As much as i hate to bring this up, what will the KKK think of having a black president??

 

I think if anyone wanted to off him they could have done it on the campaign trail, Obama used to walk round neighbourhoods meeting people, like for example the Joe The Plumber incident so anyone with a gun could have taken him out, while can never be certain I think if someone wanted to do it they would have done it by now as it has been obvious for some time Obama was probably going to get the presidency

 

Now he is president elect security will be even tighter

Glad Obama won! :D

Assasination is a huge threat and Obama knows that. I do know that the fact his security knows it's extremely possible will help in aiding his safety.

Prop 8 has been passed...:(

Prop 8 has been passed...:(

 

:mellow:

 

:mellow: :mellow:

 

how can people in this day and age actually think gay marriage is so bad.

Prop 8 has been passed...:(

After the huge step forward today, America takes a couple back :(

Indeed. Terribly disappointed in that. Shame on California (and Florida by the way).

 

At least Colorado and South Dakota took a step further though

Yeah, Prop 8 passing is very disappointing. Especially considering California is the second most liberal state, after New York. It's also really disappointing to see that black people were the demographic that were most strongly in favour of it... you'd think on a day when they had a major barrier broken down, they could've extended the same grace to another minority.

Black people in general are the most conservatives, as they're brought up in more religious homes. The ones who voted for a ban are hypocrites, they're homophobes yet are all "for freedom" and against racism.

Glad for Obama. Trouble will rise from the South , though. I think Obama will be very cautious in his decisions, at least for a couple of months. Even hesitant.

Thank God he won..... it's sickening that the 'hick' states still voted Republican, though - my American friend says he wishes they'd just split the country, as it's never been so divided - a real "us and them".

 

I have a very uneasy feeling about Obama, though - a feeling that he won't be President very long.... :mellow:

 

Obama is about tax and spend, he is about protectionism a lot of his views reek of socialism

 

Despite its faults capitalism and free trade are a must and Obama doesn't represent those ideals, I thought Bill Clinton was an outstanding president as even though he was a democrat he still embraced capitalism and free trade

 

Obama's policies of large tax increases for big corporations such as oil companies will COST jobs, where in the middle of a recession does Obama think the money is going to come from ? large companies will sack workers and then more and more people will be on welfare

 

His policies on cars and transport is dangerous too, he made it very clear in the debates that he is going to put GM first and other American car companies which is his way of saying he will put up trade restrictions and tariffs on Japanese, British, German cars and so on which is a big restraint of trade, once he has done it with cars he will do it in other areas too

 

Capitalism and free trade is the way forward not tax and spend socialism and protectionism

 

The reason we're in the mess we're in at the moment is because of capitalism! :lol: It's definitely not the way forward at the moment.

Haha, people who worked on the McCain campaign are now bitter and are dishing the dirt on Palin. Apparently, she thought Africa was one country. If that's true, it's stunning that she was allowed to get this close to the second most important position in the world.

:lol:

Congrats Obama

 

The wrong decision for me as with a deep recession and security problems now is not the time to hand the reins to a guy who 3 years ago was not even a junior senator but I believe in democracy and if this is what the Americans want then guess we will have to live with it

Well, you're not quite as wrong as you were earlier in this thread but you're still wrong. Obama has been a senator for four years - he was elected in November 2004 and took his seat in January 2005. He ran for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2000 so he's been "in politics" for at least eight years, not the two years you claimed earlier. But then Tories never did like the facts to get in the way of their argument.

Haha, people who worked on the McCain campaign are now bitter and are dishing the dirt on Palin. Apparently, she thought Africa was one country. If that's true, it's stunning that she was allowed to get this close to the second most important position in the world.

She'll receive a lot of coaching over the next couple years. So she could emerge as a potential presidential candidate yet. The difference will be that, instead of being an ignorant nut-job, she will be a better-informed nut-job.