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OH GREAT…

LOVE IT!

Another Obama collectors item.

I think that the markets will be down for a lil bit and in four months shoot right up. Think that the Black colleges will come up as well and for see the Giants winning a second straight championship.

this is a win thanks to hip hop.

YES WE DID, YES WE WILL!!! Look at it Hannibal, you know you love it! HA! Eat it up… HA! We doin’ the George Jefferson dance all ova yo ass!

ROTFLMBAO!!!

GEORGE JEFFERSON….LMAO

Dang they are a beautiful family. I think I could cover the walls in my house with photos of them… LOL God Bless them!!

Love that video!!

Oh Hannibal you’ve been so quiet these past couple of days!!! I’ve got one thing to say to ya… YOU WERE WRONG!!!!

THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO OPENLY LOVE HIP HOP!!!

YA GOTA LOVE THAT!!!!

PULL YO PANTS UP!

@PYNK

I KNOW I WAS WRONG, CONGRATS TO BARACK…

LMAO, THAT GEORGE JEFFERSON REMARK HAD ME ROLLIN TOO I MUST SAY.. HAHAHA!

Tell em again Pynk, tell em again…!

God bless America! Obama won!!

All hot and sincere people on ” Agelessmate.com ” love him! He has won so many hearts there!!LOL

Hannibal said—> “I KNOW I WAS WRONG, CONGRATS TO BARACK…”

OMG WHHHAAAAAATTT?? mine eyes hath seen the light!!!!

oh shiizzy!!! Hell is officially on ice right now…

ok man I’ll lay off ya now…

In my Jeezy voice… yyyyyeeeeeaaahhhh..

” My President is BLACK, tha sky is blue, & I’ll be hot damned if tha sea aint too!

I am so grateful for the CHANGE OF AMERICA. Not because Barack Obama is a black man but because I am ready for a better tomorrow. If Barack was Asian, Indian, Caucasian or Hispanic I would have still voted the same if that individual spoke of what Barack has spoken. I am so beyond the color barrier that I wished others felt as I did. That tomorrow is not promised to any of us, so why not try for a CHANGE? With what we have experienced with George Bush, why would anyone want to experience that again with John McCain and Sarah Palin in office? God Bless America. Koodos for everyone who voted : )

They sell this spray you can spray on all newspaper and magazine paper so it will be perserved forever. Its at any craft store and walmart type stores in the craft sections, please make sure you get it so your clippings don’t fade over years…Just wanted to pass it along

“All hot and sincere people on ” Agelessmate.com ” love him!” LOL WTF??????? Agelessmate,What!? you want people to find a date like old ass mclame on there??? GTFOH!!!! LAME!

I’m sure black people solely voted for Obama based on his policy positions (Yeah, right). If white people voted that strongly for McCain, I am sure that “movement” would be called something else. I am sure white people who propped up the black vote did so, not to be “part of history” and to exorcise the inheritance of a post-colonial guilt complex. You cannot honestly believe that if it were a white man with Obama’s complete lack of accomplishment (and was a member of a racist church and had the associations he had), he would have made it through the primaries. To be FAIR, a three-legged dog could have defeated the Republicans this year. You only had to look at the news anchors and pundits blubbering in their tears to know that America became a far sadder place. A place where AN INDIVIDUAL (not a black man) cannot be judged based on his merits for the position, but only chosen for his genetic ancestry. You people do not see him as a man, who began backpedalling (aka “lying”) in his victory speech about how he’ll need two terms to accomplish what he promised during his campaign would be done with the first 100 days of his presidency. But you’ll give him a pass. John McCain was a poor candidate as well, but at least he sacrificed himself for his country and knew the true meaning of “honor”, something Obama could never hope to understand. Again, you all voted against Bush as a symbol, and rightfully so. But most people did not register a protest vote against McCain the individual as much as they registered a vote symbolically against the Republican party and Bush. People could not see McCain for the INDIVIDUAL he was, and his record of working across party lines. They were too caught up in the symbolism of Obama. Obama himself even said “t I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripe project their own views”. Become a symbol and you become EVERYTHING to Americans. Well when it comes to the next four years- prepare to be at best, disappointed, and at worst, have your lives fall further into ruin.

@Hannibal? What is that I heard you say? OMG!!! I will remember this day forever!!

iM GoNNA BUY MY DAUGHTER THE OBAMA FAMiLY BARBiE SET..

AND THE WHiTEHOUSE BARBiE DREAMHOUSE…

Still hard for me to believe that the American People voted for this man to become President and that we’re going to have a Beautiful Black Family living in the White House…

This is truly a beautiful thing…

@han

It’s ok bro, just drink tha kool-aid!!! LMAO

@ Jet we have a black prez could you please make a bigger magazine! That whittle @zz mag kills me.

They’ll come out with a coffee-table scrapbook of the Obama family…I’ll wait till then.

@Ebonic…bitter much?!??! Blah, blah, blah, get over it and get over yourself. At this point in time, your pontifications are inconsequential (how’s that for Ebonics)? Like it or not, Barack Hussein Obama is now “your” President.

Now get going troll, you CANNOT steal our joy!!

LOL @ Joey. It was like trying to find a needle in a haystack to get a copy of the Washington Post yesterday. And the commemorative issue, forget it…folks were lining up for hours like it was election day all over again.

Can someone tell me what is all this talk my Republican friends are talking that Obama is anti-gun? I don’t own a gun so it was no big deal to me so I’ve never heard it. But this is the one thing their clinging on to that makes them dislike Obama… anyone know any details?

Just Sit and Be Pretty

What joy? You still have to rise every morning, go to work and pray that Barack doesn’t raise your taxes higher than they already are.

Va Obama!!!

I agree with Just Sit and Be Pretty…

Nobody can steal the joy of making history by voting for our First Black President and him being elected.

@Ebonic’s Plague…

Become a symbol and you become EVERYTHING to Americans. Well when it comes to the next four years- prepare to be at best, disappointed, and at worst, have your lives fall further into ruin.

________________________________________________

Seriously? Let’s look at the glass half full instead of half empty for a change.

@Just Sit and Be Pretty and @pynk

yeah they sold out fast,i get off work at 6am,so i went right to the gas station….i dont know,but here in chicago they redistributed wednesday papers again today,so yall should check it out.

Beautiful!!!

AW man, that clip had me here in the front office singing the Star Spangled Banner right along with the crowd…I have been so pumped…and to think…we have him for 4 years…this is what the world needed…President Elect Obama!!

They didn’t want to give us 40 acres and a mule, so we took 50 states and a white house!!! What an OBAMANATION

although i’m sure that it wasn’t the artist’s intent…the oil painting of michelle & their daughter is eerily similar to the famous photograph taken of the late coretta scott king & with her daughter’s head laying down on her lap at dr. martin luther king’s funeral…that’s the first thing i thought of when i saw it. i don’t like the connotation that the painting gives…i don’t like it at all.

Im so happy for Obama to have made it dis far and to have taken over the white house OH HELL YES WE DID and Change is move def here.

OBAMA BABY 08

@ms goodie! that’s a damn good one!!

i’m gonna use that!!

Breaking news. . .

RALEIGH, N.C. — President-elect Obama has won North Carolina, a symbolic triumph in a state that hadn’t voted for a Democrat in more than a generation.

The Associated Press declared Obama the winner Thursday after canvassing counties in North Carolina to determine the number of outstanding provisional ballots.

That survey found that there are not enough remaining ballots for Republican John McCain to close a 13,693-vote deficit.

North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes brings Obama’s total to 364 _ nearly 100 more than necessary to win the White House. Missouri is the only state that remains too close to call.

Obama’s win in North Carolina was the first for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter won the state in 1976.

More news. . .

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a wily, aggressive West Wing strategist under President Bill Clinton, has accepted the post of White House chief of staff for President-elect Barack Obama, Democratic officials tell Politico.

The selection is the first major public decision by Obama since he was elected in a landslide on Tuesday.

North Carolina = WHITE LIBERAL GUILT

@Z

aright we on the same side

so utilize it (LOL)

@Ebonic Plague

North Carolina = Political history

The state (the home of deceased Sen. Jesse Helms) has been staunchly conservative for decades. Obama had a phenomenal on-the-ground strategy there that helped get out the vote.

Beautiful pics…. Michelle is absolutely stunning.

Class, Beauty and Strength inside to out!

OH he is accepting the post @ Sydney…that’s fabulous…I thought he wouldn’t take it because of his family committments.

GREAT NEWS!

I love that oil painting, they should have that hung in the white house

EBONIC PLAGUE- please shut the hell up. You don’t speak for everyone and you really dont know why African Americans voted for Obama. I am a young African American female that also happens to be the mother of three children. I want my kids to have a better future and not a sorrowful one. I did not base my decision on color because if Kerry had the same drive and influence and economic plan that Obama had maybe he would be in office. But he did not. Yes it is EXCELLENT to see and be able to be apart of an African American President making it in office but there is far more to it than that. And it is wrong to say that white people looked into his plans and listened to his speech and African Americans did not. You are a selfish one-minded person that cannot see what is going on in America. come to my neighborhood in Memphis and see how we live then maybe you can walk in the shoes of people who walked in the March, and visit the Civil Rights Museum where Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed and see that this is an important part of African American history. It is not race it is as simple as we as AMERICANS have united an come together and with unity anything is possible.

Hey Afiya, yes, Rahm Emanuel is going to Washington.

There’s more news coming out today. Robert Gibbs, who has been on the news shows a lot as an Obama spokesman, has been named the White House press secretary, according to Politico(dot)com:

Robert Gibbs, a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on his campaign and in his Senate office, will be named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said.

Gibbs was usually the senior official on Air Obama, the campaign plane. As communications director of Obama’s Senate office, Gibbs was a key strategist in Obama’s rapid move to the national stage.

@Afiya

I still can’t get over N.C. going blue, by the way. That’s great!

Also, Obama is holding his first news conference as president-elect tomorrow and he’s visiting Bush at the White House next week. I think Michelle is scheduled to meet with Laura Bush.

I can’t wait for this beautiful First Family to move into their new digs!

Also, the NY Times today, nytimes(dot)com, had an interesting story today about the feud between the McCain and Palin camps during the campaign. Below is an excerpt:

The disputes between the campaigns centered in large part on the Republican National Committee’s $150,000 wardrobe for Ms. Palin and her family, but also on what McCain advisers considered Ms. Palin’s lack of preparation for her disastrous interview with Katie Couric of CBS News and her refusal to take advice from Mr. McCain’s campaign.

But behind those episodes may be a greater subtext: anger within the McCain camp that Ms. Palin harbored political ambitions beyond 2008.

As late as Tuesday night, a McCain adviser said, Ms. Palin was pushing to deliver her own speech just before Mr. McCain’s concession speech, even though vice-presidential nominees do not traditionally speak on election night. But Ms. Palin met up with Mr. McCain with text in hand. She was told no by Mark Salter, one of Mr. McCain’s closest advisers, and Steve Schmidt, Mr. McCain’s top strategist.

On Wednesday, two top McCain campaign advisers said that the clothing purchases for Ms. Palin and her family were a particular source of outrage for them. As they portrayed it, Ms. Palin had been advised by Nicolle Wallace, a senior McCain aide, that she should buy three new suits for the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in September and three additional suits for the fall campaign. The budget for the clothes was anticipated to be from $20,000 to $25,000, the officials said.

Instead, in a public relations debacle undermining Ms. Palin’s image as an everywoman “hockey mom,” bills came in to the Republican National Committee for about $150,000, including charges of $75,062 at Neiman Marcus and $49,425 at Saks Fifth Avenue. The bills included clothing for Ms. Palin’s family and purchases of shoes, luggage and jewelry, the advisers said.

The advisers described the McCain campaign as incredulous about the shopping spree and said Republican National Committee lawyers were likely to go to Alaska to conduct an inventory and try to account for all that was spent.

WOW HANNIBAL I’m impressed!

@Pynk

Actually, what you stated is a fallacy that is widespread (by the GOP camp, I think) about Obama — He actually supports the constitutional right of individuals to bear arms. He has, however, supported restrictive gun laws in cities such as Washington, D.C. More info below:

The senator, a former constitutional law instructor, said some scholars argue the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees gun ownerships only to militias, but he believes it grants individual gun rights.

“I think there is an individual right to bear arms, but it’s subject to commonsense regulation” like background checks, he said during a news conference.

He said he would support federal legislation based on a California law that would facilitate immediate tracing of bullets used in a crime. He said even though the California law was passed over the strong objection of the National Rifle Association, he thinks it’s the type of law that gun owners and crime victims can get behind.

I know people may not agree, but I don’t like the painting of Michelle and Sasha. It looks like an old negro picture to me. The paintings of the previous members of the first family don’t look like that.

@Sydney, thank you for gracing this page with all your knowledge! You shed some light on the gun issue for me, thank you!!

Then I read this my jaw dropped and was like OMG!!

“The advisers described the McCain campaign as incredulous about the shopping spree and said Republican National Committee lawyers were likely to go to Alaska to conduct an inventory and try to account for all that was spent.”

She going down… they couldn’t take her down for the Trooper Gate thing but she gonna get it this time I’m sure of it.

Thanks again Sydney!

That painting looks a lot like the Coretta King MLK funeral pic. Check it out people. What’s beautiful about that? Obama!

Sure, Pynk! I must confess, I’m on Palin Watch. I think more will coming out on her soon.

Did you see this tidbit, by the way, from a Fox News reporter who claims that Palin didn’t know that Africa is a continent?

According to Fox News Chief Political Correspondent Carl Cameron, there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin lacked “a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency,” in part because she didn’t know which countries were in NAFTA, and she “didn’t understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself.”

Palin was apparently a nightmare for her campaign staff to deal with. She refused preparation help for her interview with Katie Couric and then blamed her staff, specifically Nicole Wallace, when the interview was panned as a disaster. After the Couric interview, Fox News reported, Palin turned nasty with her staff and began to accuse them of mishandling her. Palin would view press clippings of herself in the morning and throw “tantrums” over the negative coverage. There were times when she would be so nasty and angry that her staff was reduced to tears.

*more will be coming out*

Also, there’s a video clip of the Fox interview on huffingtonpost(dot)com.

I’m surprised Fox is releasing any of this information. Palin is a nut job and I’m not sure how ANYONE had faith in her or her judgement.

Attention: all white peolple must report to the cotton field January 20th 2009 at 6:00 am for orientation.

BARACK OBAMA, A BLACK MAN IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!

HATERS.., CRIMINALS.., EVIL DOERS.., BEWARE!!!

YOU HAVE FAILED AND WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL!!!

THOSE OF US ON THE SIDE OF GOOD WILL ALWAYS WIN!!!

LOL @ BE

She shouldn’t need the Internet for the Africa info — didn’t we learn all the continents in elementary school?

And, yes, as a vp candidate, she should have been familiar with NAFTA, particularly since the U.S. is a member. Like some critics have said, she is disturbingly incurious. How she could have ever expected to be able to help lead the nation is beyond me.

@Pynk

I think these campaign leaks are part of Palin’s emergence as the scapegoat for the failures of the McCain campaign. But I place most of the blame on McCain’s shoulders — he plucked this woman, whom he had only talked to twice, out of Alaska without properly vetting her. I think some of his top people are trying to paint her as an uncontrollable, uninformed diva type, but she was selected to join the campaign, so who’s really to blame?

He brings people together.

I am so damn proud that is my President!!!!!!!!!

Look at our beautiful first family!!!!!!!!

I love that picture of them, I saved it, and post it everywhere!!!

@EBONIC PLAGUE:

Okay you’ve vented.Here’s the thing: If neo-conservatives/Republicans had’nt been LIVING A LIE for the last coupla’ decades-you might have a basis for your annoyance.Government DID’NT get smaller & more efficient.Entrepreneurship exploded only for those with access to venture capital.(the usual suspects)….And when the “best & brightest” screwed up the “free market” system with corruption there was BIG DADDY GOVERNMENT to bail them out with a welfare check to keep the party rolling.As opposed to letting the “free market ” punish the slackers & wrong-doers.Don’t even get me started on the kinky obsession that social conservatives have with what’s going on in your bedroom and what god you worship.SHAKE THE HATE…and help the country MOVE FORWARD.

I apologize in advance, but I read a column today by Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post, a brother, and I have to share it because it crystallized the medley of stark emotions Tuesday night that I believe many of us shared:

I almost lost it Tuesday night when television cameras found the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the crowd at Chicago’s Grant Park and I saw the tears streaming down his face. His brio and bluster were gone, replaced by what looked like awestruck humility and unrestrained joy. I remembered how young he was in 1968 when he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., moments before King was assassinated and hours before America’s cities were set on fire.

I almost lost it again when I spoke with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of the bravest leaders of the civil rights crusade, and asked whether he had ever dreamed he would live to see this day. As Lewis looked for words beyond “unimaginable,” I thought of the beating he received on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the scars his body still bears.

I did lose it, minutes before the television networks projected that Barack Obama would be the 44th president of the United States, when I called my parents in Orangeburg, S.C. I thought of the sacrifices they made and the struggles they endured so that my generation could climb higher. I felt so happy that they were here to savor this incredible moment.

I scraped myself back together, but then almost lost it again when I saw Obama standing there on the stage with his family — wife Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha, their outfits all color-coordinated in red and black. I thought of the mind-blowing imagery we will see when this young, beautiful black family becomes the nation’s First Family.

Then, when Michelle’s mother, brother and extended family came out, I thought about “the black family” as an institution — how troubled it is, but also how resilient and how vital. And I found myself getting misty-eyed again when Barack and Michelle walked off the stage together, clinging to one another, partners about to embark on an adventure, full of possibility and peril, that will change this nation forever.

Here’s the rest of the column:

It’s safe to say that I’ve never had such a deeply emotional reaction to a presidential election. I’ve found it hard to describe, though, just what it is that I’m feeling so strongly.

It’s obvious that the power of this moment isn’t something that only African Americans feel. When President Bush spoke about the election yesterday, he mentioned the important message that Americans will send to the world, and to themselves, when the Obama family moves into the White House.

For African Americans, though, this is personal.

I can’t help but experience Obama’s election as a gesture of recognition and acceptance — which is patently absurd, if you think about it. The labor of black people made this great nation possible. Black people planted and tended the tobacco, indigo and cotton on which America’s first great fortunes were built. Black people fought and died in every one of the nation’s wars. Black people fought and died to secure our fundamental rights under the Constitution. We don’t have to ask for anything from anybody.

Yet something changed on Tuesday when Americans — white, black, Latino, Asian — entrusted a black man with the power and responsibility of the presidency. I always meant it when I said the Pledge of Allegiance in school. I always meant it when I sang the national anthem at ball games and shot off fireworks on the Fourth of July. But now there’s more meaning in my expressions of patriotism, because there’s more meaning in the stirring ideals that the pledge and the anthem and the fireworks represent.

It’s not that I would have felt less love of country if voters had chosen John McCain. And this reaction I’m trying to describe isn’t really about Obama’s policies. I’ll disagree with some of his decisions, I’ll consider some of his public statements mere double talk and I’ll criticize his questionable appointments. My job will be to hold him accountable, just like any president, and I intend to do my job.

For me, the emotion of this moment has less to do with Obama than with the nation. Now I know how some people must have felt when they heard Ronald Reagan say “it’s morning again in America.” The new sunshine feels warm on my face.

Sydney

And this reaction I’m trying to describe isn’t really about Obama’s policies. I’ll disagree with some of his decisions, I’ll consider some of his public statements mere double talk and I’ll criticize his questionable appointments. My job will be to hold him accountable, just like any

president, and I intend to do my job.

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@ Sydney – That is as fair as one can be!

@ SYDNEY

HEY!

I SEE WHERE RUSH LIMBAUGH, ANN COULTER & SEAN HANNITY ECT.., WANT SARA PALIN TO BE THE “FUTURE” OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY………

IF THAT IS TRUE……., I’M GOING TO START DONATING TO THEM NOW!!! LOL!!!

BARACK COULD BE THE FIRST THREE TERM PREZ SINCE ROOSEVELT!!!!!!!

@In a Minefield

Yes, that’s as fair as anyone can be, particularly a seasoned journalist like Eugene Robinson. Every black journalist I saw on TV on Tuesday night looked visibly moved. Roland Martin had tears streaming down his face on CNN.

I’m sure this campaign was a profound joy, and challenge, for African-American journalists to cover. On one hand, the job calls for professional objectivity, but this race is so deeply personal and has such far-reaching ramifications that one cannot help but feel a wave of emotion when you see someone with your skin tone make history like never before. I’ve seen interviews with famous blacks, such as Maya Angelou, who say they feel they are now more a part of the American fabric. Condoleezza Rice said she is “especially proud” as an African American.

No matter what your political leanings, ideologies, or background, this is a weighty moment in all of our lives — a time we will never forget.

Hey Truff, yeah, the possibility that Palin will run for president is very real, I think. She has a lot of fans on the Right. I just hope she bones up on her grasp of domestic and foreign policy issues — not to mention basic geography — before she embarks on another campaign.

Da Truff and Sydney… WHAT? THEY WANT HER TO BE THE FUTURE???/ wtf don’t they see what a dumb ass she is?

@Pynk

LOL, they may see her, ahem, limitations, but the staunchest conservatives love Sarah Palin. Evangelicals — the so-called Religious Right folks — galvanized behind her during the campaign. McCain is actually considered more of a moderate Republican — and he has enemies in his own party — and he didn’t have the strong base of conservative supporters until Palin joined the ticket. So for the pro-gun, pro-life, pro-Christianity set, she’s a rock star.

The problem with this line of thinking is that the GOP is in serious trouble right now and the election highlighted how the party is becoming more homogeneous and out of step with the nation’s growing diversity. McCain couldn’t even count on Latino voters for support. Young voters — the future of the country — also flocked to Obama.

@ Sydney

Hey Truff, yeah, the possibility that Palin will run for president is very real, I think. She has a lot of fans on the Right. I just hope she bones up on her grasp of domestic and foreign policy issues — not to mention basic geography — before she embarks on another campaign.

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I HOPE NOT!!! I LIKE HER JUST THE WAY SHE IS!!! LOL!!!

Seriously, this exact thing happened in DC. People literally danced and cheered and partied and drank in the streets, dancing on top of random parked cars for hours on election night. It was great!

BTW, visit change(dot)gov — it’s a new site for Obama’s presidential transition process.

@Sydney…

I had always thought that Palin was one of the biggest mistakes McCain could’ve made. Now from the sounds of it the McCain camp is trying to pin the loss on Palin for all her screw ups. So if we see it, some of Republican party see’s it then how the hell can’t these retards like Hannity not see it? Oh it just disgusted me when he interview her he looked so smitten and like he lost his mind! So I guess I would expect people like Hannity to support her dumb ass.

Pynk, are you interested in attending any of the inauguration activities?

If so, you can find more info on how to request tickets at inaugural(dot)senate(dot)gov. Sorry that I can’t post the entire link.

obama hasn’t been sworn in and he’s already the most popular presdient ever

I FORSEE A TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE 2020-2024 THE EMERGENCE OF A MAJOR THIRD PARTY IN THE U.S.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ABOUT TO GO THRU A MAJOR SPLIT. MODERATES ARE GOING TO SIDE WITH BARACK AND THE DEMS AS THEY GOVERN FROM THE CENTER.

ULTRA LIB DEMS WILL NOT LIKE THIS AND WILL SPLIT AWAY, JOINING WITH ONE OR TWO OF THE LIBEREAL ALTERNATIVE PARTIES THERE ARE NOW.

WE WILL END UP WITH SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS:

DEMOCRATIC = 40%

REPUBLICAN = 25%

NEW LIBERAL= 20%

INDY/OTHERS= 15%

THE DEMOCRATS WILL WIN THE PRESIDENCY AND CONROL THE HOUSE & SENATE.

THE TWO OTHER MAJOR PARTIES WILL WIN GOVERNORSHIPS & CONGRESSIONAL SEATS IN ORDER TO SERVE CONSTITUENTS IN THIER REGIONS OF INFLUENCE.

BUT MAJOR NATIONAL POLICY WILL BE SET FROM THE CENTRIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THE SWINGING PEDULEM OF RULE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IS ON IT’S WAY OUT IN THIS COUNTRY.

Sydney I would love to attend but I live in Washington state and D.C. is too far for me!

Da Truff… good point. I could see that happening.

Here’s more info on the inauguration from change(dot)gov:

The presidential inauguration is the official day that the President of the United States is sworn into office. The purpose of this inauguration is to honor the incoming president with formal ceremonies, including: a Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony, an Inaugural Address, and an Inaugural Parade.

The inauguration will take place on January 20th, 2009 in Washington D.C. on the steps of the United States Capitol. President-Elect Obama will take the oath of office, which states the following:

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Following this, the Vice-President Elect Biden will take a similar oath.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee is in charge of planning and executing the inauguration of our 44th president, Barack Obama. If you want to participate in Inauguration day events, check back here often for more details.

@Truff

I agree that at some point a third party will probably form.

@Pynk

Do you live in Seattle? I’m in the D.C. area, so I’m definitely going to as many of the activities as I can get tickets for, but a LOT of people are clamoring for them. This is so exciting!

@Sydney, it is exciting indeed!! I celebrated like you would not believe on Election night, then I took it to the streets. U Street was the place to be…I have never in my life experienced any thing like this.

For the first time, I’m excited about an inauguration in this city and will definitely be attending as many things as I can. This city is gonna be buzzing!!!

Hey JSABP!!

Girl, my friend and I were going out, but the weather was so bad, we stayed in. I watched the festivities on U Street on TV. Were you one of the people dancing in the street? lol

Yup, this city is going to be buzzing big time for the next four years!! It’s going to be better than the Clinton years.

Does anyone know when this issue of Jet hits stands??

@Sydney, sorry for the delayed response. Yes girl, the weather was fine by the time I got there. I didn’t dance in the street, but I was blaring my car horn, hugging and high-fiving folks like crazy!! I started slowly cruising down the block and then told my friend that I was throwing the car in park to be a part of the festivities. After I did that, there was a line of cars stuck behind me and nobody cared…they just all got out and joined what was happening.

TWO,count ‘em, TWO Harvard Law educated people in the White House! One knows healthcare, the other economics…and Biden’s got foreign policy covered! It won’t be easy, but it will be GOOD!

we did it folks, us!!!

Obama ’08 baby, there’s nuthin else to say!!!!

BARACK OBAMA IS THE NEW PRESIDENT AND GREAT THINGS ARE AHEAD!!!

HE WILL INSPIRE MILLIONS TO BE BETTER AND DO BETTER!!!

THE HATERS & FOOLS WHO ARE AGAINST HIM, HIS FAMILY, & ALL OF HIS SUPPORTERS WILL ALL FAIL IN TRYING TO STOP US FROM MOVING OURSELVES AND THIS COUNTRY FORWARD!!!!!!!

Well, at least our new president is the physical embodiment of swirl. Long live miscengenation!!!

Wow, I just realized how insanely dumb America is.

They actually elected a guy named Obama. If you had said to any American with tears in their eyes as they stood over the smouldering remains of the World Trade Center that in 7 years they would elect a President who is one letter away from OSAMA, they would probably think you’re a freebaser and stab you in the mouth with a girder fragment.

Obama will have some lax immigration policies also. (Amnesty International was one of Obama’s biggest supporters) and this will enable Al-Qaeda to conduct operations with terrorists here and homegrown terrorists (ala London UK) in order to carry out a massive terrorist attack. I take no pleasure in saying this, its a sad reality using the empirical evidence of which special interest groups (with what mandates they possess) supported him and for what possible gain. I am pretty sure that Obama will have some lax policies on the Middle East as he has stated he would sit down with enemies of the US without precondition. Go Obama! Protect that America!

@Barack Obama. I DO NOT LIKE THE PAINTING OF MICHELLE OBAMA AND HER DAUGHTER EITHER, IT IS TOO ERRIE AND DISMAL UP TO THE POINT OF DEPRESSING. I HOPE THEY DO NOT PROMOTE THIS PICTURE TO THE WORLD IT’S HORRIBLE.

…@ Obama your family looked great and you shinned like a radiant black diamond….you are beautiful as well as your wife and kids…they can paint you on the front page how ever they choose but they can’t change your victory …please let me be your soldier ,,and fight for your camp 4 change and or 4 your security,,, me and my sons are willing…….and ready …….Obama use us for your change ,,,,,,we stand strong….

wish I was there