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This election has been hard fought for the past 20 months by the candidates. Where many arose to the challenge, only two ultimately had any real chance of success.

And now, Barack Obama is our next President.

This is an historic occasion. For the first time in our history, we will have a black man as President, starting January 20th, 2009. The world is cheering. We have already repaired some of the damage our country has done to its international reputation through this move.

Many are angry. Social conservatives and evangelicals are angry that a social centrist has taken office. Social liberals and homosexual activist groups are angry that gay marriage bans have succeeded across the nation.

But we mustn't be a nation divided. For far too long we drew battle lines in the sand because of George W. Bush, allowing our partisan hatreds and fears to rule our lives, dictate our relationships with others, and ruin our friendships here in the United States and around the world.

No more.

I will not gloat because my candidate has been victorious. I am happy, yes, but I will not gloat, because we should not. This is the time not for spitting in the face of those who supported the losing candidate, but for extending a hand in cooperation, to work together.

Barack Obama will be our President. Rather than fight amongst each other because of partisan bickering, let's work together, with each other and with the rest of the world, and let's make it a better place, for all of us.

Wo-o-orld, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race, doo bi doo bi doo bi doo...

Wo-o-orld, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race, doo bi doo bi doo bi doo...This ^.
Yup. :p

So now that Obama is in office...now you want the Republicans and Democrats to work together.

Yea....this is going to end well.

*goes back to his Libertarian party to get ready for the year 3000*

So now that Obama is in office...now you want the Republicans and Democrats to work together.

Yea....this is going to end well.

*goes back to his Libertarian party to get ready for the year 3000*

*Laughs at Wilgrove and his Libertarian Party* :p

*Laughs at Wilgrove and his Libertarian Party* :p

Hey, we outdid Ralph Nader this time! :D

So now that Obama is in office...now you want the Republicans and Democrats to work together.
Well, duh. Republicans used the same line when Bush came into office, conveniently forgetting the past 8 years of dedicated obstruction.

Hmmm....I would have posted this here had I seen this thread earlier. It's not gonna have the original effect as when I posted it, but I'll post my feelings on this anyway, simply because it directly relates to your point. I'll leave this here for people still angry about the election to see......

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Because John McCain is a Senator and is required to at least go through the motions. I, on the other hand, have no such obligation to even pretend to respect Hussein.

I wish him nothing but ill and disgrace. I hope these next 4 years are a complete and utter disaster for him and that he is revealed as the corrupt, incompetent, America-hating, racist fraud that he is. And, I hope the American people, through the pain they are about to endure over the next 4 years, actually learn a lesson.

What the fuck man. I hated the leftists that wished the U.S. ill, harm and misfortune during the Bush years. That said "he's your President, not mine" and that said "I don't feel ashamed to be an American anymore" when Obama won.

That caused us nothing but disunity and projected nothing but the image of a fractured nation to the world. What fucking good did that bring? An election has happend and the Commander in Chief will be so until the next one comes along.

It's time to start a new. Obama has done nothing yet in his job as President that should make us doubt him. Instead, let's give him the benefit of the doubt. He's actually already restored global pride in America and has lifted the spirits of literally more than half our nation, while not really hurting THAT many McCain voters. I mean, let's face it. McCain was not a strong candidate. I voted for him only for some political moderation between Dems and Repubs in Washington.

Watching this, Obama's victory play out, watching the reaction of our nation, I realize that it shouldn't have happend any othe way. So what if McCain would have won? Then the Republicans would have wasted their victory on a weak candidate. Now the Republicans can re-build their party while Obama has a chance. And you know what? If McCain would have won, this country would have become so divided, perhaps even to the point of no recovery.

So let's just relax, and look at the good in this. We stand, once again, united. Not just internally where Obama most certainly has the potential to bring our nation together and heal our divisive wounds from the last 8 years, but to the world and that's even more important. A united America is a strong America. A strong America is a stronger force for good in this world.

So you're right, we can't force you to respect President Obama. But we can tell you this. If you hold yourself to be a proud American, who in his heart knows that unity, strength and national pride are much more important than holding a grudge that will bring you literally nothing, then you will know in your heart and in your mind that it would be honorable for you, as a citizen who can see beyond petty politics but rather into the success or failure of our people and nation, to stand by our new President and give him the respect he deserves.

Wishing ill, harm and failure on your fellow countrymen and country, simply because your representative didn't get elected, compares to treachery in my book. He is your President. He is my President. He is now our President. Let's try him out. We have literally nothing to lose.

Hail to the Chief.
Stand by President Obama.
God Bless the USA.