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[Saint_Michael]

It is Official Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States of America and also is the first African-American President as well and just like Abraham Lincoln, Obama has made history not only in the United States of American but the world. Now the question will be what will the first African-American President be like in the first 100 days in office and of course his first four years as president.

Projections are projections but when you have big lead like Obama does, especially winning the big states such as Ohio, Florida, California, and all of New England as well, and now hopefully Obama will fix all the mistakes Bush has made across the world and I hope Obama gets rid of those connected with Bush as well.

Edited by Saint_Michael, 05 November 2008 - 04:16 AM.

[etycto]

yes he won i think this is a big step for the US and i know and hope that this will inspire a lot of people, and even though i support obama i hope he brings the US in the right direction like he said he would.

[HyBriD54]

Hooray. Obama won. I was kind of expecting that since the majority of the votes from other sources stated that Obama would win. Heh. Let's hope Obama will be able to "fix" all the mistakes the former President had made.

The first African-American President ever. How interesting this will be.

[A200]

Congratulations to the US I guess, well done. Good new President. When does he get signed in? I heard it is sometime in 2009?

[shadowx]

20th january i think A200, from what i heard on hte live news last night

I live in the Uk but the coverage has been amazing, every news paper, news show, news site had info on the campaigns and now the results are in the airwaves are like electric! Headlines everywhere!

So far my opinion of america has been this: (in general obviously) moronic, slack jawed idiots who fail to realize their decline in popularity, becoming one of the most hated countries in the world (trust me, its true)

But now that the american public have woken up and elected a man ready to change that i think America will become a lot more popular, Bush has been ridiculed by the press and everyone else but Obama can be the man to change america i think and change Americans too and now the world opinions of America will change. So congrats America!

[HappyHippie]

I agree I am very happy Obama won I voted for him, now the scary part is I really hope he does not get asassinated, They have already arrested people with weapons that stated they were going to. He seems like a good man and I hope he gets a chance to prove it to everyone. I hope I wasnt out of line with saying that but it is a major concern. Anyway I cant wait until he is finally in office and Bush is out!

[shadowx]

Yeh i think security for obama is going to be a huge thing, people didnt like bush, that is true, but those that didnt like him were generally the intelligent ones and so wouldnt go so far as to shoot him. The ones that dont like Obama are going to be idiots, gun lovers and hard core racists, all 3 are likely to try to shoot him.

I noticed he had the bullet proof glass either side of him when he done his speech (i think its bullet proof glass right? We dont use that in the UK lol we are more rational when it comes to guns!)

[Lightning73]

I really wonder how Obama will turn out to be as a president. I also hope that can fix Bush his mistakes. It might also be nice if he helped the economy a bit.

Obama seems like a good man so I think he'll be a fine president. Oh well, time will tell I guess.

[jlhaslip]

Well, the Election is over. I hope the choices made turn out to be good ones. I know that the rest of the World thinks Obama was the right choice for America. Canadians, for example, voted 72% in favour on one straw poll I saw. I am looking forward to seeing the results of electing a more progressive President.

Remember that the President does not have a "magic wand" of sorts, and that these are troubled times for America, so don't expect the President-elect to fix things in a hurry. The Executive works with the Congress and the Senate to manage the situations.
It helps when all three are controlled by the same party, but the Opposition gets its say, too.

Certainly the Economic issues need attention first in order to allow the States to continue its efforts in the various regions of the world. In spite of the attention received by their Iraq and Afghanistan mobilizations, the US's contributions around the world are needed. The Aids efforts in Africa, the Congo is about to explode, there are so many ways the USA can contribute Internationally towards the betterment of many individuals. Yet, there are still many efforts to be made at Home.

Good Luck to Obama and God Bless America.

[BlueInkAlchemist]

A200, on Nov 5 2008, 05:14 AM, said:

Congratulations to the US I guess, well done. Good new President. When does he get signed in? I heard it is sometime in 2009?

January 20th 2009 is the inauguration, which is completely unlike most other countries in the world. Obama should be in office as of now.