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- Stephen Colbert congratulated America's first Hawaiian president.
- McCain concedes; says the failure is his, not his supporters. Calls Sarah Palin an impressive new voice in the Republican party.
- McCain wished Obama Godspeed, called him the man who will be his President, and called on all Americans to believe in the promise and greatness of America.
- Reverend Jesse Jackson moved to tears of joy.
- Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) reflected on the sacrifices of all the people, famous and not, who contributed to the Civil Rights movement, helping to make this moment possible.
- Huge crowd fills Grant Park, Chicago, to celebrate President Obama. He'll be speaking at the top of the next hour (11 PM CST; 12 Midnight EST).
- Senator Clinton extends congratulations.
- President-Elect Obama's motorcade enroute to Grant Park.
- Bishop T.D. Jakes (Potter's House) prays for a restoration of civility, that we stand in a greater dimension of truth to heal the breaches of anger and hostility.
- President-Elect Obama arrives on stage; is now at the podium. Crowd estimated at 200,000.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America!...Change has come to America!
This victory belongs to you! This victory proves that after 2 centuries, government for, of, and by the people, has not perished from this earth.
The values we share: self-reliance, individual liberty and national unity.
Democratic Party has won a great victory, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.
To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I hear your voices, I need your help, I will be your President, too.
The true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope. That's the true genius of America, that America can change. Our union can be perfected.
Out of many, we are one. Yes! We can! God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America!
- Vice-President Elect Biden greets President-Elect Obama on stage, hugs in congratulations.
- Reverend Jackson cries joyous tears.
- Oprah is awe-struck: "It feels like hope won. It feels like America did the right thing. It feels like there's a shift in consciousness - like something really big and bold....It feels like anything is now possible....Colin Powell understood when he said: 'All villages matter!'"
- The couples embrace; family members join them, they wave and then exit the stage.
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Congratulations, President-elect Obama!
This is a beautiful, historic moment in our history!
Sanity will return to the White House in January.
:-)
Well said Kwahlf :)
Congrats President-Elect Obama! I also want to thank GWB because without you I would not have met and got the chance to know the awesome people here at Democrats.com! now here is your eviction notice! buhhhh bye!
omg Kwahlf how amazing was Obama's speech tonight!
Hi Belinda!
It was beautiful, did you notice how for the FIRST time ever,
the disabled were included in a presidential acceptance speech?
I yelled " Alright!" so loud, they heard me two blocks away.
LOL.
This man is great, he has one hell of a mess to clean up and I don't
envy his job one bit.
But if we all pitch in to help, he makes this job our job too,
we can make progress.
But right now, we celebrate!!
:-)
Omg!!!
yes I did Kwahlf! it was amazing!!!
and yes he has one big giant mess to clean up, but with us behind him there is nothing we cant achieve :)
and celebrate we will do!!! lol
sooo nice to know that we will once again be a nation for the people by the people and we will have a voice again :)
Letter to President Obama
Here is the text of the letter I just posted to AlterNet and Truthdig. But rather than simply wait and hope for Obama to do this, we should organize his campaign - quickly, before it disperses - to demand this of him!
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Dear President Obama:
Millions of us shared in your triumph and marveled in amazement that despite all the threats and dangers we were actually seeing you standing before the nation accepting the Presidency of the United States!
There are many things to talk about now, but the first order of business has to be what to do with the extraordinary, unprecedented mass movement your campaign has become. My appeal to you in this moment is to call on that campaign to stay together, to incorporate ourselves as a permanent ongoing mass movement with sections and chapters and branches, in order to defend and promote your program for change and to organize and represent the interests of the common people. You are going to need this, need us, if you are to succeed where so many others have failed.
As an organizer and a student of history you know the value and potential of such a movement. You’ve seen enough of Washington and how the centers of power work to know what extraordinary and unrelenting pressures you will be under from the corporations, the rich and powerful and the “permanent government”. And you must know the long sad history of people who went to Washington to bring about change - only to get swallowed up by it!
As you well know, in American campaign-based politics the people get involved for the duration of the campaign and then after the election disperse and leave their successful candidate to join that “permanent government. And you’ve lived through enough campaigns to know the perennial dream of the campaigners that the campaigns could continue as a movement.
Mr. President, the organizers and stalwarts of your campaign are ready and waiting for your call to transform ourselves into an ongoing movement, and we believe you will call on us to do so! The times, the dangers and challenges we face are extraordinary, and you need our power and our protection behind you - and our pressure on you - in the months and years ahead.
This is potentially a transformational moment for the Democratic Party, a moment for it to be reborn as a genuine “party of the people”, the party that we need it to be - and that you need it to be. Seize the moment, and call us to our greatness again!
Christopher Horton
Worcester, MA
Good idea.
I think folks have privately already committed to something similar but a prod ain't a bad idea either.
President Elect Obama will have to be careful however, not to solicit "our" help to drown out moderate Republicans (I heard a few are left ;)
We must govern.
Jim