So, How happy are you that Obama is now the Nominee

[Pierre.Suave]

and Hillary Clinton has acknowledged it?

I am ecstatic, giddy, and drunk with happiness.

How about you?

[kentauros]

1. I'm happy and for him

:)

Honestly, I didn't know that was on this evening. I rarely watch TV. I rely on DU for news :)

[Critters2]

2. I'll support him. I would've liked someone a bit more to the left,

but it could've been worse.

[Blue_In_AK]

54. Me, too, MyCritters...

I just feel kind of neutral. I guess I can say if he ends up being half as good as his supporters seem to think he'll be, I'll be content, but I'm not going to get too excited yet. I'm expecting no miracles.

[SammyWinstonJack]

104. I'll vote for him, but that's as far as I go. Don't like him and don't trust him.

[MrCoffee]

120. Hear Hear!

I don't know if I'll go so far as to say that I'll support him, but who else am I gonna vote for?

Oh well, I wasn't wild about Kerry either.

[MonkeyFunk]

3. I'm even MORE thrilled

to discuss it in the lounge! :bounce:

[Pierre.Suave]

4. I do not feel like voyaging over to GDP tonight

I really do not.

[terrya]

87. Agreed.

:-)

[Pierre.Suave]

112. Big surprise

you will agree with anyone that disagrees with me...

:eyes:

[Pierre.Suave]

129. I am replying to my own post here

because I should apologize to Terrya.

My above post was wrong, if I could still delete it, I would.

[terrya]

148. You don't need to apologize.

Thanks.

I had a brief taste of GDP last night and today...enough is enough for awhile.

[no name no slogan]

154. Here, here

because even though I may call you a Bush-enabling, covert-McCain-supporting, AIPIC-loving neocon enabler, you know damn well that I am joking around and don't mean a single word of it. :D

Seriously, I'm more happy that primary season is finally done with. Neither Obama or Clinton were my first choice this year, but that hasn't happened since 1988 (and even then, I had serious doubts by the time of the convention).

Right now I'm just glad all the intra-party shit-slinging is over, and we can start fighting the REAL enemy. :thumbsup:

[Aristus]

5. I'm happy, relieved, and excited to see him win in November.

B-)

[johnnie]

6. Honestly

I think they are both weak candidates, but I also acknowledge the importance of them in history. I have learned that politics is pretty much a load of crap and we have no say so in what goes on. When I first voted in 1984 I thought my vote meant something, it doesn't.

I am pretty much liberal in my views, but it is naive to think you have any power.

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. I'm just happy it is finally over and we can focus on the real enemy now

and start y'know worrying about November :)

[KitchenWitch]

8. I would have been happier with Edwards...

Sorry to be a buzzkill.

I am behind Obama 100% though.

[yellowdogintexas]

12. so would I, but I am very pleased. Ready to get going on the Real Opponent

and stop the Range War already.

[Pierre.Suave]

13. TO MY IGNORE LIST YOU GO!!!!!!!!!

Damn, I forgot it wont matter right now...

:P


Just kidding.


I was for Kucinich at the beginning, but came to realize that he has very little chance of winning, and the more I listened to Obama, the more I liked him. I really feel as if this is a watershed moment in the history of America. He is the direct manifestation of "in with the new, out with the old" in our political world right now.

People want to take back our country, they ARE energized to get out there and DO IT. I really think Obama is the Charismatic leader we as a country need to move forward from where we are to where we want to be.

[KitchenWitch]

18. Nice post, Garrison Keillor!

:P

[Pierre.Suave]

21. Ha

I have been called worse. Thats hardly even an insult. You SUCK at this... :P


Coincidentally, I have given him a ride home. Lets just say that an hour and a half in a car with Garrison Keillor is not as fun as it sounds.

[KitchenWitch]

36. It was meant to be a sucky insult!

:P

Sorry your drive with him was not so entertaining.

[Pierre.Suave]

44. I know that

Of course.

The drive was interesting. I got the duty of driving him home after a political fundraiser he did for the congressional candidate I was working for at the time. he did one of his shows for the fundraiser and it was ALL about politics. It was HYSTERICAL and was even funnier than any of his Prairie Home Companion radio shows I have ever heard or seen. but the drive home was quiet, he could have been very tired, but I got the impression he was not interested in 1 on 1 conversation. He did talk a lot to the girlfriend of another campaign member who I was also giving a ride home to. Infact he thinks that Garrison was hitting on her... :rofl:

It was pretty neat to get a tour of the historic places of St Paul with him as the narrator though, at 2am...

:rofl:

[LibraLiz1973]

91. My sentiments exactly

[alarimer]

118. Me too.

I don't like Obama and do not trust him.

I couldn't stand Clinton either.

I don't think I am going to vote in November anyway.

[Pierre.Suave]

130. may I ask

why you do not trust him? What has he done, in your estimation, to not be trusted?

just curious.

[Left Is Write]

152. Edwards was my first choice.

I am very pleased, however, to support Obama.

Of course, I'm extremely distressed that we are in the 21st century and still wondering if America is "ready" for a black president or a female president.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. full of win

:)

[Pierre.Suave]

10. What an awesome way to put it

I LURVE it. May I steal that from you?

[bicentennial_baby]

11. oui

:)

[Pierre.Suave]

14. It is a good thing

that "oui" is the 1 French word I know or I would be screwed...

:P

[bicentennial_baby]

25. Ha! Mais oui!

Now I can insult you en Francais, salope!

:D

[Pierre.Suave]

30. Maybe

until I learn to use Teh Google.

[Shakespeare]

15. Me too!!

And champagne and chocolate cake.

I'm mildly buzzed, with a sugar rush on top.

And happy!!!!

[Pierre.Suave]

16. Thats a good combo

let me know how that works for you tomorrow...

;)

[Shakespeare]

22. Oh, I'll be fine.

I only had 2.5 glasses. An easy buzz, but not so much it'll make me feel bad later.

[Pierre.Suave]

24. Oh good

those grumpy and hungover posts you make give me the willies...


:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

23. I'm just drinking wine...

I should go to bed. Stupid internship and working at home. Bad for my discipline. :rofl:

:D

:loveya: I am psyched, my love. 2161, per last count. :D

[Pierre.Suave]

29. WINE! Champagne!!!!!!!!

A bunch of Elitists...

I suppose tomorrow, you will sip Lattes at the coffee shop, surf the net on your macs, and feel superior too...

:P

[bicentennial_baby]

32. I'll be drinking a Mocha, at Starbucks, on my Mac, yes...

While doing academic research. You got me! :rofl:

[Pierre.Suave]

34. I bet next you will tell me

that your butler will drive you there in your Limo too!!!!!!!!


:mad:

[bicentennial_baby]

35. Nah, it's like a block away, I'll walk

so there! :P

[Pierre.Suave]

56. oh my gosh

you are connecting with the little people!!!!!

:P

[bicentennial_baby]

59. It's the least I can do, really...

:rofl:

[Shakespeare]

57. Make sure you carry a roll of quarters with you.

Just in case anybody stops you to demand some...

:hide:

[bicentennial_baby]

58. I will have to walk through the same subway station!

:o

Maybe I should walk around the long way... :rofl:

[Shakespeare]

60. I'd pay money (even a quarter!!)....

...to see a pic with the crazy lipstick. :rofl:

[Shakespeare]

33. I'm psyched, too.

And moved. Really moved.

It's a "wow" night. :loveya:

[bicentennial_baby]

37. Full of win and WOW!

I'm so relieved and happy. We're marching in Boston Pride on the 14th with the Obama team!! Yay!! :bounce:

:loveya:

[Shakespeare]

45. Yay!!!

The WeHo pride weekend was last weekend (memorial day). Always GREAT fun.

[bicentennial_baby]

48. This is our first, and we're very excited...

I was reticent before he had the nom, b/c of...well, bitter people, but by the 14th, I think it'll be cool. Weeeeee! :bounce:

[Pierre.Suave]

52. As long as poeple are only throwing the rotten tomatoes

It wont be a problem...

:P

[Pierre.Suave]

39. I am moved as well

but not by his winning the nomination, finally...

But by the number of people that stood in line, braved potential rain to see him talk for only a few minutes. There was such a variety of people of every metric you want to use there. It was awe-inspiring.

That is what has touched me tonight. I don't know what the official numbers are, but the Xcel Center holds 20K people, reports are there was another 20k outside watching it on the jumbotron and I bet another 10k left when they couldn't get in.

There were so many people there it was unreal. The only time I have seen more people in 1 place is for a Michigan home game at the BigHouse...

[Shakespeare]

43. Xcel officials said c. 19,000 inside, another 15,000 outside.

That's quite a crowd!!

[Pierre.Suave]

47. Yes it was

I lost count of how many blocks long that line was. We wound our way through the entire downtown of St Paul.

[RoyGBiv]

17. A few weeks ago, I had a stress test ...

Ran on that fucking tortuous device known as an inclining treadmill for almost 20 minutes.

I feel about like I felt then.

I'm glad it is (almost) over. Still had to go lay down in a machine that took pictures of my heart. That sucked too, but it didn't suck as badly.

And it all got better in the days afterward.

[Pierre.Suave]

19. So you think it

sucks?

[RoyGBiv]

27. Not the result ...

The result of my stress test was quite good as it turned out. Doing it sucked, though.

I think the whole primary season has been closely analogous to running on a treadmill for 20 minutes ... tiring.

This is not a slam at Obama at all, just the primary itself. It's been arduous.

I've seen a lot of good people I respect, both here and in the "real world," go at each other with a viciousness I've had trouble witnessing.

[Pierre.Suave]

31. I agree wholeheartedly

I am glad the fighting within the Dem party can now come to a close for that same reason.

[Chan790]

70. I've saved up my viciousness for Johnny boy.

I hope I'm not the only one with something left in the tank after this primary knifefight.

[RoyGBiv]

72. Oh, me too ...

I have stayed out of the primary fight for the most part, keeping my powder dry for the real battle, so to speak.

I intend to turn into one serious bastard when confronting the McCain Moonbat and whatever minions he can summon from the depths of his jowls.

Seriously ... that man has a jowl problem. I keep expecting him to start shaking his head violently and sounding (and looking) like that king (or whatever he was) of the Jar Jar Binks underwater clan from Star Wars, Episode Suck 1.

Maybe that's too long and obscure a comparison ... rabid dog says it nicely, so I'll stick with that.

[Lyric]

20. I'm not.

But the Lounge is no place for it.

[Fox Mulder]

26. It's about time.

But I was for Kucinich, then Edwards. Obama was my third choice, but I'm happy.

[Fire Walk With Me]

28. Bush is still walking around, eating our dollars, conniving profits with the Saudis.

I'll be happy when he's been impeached and imprisoned.

I don't see many Democrats too interested in solving this problem. I'll vote for Obama, but do not expect him to go after Bush as Bush deserves (and as will go toward solving the BushCo/OPEC monopoly).

[newmajority]

38. I'm happier than Keith Richards

And about to be as drunk..... :beer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7BkIur-zX8

[Solon]

40. Meh, just another centrist. n/t

[Lethe]

41. happy, but still full of piss and vinegar

make that full of beer....but gradually less piss....at intermittant, abrupt, but crucial intervals.

[ghostsofgiants]

42. Wake me up when he destroys the capitalist society and builds something better from the ashes.

:P

[Critters2]

51. You'll prob'ly have to get up to pee a couple of times before that.

I'm guessing.

[ghostsofgiants]

55. Well I have to take a fierce whiz right now so after that I think I'll be good for a while.

:P

[Lethe]

53. capitalism/socialism is a red herring

civilization itself is the root cause of our ills.

[SammyWinstonJack]

108. You'll be 'sleeping' for quite awhile, I'm afraid.

[ghostsofgiants]

127. That's my point.

I prefer Obama to Hillary but I really don't think it would have made a huge difference either way.

[SammyWinstonJack]

149. Well I preferred Edwards and I think he would have made a difference. And so did the PTB which is

why they got rid of him. Obama is an empty suit with a huge ego. Same was it ever was. :shrug:

[Lil Missy]

46. This was the richest field of candidates I've ever seen.

I am happy that we now have a presumptive nominee, and we can all start focusing on beating McBush. (Which won't be too difficult.)

I suspect McBush is going to go down in a blaze of fire in the GE. :)

[DarkTirade]

49. I'm just glad the damn thing's over.

[Oeditpus Rex]

50. He wasn't my first choice

Hell, he wasn't my second.



But the historic magnitude of this is not lost on me. When I think about a black man challenging for the presidency of the United States, I have to stop and revere for a minute.

[Chan790]

67. Yeah...it came down to...

a race between my 4th choice and 6th choice. I ranked them all on my preferences months before the first primary vote was cast. My guy was Kucinich followed by Edwards.

Oh well...I have a nominee. Now it's time to kick ass, hoist the black flag and give no quarter to his enemies.

[jobycom]

61. Miserable and with no hope for the future, since you asked.

Don't worry, I'll vote for the Democrat, because voting for McCain is unthinkable. But I honestly don't know if I'll be more upset if Obama wins or loses. If he loses, we get McCain. If he wins, we get our own version of Ronald Reagan--an inexperienced demagogue with no apparent conscience and little hope of success. That's my opinion, and shortly I'll stop offering it, since he won and further trashing of him only hurts McCain. But since the OP asked, I answered.

[Pierre.Suave]

Wouldnt you have the same options

if Hillary had become the nominee?

[jobycom]

71. No. But that debate is over, so let's sing kumbaya and move on, I guess.

I've backed losing candidates before. Jesse Jackson, Tom Harkin come to mind. Every time a candidate loses, you feel a bit saddened, sometimes (as with Jackson) even bitter about the winner. In this primary Clinton was my third choice, and might have been lower if anyone else was left when I settled on her.

But I've never seen a Democratic candidate I despised this much. He's exactly the type of candidate that drove me to the Democratic Party, since we usually don't allow them. All emotion. Dirty campaigner behind the scenes who pretends to be nice onstage, aka Reagan or W. Full of hubris. No experience to do what he's trying to do, and listening to his speeches I don't feel he has a clue what he's going to have to do. He's pretty at talking about hope and change, but his understanding of how to make it happen is about the same level as the average high school student body president.

Again, the point is moot now, so I'm just getting my last frustration out. I won't help McCain by trashing Obama during the general (though I'll probably complain if he loses), though that means I'll probably just be quiet this election cycle. Just an observer. I've never done that before.

[LibraLiz1973]

93. Joby..... you really tapped in to some of the things that bothered me

and my circle of friends too.

Just because he SAYS change change change doesn't mean shit.

I've also been appalled at what a filthy campaigner he's been. Yet his supporters blame everyone else.
It's been a real eye opener.

[SammyWinstonJack]

110. He just wants to be part of "history" for his huge ego. He won't "change" a thing.

A liar first and a dirty campaigner as well. And I'll vote for him and that's it.

[LibraLiz1973]

92. I know I would have

[Lil Missy]

79. No hope for the future? I am truly sorry you feel that way.

I supported Hillary in my Primary, but I don't feel badly about Obama's chances. I think he could name a dog's asshole as his running mate and still beat McBush in the GE. He is toast!

[jobycom]

80. It's about more than winning.

He has to do the job. I don't get why so many voters think the president of the US doesn't need some experience. Some people who wouldn't visit a mechanic with so little experience seem to think that running the free world and the known universe is just a matter of saying stuff to make us feel pretty. This guy was a local politician with a questionable career two years ago. We've never had a president with less experience, or even close to that little. I'm worried he may do more harm by winning than by losing.

[Lil Missy]

81. Well, I hope you are pleasantly surprised. And,

I hope you hang around before and after the GE.

:hug:

[jobycom]

134. I hope so, too. I really do. nt

[Chan790]

132. Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson was governor of NJ for 6 weeks before he started his presidential bid and had little over a year of experience when he won the Democratic nomination.

I know that Wilson thusly had on-paper executive experience (How much actual experience is debatable since he spent virtually his entire term as governor running for President, leaving his deputy governor to run the state based on Wilson's ideas). Prior to running for governor of NJ, Wilson had never held office...he was the president of Princeton; previously he was a college professor, a writer and a lawyer.

You can't argue that Wilson was any more qualified than Obama.

Jus' sayin'

[jobycom]

140. That dramatically understates Wilson's qualifications

Wilson held a PhD in political science (the only president to have a doctorate), and for decades was recognized as the premier scholar on Congress and US government. He was a constant advocate of reforming the government to create a more powerful presidency.

He served as the chief executive of Princeton for eight years before running for governor, and was governor for three--though as you say, he spent much of that time running for president. As executive of both organizations, he had a national reputation as an aggressive reformer.

There's nothing of that level of substance or achievement on a national stage in Obama's history.

[Digit]

155. To me, he just says what people want to hear and get behind..."change",

I don't believe he can pull it off, especially how screwed up this country is now.

The current misadministration has set so many horrible things in motion, as I knew they would, we would need an Edwards to set things straight. I realize Edwards did not much experience either, but there are "do'ers" and there are "talkers". Edwards always managed to get things DONE and truly seemed committed to righting the wrongs since 2000.

Don't worry, I would never vote for a Repuke, but I am very nervous about the future.

[GirlinContempt]

156. "running the free world and the known universe"

EXCUSE ME?!

[ghostsofgiants]

157. Dude, you know America is God.

It's scientific fact.

[GirlinContempt]

160. You know, I'm pretty fucking sure

that the god damn stars can manage their own fucking gasses without this noxious bullshit. "RUNNING" the free world my fucking ass. The President of the United States of America is not a superhero, this is not a comic book, and until Mars and Venus vote him as Interplanetary Overlord, I'm going to laugh my ass off at the complete ridiculousness of that concept.

[ghostsofgiants]

161. Maybe America is actually Unicron, eating planets wherever it sees fit.

But yeah, that anyone would make such an assertion is beyond absurd and kinda points to the exact problem the rest of the world has with the United States.

[Solon]

159. Holy fucking shit, I didn't know the President of the United States was God!

So when does he get this phenomenal cosmic power, before or after the inauguration?

[ghostsofgiants]

162. No, I figured it out just above, he's Unicron, not God.

[Solon]

164. That actually makes more sense, what with the United States seemingly consuming the planet...

as fast as it can. Or at least its resources.

[SammyWinstonJack]

109. Nailed it!

:thumbsup:

[Phillycat]

165. Damn, you nailed it!

Very well said. :thumbsup:

[flvegan]

62. Happy? Only if I were celebrating a Kucinich nomination.

I'm less disappointed than I'd be with the other one getting the nom. What's her name.

It's all generic at this stage, really.

[Pierre.Suave]

63. Wouldnt Kucinich make an awesome

Attorney General though?

I love him and was all for him at the beginning, but he had no hope of winning.

[Critters2]

64. I was gonna vote for him, but the media told me not to. nt

[Lorien]

74. You and me both! n/t

[Forkboy]

65. Too cynical, and too much a fringe lefty, to be overly thrilled.

I am very glad to see that an African American was nominated, as I would have been thrilled to see a woman nominated. Either one is long overdue, but they're both pretty much the same in many, many ways. Different style, same policy tendencies.

I'll fight for him to win, but then I start working on dragging his ass to the left. ;)

[LibraLiz1973]

94. I find that the only thing I AM excited about is that an African American is the nominee

I think it's WONDERFUL.
I just don't think HE is.

[Lorien]

102. I feel the same way

for reasons that should be obvious around here:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

66. Very.

[NMDemDist2]

68. my heart was in a local primary race and I'm crying

my guy is behind over 3K votes

:cry:


Did something happen in the Prez race tonight?? I missed it.

[DS1]

69. It was nice, but I want the deal sealed at the convention

It's still up in the air right now, thanks to other candidates, but their secret delegate plan will backfire on them.

[Lorien]

73. I frankly don't give a shit. I didn't like either of them

sorry to sound harsh, but I just don't think that they care about the issues that matter most-like the environment or repealing the Patriot Act. But I'll cast my vote for whoever my party tells me too, because I have no other choice...and that's exactly what they depend on.

[Solon]

76. I agree with this post 100%

I wish it were otherwise, but frankly we were left with Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

[LibraLiz1973]

95. Your damn right Lorien

[Robeson]

75. I've been having multiple orgasms tonight....

...I hope it keeps going into tomorrow..:D

[Pierre.Suave]

128. Are you sure you are in the right thread?

:rofl:

[XemaSab]

77. Very Happy

:D

[Ellen Forradalom]

78. I'm reserving my emotions for November

[NJmaverick]

117. So you are one of those, that doesn't celebrate when you team goes

to the Super Bowl, only after they win it.

[Ellen Forradalom]

141. The stakes are much higher than the Super Bowl

And path much harder.

[elshiva]

82. Obama has stick out ears, so he won't win.

Also he has bad breath. :sarcasm:

[krispos42]

83. Like you've been waiting for a tax refund, and it finally comes in.

You know it's going to happen despite all the foot-dragging and delaying tactics.

[Rhythm]

84. Disappointed, and frightened about November...

I would vote for whomever appeared in the "D" column over anyone else in the offering, but i don't believe that is the case with many...

November is going to be a long, hard fight... and i for one don't see our chances of winning as being 'a lock.'

[RetroLounge]

85. Maybe the Obamabots will quit being assholes now?

:shrug:

RL

[LibraLiz1973]

96. I would not count on it?

:shrug:

[PeaceNikki]

106. And maybe pigs will fly.

:shrug:

[Blue-Jay]

144. It's time to play.... SPOT THE IRONY!

(hosted by Wink Martindale)

[GirlinContempt]

158. Snap

[WritingIsMyReligion]

146. I thought they were Obamababies?

:shrug:

[JVS]

86. I'm so happy, I could shit!

[Mad_Dem_X]

88. Very happy. Now it's time to move forward

and take back our country!

[JCMach1]

89. Still dislike the guy... the reasons why he was last on my primary

list still exist.

That doesn't mean I won't vote for him though... I will.

He still has a chance to prove that he is something more than what I take him to be before Nov.

I make take the medicine, but I am not drinking the koolaid.

[LibraLiz1973]

97. I make take the medicine, but I am not drinking the koolaid.

Right on JC

That is a GREAT quote

[JCMach1]

125. obfuscatingly I was halluncinaginating again...

And yes,


I will take my medicine, but not drink the koolaid.

Since when can we trust authority anyway!?

[LibraLiz1973]

90. Neutral. I'll vote for him.

He wasn't my candidate & I really don't get what all the fuss is about.
I hope that the people who have so enthusiastically supported him hold him to his
"CHANGE" platform and make it real.

Otherwise, we just voted for more BS.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

124. agreed.

[Zavulon]

98. Ecstatic about Obama, enraged about Hillary.

She should have had the class to concede last night, but instead she showed what an attention whore she really is. Last night was historic in so many ways, but in her mind it's still all about her.

Waiting to concede does nothing but keep her in the limelight just a little longer. What a bitter and disgusting person she is.

I can't tell you how glad I am that Obama beat her.

On edit: OMFG. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060303568_pf.html

[YankeyMCC]

99. Very happy

I'm confident he'll be a good if not perfect (and who would be?) president and his nomination is a positive step forward for this nation.

I would've felt very much the same, although a little more concerned on some issues, about Hilary Clinton winning the nomination.

[stuntcat]

100. happy and scared

I like all the Democrats, I'd pick Kucinich if I could but I like Edwards too, and Clinton, and Obama.. and Kerry, anyone who's not a republican, see?

But I'm scared there's no way Obama will be allowed to win the presidency.
My mom mailed me a "North Carolinians for Obama" t-shirt.. even though I'm not picking sides, it was a gift and my mom likes Obama. So I wore it to the grocery store the other day and this horrible man in produce, who I've learned not to ask for help because he's so hateful, felt like talking to me all of a sudden and saying that he didn't think a black man could win. The stupid shithead won't help me find the ginger but he can stop me while I'm shopping to give me his political opinion?

I have so little faith in people, I mean MY country elected * twice and is still arguing over whether we should do anything about the environment and the fricking mass-extinction :eyes:

no faith here..

[driver8]

107. I like Kucinich, also -- but Obama has a better chance of winning

against McCain than Kucinich would have ever had!

IMHO, anyhow.

I know what you mean about dipshit being elected twice -- Obama is not a lock and there is a lot of work to be done for him to win.

[graywarrior]

101. Relieved

But now the real work begins.

[kwassa]

103. Not happy, more ambivalent than anything else.

I'm glad it is over, and hope that Hillary will be the VP. Otherwise, it will be a lot tougher ...

[madinmaryland]

105. Dude! Take this crap back to GD:Pffth!!1!!

Stop peeing in teh lounge pool!!

:hi:

[Pierre.Suave]

131. I felt it was my turn

:P

[Rambis]

111. Happy for America

that maybe we could elect a black man president. I think it sends a message to the world that we could be turning a corner? We could have a person that will talk to our enemies and listen to the opinions of our friends. He needs to build a strong cabinet then we need to focus on the phony prick McSame. He is an ill tempered prick that has no business running a chippy let alone a country.

[av8rdave]

113. Happy Camper here

[Tommy_Carcetti]

114. It's cool.

He'll be a fine candidate and hopefully a good president. He is a very good and inspiring public speaker, I will say that for sure.

I also liked Hillary a lot and never got some of the whole "hate Hillary/Hillary is evil" crapola that infected GDP so badly like the rage virus. She ran a strong campaign, her husband is still the coolest guy on two legs, and she'll continue to be a leader in the Senate (if she's not picked to be VP, that is).

But I voted for Edwards. And had I had the chance, I would have voted for him again. If only because I think his daughter Cate is amazingly beautiful, but seriously because he really had his finger on the pulse of the situation that affects way too many Americans, that being poverty.

All in all, as long as we win in November, I'll be happy.

And I'll be so happy to hear the words "Former President George W. Bush", you can't even imagine.

[dropkickpa]

115. Meh

Couldn't really give two shits, they're pretty much identical on every issue, it's all aboput which is the cool kid. I never really liked the cool kids.

[NJmaverick]

116. I am extremely happy

My opinion is that he is a once in a life time leader, and our nation will achieve great things under his Presidency.

[seaglass]

119. Wow. ALL the GDP threads should have been in the Lounge

:-) - people saying what's on their mind, some kind of harsh, but no personal attacks...this is wonderful :-)

[Pierre.Suave]

126. Oh Please

do NOT bring them over here?

:P

[seaglass]

145. Some are already here - on their best behavior it appears.

:-)

[Pierre.Suave]

147. Great

lets hope that trend continues.

[Orsino]

121. Pretty happy.

He wasn't my first choice, but I've been pleased lately.

[Ava]

122. i'm thrilled

and my three obama bumper stickers are calling for more company as a victory celebration! :woohoo:

[applegrove]

123. I'm very happy that there will be no more fighting here at the DU. Did I just say that?

I meant I'm happy the DU will come together and fight the GOP. Just like Obama did last night in his speech.

[redqueen]

133. He's no Kucinich! So I'm gonna pout and whine and tamp down whatever enthusiasm there is

for as long as I can!

I want perfection! Nothing less will do!

x(

[Pierre.Suave]

135. I agree with you partly

Kucinich was my first choice as well. I do think Obama is much better than the alternative though.

[redqueen]

136. I was only being facetious. I know that the perfect is the enemy of the good.

PROGRESS, not perfection. :)

[Pierre.Suave]

138. I thought you were

but I wasn't sure.

[Tikki]

137. 5 YAYs from the Tikki family....

Here are 5 GE votes for Obama.


Tikki

[Pierre.Suave]

139. YAY!!!!!

[ForrestGump]

142. Bleh

I always thought he was too inexperienced and, like Hillary, too fully bought and paid for by the corporations to be someone I could get excited about. I gave up on giving a damn about the race for the White House once Edwards (for whatever reason) dropped out. For that matter, I haven't even once bothered to turn on the TV to see Obama talk (the fact that I canceled the TV portion of my cable bill is incidental to this).

I think a Democratic president's mere presence at the helm will help in some ways, no matter how corporatist or otherwise beholden they may be to the status quo (one example of some importance is that it may start to positively change world opinion of the US) but whoever inherits the current mess is going to have their work cut out for them and it's likely to get somewhat worse before it gets better. Obama may or may not be up to the job, but I wish he'd given it a run after at least a few more years working in the political trenches. As for the fact of his African heritage, that's never even been a factor for me -- same with Hillary Clinton's XX-chromosome status -- perhaps partly because I'm not an original Born-In-The-USA American and the thought of women or non-Anglos running a country is just not a particularly big deal. Still, I do recognize that this is a fairly major step in the evolution of the US as a society.

Regardless of all that incidental stuff, I wish the man well because, as unexcited as I have been by the two choices foisted on us, I still recognize that there are inherent differences between today's Democrats and today's Republicans and that any Republican president now (McCain happening to be one of the more dangerous ones vying for the job) would quite literally spell the end of the USA, and other chunks of the planet, once and for all. Obama may be largely another corporate puppet -- I sure hope I'm proven wrong on this -- and his relative inexperience and occasional goofs may well prove inconsequential or even a kind of asset, but he's still way far better than the Dark Side's supposed candidate just as the right-wing (by international standards) Democratic Party, for all its myriad faults, remains a better choice than the neocon-controlled far-right Republican Party. I hate to admit it, but Nader and his Amazing Inflatable Ego were partly right in that there are few differences between the two major American political parties but those differences are still undeniable and important. For that same reason, I'd vote for Obama over the most moderate and thoughtful (if such a creature does, indeed, exist today) Republican. And I'm sort of thankful that Obama's the choice, given that for some reason we were only presented with two mediocre picks, because I would have had a much harder time holding my nose and voting for Hillary Clinton in November. I may not be a huge fan of Obama -- largely indifferent to him and not expecting him to push a particularly 'liberal' line -- but I outright do not trust Hillary.

[hamsterjill]

143. I'm adjusting

I've known this was coming although Obama was not my first choice. I'm adjusting to the fact that it is a "done deal" now, and I will definitely vote for him in November.

I have had some misgivings about him because, particularly, in my opinion (and am I still allowed to actually have an opinion on here without being flamed oppressively???!!!) he doesn't have more experience.

But I'm going to do my best to be open minded for the remainder of the campaign and I am genuinely hoping that I come around to being an ardent supporter.

More than anything and above all else, I want the Republicans out of the white house and I am cognizant of the fact that, unless we all learn to come together, we won't get the Republicans out of the white house.

[Xipe Totec]

150. I'm not

yet....







When it's official, I'll let you know.









If he actually does turn out to be the bona fide for real sonabagun honest injun nominee...









:hide:

[Coyote_Bandit]

151. I'll vote for him

I will not be happy to do so. It will be a nose holding half hearted vote. There were better alternatives. There were others who better represented my interests and priorities. It is not the first time I have felt that way at the end of primary season.

I won't be donating to his campaign or knocking on doors on his behalf. There won't be any yard signs or bumper stickers. Or persuasive efforts on my behalf. I will vote for him and I will not undermine his campaign message or attack him. That is all. I have very little interest in following the election. Probably will direct my interests elsewhere.

In the meantime I will worry that somebody will do violence to him. I will worry that the party will remain divided. I will worry that he will get his butt soundly defeated come November. I will worry that he will not change a dmaned thing when elected and will accomplish little in office. I will worry that those he has energized will become disillusioned and apathetic.

[otherlander]

153. Slightly.

ObaMeh '08.

[vademocrat]

163. Not very - he was my 7th choice out of 8 candidates -

but my top 6 went by the wayside months ago so I've made my peace with voting for whichever one survived the primaries.