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11/04/2008 11:57:05 PM · #1001

Originally posted by samchad:

I'm in the Reuters building looking over Times Square and it's absolutely crazy out there!

I'm just a few blocks away, but I have to go to bed! I have a meeting in the morning I can't be burned out for. My neighbor just got a phone call from her daughter who lives in Harlem -- she said that it's absolutely nuts up there. People in the streets, stopping traffic, fireworks everywhere... a historic moment.

yanko

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11/04/2008 11:58:00 PM · #1002

Originally posted by dsterner:

Originally posted by escapetooz:

Originally posted by Louis:
"Largest presidential majority since Lyndon Johnson."

where did you see that?

They said it on CNN

Interesting that the popular vote they show isn't that big of a gap. Obama up by 3.5 million or so votes, which is the same amount Bush had over Kerry 4 years ago but with 40+ fewer electoral votes.

Prash

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11/04/2008 11:58:06 PM · #1003

ETA: Nothing else matters anymore so I deleted that post. I am listening to the magician....

Message edited by author 2008-11-05 00:02:11.

one2one

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11/05/2008 12:02:54 AM · #1004

One hundred and fifty years ago Africans were thought to be animals and used as slaves. Today we have an African American as President of the USA. It's a good feeling. An Historic night and glad I was around to witness it.

11/05/2008 12:03:33 AM · #1005

Gee, no booing when Obama mentioned McCain... applause, in fact. How is this difference possible?

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11/05/2008 12:04:01 AM · #1006

New puppy. :)

escapetooz

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11/05/2008 12:08:50 AM · #1007

Originally posted by Louis:

Gee, no booing when Obama mentioned McCain... applause, in fact. How is this difference possible?

gee could it have something to do with some gullible McCain supporters thinking Obama is a Muslim Terrorist Socialist?

nahhh....

nomad469

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11/05/2008 12:12:57 AM · #1008

Listen to OUR PRESIDENT ...
WOW

escapetooz

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11/05/2008 12:15:18 AM · #1009

Originally posted by nomad469:

Listen to OUR PRESIDENT ...
WOW

Its so weird to hear that... or read rather...

Our President.

And it's not Bush.

HECK YEA!

Prash

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11/05/2008 12:16:51 AM · #1010

Call me a wuss... but I watched this with moisture in my eyes. And no I am not black.

FireBird

11/05/2008 12:17:26 AM · #1011

Originally posted by escapetooz:

gee could it have something to do with some gullible McCain supporters thinking Obama is a Muslim Terrorist Socialist?

nahhh....

Few losing crowds of US supporters lack those who will boo the other side. And many conceding candidates will do just as John McCain and stop them. Nothing new and only those with remarkable cynicism will remark on it.

FireBird

11/05/2008 12:19:27 AM · #1012

Originally posted by escapetooz:

Our President.

And it's not Bush.

HECK YEA!

Careful now. It's President-elect.

Bush still has a couple of months to do damage. Wonder who he'll be pardoning in the next month or two......

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11/05/2008 12:20:20 AM · #1013

Originally posted by fir3bird:

Originally posted by escapetooz:

gee could it have something to do with some gullible McCain supporters thinking Obama is a Muslim Terrorist Socialist?

nahhh....

Few losing crowds of US supporters lack those who will boo the other side. And many conceding candidates will do just as John McCain and stop them. Nothing new and only those with remarkable cynicism will remark on it.

Or those aghast at the spectacle. I have never witnessed a Canadian conceding Prime Minister have to temper the aggressiveness of his or her audience in the ten or so elections I've witnessed.

JustinM

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11/05/2008 12:20:32 AM · #1014

Originally posted by escapetooz:

Originally posted by nomad469:
Listen to OUR PRESIDENT ...
WOW

Its so weird to hear that... or read rather...

Our President.

And it's not Bush.

HECK YEA!

well technically not 'til January 20th... ;) (I think)

GeneralE

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11/05/2008 12:21:49 AM · #1015

Originally posted by Jac:

Today we have an African American as President of the USA.

Gee, I mostly listen to the radio ... here I thought that with Barry O'Bama we'd have the first Irish president since Kennedy.

tiffanyleski

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11/05/2008 12:22:10 AM · #1016

Originally posted by Jac:

My sentiments exactly.

nomad469

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11/05/2008 12:22:38 AM · #1017

Ya know ...
There are a couple of phrases that stick in my head

Ask Not what your country can do for you...

The shining city on the hill ...

might want to add this one to the list

Yes we can !

escapetooz

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11/05/2008 12:24:04 AM · #1018

Originally posted by JustinM:

Originally posted by escapetooz:

Originally posted by nomad469:
Listen to OUR PRESIDENT ...
WOW

Its so weird to hear that... or read rather...

Our President.

And it's not Bush.

HECK YEA!

well technically not 'til January 20th... ;) (I think)

shhhhh.... don't be a debbie downer... a gal can fast forward a few months in her head if she wants to!

citymars

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11/05/2008 12:24:07 AM · #1019

I had to stay up and listen to that great speech. Great, great speech. The network I was watching showed a close-up of an emotional Jesse Jackson -- it made me teary-eyed, too. And then Obama, Biden, and their wives were glowing. Wow.

one2one

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11/05/2008 12:25:55 AM · #1020

Originally posted by fir3bird:

Originally posted by escapetooz:

Our President.

And it's not Bush.

HECK YEA!

Careful now. It's President-elect.

Bush still has a couple of months to do damage. Wonder who he'll be pardoning in the next month or two......

I'll put a 50 on Libby.

GeneralE

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11/05/2008 12:25:57 AM · #1021

Originally posted by fir3bird:

Bush still has a couple of months to do damage.

Here's a summary. An exerpt:

Originally posted by NY Times Editorial:

CIVIL LIBERTIES We donâ��t know all of the ways that the administration has violated Americansâ�� rights in the name of fighting terrorism. Last month, Attorney General Michael Mukasey rushed out new guidelines for the F.B.I. that permit agents to use chillingly intrusive techniques to collect information on Americans even where there is no evidence of wrongdoing.

Agents will be allowed to use informants to infiltrate lawful groups, engage in prolonged physical surveillance and lie about their identity while questioning a subjectâ��s neighbors, relatives, co-workers and friends. The changes also give the F.B.I. â�� which has a long history of spying on civil rights groups and others â�� expanded latitude to use these techniques on people identified by racial, ethnic and religious background.

The administration showed further disdain for Americansâ�� privacy rights and for Congressâ��s power by making clear that it will ignore a provision in the legislation that established the Department of Homeland Security. The law requires the departmentâ��s privacy officer to account annually for any activity that could affect Americansâ�� privacy â�� and clearly stipulates that the report cannot be edited by any other officials at the department or the White House.

The Justice Departmentâ��s Office of Legal Counsel has now released a memo asserting that the law â��does not prohibitâ�� officials from homeland security or the White House from reviewing the report. The memo then argues that since the law allows the officials to review the report, it would be unconstitutional to stop them from changing it. George Orwell couldnâ��t have done better.