Barack Obama wins the Presidential Election

Ryan Janek Wolowski
11_04_2008
New York City , USA
Election Day

In a huge win, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States Tuesday. The 47-year-old Illinois senator won a string of battleground states that included Ohio, Florida and Iowa. His Republican opponent John Mccain graciously conceded defeat at a rally in Arizona. Obama delivered his victory speech in Chicago. "Change has come to America," he said. Obama is the first African-American to be nominated by a major American political party for President and the first person of African descent to be elected President of the United States of America.
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[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

Obama the first half-caste biracial mixed-race president not black

[xxxLAWRENCExxx]

wow his voice is annoying

[Ctasker5]

hes african american so what? thats not the main focus!!!1

[breastinspector2]

It's perfectly reasonable to have been opposed to going into Iraq. Valid reasons coul have been made in opposition, but at the time, there were just as valid reasons to go in. Either way, the point is we're in now and need to clean up or risk an Iraqi national catastrophe...but this is neither here nor there. If he himself from personal experiences thinks they are ready, and with him being your brother, I suppose it's only right to trust him. Thanks for responding to my questions, too.

[elevensmiles11]

well, according to him being on the grounds of iraq, he PERSONALLY feels they are ready.

the point of him serving is to protect this nation, he has already said that he is extremely worried about our homeland security and the situation in afghanistan.

he wants to be deployed to afghanistan when he comes backs.

we are in this war supposedly not to bring stability to iraq, but to protect our country. my father who served over 20 years in the air force was against this war from the beginning

[breastinspector2]

ok, this will hopefully be my last question here... Do you know if your brother would rather risk his life to see stability come to the nation of Iraq and the hundreds of thousands of citizens in it, or be with his family at home?

[elevensmiles11]

because of his plans, i compared his plans and john mccain's plan on healthcare, education and the war in iraq as well as the economy, and i felt that mccain's plan did not cover enough on education and i want our troops out of iraq(my brother is there currently). mccain's healthcare plan had a lot of holes in it. and the fact that obama can inspire a nation is a bonus. i liked mccain's plans too, but obama's was better.

i did the research paper for class

[breastinspector2]

but can you tell me why? just curious. (And you just so happened to be at the top of the comment list. Not targeting you out specifically or anything)

[elevensmiles11]

no, lol, if it was simply because of his skin color. then i would have voted for any black man off the streets. BUT ITS NOT.

this was the first time i felt i could stand behind a candidate, i felt compel to be fully engage in this political process and will do so from now on.