Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States (UPDATE: OBAMA ADDRESSES THE NATION)

History has been made. Barack Obama has just been elected the 44th president of the United States.

Mc is making his concession speech. Classy.

This will take a long time for me to digest.

Update 1 – 11:44 PM: My mother and I prayed on the phone about this election first thing this morning. Through tears, I said “God’s will be done.” It has been done. I will continue to pray for the future of our country, and pray that Obama will display the wisdom and surround himself with the guidance needed to make good decisions.

Congratulations, Senator Obama.

Update 2 – Midnight: Our next president is getting ready to speak.

Acknowledges the historical aspect of his campaign.

Pays tribute to McCain/Palin.

Thanks Biden, gives props to his family, campaign staff.

This victory belongs to you.

America faces a lot of tough challenges.

Says Dems have won a great victory but they accept it with humility, and will work with Republicans.

To those of you whose support I haven’t won, I want you to help me. I’m your president, too.

Final Update: Here’s the transcript of BO’s speech.

39 Responses to "Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States (UPDATE: OBAMA ADDRESSES THE NATION)"

arcman says:

November 4, 2008 at 11:32 pm

This is a sad day for America. We can only hope that Barack Obama will exceed everyone’s expectations, but considering the fact that he is a first term Senator with no viable experience, it makes me sad that the American people have been so dumbed down to fall for this con artist.
Lorica says:

November 4, 2008 at 11:33 pm

I am so very disappointed I was really hoping that American’s would see thru this man. I do not believe that someone who hangs out with terrorists, who’s pastor/mentor is such a horrible person, that the news media did not in any way vet and let us all down, could be President in America. It is a very dark day in America, and only proves that the deception that has been creeping over this world, is now here in a very powerful way. – Lorica
vegas art guy says:

November 4, 2008 at 11:42 pm

The only good news is that the dems don’t have 60 seats in the Senate and we have two years to build up our case against the far left.
Trish says:

November 4, 2008 at 11:45 pm

arcman–
I’m very much afraid that Obama will exceed my expectations. I’m hoping he’ll fall short of the anti-Americanism I expect of him, but I’m not stupid enough to believe it will happen.
benning says:

November 4, 2008 at 11:54 pm

Too many Americans bought the BS. Reid & Pelosi remain, Obama moves into the White House, and America has four years to see if it can overcome its own folly.

*sigh*

We will see, eh?
Trish says:

November 5, 2008 at 12:04 am

I only hope we have four years.

I don’t expect us to last that long.
arcman says:

November 5, 2008 at 12:20 am

Trish, I hear where you are coming from. I too think he will exceed our expectations. When I wrote the above I was thinking of a possibility of him actually becoming a decent President. There is nothing in his past that would predict that that will happen. My expectation is that the next four years will be a disaster that we might well never recover from. I hope I am wrong, but I am afraid I won’t be.
pjean says:

November 5, 2008 at 12:20 am

We should also pray for the strength of the members in the Senate. They will likely be challenged.
Anthony (Los Angeles) says:

November 5, 2008 at 12:29 am

The time for mourning and pouting* is over. The battle for the 2010 midterms starts now.

*(OK, a quivering lip or two is acceptable. I had a bit of one, too. )
Public Secrets says:

November 5, 2008 at 12:32 am

Congratulations, President-elect Obama. Thank you, Senator McCain and Governor Palin…

Mr. Obama, I didn’t vote for you, I oppose all your stated policies, I will likely oppose them in the future, but I wish you well in your term of office. I hope the next four years are peaceful ones……
Leaning Straight Up says:

November 5, 2008 at 12:43 am

Election aftermath: What it means and where do we go from here…

First, congratulations to President Elect Barack Obama, who may not have gotten a landslide victory his sycophants wanted, but won decisively none the less.Â
His election is historic in that we have finally proven image is more important than truth an…
Craig Lueschow says:

November 5, 2008 at 12:50 am

It is imperative that we Begin the rebuilding of our party now. While I supported McCain in this election (mostly because of Palin) It is now obvious that we need to rebuild the party. The flushing of many RINO’s on capital hill is an opportunity for us to reform the party of Reagan back to its former glory. All eyes must be focused on 2010 and having a similar uprising we had in `94. I am sure it will only take that long for the Obama cult to realize how they had been had. And we need to be in a position to give those disillusioned with Obama a clear alternative. Not just the democrat lite [rino’s] we have been putting up.
Aranette says:

November 5, 2008 at 1:12 am

Republicans should learn from this. We have always been conservative and McCain was not conservative enough. Let’s get back to our beliefs and stand up for America. Obama has one, but now he has to walk the walk…can he? I haven’t seen any substance to his promises, and believe that many Americans will wake up tomorrow and wonder if they made the right choice. Only time will tell. I am optimistic that America will survive, but with many more bumps and bruises than before. We need to keep the Democrats responsible for any and every failure they create.
Severian says:

November 5, 2008 at 1:51 am

I only hope that when the Iranians and AQ decide to nuke the first US city, it’s someplace like SF or NYC or even DC (preferably when both houses of Congress are in session). Let the hotbeds of liberal activism get the full impact of an Obama presidency.

This is too dangerous a world to be playing patty cake with a neo-Marxist with questionable judgment and a radical past and absolutely no accomplishments other than a massive ego and a striking tendency to merely be “present.” We got the short bus candidate elected here sadly. An empty suit at a time when both the US economy and the world are teetering on the edge. Guess places like the Ukraine and Georgia are sweating bullets about now, and Putin is the cat that swallowed the canary. Elected mainly on the backs of people with class envy who want the successful punished and stuff given to them for free.

I strongly believe this marks the beginning of a steep decline for the US, at home and abroad. But, the Europeans will love us, the more we slip into oblivion the more they’ll love us.

Meh. I’m seriously thinking about how best to go John Galt.

Obama is top dog now, we’ll see how he likes it when the kit hits the fan. I remember Carter, 10+% unemployment, 21% interest rates, 14+% inflation. I think Obama will make Carter look like Reagan in comparison.
SpideyTerry says:

November 5, 2008 at 1:59 am

Says Dems have won a great victory but they accept it with humility, and will work with Republicans.

I recall hearing the same crap after the 2006 elections. Look how that turned out. And the words “Obama” and “humility” just don’t go together for obvious reasons.

My expectation is that the next four years will be a disaster that we might well never recover from.

My expectation is that in at least four months, people will be asking, “I voted for him? What the hell was I thinking?”
forest hunter says:

November 5, 2008 at 6:41 am

A wooden puppet, Pinocchio, is brought to life by the Blue Fairy, with the promise that he can become a real boy if he proves himself worthy. Pinocchio is led astray by the wicked Honest John and his companion Gideon, who turn him over to an evil puppeteer, Stromboli. Pinocchio is sent to Pleasure Island, where wicked boys are turned into donkeys, but he escapes with the aid of his friend and conscience, Jiminy Carter……

What?

I didn’t vote for him either!
NC Cop says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:15 am

To those of you whose support I haven’t won, I want you to help me. I’m your president, too.

Really? Not according to all the libs whose “Not my president” bumper stickers adnorned their cars for eight years.

Already have mine on order!!!!
Tom TB says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:28 am

“I’m your President too.” No, George W. Bush is OUR President until January 20, 12:00 noon! What we need to do is work to retake Congress in 2010.
DavidL says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:29 am

Let be remembered that Barack Obama’s middle not is not humility, it is Hussien. BO has about as much humility as he has new ideas. Upon his winning the election, I extend to BO the Obama Salute.
arcman says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:30 am

NC Cop; mine says “Bend Over, Here it Comes”
NC Cop says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:58 am

Well that didn’t take long, did it???

Medvedev: Russia to Deploy Missiles in Response to U.S. Missile Shield

MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will deploy missiles in its Baltic Sea territory in response to U.S. missile defense plans.

Only a day after O wins the White House.

Coincidence?????
KG says:

November 5, 2008 at 9:03 am

The only good thing to come out of this is that there will no longer be any Republicans to blame crap on. It’s ALL Democrats. Taking over during a terrible economy. It will come back to bite them in the butt. We just have to be patient and wait for it. I hope that the country is not too destroyed, but as others have been saying on different blogs, we’ve survived bad presidencies before. And how Carter was the one that gave us Reagan…and I’m all for another 8 years of a Reagan-like president. Palin will get re-elected as governor or may even run for Senate. I have faith she will be a strong force in politics for years to come. These are the things I think about this morning.

Good luck, Democrats. Enjoy fixing the mess you created with the mortgage crisis. See what it’s like to work under a microscope. If you can’t solve every problem Obama declared he would fix, get used to the negative press. They can only spin so much before you have to take responsibility for what you’re about to do to America. Dems haven’t had to take the heat in YEARS. I’m going to love watching them squirm.
Severian says:

November 5, 2008 at 11:20 am

What we need here is a military coup…
NC Cop says:

November 5, 2008 at 1:32 pm

What we need here is a military coupâ€¦

Why do you think they want to slash defense spending so much? Have to weaken their enemy.
Severian says:

November 5, 2008 at 1:56 pm

I fully expect the military to be significantly weakened by record numbers of people, all combat hardened and battle tested (you know, the exact ones we need desperately), not reenlisting. We had record reenlistments under Bush, I expect records to be set in the other direction under Obama.
TomStPaul says:

November 5, 2008 at 2:21 pm

Can will safely say this is a “center-left” country now?
Anthony (Los Angeles) says:

November 5, 2008 at 5:16 pm

Can will safely say this is a “center-left” country now?

Nope. At least three anti-same sex marriage ballot measures passed last night, including here in liberal California. That tells me that social conservatism is alive and well. There were reasons for Obama’s win (including Mac running a weak campaign), but a shift to the Left isn’t among them.
Great White Rat says:

November 5, 2008 at 6:10 pm

Correct, Sev. Same thing happened under Clinton. Hard left-wing politicians despise the military. Those who serve see easily through all the claptrap about ‘we support the troops’. Many of them will leave as soon as they can.

Summarizing, we will have a military weakened by key departures and a 25% cut in budget (if the congressional far left has its way).

And this will happen just as the new administration faces the crisis test Joe Biden warned us about. And, if you believe the campaign rhetoric (I don’t), it will happen while we begin more aggressive incursions into Pakistan to roust out bin Laden.

So we may be meeting fresh and revitalized global challenges with a more overextended, less experienced, and badly underfinanced military. Does anyone else here think that our prospects in that situation are somewhat less than optimal?
NC Cop says:

November 5, 2008 at 7:17 pm

So we may be meeting fresh and revitalized global challenges with a more overextended, less experienced, and badly underfinanced military.

Nonsense GWR!! Didn’t you see the celebrations all around the world!! Everyone loves us now!! On Jan 20, 2009 the clouds will part, a ray of sunshine will beam down upon everyone, Islamic extremists will hang up their suicide vests, the air will become cleaner instantly, everyone will have a job that pays $100,000 a year as we will all be citizens of the world.
NC Cop says:

November 5, 2008 at 7:17 pm

So we may be meeting fresh and revitalized global challenges with a more overextended, less experienced, and badly underfinanced military.

Nonsense GWR!! Didn’t you see the celebrations all around the world!! Everyone loves us now!! On Jan 20, 2009 the clouds will part, a ray of sunshine will beam down upon everyone, Islamic extremists will hang up their suicide vests, the air will become cleaner instantly, everyone will have a job that pays $100,000 a year as we will all be citizens of the world.
forest hunter says:

November 5, 2008 at 7:37 pm

We are in for a tragic 4 years. But, it ain`t the endâ€¦ I, for one, am going to write to the hmfic, Republican Party elaborating on the following theme:

Our Party is responsible for this! Sometime after president Reagan you and our elected stopped listening to conservative Americans! You became indistinguishable from the “Big Government” Democrats at the federal level (and some State levels…).

Senator McCain was the poster-child of this drift away from conservatism. Well! The invoice has arrived and will be a very painful expense for the next 4 yearsâ€¦

Now is the time to find a leader or leaders and develop(again…) a return to the Republican strengths and virtues that had, traditionally, always been the basis for conservatism. And, I remind you kept America strong and secure.

I know from my marine military profession and studies in military history that *lost battles* provide better, precise lessons learned than do victories. I have no doubt that the next administration will provide ample rationale for you!

I also realize that what is to come will involve action by ALL of us, not just Republican Party leadershipâ€¦ I intend to do all that I can do and ask that my fellow conservatives do the same.

WE have a lot of hard work to do and it is time to do it; period, end of story!!!!!!

I have intelligent friends and there are many right here, so let’s suck it up and move forward.

The above quote is from one of my best friends and marine brother. Semper Fi, one and all!
NC Cop says:

November 5, 2008 at 7:57 pm

Love it, Forest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
forest hunter says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:00 pm

NC: Do I have your edress? If not maybe our sponsor can give you mine. /
NC Cop says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:05 pm

That would be fine, if she doesn’t mind. Youre more than welcome to mine!!
forest hunter says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:07 pm

GWR: Carter was a deciding factor for me when I was still in the crotch, that and all that crap about race relations/accommodations. I called it reverse racism and lame. We were trained as a unit, to function as a single entity. We were one color and it was …kin’ green!!!

Then along came squads of morons, diddyboppin down the halls of academia and congress……it made joining the marines during a time when the draft was alive and well, a mute point.
Sister Toldjah says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:10 pm

NC and forest – done
Great White Rat says:

November 5, 2008 at 8:21 pm

Forest, excellent advice from your Marine brother. He and I are on the same page – it’s time to get back to our conservative principles and never forget them again.

NC Cop – sorry, I stand corrected. I forgot about the new president being a Lightworker. I can hardly wait till I no longer have to pay my mortgage and I can fill up the old War Wagon at the local Sunoco for free!!
BeachBabe NC says:

November 5, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Whhoooo It’s over.

Now can we please survive the next 4 yrs of the Obamanation? ?

You know today I have gotten jokes left and right. Whether it is you better drink lots of water today for there will be crackers that are salty, to they are pulling up the rose garden and planting watermelons. I am so sick of it already. He won. Yes It is historic. He is the first Bi-racial AMERICAN in the White House. He didnt get my vote but he has my support and Im atleast going to give him a chance. ONLY 1 after that its fair game.
I plan to teach my nephew everything I can about how I was raised. I pray that that will be enough. Our children only learn what we as parents, adults teach them. You know I wonder if Barry hadnt had 68% of the young vote would he still have been President Elect?
I hear so much in my line of work these Young adults complaining about what they arent getting from the parents. Whether it is clothes from this store or a car from that lot. I think the voting age needs to be raised to 25. They need to get out there and see how hard it is to earn a living and the watch it go away to people who are not deserving of it. I earned it why is it ok for others to spend it?

I liked what your Marine buddy said Forest. NC Cop you can be my sugar daddy!!
Sorry about the jokes I hope I didnt offend anyone. It wasnt meant to offend.
Trish says:

November 5, 2008 at 11:21 pm

If we do survive the next four years, the biggest tragedy is going to be that Barack Obama’s failures will be held up as an example of how a “black” (who will admit only reluctantly to being of mixed race) conduct the nation’s business. The Harold Washington years in Chicago are what put the Daley Machine back into power.

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