AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, KEVIN RUDD
"Twenty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character.
"Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality."

25? Criky!! Try about 44 years ago.......mate.....

I'm pretty sure that Sarkozy one was written by a couple of lame Canadian DJs.

6 months later...

"Hey, George, how are ya? Great. Great. Hey, we found those emails. Are you busy for the next 25-life? The FBI is outside and they want a word with you. Great talk, man."

Heh. "Awesome" is the highest of all possible compliments from dubya.

After Benedict XVI spoke at the White House: "Thank you, your Holiness...awesome speech"

I hope Obama replied, "Oh no. No, Mr. Bush. For me it's a perfectly ordinary night. But for you, it's the beginning of the end. Muahahahaaa!"

Classy move by Bush- one of the few in his term, but still- props. He is a man whose legacy will be argued about for generations, and no matter what you say about him, he's made his mark, for good or for ill, on history.

I keep repeating this (apologies, we makes them, Precious), but it continues to sum my up my feelings about this historic night:

I'm not normally given to an excess of emotion, but just before Obama's speech I was explaining to my son why this was so important and why he would want to remember this night when he's older, and I nearly broke down.

I have had a few moments in my lifetime I can point at as being moments when I could say I was so proud to be American my heart would nearly burst from it-

The first time I voted.
Standing on a DZ in Alabama with wings on my chest.
Getting off a plane coming home to an Army band and kisses.
Setting up a polling in a tent and standing guard over it so people could vote in Dade County, Florida after Hurricane Andrew,.
Attending an antiwar demonstration after 9/11 but before the US invaded Iraq.

And today. I'm not sure I can point to a time when I was more proud of my country than I am right now.

Lionel Mandrake: Heh. "Awesome" is the highest of all possible compliments from dubya.

After Benedict XVI spoke at the White House: "Thank you, your Holiness...awesome speech"

You would expect anything more?

A C-student at Yale is the equivalent of a Magna Cum Laude student at Bob Jones University or ASU. And that's giving GWB a LOT of credit! Just look at how well Christians and Arizonans have fared in picking national leaders.

/btw, I've NEVER voted for McCain.

This is the greatest day in American history that I can remember, and I'm 40 years old.

Of course, Fox News is still scowly about it.

Confabulat: This is the greatest day in American history that I can remember, and I'm 40 years old.

Of course, Fox News is still scowly about it.

That's the best part.

I took out a freeper account tonight and submitted a comment. Heh: "Your comment has been received and will be considered for posting" or some bullshiat like that.

These cowards have to screen comments before they're even put into pixel form on a monitor. That says a lot about them. This is how the Islamic society collapsed on themselves between the 11th and 15th centuries. The Moors lost their last foothold in Spain in 1492 and then eventually collapsed and became fundie nutjobs. We're seeing the same here with the people who call themselves christians, but on a state-wide level within a federal republic.

ecmoRandomNumbers: These cowards have to screen comments before they're even put into pixel form on a monitor

Yeah, those dopes are scared to talk to grown-ups. All they do is fellate each other and ban everyone else.

Cyclometh: And today. I'm not sure I can point to a time when I was more proud of my country than I am right now.

Good on ya, man. You know that I've dug on what you've done. I'm sooooo happy to see Bush go. But as a weapons collector I wonder about my future, and my kids' futures.

Obama has said some not-so-friendly things regarding firearms. I heard the man speak when he came to Google and liked what he said, for the most part. But then I looked up his record. He's just terrible when it comes to the 2nd amendment. Which is a real shame, IMO. The man can do good things, I think.

It sucks to be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. There's nobody you can vote for...

Confabulat: This is the greatest day in American history that I can remember, and I'm 40 years old.

Same here. Only slept 2 hours last night - need to get some sleep when I put the kid to bed for his noontime nap...

ManThatHurts: AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, KEVIN RUDD
"Twenty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character.
"Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality."

25? Criky!! Try about 44 years ago.......mate.....


He actually said:

"Forty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character.

"Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality," Mr Rudd told reporters in Launceston.

The BBC have misquoted him - Link (new window)

Well, I don't know about the Thai government, but for the people I've talked to that have been paying attention (a good many, believe it or not) the general reaction ranges from relief to pretty much joy. Leading up to the election, everyone I knew and everyone who asked me about it wanted Obama to win and were honestly afraid of what a McCain victory might mean for the world. It's amazing how much attention even average Thai people have been paying to the whole thing.

Yes, the election was by Americans for Americans, but, for what it's worth, the world was watching and the general people of many countries are also happy with your decision. Good job. Know that you are not celebrating alone. :)

Zappagirl: I'm in Geneva and was just congratulated by a random lady in line for coffee

I'm wearing this one in Berlin today:

People stopped me to congratulate me twice on my one-block walk to the bakery/newsstand.

Cyclometh: I'm not normally given to an excess of emotion, but just before Obama's speech I was explaining to my son why this was so important and why he would want to remember this night when he's older, and I nearly broke down.

Indeed...for the first time in five or six years, the American people will have a President who actually may give a damn about them. Bush hasn't shown one iota of caring since his approval ratings started to drop. The Patriot Act, The Iraq War, Katrina, and so on.

I would like to offer this FTFA, for all the "ZOMG, Obama will embiggen the terrorists" crowd:

SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN ALI AL-SADIG

"We don't expect any change through our previous experience with the Democrats. When it comes to foreign policy there is no difference between the Republicans and the Democrats."

Thank you, that is all.

And Harvey Dent is outdone.