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From someone who didn't vote for Obama

post #1 of 13
11/5/08 at 7:28pm
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I've never been an Obama supporter. No one who knows me doesn't already know this. They also know that I don't support McCain either, but I tend to align myself more with him than Barack. I did not vote for Barack or McCain, nor was was I ever going to. With this in mind, I'm happy to see Barack win.

Living in a country where most of the people are unhappy with the way things are going, for lack of a better word, sucks. Every month it became worse. Now, to suddenly see most of the population have hope for what's to come is incredibly inspiring. Barack Obama, from what I've seen, will be a much better leader than McCain would have been, and I think that's exactly what we need.

Again, I'm not a fan of Barack's policies, which will not be discussed on here. I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican. But I finally like it's a good thing to be an American again.

Congrats Barack.
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post #2 of 13
11/5/08 at 7:33pm
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Originally Posted by Tyler Ueland View Post
I've never been an Obama supporter. No one who knows me doesn't already know this. They also know that I don't support McCain either, but I tend to align myself more with him than Barack. I did not vote for Barack or McCain, nor was was I ever going to. With this in mind, I'm happy to see Barack win.

Living in a country where most of the people are unhappy with the way things are going, for lack of a better word, sucks. Every month it became worse. Now, to suddenly see most of the population have hope for what's to come is incredibly inspiring. Barack Obama, from what I've seen, will be a much better leader than McCain would have been, and I think that's exactly what we need.

Again, I'm not a fan of Barack's policies, which will not be discussed on here. I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican. But I finally like it's a good thing to be an American again.

Congrats Barack.

I have to cosign this.

As I mentioned in the Presidential thread, the fact that we had such excitement which equated into such a massive voter turnout this year...no matter who you voted for, America came out as a winner.

Although I didnt vote for him, I look forward to seeing what he can accomplish over the next 4 years and I hope he lives up to the expectations that many on here have set.
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post #3 of 13
11/5/08 at 7:52pm
I didn't vote for either one of them either, and I was struck by the same thing Jacob was; the crowd at Obama's speech didn't look like people at a political rally. They just looked like people. If they were waving campaign signs and flashing their colors, I didn't notice.
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post #4 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:00pm
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Originally Posted by Seabass Inna Bun View Post
I didn't vote for either one of them either, and I was struck by the same thing Jacob was; the crowd at Obama's speech didn't look like people at a political rally. They just looked like people. If they were waving campaign signs and flashing their colors, I didn't notice.
I walked over there and arrived (with the outside crowd) just before he stepped on stage.

Youre right in your assumption...people came there to celebrate, not to make a political statement.

Plus a lot of the young guys had shitty looking beards.
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post #5 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:02pm
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Originally Posted by Seabass Inna Bun View Post
I didn't vote for either one of them either, and I was struck by the same thing Jacob was; the crowd at Obama's speech didn't look like people at a political rally. They just looked like people. If they were waving campaign signs and flashing their colors, I didn't notice.
I'm not sure if you meant this as a positive, but it is in my eyes.

I also think it speaks volumes that there were a half million people there. Not hundreds. Not thousand. Millions. That is amazing.
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post #6 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:09pm
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I also think it speaks volumes that there were a half million people there. Not hundreds. Not thousand. Millions. That is amazing.
That's 500 thousand
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post #7 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:12pm
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Originally Posted by InTheShadows View Post
That's 500 thousand
I got a picture of my and a few of my buddies with a white guy.

Pretty powerful stuff.
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post #8 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:17pm
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Originally Posted by The Closer View Post
I got a picture of my and a few of my buddies with a white guy.

Pretty powerful stuff.
We white people tend to have that effect.
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post #9 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:18pm
See, it's already bringing people together. I'm not afraid to drive around blasting Rap music anymore, because we have a black President now.

Motha Fucka!
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post #10 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:19pm
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I also think it speaks volumes that there were a half million people there. Not hundreds. Not thousand. Millions. That is amazing.


Does not compute
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post #11 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:29pm
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Originally Posted by InTheShadows View Post
See, it's already bringing people together. I'm not afraid to drive around blasting Rap music anymore, because we have a black President now.

Motha Fucka!
If you happen to see one of us walking down the street, be sure to congratulate us.

After all, were all on the same team.
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post #12 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:38pm
Thanks for starting this thread. I've been very divided about Obama in my mind, and I don't agree with him on several issues, but I won't deny it's been inspiring seeing him get so far.

Also it's been nice to see so many happy, rejoicing people on the news. It's like we won a war, or everyone won the lottery, or something. It's been a long time since I've seen something like that on the news.

I hope & pray we haven't all been "suckered in" and Obama's presidency will be historic for many reasons, not just for the race aspect. It'll be an interesting 4 years...hopefully happy ones!
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post #13 of 13
11/5/08 at 8:47pm
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Originally Posted by Tyler Ueland View Post
I've never been an Obama supporter. No one who knows me doesn't already know this. They also know that I don't support McCain either, but I tend to align myself more with him than Barack. I did not vote for Barack or McCain, nor was was I ever going to. With this in mind, I'm happy to see Barack win.

Living in a country where most of the people are unhappy with the way things are going, for lack of a better word, sucks. Every month it became worse. Now, to suddenly see most of the population have hope for what's to come is incredibly inspiring. Barack Obama, from what I've seen, will be a much better leader than McCain would have been, and I think that's exactly what we need.

Again, I'm not a fan of Barack's policies, which will not be discussed on here. I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican. But I finally like it's a good thing to be an American again.

Congrats Barack.
This reflects what I was struggling with for the last month. In the end, I DID vote for Obama because I do believe that he is best for the country at this moment very moment in time.
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