they poured in here. May their hateful little souls rot in hell.

By Mugsy Peabody on 11/05/2008 12:50 am

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I am sorry Mugsy, I am really sorry. ;-(

By Frannie Em on 11/05/2008 12:53 am

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In an otherwise wonderful result, this is such a vicious, nasty little thing. So now the LDS old farts think they can have it their way, you know, marriage is between a man and oh, 5-6 women. Thanks, Frannie, for your support. I so appreciate it. L, MP

By Mugsy Peabody on 11/05/2008 1:05 am

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Mugsy, I’m still holding out hope for the correct result on Prop 8, it is a stupid downer on such an otherwise wonderful night. Goes to show you that even though the country has achieved a whole lot there’s still a long way to go…

By Dora M on 11/05/2008 1:13 am

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Mugsy Truly very strange for LDS to be defining marriage in this country. I just don’t understand how this can hold up. You can not legislate someone’s civil rights away. (At least that is what my lawyer brothers used to tell me). It seems so odd. There must be another way to go around it. May have to wait until someone gets it to the supreme court. Can the Church of LDS be sued for interfering? If they went after it in several states then there may be an assumption of unusual and focused preying on one group. The ACLU lost a court case regarding having a cross removed (I don’t remember where), because the judge ruled that it was predatory or exploitive of a motive. (That is not the word, but the general idea) In other words, they went looking for those cases (or crosses in this case - ay yi yi!) with a purpose to interfere with a community. A majority (of ACLU, in fact, not any) did not live in the community, so therefore they were extreperous (sp?) or overreaching of authority.

By Frannie Em on 11/05/2008 1:31 am

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Mugsy, So sorry for this result. I had no idea LDS was behind the movement. How does this effect those already married? Will those unions still be legal???

By Brooklyn Gal on 11/05/2008 11:14 am

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Attorney General Jerry Brown announced today that his office would step in to ensure that the marriages entered into when the law respected those marriages would endure. This is a little controversial as the authors of Prop 8 chose language about “recognizing” marriages so they thought that those marriages would be erased. But constitutionally there are problems with ex post facto laws. So the Attorney General is, in my humble opinion, making the right call, both legally and morally. I do hope that Prop 8 is defeated, if not by the remaining ballots, then by litigation or if not by that, by another initiative measure.

By Elizabeth Bennett on 11/05/2008 11:11 pm