OBAMA WINS!!!!!!!!!!

[Amelia]

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[Jeannieb43]

Just a tiny bit off topic of coffee....

My observation is that Obama won not so much on behalf of the blacks, but because he is simply an amazing person. He graduated FIRST in his class at Harvard Law; he's got an IQ of 147 [if I can believe the internet] -- and he is amazingly intelligent, unbiased, and personable. He understands PEOPLE; he is disciplined and organized in his personal life. He, simply, is an outstanding human being.

MSNBC said Obama won more WHITE vote than did John Kerry 4 years ago. And the blacks did not turn out in huge numbers to vote for him. In other words, it was a total cross-section of all citizens who elected him.

He does not appear to be concentrating on any one ethnic group in selecting his transition team. Rahm Emanuel is not black [he's the only name I've heard so far]. This man is a UNITED STATES AMERICAN.

I predict he will bring order out of chaos. I predict he will get us on the right track economically soon.

This isn't a Black President; this is an intelligent, organized, humble yet brilliant, AMERICAN President!

[Woody]

You are right Jeannie. He is not black ... he is white. But this white man is selecting Clintonites. And that raises question to his intelligence. And that is 'black and white'.

[Jeannieb43]

You can't say Clinton didn't pick some good people for his staff.

[Woody]

Well ... the ones Obama is pickin ain't no good. They are the same o same o ... cut throat politicians.

So much for change. ....

[Jeannieb43]

Gimme a break, woody. He's announced ONE staff person so far. How is that "the ones" ... or "same-o, same-o"?

I think you'd find something to complain about no matter who's being discussed here. Right?

[Woody]

If they had strong connections to Clinton ... yes.

But say ... if they had connections to Sarah Palin for example ... I wouldn't be complainin'. And SHE is a person.

[jasd]

>>Rahm Emanuel is not black...<<

No, Rahm 'steak-knife' Emanuel, consiglieri to the Prez-in-waiting, is a Jew; and

should fit right in with Barry's 'Unity and Bipartisan' Presidency...

"...grabbed a steak knife and began rattling off a list of betrayers, shouting "Dead! . . . Dead! . . . Dead!" and plunging the knife into the table after every name. 'When he was done, the table looked like a lunar landscape,' one campaign veteran recalls."

:-o

[Dr. Shane]

MSNBC said Obama won more WHITE vote than did John Kerry 4 years ago.

Kerry lost 4 years ago. The question is did Obama get more WHITE votes than Bush did 4 years ago. Probably. I don't know. But what does it matter if the winner this time beat the loser last time?

The key to winning the Presidency in the US is winning the WHITE vote. Obama did that and now he is going to be President.

This election had a lower turn out than 2004. There was no record turn out. That is probably because a lot of Republicans sat home. Palin got a lot of them to the polls but many of them realized that a vote for McCain was a vote for McCain and the Republican party has done such a terrible job the last few years that they did not want to reward them.

[aldona]

Quote:

They are the same o same o ... cut throat politicians.

You mean...there's another kind of politician??

aldona

[Tom Wetmore]

...This election had a lower turn out than 2004. There was no record turn out...

That is not correct.

2004 the turnout was about 122 million, or about 61% of the eligible voters.

While the final totals have not been tabulated because of absentee ballots still being counted and a few mandatory recounts, the turnout for 2008 has been more than 130 million, or about 62.5% of eligible voters.

Voter Turnout Best in Generations

Tom

[Dr. Shane]

I heard differently on the top-of-the-hour news update on the radio. I believe that would have been the AP.

[Neil D]

From the BBC-

Turnout

The approximate percentage of the voting age population that voted in this election, according to calculations by Michael MacDonald of George Mason University. This equals the turnout seen in the 1964 presidential election, but does not quite match the 63.8% that turned out to vote in the 1960 election, in which John F Kennedy narrowly beat Richard Nixon.

[Dr. Shane]

Yes, I saw that already. I got my information of a news update on the radio. I don't want to guess why they got their facts confused. It is irrelevant to the point I was making anyway.

Quote:

Kerry lost 4 years ago. The question is did Obama get more WHITE votes than Bush did 4 years ago. Probably. I don't know. But what does it matter if the winner this time beat the loser last time?

The key to winning the Presidency in the US is winning the WHITE vote. Obama did that and now he is going to be President.

Since the voter turnout was higher this time, that means that Obama should have gotten more of the WHITE vote than Bush did since Obama got more overall votes than Bush did.