'Change has come,' Obama says
Democrat becomes first black to be U.S. president
Abaca Press/MCT
President-elect Barack Obama, along with his wife, Michelle, and children, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, greets the crowd at his rally in Grant Park in Chicago.
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.
"Change has come," he told a huge throng of jubilant supporters in Chicago.
The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his historic triumph by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain with a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states — Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Iowa and more.
On a night for Democrats to savor, they not only elected Obama the nation's 44th president but padded their majorities in the House and Senate, and come January will control the White House and Congress for the first time since 1994.
Obama's election capped a meteoric rise, from mere state senator to president-elect in four years.
In his first speech as victor, to thousands at Grant Park in his home town of Chicago, Obama catalogued the challenges ahead. "The greatest of a lifetime," he said, "two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century."
He added, "There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face."
Obama also noted that his campaign wasn't born in Washington but in everyday places across the nation.
"I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause."
McCain called his former rival to concede defeat, and the end of his own 10-year quest for the White House. "The American people have spoken, and spoken clearly," McCain told disappointed supporters in Arizona.
President Bush added his congratulations from the White House, where his tenure runs out on Jan. 20. "May God bless whoever wins tonight," he had told dinner guests earlier.
Obama, in his speech, invoked the words of Lincoln and echoed John Kennedy.
"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder," he said.
He and his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, will take their oaths of office as president and vice president on Jan. 20.
The popular vote was relatively close, 51.3 percent to 47.5 percent with 73 percent of all U.S. precincts counted, but not the count in the Electoral College, where it mattered most.
There, Obama's audacious decision to contest McCain in states that hadn't gone Democratic in years paid rich dividends.
Obama has said his first order of presidential business will be to tackle the economy. He has also pledged to withdraw most U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months.
A survey of voters leaving polling places on Tuesday showed the economy was by far the top Election Day issue. Six in 10 voters said so, and none of the other top issues — energy, Iraq, terrorism and health care — was picked by more than one in 10.
In Washington, the Democratic leaders of Congress celebrated.
"It is not a mandate for a party or ideology but a mandate for change," said Senate Majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
Said Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California: "Tonight the American people have called for a new direction. They have called for change in America."
Shortly after midnight in the East, The Associated Press count showed Obama with 338 electoral votes, well over the 270 needed for victory.
McCain had 141 after winning states that comprised the normal Republican base.
Interviews with voters suggested that almost six in 10 women were backing Obama nationwide, while men leaned his way by a narrow margin.
Just over half of whites supported McCain, giving him a slim advantage in a group that Bush carried overwhelmingly in 2004.
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ForPnC (anonymous) says...
Congrats Obama!
November 5, 2008 at 3:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bobrog (anonymous) says...
Congratulations Charleston. We should all be proud that Barack Obama says his campaign "began on the front porches of Charleston". You can be proud that Charleston supported your new President despite the narrow-mindedness of the rest of the State, and a Senator (Graham) who said he will fight Obama "Tooth and Nail".
From observation, we do know Lindsey Graham is capable of carrying John McCain's suitcase around the Country, but how else can he help our State with the new Administration with that kind of announced attitude?
November 5, 2008 at 3:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
NativeSon (anonymous) says...
We shall see!
A nation of free loaders who have been looking for hand outs since 1994 are expecting a far better free ride and the nation in 4 years probably will not be America as we have known it over the last 400 years.
November 5, 2008 at 4:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
proud2bme (anonymous) says...
NativeSon,
I couldn't agree more!!
As a small business owner, it will be interesting to see just how much CHANGE will come my way. I might start posting "cash only" signs.
November 5, 2008 at 4:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jifdeng3 (anonymous) says...
Ummmm, WOW. America is not even 300 years old there guy. Perhaps you should educate yourself a little befor making you posts. Declaration of Independence from Britian July 4, 1776 equals 232 years old. Thats just goes to prove that people on this board have no idea.
November 5, 2008 at 6:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Riptide (anonymous) says...
Welcome to the Nanny State.
The limp wrist girlie men are now in charge. Hey Spanky does mean a huge increase to your welfare check? I wonder if the Middle East is celebrating this victory this morning?
November 5, 2008 at 6:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coahtrtaylor (anonymous) says...
Obama's administration will have to deal with Pres. Bushes many failed policies as well as the global economic crisis & above all else a very nasty suprise which Americas ( & the wests ) many enemies intend to throw his way . We already know about Irans ambition to build the bomb & destroy Israel , Al Quedas intention to continue the global terror campaign & Oil rich & re-armed Russias ambitions in eastern europe & the baltic - Obama & his team will have great difficulty dealing correctly & forceably with these major threats - but what if the threat comes from an entirely different region? I predict that Obamas weakness ( real or perceived ) will be tested right away by the usual suspects so to speak & he will fail miserably thus paving the way for an unexpected crisis , being thrown a curve ball out of left field--Peoples Republic of China , seeing the weakness , will invade & conquer Taiwain whilst a weakend & distracted America struggles with other ongoing conflicts. This is a doom & gloom scenario but one which could easily happen & will lead to a nuclear exchange.
November 5, 2008 at 6:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
shoelaces (anonymous) says...
c-taylor:
When Obama fails or send us spiraling down even farther he and his administration will simply point their fingers at the Bush administration and lay blame elsewhere.
I am in shock that so many ignorant people voted for Obama. Let the handouts begin!!!
I work hard for my money and my husband owns his own business. I am married to "Joe the Plumber." You can bet we will be watching what happens in the coming months.
November 5, 2008 at 6:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
slicknr2 (anonymous) says...
Typical NativeSon. Opening his trap before thinking about how ignorant he may sound or look. I dont know what "Native" you are claiming but here in America, we are 232 years old. That's right. Write it down. Never forget it. Americans, lets come together so we can educate, dirt bags like NativeSon on this country. "my friends", USA needed a change and we now have it. ANYTHING is better than GWB.
Go Obama!remember, this is not a Black, White, Latino whatever nationality. This election was about the American people looking for a change from the last 8 years in our beloved country. So stop judging Obama by the color of his skin and get on board. If you dont like it, HIT THE BORDER....
Peace in the middle east and I'm out!
November 5, 2008 at 6:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
shoelaces (anonymous) says...
I think we will all come to see in the coming months that we ALL lost last night.
I refuse to entertain ignorant comments that throw race into the mix.
The better man lost last night...as did this once great country.
November 5, 2008 at 7:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tellthetruth (anonymous) says...
I see the excuses are coming in for Osama's failures already. Whom will these people blame when he fails? The white congress and senate members. This country has been a joke since they put the draft dodger in slick willy. Watch Osama appoint Hillary as a Supreme Court justice to ensure excuse makers are given immunity. Just my opinion.
November 5, 2008 at 7:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Mex_foreigner (anonymous) says...
":America is a place where all things are possible"
Congratulations President Obama!
November 5, 2008 at 7:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
guidedbystewart (anonymous) says...
Riptide,
You and several other posters on this site are many of the reasons why we despise the republican party supporters. I would rather have a limp wristed girlie man (which they are not)than a knuckle dragging idiot.
I am sure that I represent all liberals when I say you can collectively bite us!
November 5, 2008 at 7:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
guidedbystewart (anonymous) says...
shoelace,
I voted for Obama, and can assure you that I am not ignorant, just sick and tired of the REpublicans like many others in this nation are!
November 5, 2008 at 7:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
madd_dog2020 (anonymous) says...
Posted by NativeSon on November 5, 2008 at 4:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
We shall see!
A nation of free loaders who have been looking for hand outs since 1994 are expecting a far better free ride and the nation in 4 years probably will not be America as we have known it over the last 400 years.
YOU HAVE THE LAST PART RIGHT, AMERICA AS YOU AND ALL OF YOUR HATEFUL COUNTERPART KNOW IT IS OVER; OBAMA GIVE THE PEOPLE BACK THEIR COUNTRY!!! THE OLD STATUSQUO IS OVER!!!
November 5, 2008 at 7:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
I don't get it. O'Bama won and I havent got a check yet. 95% will get free money right? LOL
Thanks to Joe Biden's "mark my words" we are all doomed speech, I'm fn paranoid. I don't want our president "tested" for the love of God! I don't care who the president is, I want us all to be safe.
November 5, 2008 at 7:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ms_lady2u (anonymous) says...
Sorry critics....you're going to have to swallow this one! Did i mention, you all can move to Canada.
November 5, 2008 at 7:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
concern (anonymous) says...
Even if every black in the USA had voted for Obama, it would not have been enough to elect him, but The AMERICAN PEOPLE voted and that is all I have to say!!!!
Congratulations President-elect Barack Obama!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 7:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
msplacedinsc (anonymous) says...
all of you GOP supporters need to "stomach" this one? We (independants and liberals) have had to put up with "W" way to long. Victory is sweet! Coolbeans, you need to find a clue in life? Since you cheer for and support the GOP you and the rest of your folks are a big reason we are in this mess? If you don't loke the outcome, you can do three things, (1). go set up shop in a new country. (2). become more serving to this great nation. (3). move to another country?
November 5, 2008 at 7:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goiw2008 (anonymous) says...
Osama?
Wow I didn't know how ignorant some people really could be, but now we know that ignorance is still here. Hey tellthetruth why don't you and nativeson, riptide, proud2bme, and all the rest of ignorance go live in that cave with Osama and see how far you get.
November 5, 2008 at 7:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
If ever anyone wanted proof of the dumbing down of America they got it yesterday.
November 5, 2008 at 7:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Riptide (anonymous) says...
Spanky you change your moniker to liberaltime!
Again, it's always about race but not the content of his character, the issues facing this nation or his political beliefs. I don't have any white guilt, I grew up poor and I went to school with black kids and watch some of them secede in life and some that didn't. You assume that people on the right are racist, that's how you keep the black community on the liberal plantation.
Since self-reliance and hard work don't exist for people on the left it didn't surprise me about the out come of this race. I don't expect the Nanny state social programs paid for by the tax payers to increase the quality of life for the American people any more than the Great Society programs of LBJ. The rich and the rich liberals will move their fortunes to offshore accounts and the middle class will have the burden to pay for all these social programs.
I was never a George Bush or John McCain fan but since the alternate was always worst then it was a vote AGAINST a candidate more than FOR a candidate.
Again, it's not what they say but watch what they do.
November 5, 2008 at 7:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
notsosure (anonymous) says...
My heart is very heavy this morning and I am very sad for America.
November 5, 2008 at 7:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
IHATEINBEV (anonymous) says...
WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA. NOBODY EVER HAS TO WORK AGAIN. OBAMA IS JUST GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY EVERYTHING THEY NEED. FREE CHECKS AND HEALTHCARE FOR ALL. I CAN'T WAIT. WHEN DO I GET MINE? I SHOULD PROBABLY QUIT BY JOB TODAY. I DON'T NEED IT. OBAMA WILL TAKE CARE OF ME. WE DON'T NEED BUISNESSES AND IDUSTRY, OR POWER AND ELECTRICTY. WE DON'T EVEN NEED A MILITARY ANYMORE. THE WHOLE WORLD IS EXCITED THAT OBAMA WON. KENYA HAS MADE IT A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. EVERYBODY LOVES US NOW. AND BY THE WAY, I WILL NEVER REFER HIM AS PRESIDENT. HE IS NOT MINE, AND HE NEVER WILL BE. ONLY A TRUE AMERICAN SHOULD BE PREISDENT.
November 5, 2008 at 7:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
OBAMA!!!!
I love this country, and love everyone, lets work together to get the things done in this country, that all the politicians from both parties have messed up. Repubs, your guy may have lost, but that doesn't mean you can sit and whine for the next 4 years, lets work together, because that is what has been missing for the last 8.
November 5, 2008 at 7:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
LadyTarHeel (anonymous) says...
What's with all the "America is over" stuff? How much power do you think this man has? He IS NOT super man and he cannot wave a magical wand and make America go away. Name calling is kind of juvenile as well. It's unnecessary and in stead of calling people names and throwing blame already (keep in mind the man hasn't even been sworn in), we should all move ahead to what is to come. We shouldn't be afraid to go into a new era. I was not afraid the first time Bush was elected because I believed that the American people had made the right choice (I wasn't old enough to vote in 2000. I was only 16). I will say I was frightened the 2nd time he was elected; however, I had to respect that he was elected president. Sure, we may not all agree with Obama's policies and I'm sure ALL of the promises he made during the campaign will not be up held because that's just how politicians are, but we must all respect this man because he will be our Commander-in-Chief starting January 20th. If McCain would have won last night and Obama supporters were on here being negative toward his supporters and ideas I would have said the same thing,so it has nothing to with party. I'm sure I will probably be attacked, but I had to say this.
November 5, 2008 at 7:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bjp99 (anonymous) says...
"and we know that government can't solve every problem"
bait and switch
November 5, 2008 at 7:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
Congratulations Senator (soon to be president) Obama. You have a long road ahead of you and a lot to clean up. John McCain, you had a good run and your speech last night spoke volumes about the man that you are. Continue to pray for Obama and McCain, no sense in turning this into a race issue. AMERICA has spoken.
You all have a great day. :-)
November 5, 2008 at 7:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
Posted by rgr75thlrrp on November 5, 2008 at 7:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Although I supported McCain, hopefully everything will go well for the Dem's. The time for mud slinging is over, let's move on and see what happens.
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Posted by rgr75thlrrp on November 5, 2008 at 7:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hopefully we will get our checks soon. I could use the money to move to Canada.
November 5, 2008 at 7:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
geekboy (anonymous) says...
"Even if every black in the USA had voted for Obama, it would not have been enough to elect him, but The AMERICAN PEOPLE voted and that is all I have to say!!!!"
Apparently that's not all you have to say, because you KEEP saying it on every board.
We heard you the first time.
November 5, 2008 at 8:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Riptide (anonymous) says...
Well it has already started. There is talk and legislation in the works for the government to take over employees 401k plans and put it into the Social Security.
"House Democrats recently invited Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor at the New School of Social Research, to testify before a subcommittee on her idea to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of the popular retirement plans. In place of 401(k) plans, she would have workers transfer their dough into government-created "guaranteed retirement accounts" for every worker. The government would deposit $600 (inflation indexed) every year into the GRAs. Each worker would also have to save 5 percent of pay into the accounts, to which the government would pay a measly 3 percent return. Rep. Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, said that since "the savings rate isn't going up for the investment of $80 billion [in 401(k) tax breaks], we have to start to think about whether or not we want to continue to invest that $80 billion for a policy that's not generating what we now say it should."
Our freedom to manage our money is now going to be taken away from us!
November 5, 2008 at 8:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Congratulations, President Elect Obama! And that's all I have to say about that!
November 5, 2008 at 8:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bjb79 (anonymous) says...
There are many disappointed people in America right now, but there are more people that are not. I am so proud to say that I am not one of the disappointed! America has spoken. Congratulations President Obama!
November 5, 2008 at 8:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
give_it_a_rest (anonymous) says...
Congratulations soon to be president Obama. I'm glad that america has spoken and not some of the ignorant people on this site. Wanna leave the country, see ya I can't personally wait till you do. I'm sure the U.S. will be a better place without you.
November 5, 2008 at 8:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rusted1 (anonymous) says...
CALM DOWN CHILDREN!!!
November 5, 2008 at 8:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
President Hussein?!?! I never thought I'd hear that in America.
November 5, 2008 at 8:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
msplacedinsc- I quoted Joe Biden's speech. I said nothing inflammatory or that wasnt the truth. I meant it truthfully, when he said that it was a little ominous.I'm not leaving this great country you fool. I have served my country in many ways, as has my family. Don't pretend to know me- you don't. Why would I have to "get a clue"? Why would I go to another country? If O'Bama has his way we will be a hell of a lot like other countries, including Canada. Afterall, their healthcare system is awesome. Not. This is one president that I pray doesnt keep his campaign promises.
November 5, 2008 at 8:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Teach7775 (anonymous) says...
How have the past 8 years worked out for the the U.S.?
Exactly....
Maybe all of this will encourage the GOP to get their act together.......
A strong GOP AND Democratic party will do our nation a world of good....
Congrats Obama!!!!!
The only time I want to see Palin again is when she is really Tina Fey, and it's Saturday night....
November 5, 2008 at 8:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mosinfan (anonymous) says...
The Drones have spoken and now they have their messiah. This should effectively put Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton out of business.
November 5, 2008 at 8:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BigSargeofSC (anonymous) says...
When Obama and the Dems pass their tax plans, I give it one year before you see double-digit unemployment in this nation. You got what you asked for; let us see if you want what you got.
November 5, 2008 at 8:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
guidedbystewart (anonymous) says...
Posted by yird on November 5, 2008 at 7:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"If ever anyone wanted proof of the dumbing down of America they got it yesterday."
WRONG! If you look at the demographic that voted for Obama, it was the most educated (Doctorate and Master degrees)and also some of the least.
Also if you look at the education levels of the red states compared to the blue states, the blue states blows the red states out of the water most of the time.
November 5, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
notafan (anonymous) says...
Hey when do we get to pick up our sickle and hammer from Comrade Obama? I just hope we get a free bottle of vodka.
And why does anyone wonder why the state of SC is viewed as a bunch of dumb ignorant hicks? Because we contiinue to elect fools like Mike Rose, Henry Brown, and Graham. Graham could not even be bothered to be in the state. What a joke.
November 5, 2008 at 8:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA...we're still in America, right?
November 5, 2008 at 8:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
guidedbystewart (anonymous) says...
.....and this one goes out to RW, where ever he is?
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 8:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
flinsc (anonymous) says...
It is the 5th of November, always remember. Let the spirit of Guy Fawkes live inside all of us. Don't forget, and don't for get we are a state that has led before, and we must again.
November 5, 2008 at 8:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tammer (anonymous) says...
I just can't wait for January 20th, when all of the sudden my life is going to change dramatically, my taxes are going to be lower, unemployment will be lower, everyone will be spreading their wealth my way. I will have a much better comprehensive health plan, and I will have so much prosperity coming my way, I can hardly wait for my bigger piece of that american pie!! And all of this for nothing:) After all I am entitled to it and now I am going to sit back and watch it come my way!!! I hope I don't have to wait as long as I did when I stood in line to vote for all these wonderful things that I was promised!!
Delusional Voter
November 5, 2008 at 8:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
give_it_a_rest (anonymous) says...
I predict history will be made by the number of comments on this site, ignorant or not.
November 5, 2008 at 8:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
guidedbystewart (anonymous) says...
Jane,
Drop the lies, the election is over. Again, I would like to thank you for helping me decide to vote for Graham for senate. While the vote was hard pill to swallow, you and that website that you used that scared small children helped me decide to go with Graham. Thanks
November 5, 2008 at 8:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rooster07 (anonymous) says...
For years we have been trying to make race a 'non-factor.'
Yet, many vote for a presidental candidate because of the color of his skin....Seems like we're going backwards to me.
November 5, 2008 at 8:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
madd_dog2020 (anonymous) says...
Posted by coolfreaknbeans on November 5, 2008 at 7:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't get it. O'Bama won and I havent got a check yet. 95% will get free money right? LOL
Thanks to Joe Biden's "mark my words" we are all doomed speech, I'm fn paranoid. I don't want our president "tested" for the love of God! I don't care who the president is, I want us all to be safe.
IF YOU CAN ONLY EDUCATE YOURSELF; ALL OF THE PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TESTED OR HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ABOUT: VIETNAM, IRAN HOSTAGE, MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING (REGAN), FIRST GULF WAR (BUSH SR), FIRST WORLD TRADE CENTER AND USS COLE BOMBING (CLINTON), AND 911 (BUSH JR). IF PEOPLE WILL ONLY EDUCATE THEMSELF, THE US WOULD BECOME A GREAT NATION ONCE AGAIN!!!
P.S.
IN THE LAST 24 YEARS, WE HAVE HAD THREE REPUBLICAN LEADERS WHO HAS BEEN TESTED, ALL WITHIN THEIR FIRST YEAR!!!
November 5, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SpiderJohn (anonymous) says...
We have to come together as a nation and move past all the old bitterness and hate.
We are all Americans....now is the time to look to our futures and the futures of our children!
Come on people......we are America and we can do anything! Let's take a step together into a bright new world where we can sit at the same table and agree to disagree, but still do the work that represents all the people, for the people and by the people!
AMERICA! AMERICA! AMERICA!
November 5, 2008 at 8:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Chasgirlie (anonymous) says...
The United States was already in the toilet. We have just flushed ourselves down the drain! God help us!
November 5, 2008 at 8:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
willbillbedamned (anonymous) says...
Posted by rgr75thlrrp on November 5, 2008 at 7:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hopefully we will get our checks soon. I could use the money to move to Canada.
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Rgr, I'm pretty sure we could get enough people to chip in if you'll really go.
November 5, 2008 at 8:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sbs920 (anonymous) says...
Wow! Imagine that. . .
McCain lost. . .
nothing burned down, no rioting in the street, no cars turned over, no looting, probably not many repubs calling in sick today. . .
Race/Culture/Society. . . it is what it is. . .
New Slogan as of Nov 5th not "we shall over come"
Its " We shall see "
November 5, 2008 at 8:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
geekboy (anonymous) says...
madd_dogg2020:
See the button on the left side of your keyboard labeled "Caps Lock"???
Press it one time.
Thank you.
November 5, 2008 at 8:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eatmorecollards (anonymous) says...
Congratulations to the Obama campaign. May god give him the insight and ability to lead the free world to the betterment of all mankind.
November 5, 2008 at 8:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SC_Native_ElCid07 (anonymous) says...
God help the republic!!!
Socialism is not the answer.
Goodbye, America, I sure will miss you...
November 5, 2008 at 8:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
studley (anonymous) says...
Many of the posts here prove why my beloved SC is considered a "safe" red state. While living away from Charleston for almost 40 years I was fortunate to see most of America and live in 7 different states and visit all but a few.
Its a big world out there and the diversity of the people is what makes America great - diversity of color, ethnicity, religion, language, customs, and political point of view. Unfortunately there are too many people here who can't see pass the Charleston County line, too many people who can't get past their bigotry, too many people who are living in the past.
November 5, 2008 at 9 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BigSargeofSC (anonymous) says...
Soyuz nerushimy respublik svobodnykh
Splotila naveki velikaya Rus'!
Da zdravstvuyet sozdanny voley narodov
Yediny, moguchy Sovetsky Soyuz!
PRIPEV:
Slavsya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,
Druzhby narodov nadyozhny oplot!
Partiya Lenina - sila narodnaya
Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedyot!
If you can't understand what these words mean, you soon will. They are the transliteration of the Soviet National Anthem. All together now...
November 5, 2008 at 9:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tulane75 (anonymous) says...
Yird is unwise to debate the issue of ignorance with guidedbystewart.
November 5, 2008 at 9:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AFWally (anonymous) says...
It was all engineered by design, the brotherhood will tell Obama what he can and can't do as POTUS.
November 5, 2008 at 9:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
SippingtoomuchMadd_dog2020- Biden also said it wouldnt appear that they werent doing the right thing. (after being tested) But would need our support. WTH? You have to admit, as do a lot of dems, Joe Biden is infamously loose lipped. He has a long record of saying weird,inappropriate crap. O'Bama on the other hand is way more in control and much more articulate. I find it funny someone with a screen name named after dime store alcohol is telling me to educate myself. LMFAO
November 5, 2008 at 9:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
I was really hoping that the Obama haters would drop all of the lies at this point. Honestly, it's very easy to see through all of the lies about socialism, birth certificates and whatnot. Wanting to repeal the tax breaks given to the richest individuals and the biggest businesses isn't socialist. Wanting to ensure that every American can afford health insurance isn't socialist. Wanting every American to perform civic, community or military service to be given financial aid for higher education isn't socialist. If you think Obama or the Democratic party want socialism then you probably don't really understand what socialism is.
The birth certificate issue has already been put to rest by many groups and individuals who are not crazy, crackpot lawyers known for taking frivolous lawsuits.
Everyone should have voted on the actual economic and political issues, not on lies, smears and allegations. It's bad enough that political messages have been turned into massive negative ad campaigns, but what's really horrifying is how easily and mindlessly people will buy into the lies without thinking or researching for themselves.
November 5, 2008 at 9:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
notafan (anonymous) says...
Is this a great country or what? Someone with less than 150 days of experience and cannot provide a valid birth certificate gets elected to the most powerful position in the world.
Good job comrade Obama. Where's my sickle and hammer??
Al-Qaeda is celebrating as we speak.
November 5, 2008 at 9:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
iloveohiointhesummer (anonymous) says...
Hey ElCid while you're saying goodbye, don't let the door hit you on your a.s.s on the way out. You won't be missed.
Oh yea, and take the intolerant redneck and bible bangers with you.
November 5, 2008 at 9:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sc4peace (anonymous) says...
I voted for Obama yesterday. I was on the fence- but I couldn't give John McCain my vote because of his knit-wit sidekick. I wasn't sure how I would feel if he won...but today feels great! I feel like we really will see change in America..... I am white- but this morning all I could think about was all the blacks treated like garbage before the Civil Rights Movement, who had to watch their Civil Rights leader die in vain for the cause- could stand back and watch this monumental moment that seemed impossible so long ago....BLACK, WHITE, ORANGE or PURPLE, it doesn't matter- I am proud to have a smart, inspirational man as my leader. At least maybe now we can get along with some of the world..
November 5, 2008 at 9:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bkeelin (anonymous) says...
If MLK's dream has been realized and we have elected a man based on the content of his character and not on the color of his skin then the United States of America is clearly no longer a Christian Nation. When baby killing, homosexual life style promoting, anti-American God haters can win elected office in this country it is because the light of Christianity has dimmed to the point of darkness. The difference between Christians and non-Christians should be as easy to see as a candle lit in a dark house but that is no longer the case.
The Christians have no one but themselves to blame and when judgement begins at the house of God we will hopefully respond with repentance and with boldness to once again preach Christ crucified and not a watered down gospel of easy living and getting along. True Christians do not conform to the world but transform the world by the building of the Kingdom of God.
November 5, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dawhetsell (anonymous) says...
Welcome to the United Socialist States of America ( USSA )
If obama does not prove his citizenship beyond a doubt. I will not recognize him as President. I am a Veteran and will stand fast to this to the end.
November 5, 2008 at 9:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tulane75 (anonymous) says...
bkeelin sounds like she is promoting forced conversion.
Welcome to 1492 and the Inquisition!
November 5, 2008 at 9:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sbs920 (anonymous) says...
Does this mean that the entire presidential motorcade will will get "spinner rims" or just Obama's Escalade?
Will we still call it the "White House" ? If not what shade of purple do you think Obama will choose ?
If they have a Hoe-Down at the white house, does that mean one of the sistas has fallen?
November 5, 2008 at 9:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rock_steady (anonymous) says...
Couldn't resist...America. The Red, Black and Blue
November 5, 2008 at 9:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
slicknr2 (anonymous) says...
well said sc4peace
November 5, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tulane75 (anonymous) says...
It is truly a "Bizzaro" world when a supporter of torture and warrantless wiretapping claims that the Constitution is about to be shredded. The opposite is true!
November 5, 2008 at 9:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ReasonSpeaks (anonymous) says...
Congratulations to President Obama... but now the real work begins. He has a lot to prove and the whole world is watching.
The one thing he has achieved already is regaining the respect of the rest of the world for the U.S. The international intelligentsia is hailing Obama's victory as a return of reason to the United States.
bkeelin says, "it is because the light of Christianity has dimmed to the point of darkness." Let's hope so. While the educated and intelligent have progressed past the crutch of organized religion to make decisions in lieu of reason, it is clear that some still rely on ancient works of fiction to tell them how to behave. Thankfully, they are a dying breed.
While there is no doubt that the irrational crackpots hoping for a socialist state/Soviet Union/Muslim nation with free-wheeling abortions and kids learning to be gay will be proven to be just that - irrational crackpots - I also am not ready to say Obama will definitely be a successful president. It's a damn hard job.
All I can say is that I think he was the better candidate and I think he will improve the current state of the Union. Far be it from me, though, to think that I can predict the future and guarantee that America will be a better place overall over the next four years.
All I can do is support my President, support the United States, and hope that America becomes stronger.
November 5, 2008 at 9:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
saltersf1 (anonymous) says...
I voted for McCain, and I'm just as nervous about the next 4 years as the rest of you. But come on now, this is a great country and the US will be ok. The governments Checks and Balances policy will help keep things from getting to screwed up. And who knows maybe some good can come from all this.
November 5, 2008 at 9:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
geekboy (anonymous) says...
Why is it that if a person did/does not support Barack Obama, they are automatically labeled a racist?
I did not support his bid for President because I personally do not think he has the experience needed. It's like we've just given a Little Leaguer the OK to play in the World Series.
November 5, 2008 at 9:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
exorcist_pencocky4u (anonymous) says...
You are sitting out there salavating for the bigger welfare check you just know is comming your way and you won't have to work for it..........
By January 2, 2011, America will have experienced the most massive tax increase in its history. Be careful what you pray for, it might just come true........
On January 1, 2011, the Standard Deduction for Joint Filers will shrink from 200 to 167 percent of the standard deduction for single filers, creating a marriage penalty.
Dividend rates paid on insurance policies and any other sources of dividends will rise to match standard income tax rates on January 1, 2009.
The Child credit will shrink from $1,000 to $500 per child on January 1, 2011.
Low-income taxpayers will see the 10-percent tax bracket disappear, and they will have to pay taxes at the 15-percent rate starting Jan 1, 2011.
These are "TAX REDUCTIONS" enacted under President George Bush by the "EVIL" Christian Republicans and set by the Socialist Democrats to completely expire by Jan 1, 2011.
Don't blame me I voted for the old guy and "THE HOT CHICK"!
November 5, 2008 at 9:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Posted by guidedbystewart; who wrote "look at the demographic that voted for Obama, it was the most educated (Doctorate and Master degrees)"
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Which just goes to prove the long held belief that institutions of "higher" learning are nothing more than socialist brain washing machines. Marx new the value of using the schools for indoctrination.
November 5, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Exorcist, taxes for individuals, families and small business netting less than a quarter of a million dollars a year will be decreased. Tax credits for those same individuals, families and small business to be applied to health care, educate and other major expenses will be increased.
When Bush used Republican majority control of congress to enact tax cuts early in his presidency those tax cuts gave the wealthiest in the nation and the largest corporations who were sending work overseas tax breaks. What's amazing is that conservatives weren't crying foul when Republicans had majority in Congress and had the Presidency early in Bush's service. I guess it's only a problem when majority control goes the other way and threatens to undo all of the work raping Americans' civil liberties, tearing up the Bill of Rights, giving more money to the already rich and encouraging big businesses to go overseas.
Yird, Marx realize that religion was a powerful force for brainwashing. What does that tell you about all the people who voted against Obama because their religious beliefs or a religious leader told them so? Religion tells you to follow dictates from individuals who tell you that supernatural forces make them and their position right. Education teaches you to think for yourself, do research and make informed decisions.
November 5, 2008 at 9:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ms_lady2u (anonymous) says...
3 choices.....(#1) you can test the new Arthur Ravenel bridge #2 you can get in contact with Dr. Jack Kervorkian....and #3 my favorite move your #** to Canada!!
November 5, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Missing_Home (anonymous) says...
WTF!!!!!!!!
Obama will be president. I didn't vote for the man, but will definently support him. Now that he is president elect I think we should all give him a chance and see what he can do.
November 5, 2008 at 9:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_Opinion (anonymous) says...
I voted for Obama. I work. I don't receive "handouts". I am paying my way thru college. I don't expect anything to be "handed out" to me that I don't deserve. I, as well as every single American in this world, deserve health insurance. I didn't ask to be diagnosed with cervical cancer at 23. I, as well as everyone else deserves the right to pro choice. I shouldn't be forced to allow McCain to determine what can take way with my body/life. Furthermore, I am disgusted that so many people still see things in BLACK and WHITE. Wake up people this isn't about the black guy or the white guy this is about who can better serve our country. I am white and my children are mixed (white and black, the best color ever made) and I am so sick to think that so many people are still stuck on their "own" side of the fence.
November 5, 2008 at 10:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Posted by Tulane75 on November 5, 2008 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yird is unwise to debate the issue of ignorance with guidedbystewart.
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Your right, it makes little sense to debate with fools so I do myself a disservice commenting on his blatant stupidity.
You on the other hand can "debate him" and neither of you will have an "unfair" advantage.
November 5, 2008 at 10:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rmsems (anonymous) says...
This was the best election ever and the best thing that happened to America. All you negative republicans out there, drop it. After loosing, John McCain showed dignity and respect in his last speech. He demonstrated he is a good guy, but the Busch-legacy called for a radical change. I have been taught graceousness and respect in Charleston, but I do not see it on this board. Must be a lot of Joe 6-packs out there and a lot of Poly-Annas.
And to exorcist and like-minded posters:
It is inevidable to increase taxes and it would not have mattered, if McCain would have won. Who do you think will pay the trillions and trillions in debt and deficit spending of party guy and cheerleader Busch?! Or do you all think you can go on and spend forever what you don't have? It's like buying a 300,000 dollar home, when I can only afford a 100,000 home.
November 5, 2008 at 10:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
flinsc (anonymous) says...
I guess you should be happy your mom made the right choice.
November 5, 2008 at 10:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Posted by southerngent: "President Hussein?!?! I never thought I'd hear that in America."
That's what makes it America, sweetie!
And to those of you screaming "I haven't gotten my check" (I still luv ya CFB) and "I don't have to work anymore" and looking for IMMEDIATE results because Obama has been elected, we are not so delusional that we expect things to turn around in a day. Hell, we would be lucky to see results within the first 1-2 or even 3 years. We are (or should be) educated enough to know that it takes time to straighten things up. You know the saying (repeat it with me) "Rome wasn't built in a day!"
Let's swallow our sour grapes and pray for our government and our country as a whole. It doesn't matter who won, we have a new Commander in Chief and it is time to get down to business and keep this country the great one that it is.
November 5, 2008 at 10:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tammirenae (anonymous) says...
I'm sure someone will respond ann call me ignorant or say something nasty but i need to speak out about my feelings at least once... here goes,
i am a christian, i am a mother, i am a tax payer.
i have never considered myself a democrat or a republican.
i voted for who i thought was the best man.
in this case i voted for what i considered the lesser of two evils.
i read everything i could find on all the candidates.
i watched debates for both sides while they were choosing their nominee.
i researched every accusation as it came up..
when i was driving home from the fair last night(saw phil vassar!) i received a text saying Obama won.
my heart became heavy, and tears free flowed down my face.
For me personally this is an event of biblical
proportion(sp?)
the first time i saw obama over a year ago i had a thought...
"My goodness, he is so articulate, and he is promising to have all the answers and to change the world. Oh no, it's time. If he gets elected he is the antichrist"
i have prayed and talked to many who think he will be assasinated.
i do not agree with that. He will fulfill prophecy. Our lives will forever be changed.
CHANGE is not necessarily good... it is just different.
I am sorry if this is rambling to most of you, but for now, i still have freedom to speak my mind.
I pray i am wrong.
In closing,
PLEASE, it we are going to discuss our different opinions and beliefs, let's do it without insulting one another.
your support of your candidate makes it look like an unintelligent person voted when you come on here and call people retards & say na na boo boo??!!!
LETS AGREE TO DISAGREE
GOD BLESS YOU ALL & GOD BLESS AMERICA
November 5, 2008 at 10:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WhatMeWorry (anonymous) says...
yird illustrates the age-old problem: stupid people have no idea what it's like to be smart because they've never been; smart people have no idea what it's like to be a genius because they've never been. The smart and the genius know what it's like to be stupid because they have to live with them everyday.
A gentle pat on the head and a "that's nice, dear," is usually enough to get the stupid to go off and grumble in the corner.
yird, here's what my higher education did for me: it taught me about economics and the history of economic philosophy, which served me very well in this election. It has taught me that politicians are, first and foremost, re-election seekers and will do whatever it takes to stay in office. It taught me to gather and integrate knowledge in a rational way, and to then form my own opinions and express them in an intelligent way so that anyone (even the stupid) can undertand.
What higher education doesn't teach is a good work ethic, honesty, integrity, and motivation. That comes from my genes and my mama and daddy's teachings, not to mention a few positive role-models along the way.
yird, you're clearly not smart enough to understand that higher learning means being exposed to attempts at socialist brain washing, right-wing brain washing, everything in between and, in the end, results in the ability to walk out from that dust cloud with a clear, flexible mind and firm opinions.
Now maybe you have an idea of what it's like to be intelligent and educated. Wave at it, say hello from afar, and go grumble in the corner.
November 5, 2008 at 10:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Jane, Obama's citizenship has already been well proven. He was born in the United States to a parent who was already a citizen of the United States. He is also over 35 and has been a US citizen living within the US for the past 14 years. In every way imaginable, Barack Obama qualifies as a citizen of the United States of America. To say that he isn't is to embrace lies and flights of fancy in a last-ditch, obviously desperate bid to invalidate his candidacy.
He was born a citizen, and while Indonesia may not have recognized him as a dual-citizen during his brief tenure there, the US never failed to recognize his citizenship within this nation. There is no record of him becoming a US citizen again because according to all applicable US records, he never stopped being a citizen.
November 5, 2008 at 10:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SingleSexynSassy (anonymous) says...
geekboy said: Why is it that if a person did/does not support Barack Obama, they are automatically labeled a racist?
The same is true if you did not support McCain. They were automatically labeled racist. What's good for 1 is good for the other. Take a look in the mirror and answer your own question. That's PRESIDENT Barack Obama to you.
November 5, 2008 at 10:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
GeecheeBoi84 (anonymous) says...
*yawn*.... and are yall REALLY still trippin on his middle name? Leave it to politics to turn grown ass people into 3rd graders....
November 5, 2008 at 10:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
tammirenae
you're a kook
November 5, 2008 at 10:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
exorcist_pencocky4u (anonymous) says...
Posted by ltgrunt on November 5, 2008 at 9:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Exorcist, taxes for individuals, families and small business netting less than a quarter of a million dollars a year will be decreased. Tax credits for those same individuals, families and small business to be applied to health care, educate and other major expenses will be increased.
When Bush used Republican majority control of congress to enact tax cuts early in his presidency those tax cuts gave the wealthiest in the nation and the largest corporations who were sending work overseas tax breaks. What's amazing is that conservatives weren't crying foul when Republicans had majority in Congress and had the Presidency early in Bush's service. I guess it's only a problem when majority control goes the other way and threatens to undo all of the work raping Americans' civil liberties, tearing up the Bill of Rights, giving more money to the already rich and encouraging big businesses to go overseas.
Yird, Marx realize that religion was a powerful force for brainwashing. What does that tell you about all the people who voted against Obama because their religious beliefs or a religious leader told them so? Religion tells you to follow dictates from individuals who tell you that supernatural forces make them and their position right. Education teaches you to think for yourself, do research and make informed decisions.
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Itgrunt, the truth scares you, so when you hear it or see it, you fling back with the empty and worthless promises made by obama.
What I wrote will happen automatically, unless Congress works to stop it.
The same Democrat Socialist controlled Congress that voted to stop the tax cuts I wrote about, this includes Obama, will now give a larger tax cut????
He has already said this morning on the news that a lot of his plans will have to wait untill his second term.
I'm sorry, don't cry, you will make the ink run on this page.
November 5, 2008 at 10:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_Opinion (anonymous) says...
sbs920 <----- out of all 94 post this morning congrats! yours was by far the most ignorant... Please do us all a favor and forget how to breath (I believe u are dumb enough to do so) ...
November 5, 2008 at 10:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ballachulish (anonymous) says...
McCain was a class act last night and so was Obama!
USA
USA
USA
November 5, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
onawhim (anonymous) says...
This is to everyone who has posted a comment about the landslide victory last night and it's impact on this nation: It's time to put all the hatred and bigotry aside. Show some respect. Respect has been shown to every other President of the United States, so why stop now?
Like it or not, we have a new President-elect. It's time to support him. Together we stand, divided we fall. This is our country, the land of the FREE, the home of the BRAVE. The free and the brave have spoken. To the naysayers, if you don't like being free and brave, you can relocate to another country. But if you're thinking about migrating to Canada, can you pass the test? Do they even want you? Do you qualify? https://www.canadavisa.com/assess/can...
Lots of folks showed their true colors during the last year and a half. And they are still showing them. But the majority has spoken. This victory is the epitome of what a true democracy is. This country can now gain back its domestic and international respect and show the world how true democracy works. We can finally lead by example. Come on, people, open your eyes! Look at the big picture and not the small world you see with blinders on. We are now truly the embodiment of the Pledge of Allegiance: "One Nation, under God, with liberty and justice for ALL." If you don't believe these words, then you are not a true American and you don't have a clue. Do you need help packing? I'm available as soon as I finish assisting President Bush.
YES WE CAN AND YES WE DID!
November 5, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
And for those of you that are so bitter that you "refuse to refer to [Obama] as "your president", I feel so much sympathy for you. Are you not a citizen of the USA? Was Obama not elected as President of the USA? Your non patriotism is showing.
Hell, I wasn't too fond of President Bush, but I, still being an American citizen, refer to him as such because like it or not he was elected to run MY country twice.
November 5, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
all of you morons yelling "SOCIALISM & SPREADING THE WEALTH" need to educate yourselves.
for the last 8 years, the richest have been given tax breaks, while the middle class' have increased!
under obama's plan, he will increase taxes on those making more than $250,000. For those making less, we will receive tax breaks! That is what he meant. When you record someone's every word for 2 years, you get a moment of misstatement.
November 5, 2008 at 10:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
i prayed before i voted...i voted for mccain...because he served our country (i did not vote against obama), now i pray obama will lead our country down the right path. but i will give him a chance to prove his supporters right. i think he deserves that much from me...who knows, if he does a good job i might vote for him in 2012. i have to laugh when i hear people at my workplace say "it's not the end of the world"...and they say it as they stare at the ground. what a terrible mentality to have.
November 5, 2008 at 10:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
exorcist_pencocky4u (anonymous) says...
Posted by blah_blah_blah on November 5, 2008 at 10:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
all of you morons yelling "SOCIALISM & SPREADING THE WEALTH" need to educate yourselves.
for the last 8 years, the richest have been given tax breaks, while the middle class' have increased!
under obama's plan, he will increase taxes on those making more than $250,000. For those making less, we will receive tax breaks! That is what he meant.
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blah_blah_blah, does those lies make you feel better??
November 5, 2008 at 10:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Criticaleye (anonymous) says...
I have lived in many beautiful places in our great nation, and Charleston is no exception. However, I have never experienced as much racism, and ignorance, as I have from SOME of the people living here. Barack Obama is a great example of 'The American Dream', and he has the intelligence, and the determination to bring our nation together, and dig us out of the hole that we are in. He has a black father, and a white mother, and he is a symbol of the greatness that can be created when we look beyond color, and love one another for who we are inside. Our nation will never move forward if we continue to criticize each other, for our differences (race, political beliefs, middle names, etc.). Let's evolve people, and whether we are a Democrat or Republican, any color of the rainbow, gay or straight, we are in this together, for better or worse. The fact that we love our country is something we all have in common, so let's prove it, and embrace our new leader. Let's help him repair the wounds created by poor choices, and find out what WE can do for our country.......not what our country can do for US.
Peaceful Coexistence = Change we all deserve
November 5, 2008 at 10:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
No, exorcist, the lies you are telling aren't making anyone feel any better.
November 5, 2008 at 10:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AFWally (anonymous) says...
The media programming psyops has been most effective during this election.
November 5, 2008 at 10:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
wood_floors (anonymous) says...
For all of you who have this whole "black power" attitude...I have one thing to say, Obama's mixed!
Get off your high horse!
Let's just all hope that he doesn't destroy life for the hard-working citizens that keep this country running. As a small business owner, I hope that I can continue to operate. We'll see what happens....
November 5, 2008 at 10:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sc4peace (anonymous) says...
For your information: Barack Obama is not for gay marriage- his religion does not condone the marriage between two men or two women-however; he believes that we should not deny them constitutional rights because they choose their lifestyle- he also stated that he does not believe abortion is okay- but again it is a woman's body and he does not feel he has the right to tell her what to do with it.....so get your information right- watch the debate in which he discussed the issues- I think many of you hate the fact that a black man is your commander in chief- because if he was white, you wouldn't be so harsh....get over it-- and quit bringing up all this religious crap about propecy's and the antichrist- I hate to break it to you- but Christianity is not the only religion in the world and everyone does not believe what you do- that's what is great about this country- I belive in God, but I am happy to live in a country where my neighbor doesn't HAVE to...it's the right to choose your own path that makes this country so great- and all the close-minded people are shivering at the though of change and diversity..well it's coming one way or another so get ready
November 5, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WhatMeWorry (anonymous) says...
My_Opinion: I would agree that sbs920's 9:24 comment rates up there, but in the race for most ignorant comment, I offer BigSargeofSC's 9:02 comment, dawhetsell's 9:18 comment and southergent's 8:24 and 8:37 comments as serious competition.
Jane's comments, while ignorant, also smack of paranoid schizophrenia given their fantastical nature. I picture her hiding under her desk with a laptop peering around corners looking for black communist invaders while she types. I think bonified mental illness disqualifies one from the competition.
November 5, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
notafan (anonymous) says...
I wonder if Michelle is proud to be an American now? Would she have been proud if the election results were different?
In order to win the next election Republicans need to follow Obama's playbook; befriend and associate with known domestic terrorists and racists. Afterall those who voted for Obama last night obviously have no problem with these associations.
When do I get my check to pay for my house and gas?????
Vote Democrat it beats working......
November 5, 2008 at 10:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
exorcist_pencocky4u (anonymous) says...
Posted by ltgrunt on November 5, 2008 at 10:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
No, exorcist, the lies you are telling aren't making anyone feel any better.
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I give verifiable facts and you provide hollow empty words.
January 1, 2011...... the clock is ticking.... 421 days and counting!
November 5, 2008 at 10:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
Why are people acting like the country is going to fall into a steep hole now that Barack is president?
Well, I guess I felt the same way during the 2000 and 2004 elections but nothing of the sort ever....hmmm.
Anyways, at this late date I can't believe we still have crazy people believing he is still not a citizen. I said it over and over but I will say it again. If you didn't vote for him b/c you hate his healthcare plan , his plan to help the economy, tax cuts etc then that is absolutely fine and we can argue it intelligently until the cows come home BUT if you didn't vote for him for stupid reasons like "he's a muslim" (WTF?), "he's not a citizen" (stupid) or any other inane reason that is NOT true or just utter ridiculous, you deserve my ridicule and scorn.
Also, someone mentioned it already BUT black people make up 12% of the population. If every black person voted and no one else supported him it wouldn't have made a difference at all.
PS - Yes voting for someone just b/c they're black is stupid BUT so is NOT voting for someone b/c they're black. You can better believe there were those on both sides of that equation. So when you make statements about black people voting for him kindly remember that there are people who did not vote for him for that same reason.
November 5, 2008 at 10:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bwrw8457 (anonymous) says...
He is HALF White, why is he labeled as "African American"????
November 5, 2008 at 10:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
My_Opinion wrote,I, as well as every single American in this world, deserve health insurance.
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Once again the left provides evidence of the inadequacy of our educational system.
Deserve? Read the constitution and learn what you "deserve".
Not a job, home, health insurance, or anything else other than the freedom to acquire these thing on your own.
Such gross ignorance is mind boggling!
November 5, 2008 at 10:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Jane, don't just mindlessly believe the lies. Do the research for yourself, and work with reputable sources and websites.
Example: http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck...
Phil Berg is well known as a crackpot who files frivolous lawsuits for the sake of frivolous lawsuits and getting his fifteen minutes of fame. Nothing that he presents can be verified because it isn't true, just like the made-up story about Obama's Kenyan grandmother allegedly witnessing his birth.
Think about it logically and objectively; in order for all of this tinfoil hat conspiracy hogwash to be true, there would have to have been a conspiracy in place before Obama was even born just on the off chance that someday he might want to run for President of the United States. All things being equal, it's infinitely more likely and more believable that Obama really is a natural-born citizen of the US, given the proof to support that claim versus the unproven lies and allegations to the contrary.
November 5, 2008 at 10:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
bwrw8457
dad from Africa, mom from America
pretty much sums it up.
November 5, 2008 at 10:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
for those that are worried the end of America is here, you should find security in this fact, we survived the last eight, (barely).
November 5, 2008 at 10:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
yea,
osama bin laden is dead
all terrorism has stopped
all abortions have stopped
the economy is in great shape
we're doing wonderful
November 5, 2008 at 10:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
blah- Please move to another country. You are shameful to real Americans.
November 5, 2008 at 10:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
southern gent- that hurts, how so am i shameful to you?
November 5, 2008 at 10:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
well, at least you recognize me as a real American.
Let me ask you this. What was GWBs approval rating right after the terrorists attacked on 9-11?
November 5, 2008 at 10:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
southern gent, of course you are a real American, as well as me.
George Bush had a high approval rating, including myself. It is the way that he has handled the war. I mean, bin Laden is still hiding in a cave, and we haven't killed him, yet?
You have to see that the war in Iraq was mishandled and that it has taken the focus off bin Laden.
November 5, 2008 at 10:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
Jane - you really need to be medicated. You are one of those I was just talking about.
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/st...
yird - didn't know that the constitution stated what we as americans "deserved" but they DO state our actual rights as americans. Lets not confuse ourselves.
November 5, 2008 at 11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
prosperous_hb (anonymous) says...
Congrats President Obama! This was truly a good race.
My friends, lets put aside our differences and come together to help make this country better. If you don't want to do it for yourselves, let try to at least think about our kids and grandkids and great-grands that will have to live in this world.
God Bless!
November 5, 2008 at 11:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
Exactly...one of the highest EVER in presidential history. So at that point, just about everyone in America thought he was the best person to have in office and were looking at him to protect them. That's what he did. He sent our troops to protect us. As far as I'm concerned, he's still protecting us and doing a better job then Clinton did...can you agree with that?
I made that statement because people like you forget about that day and how well President Bush did when we counted on him the most.
November 5, 2008 at 11:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SomeTruthPlease (anonymous) says...
Now that Barack Obama is the new "great black hope", let us all please remember that his mother is white...not just a little white, the direct descendant of slave owners (do the required reading), and NOW that the "new left" has gotten what they so badly wanted, quit calling him black! He's only black in certain states because of a "percentage rule"...his mother is/was white, regardless of father, being mulatto'd because of his father doesn't make him black. Not so many years ago, he wouldn't have been welcome in the traditional black household, either. I got such a laugh out of the Black Panthers at the polling precincts yesterday saying that they were "tired of white supremacy, whites killing our babies" (what???), and they simply have NO idea who they're voting for, only that he's got a polygamist father from Africa. Ann Dunham, thank you for being Obama's Mama...for being the descendant of George Washington Overall, who owned two slaves in Nelson County, Kentucky. NOW WE CAN ALL QUIT HEARING ALL THE DEMANDS FOR RACIAL EQUALITY, FOR "REPARATIONS" FOR WHAT HAD BEEN DONE TO BLACKS SO MANY YEARS AGO, AS YOU ALL HAVE APPARENTLY FORGIVEN THE MISDEEDS OF OUR FORE-FATHERS!!! WE NEVER HAVE TO HEAR IT AGAIN! I, MYSELF, COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED.
November 5, 2008 at 11:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lawrendm (anonymous) says...
Congratulations to those of you that voted for Obama Bin Laden. Hope you are equally as pleased with the new first lady, Hezbollah herself.
November 5, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
Lovely_One- I'm just upset that I couldn't loot for us last night. I had it all planned out. I was gonna loot for Lil_Lovely! Damn! There went my plan! I was waiting to hear of one lovely lady laboring in line to vote. LOL One of my pet peeves (on both sides) is when people refer to McCain, Bush or O'Bama as stupid. They post how they "ranked" in college or their grades. Half of these azzes posting that crap couldnt get into Harvard with a crow bar and a flashlight at 3:00 a.m. I don't like O'Bama one single bit. But he is not dumb as far as book smarts. Nor is McCain or Bush.
November 5, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rooster07 (anonymous) says...
blah_blah_blah wrote:
'yea,
osama bin laden is dead
all terrorism has stopped
all abortions have stopped
the economy is in great shape
we're doing wonderful'
How many terrorist attacks have there been on American soil since 9/11..........I guess what GW did worked, huh?
Anyway, I voted for McCain, but now that the election is over we need to pull together or nothing will work. (Hence the phrase 'United we stand, divided we fall.') We must support our president regardless of our differences. He at least deserves a chance.
November 5, 2008 at 11:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rooster07 (anonymous) says...
......And impeachment is always an option if it doesn't work out.
November 5, 2008 at 11:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SpiderJohn (anonymous) says...
No poor poor pious Jane - we don't hate all Republicans, only the insane ones like you.
November 5, 2008 at 11:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
meges01 (anonymous) says...
Well I'm not too happy with the results of this election. My husband may lose his job now, because of him saying he is going to pull the troops out. Plus we have a child on the way and I work two jobs and go to school and have a baby on the way. Another thing is Bush has been able to keep war off of our homeland is obama going to make sure that it doesn't come over here. There are so many worries that I now have. How will we put food on our table and keep our family above water? I really think America has mad a huge mistake!!!
November 5, 2008 at 11:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sc4peace (anonymous) says...
thanks you lawrendm- I appreciate your congrats!!!!! By the way- Bin Laden is not pat of his name-you are just disgruntled because I think you are threatened by the fact that your commander in chief is half black :) I am more pleased to have the mentality of people like you out of the white house- and I am white, not black before you assume
November 5, 2008 at 11:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
a terrorist attack on an American ally, is an attack on America. Spain, England, American Embassy's in Africa have all experienced terrorist attacks over the past 8 years. so, no, GWB hasn't done his job.
southern gent, i haven't forgot 9/11 nor the mastermind behind it, which is why I voted for the guy who would go kill him. GWB had 8 years, and couldn't do the job.
November 5, 2008 at 11:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Meges, Bush hasn't been able to keep this war off of our homeland. In fact, this war started on our homeland on Bush's watch. All Bush has managed to do is get us involved in another, completely unrelated conflict in Iraq while we were in the middle of dealing with the war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
November 5, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rooster07 (anonymous) says...
blah_blah,
We cannot protect EVERY country from terrorist attacks. They may have to do that on their own.
November 5, 2008 at 11:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_Opinion (anonymous) says...
yird <---- Ask me if I care about what the constitution says. I don't live by the constitution, I live by my own free will beliefs. That's why I voted for Obama. You have the mind thinking of McCain. There are some things in this world that should be a given, health insurance is one of them things. Now all the sore loosers out there grown up Obama is our President (regardless of race). The desicion has been made.
November 5, 2008 at 11:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
UrGatorbait (anonymous) says...
DOn't let the door hit ya there Danger rgr75lrrp slurp. Another internet hero leaves. Later.
Dumbing down of America? Just come to this board and it's no wonder this fine state is last in every category.
Nanny state? where have you guys been? You don't want OB's version just McC's
Itgrunt, this war has been going on before Bush's watch, try Jimmah Carter to start there rocket man.
The partisans on both sides are the reason we get what we have now, so carry on.
Let's move on and get this show on the road.
November 5, 2008 at 11:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
GreenvilleGirl (anonymous) says...
Obama, Biden, Pelosi and Reid have ALL of the power now. Conservatives will not have the votes to fight
socialism,
higher taxes,
falling property values,
an elderly parent unable to get a necessary medical procedure because there's a 13 month wait,
amnesty for illegals . . . .
Time for SC to secede? Maybe. It may be the only way to keep what we've worked so hard to accumulate.....at least those of us who WORK legally
November 5, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Posted by Test2007 on November 5, 2008 at 11 a.m.
yird - didn't know that the constitution stated what we as americans "deserved" but they DO state our actual rights as americans. Lets not confuse ourselves.
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Failed Test2007, a course in reading comprehension might help you.
Below is what I actually wrote.
Deserve?
Read the constitution and learn what you "deserve".
Not a job, home, health insurance, or anything else other than the freedom to acquire these thing on your own.
By the way Americans is usually spelled with a capitol A but in your case the oversight is understandable.
November 5, 2008 at 11:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
SomeTruth - funny how no one minded him being called black or african-american before now. Don't know what you're talking about but years ago the one-drop rule was in full effect so even if your great-great-great grandmother was black, you were still considered black. So yes, mulattoes, quadroons etc were ALL considered black and were in black households back in the day.
I guess your posts are just like your namesake huh?
Also, um calls for racial equality will not stop just because he is in the white house. That has to be the most idiotic comment of the night. You think b/c he's in the white house all racial issues will magically go away? What exactly are you smoking?
Jane - if you think the American people and our gov't are stupid enough to let a man run and win who is NOT a citizen then you are a fruitcake w/nuts. Your post highlights another issue near and dear to my heart. The state of mental health in this country. People like you should not be roaming around all willy nilly. This is what mental health has come to in our country. Crazies all over, even on P&C boards.
November 5, 2008 at 11:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rooster07 (anonymous) says...
My_Opinion wrote:
'Ask me if I care about what the constitution says. I don't live by the constitution, I live by my own free will beliefs. That's why I voted for Obama. You have the mind thinking of McCain. There are some things in this world that should be a given, health insurance is one of them things. Now all the sore loosers out there grown up Obama is our President (regardless of race). The desicion has been made.'
First, no comment on the spelling and grammar. Secondly, this is the very problem with our country today...don't care about the constitution, health care should be given...Like my momma used to say, 'money doesn't grow on trees.' And neither does health care. We currently have the best health care system in the world. Don't believe me, here is an example: In England, if a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, he must wait 2 years before he is even a candidate for surgery. Oh, FYI, the average life expentancy of a man with advanced, untreated prostate cancer....2 years. Be careful what you wish for.
November 5, 2008 at 11:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
halfsheli (anonymous) says...
Ever the skeptic, I hope that this new President proves to be an adept one. I am glad to see a change -- Republicans have held the White House for 20 of the last 28 years. I'm not sure why they did not actually accomplish any good, or how our current econimic crisis can be blamed elsewhere.
Except maybe for Congress. It kills me that despite the complaints and the current state of the country people RE-ELECT all of those fools in Washington (and in Columbia for that matter)! It is crazy to thnk that the SAME PEOPLE will change anything. Why should they? They get re-elected for doing harm.
November 5, 2008 at 11:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
ltgrunt- Are you serious? Please tell me you don't think this war started on Bush's watch. You really proved your age with that one. I'll bet you are in your 20s...BINGO! MTV comes through again.
November 5, 2008 at 11:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
GreenvilleGirl, no one in the Democratic party wants socialism. No one who is throwing around the socialism accusations really understands what that system is or how it really works.
Obama's plan does not call for higher taxes on anyone who isn't independently wealthy. Unless you're making more than a quarter of a million dollars per year your taxes will be going down. For the past eight years the only taxes that Conservatives have been fighting to lower have been taxes for the rich and for big business, which doesn't really do anyone any good.
Nothing that either candidate said about their health plans suggests longer wait times. In fact, both candidates have argued that their plans for making health care more efficient will make it cost less and work more quickly.
November 5, 2008 at 11:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
CFB, I was having contractions the whole time I was in line yesterday and well into the night. Dang if they didn't cease after the election was called...Lol! I am sad that my "looting registry" didn't play out.
Posted by meges01: "Well I'm not too happy with the results of this election. My husband may lose his job now, because of him saying he is going to pull the troops out."
Man, that sounds so selfish. People are being killed over there and all you can think about is your husband losing his job? Is he a soldier? If he is, he will not lose his job. He will still be a member of the armed forces. That is his job.
If he isn't a soldier, please tell us what he does that he would lose his job when the soldiers are pulled out of Iraq? If he is doing something that he can only do during war time, then his mistake was thinking that the war would last forever. He never thought about the fact that the war may end someday? Did he not think about the fact that when the war ends he would have to find other means of income?.......
November 5, 2008 at 11:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
yes, and maybe you didn't comprehend what I wrote.
He stated what he deserved and you told him to read the constitution. I merely pointed out that the constitution states our RIGHTS as American. You implied that somehow the constitution states what we "deserve".
Oh, thanks for the grammar usage lesson, but the word is "capital" not "capitol" but the oversight is understandable.
See, I can bitch about grammar too.
November 5, 2008 at 11:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
People,
Stop bitching about grammar. Good grief. No one cares about that. Go home grammar police.
Lovely, been gone a while. Are you almost due?
November 5, 2008 at noon ( permalink | suggest removal )
MarineMomx2 (anonymous) says...
Well, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton should be out of jobs - maybe that's why Jesse was cryin last night. You see they can no longer say that they are kept down, can't rise above. I am in DC now and one "intelligent" woman last night said that "We've been held in slavery for the past 400 year - but no longer" :-) 400 years? OK. But Obama has not experienced what most blacks experience every day. He lived a PRIVILEGED life, went to PRIVATE SCHOOLS, IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS, He lives in a MANSION in an ELITIST NEIGHBORHOOD and his girls go to PRIVATE SCHOOLS. I don't for the life of me see how anyone living off the government can think he understands them or how they live?
November 5, 2008 at 12:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rebel_Yell (anonymous) says...
Jane convinced me to go with Obama and Graham as well. Thanks Jane!! Your wackiness led me in the right direction . . . now move to Canada and take your 4th grade logic with you.
November 5, 2008 at 12:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
WhatMeWorry,Oh Yes, you are so smart. Economics, gee I'll bet your on your way to your first million, of indebtedness.
I turned down several opportunities to attend college simply because I did not want to be subjected to having to associate on a daily basis with people like yourself who probably had to take remedial courses in math and English before they could take on the 101 s.
Even your pseudonym says it all, the words of Alfred E. Newman of Mad magazine!
November 5, 2008 at 12:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
etb (anonymous) says...
Poor, ignorant Jane. She sounds a lot like the "crazy lady at the McCain rally."
November 5, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Whopper (anonymous) says...
I went with Obama as well after reading so much crap from Jane -- who would want to be aligned with her? Country first, Jane last. Jane, no one likes a bad loser so crawl under a rock for a while and enjoy your tax cut. Obama could not have done it without you.
November 5, 2008 at 12:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
MarineMom - A privileged life with a single Mom? Uh huh, what you mean is MOST americans don't experience that life on a day to day basis. By the way, where does McCain live again? How was he brought up? Get a life.
"You see they can no longer say that they are kept down, can't rise above."
You are making me laugh out loud I swear. Ok, how about this. If all racial discrimination and just plain racism disappears tomorrow then I will let you have that statement. If you can assure me that is what will happen then YEAH that statement will be true.
If you don't know what the words "elite", "elitist"or "elitism" mean please stop using it this instant because if you can call obama elite and conveniently gloss over mccain's upbringing then you have gone off the deep end.
November 5, 2008 at 12:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Southerngent, this war did start on Bush's watch. The US approach to terrorism changed after 9/11, and what we know of as the "War on Terror" is significantly different from the pre-9/11 approach to both domestic and international terrorism. The war as we know it started with 9/11.
Age has nothing to do with recognizing that fact, and I haven't a clue what you might think that MTV has to do with anything.
EvilGenius, your numbers don't provide any information for $30-100k earners. Cherry-picking statistics doesn't prove anything.
November 5, 2008 at 12:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
I turned down several opportunities to attend college simply because I did not want to be subjected to having to associate on a daily basis with people like yourself who probably had to take remedial courses in math and English before they could take on the 101 s.
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Either you're full of sh** or just plain ignorant. I am comfortable with either option.
November 5, 2008 at 12:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Hey Test! I am due Saturday! I was contracting yesterday, but then he decided he didn't want to come yet. Oh well. Prayerfully he will come before they have to induce!
I am here at home entertaining myself with these posts. Gotta love it!
November 5, 2008 at 12:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hightide (anonymous) says...
History was made yesterday and I am THRILLED Obama will be sworn into the Oval Office in January.
Despite the narrow minds on this forum, the majority of our country wanted CHANGE and democracy in action made it happen!
November 5, 2008 at 12:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
guidedbystewart (anonymous) says...
Posted by yird on November 5, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Posted by guidedbystewart; who wrote "look at the demographic that voted for Obama, it was the most educated (Doctorate and Master degrees)"
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"Which just goes to prove the long held belief that institutions of "higher" learning are nothing more than socialist brain washing machines. Marx new the value of using the schools for indoctrination."
Like I guessed yird, right from the conservative playbook.
Well I do not have much time for debate (busy working from having half the day off yesterday), yet anyone with a postgraduate education can attest, graduate schools usually give various view points (something talk shows do not do), not just one particular ideology, theory or what ever you have it. Most of these ideas are reasoned based or scientific and are tested through scientific methods or empirical evidence. Another thing higher education does is teach you critical thinking skills and through this the ability to think for yourself. From your comment that came from the right winged playbook (obliviously from talk radio) shows that critical thinking is a skill that apparently you lack. Because of these critical thinking skills, an educated person is not as easily duped by the propaganda that much of the right winged media spews and the knee jerking reactionary buzz words they use such as unpatriotic, un-American or what ever else they use.
Yird, I hope that you can comprehend or have the attention span to read my retort. If not, I will send a little more dumb down version for you.
November 5, 2008 at 12:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mosinfan (anonymous) says...
For those you that are foaming at the mouth and salivating over the arrival of your messiah and how he is going to go "kill" Bin Laden...get a grip.
This lightweight doesnt believe in killing the bad guys, the libs just want to give them some psychotherapy and turn them loose. Remember...we cant even pour water down the mouth of the little cutthroats (er...little darlings). That causes them to be uncomfortable (another similarity between the libs and the terrorists, take your pick as to which one I meant).
We just need to live with the fact that the liberal pantywaists will now have control of the sword. When the next attack comes (and it will come now that we have a pantywaist dem in the Commander in Chiefs seat) they will wring their hands and lob a few Tomahawk missiles into some tent and kill a few camels (Bill Clintons M.O.)
November 5, 2008 at 12:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hightide (anonymous) says...
Jane, you lost. Get over it.
November 5, 2008 at 12:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letsroll08 (anonymous) says...
America, what a great experiment. The democratic process has worked yet again. Was a registered Republican for 20 years and voted as such. This time around I voted my conscience. Now I'm a registered American and will leave it at that. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, powerful stuff here in my country-here in our country. A positive attitude is the starting point for all accomplishments, both personal and professional.
November 5, 2008 at 12:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
trod1 (anonymous) says...
I predict a 6-12 month honeymoon period in office before everyone realizes that he is simply another politician. Obama will be judged and evaluated rather harshly, because people want results within a reasonable time and they probably will not get what they want as quickly as they want it.I am very happy to have a new face representing our country. While I don't really agree with his policies and ideas, having a younger black man as the figurehead of our country for the first time in history is great. I am also proud to have a good orator in office after the rambling and sometimes idiotic Bush. I am satisfied that the 60 majority in the Senate was not reached now they have to work together.
November 5, 2008 at 12:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yeahright (anonymous) says...
At some point, if you truly love your country, this divisiveness has to end. Obama won, get over it, or get out. America is the greatest country on Earth, and if you're delusional enough to believe one man is going to change that, we're better off without you. America needs to come together, stop pointing fingers, and dig out of the hole we're in. If you're not with us, you're against us.
November 5, 2008 at 12:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
MarineMomx2 (anonymous) says...
People in Charleston should stary worrying - The Democrats are calling to cut the Military Budget by 25%. That affects our military and ALSO ALL the Defense Contractors and SPAWAR.
November 5, 2008 at 12:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
newto843 (anonymous) says...
Somone may have addressed this already and it may not mean much but why has only 33% of Charleston County reported results?
November 5, 2008 at 12:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hightide (anonymous) says...
The truth is - things have to be cut after spending 10 BILLION a month in Iraq for way too long now.
November 5, 2008 at 12:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
spinckney (anonymous) says...
Yesterday the MAJORITY of the country looked past color and made a decision to vote for a new direction for this country. Despite this historical feat, today ignorance continues to float on this site. I just take pride and joy knowing that the younger generation was largely responsible for making history. To me this means that the older, racist, ignorant generation will soon die off and we can truly realize change in America.
Thank you to everyone who Baracked their vote yesterday.
November 5, 2008 at 12:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Test2007; Okay I used the wrong capital. BFD!
You still don't seem to understand the difference between deserve and a right.
Do you really think you deserve anything that you have not earned?
Maybe you were taught that in the government controlled schools you attended but it was misinformation .
November 5, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Booniechic (anonymous) says...
The one who lies the best wins.
November 5, 2008 at 12:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Letsroll08, wonderful post. I especially love this line:
"Now I'm a registered American and will leave it at that."
Amen and amen!
November 5, 2008 at 12:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Caroline_SC (anonymous) says...
"Posted by Riptide on November 5, 2008 at 7:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Spanky you change your moniker to liberaltime!
Again, it's always about race but not the content of his character, the issues facing this nation or his political beliefs. I don't have any white guilt, I grew up poor and I went to school with black kids and watch some of them secede in life and some that didn't. You assume that people on the right are racist, that's how you keep the black community on the liberal plantation."
Sorry but I can't resist...
Riptide...FYI, "SECEDE" is something that the South did during the Civil War...
"SUCCEED" is something that people do when they acccomplish success....
Might want to get a dictionary...
November 5, 2008 at 12:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
guidedbystewart "Yird, I hope that you can comprehend or have the attention span to read my retort. If not, I will send a little more dumb down version for you."
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No need, what you wrote was plenty dumb enough.
November 5, 2008 at 12:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WhatMeWorry (anonymous) says...
yird - smart move turning down "several opportunities to attend college." You dodged that bullet! Who knows, you might have been able to manage an intelligent thought if you'd gotten that education!
While I do have educational debt, I pay 1.5x my monthly payment, while affording a reasonable mortgage, living within my means, and putting away a modest amount for retirement. My educational loans (while it would be great if I didn't have the debt) afforded me the freedom to choose a career that I enjoy going to everyday. You can't put a price tag on that. While I live this happy, fulfilling life, my net worth steadily grows. That, by the way, is finance, not economics. If you'd like further explanation of the difference, I'd be happy to oblige. I hope to someday be in the tax bracket that will allow me to pay higher taxes under Obama's plan. If I achieve that, I will gratefully assist in paying down George W's deficit to help this country. See how smart I am?
For those who continue to rant against the intellectual elite, do you really want yird or Jane or Riptide leading anything? You want (and need) the intellectual elite leading this country, performing your surgery, and engineering your car. Denying it just makes me want to humble you. And it's not hard.
Anthing else you'd like to debate?
November 5, 2008 at 12:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
MarineMomx2 (anonymous) says...
Test2007
If you were as smart as you think you are - Obama's momma didn't raise him - she wasn't there for half his life - he was raised by his grandparents. What I was saying is that a lot of the black people say "he's one of us" No he's not - he does not understand how most black families live.
I have no problem with him going to private schools, living the life he lived - I have a problem with people thinking he's one of them, when he's not.
His color means nothing to me - I would have no problem voting for a black man or woman. I just don't want to live under socialism.
November 5, 2008 at 12:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
yird - It was a big deal when you started correcting my grammar. If you correct my grammar with incorrect grammar I will say something about it.
I see you still don't understand my post.
He said what he deserved and you countered with the constitution. No where in my posts did I say that i deserved anything. I just pointed out YOU implied that somehow the constitution says what we deserve or don't deserve.
Your own quote:
Deserve? Read the constitution and learn what you "deserve".
The constitution talks about our RIGHTS as americans (i am leaving it lowercase just to annoy you). Idiot. It doesn't say what we deeserve or don't deserve.
My government controlled school must have done a good job with reading comprehension. I can't say the same for you b/c you keep fumbling up my previous post.
November 5, 2008 at 12:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
"I have a problem with people thinking he's one of them, when he's not."
He's a human being, so he is "one of us". At least he was the last time I checked and so am I!!
November 5, 2008 at 12:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SpiderJohn (anonymous) says...
Poor poor pious Jane - give it up. You are just starting to make yourself into a joke!
You have a new president elect, stand up and be an American Patriot and stand behind your president Barack Hussein Obama.....I like putting that middle name in there. Yes, Jane we have a president that has Hussein in his name!
And guess what poor poor ignorant Jane - no one looted, no one rioted, no illegal's raped and plundered last night, the sky did not fall, the earth did not tremble and the moon stayed in the heavens.
Things will be OK Jane - just take your medicine and be an American and embrace your new president Barack Obama!
November 5, 2008 at 12:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
guidedbystewart (anonymous) says...
I know what you mean Test......
Quoted from yird
"Marx new the value of using the schools for indoctrination"
I write on the fly, so I know that I make grammer errors, but when you call people out on it, you better make sure you cross your T's and dot your I's.
November 5, 2008 at 12:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
ltgrunt- Of course you wouldn't understand my MTV comment because your world hasn't existed without it. You've never had to do without so that concept is unfathomable to you.
You take what you hear on MTV, Oprah or any other liberal media source of your choice and regurgitate it to the very people who've kept your immature behinds free and safe.
This war did not start on 911 (please Google "terrorists attacks while Clinton was in office") and you will be much more educated.
Your original comments that I posted on are insulting to real Americans:Americans who actually fight (or have fought) for freedom. Therefore, I stick to my original statement; please move to another country. I'm thinking you'll fit right in over in France. Au revoir!
November 5, 2008 at 12:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Posted by SpiderJohn "Poor poor pious Jane - give it up. You are just starting to make yourself into a joke!"
Sorry, I couldn't resist! Jane has been here since Dec. 18, 2007 and has made 1033 posts. I think she is well past the "starting" point! Chick is sprinting down the straightaway!
November 5, 2008 at 12:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Test2007
Posted by yird on November 5, 2008 at 10:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
My_Opinion wrote,I, as well as every single American in this world, deserve health insurance.
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Once again the left provides evidence of the inadequacy of our educational system.
Deserve? Read the constitution and learn what you "deserve".
Not a job, home, health insurance, or anything else other than the freedom to acquire these thing on your own.
Such gross ignorance is mind boggling!
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. There are so many of you liberals out here in the unreal world looking for someone else to solve their problems for them that it's getting more challenging by the minute to distinguish one of you from the other.
November 5, 2008 at 12:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
Obama's momma didn't raise him - she wasn't there for half his life - he was raised by his grandparents. What I was saying is that a lot of the black people say "he's one of us" No he's not - he does not understand how most black families live.
----NO, his FATHER was not in the picture. His mother raised him for a period of time BEFORE he went to stay with his grandparents and returned to Hawaii to live for a while during his middle school years I believe. So he was raised by his mother AND his grandparents. He only saw his father a couple of times. Do you even understand how most black families live? You seem to be such an expert on the subject. I am black and I wouldn't even go out on a limb to say how most black families live. That is because I don't know every black family.
I have a problem with people thinking he's one of them, when he's not.
----You make absolutely no sense at all. What do you mean "one of them"? Are people not supposed to find something in common with him? He was raised by a single mom and grandparents, a lot of people I know were raised by one or the other or both. Thankfully I wasn't, but it is not all that uncommon.
His color means nothing to me - I would have no problem voting for a black man or woman. I just don't want to live under socialism.
----So do you even know what socialism is or means? That word is thrown around a lot these days. You do realize that some people think we already live that way and have been for the past 8 years. Ok, so you believe socialism is evil. Hypothetically speaking, how would socialism affect your life? Details.
November 5, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charlestonnative1963 (anonymous) says...
I regret that I have but one vote to give to Obama. I regret now that I actually voted (against my better judgement) for L Graham. I wonder why SC ranks LAST in its number of woman in state legislature? I hope to see all of you in a few years when we recover from the Bush years...after the Democrates put it all back together again...just Like Clinton had to .
November 5, 2008 at 12:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
greyrider (anonymous) says...
I say we print these comments and review them three years from now, when the next campaign is in full swing.
Somebody get JC Watts on the phone.
November 5, 2008 at 1:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
WhatMeWorry; I was able to amass healthy portfolio without taking on any debt. I have been debt free over thirty years and did it my way.
Two things you may or not been taught in school are;
1) you cannot establish financial security on borrowed funds.
2) You cannot borrow your way out of debt.
No charge for this priceless information.
Your Welcome!
November 5, 2008 at 1:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
exorcist_pencocky4u (anonymous) says...
Posted by exorcist_pencocky4u on November 5, 2008 at 9:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You are sitting out there salavating for the bigger welfare check you just know is comming your way and you won't have to work for it..........
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By January 2, 2011, America will have experienced the most massive tax increase in its history. Be careful what you pray for, it might just come true........
On January 1, 2011, the Standard Deduction for Joint Filers will shrink from 200 to 167 percent of the standard deduction for single filers, creating a marriage penalty.
Dividend rates paid on insurance policies and any other sources of dividends will rise to match standard income tax rates on January 1, 2009.
The Child credit will shrink from $1,000 to $500 per child on January 1, 2011.
Low-income taxpayers will see the 10-percent tax bracket disappear, and they will have to pay taxes at the 15-percent rate starting Jan 1, 2011.
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These are "TAX REDUCTIONS" enacted under President George Bush by the "EVIL" Christian Republicans and set by the Socialist Democrats to completely expire by Jan 1, 2011.
Don't blame me I voted for the old guy and "THE HOT CHICK"!
January 1, 2011...... the clock is ticking.... 421 days and counting!
November 5, 2008 at 1:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
Lovely, man it seems like yesterday that we all found out. By "we" I mean P&C board posters. I have been gone a while.
Congrats again. I will say a prayer for your safety and the baby's safety.
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Jane - We need some assistance to haul your crazy ass to a mental institution, and not one of those cushy ones either. An asylum is where you belong. Crazy heifer. Go to a valium or something. I am not one for overmedicating people but you NEED medication.
November 5, 2008 at 1:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Jane, sweetheart, my husband (something you don't have and it is not hard to see why) and I paying for the other 6 WITHOUT assistance, so logic would dictate that he and I will be paying for this one WITHOUT assistance as well.
But, if you would like to donate to the Lovely_One Children's Fund you may pay them through www.if_you_mention_my_child_again_I_w...
November 5, 2008 at 1:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Missthang (anonymous) says...
GO OBAMA!!!!! YES WE CAN!!!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 1:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Southerngent, I live every day of my life without MTV. I neither watch nor care for that television station, nor does it influence my daily life or my actions in any way whatsoever. Whether it predates my existence or the other way around makes no difference. You seem to be in a frenzy to lay the blame for some of this nation's woes on a scapegoat like MTV instead of taking up your own share of the collective blame.
Again I will point out to you that even though the US was dealing with terrorism before 9/11, the attacks on that day and the significant change in our response to them have made what we call the War on Terror a different animal altogether from our previous attempts to respond to international and domestic terrorism. The raping of the Bill of Rights and the violations of American citizens' civil liberties alone in this new War on Terror are astounding. For a war all about freedom, it's appalling how much less free we are as citizens in our own country.
You're deceiving yourself if you really believe that the US approach to terrorism didn't go through a monumental change after 9/11. Attacking other nations with the scapegoat of terrorism is a new tactic that came about under the Bush regime. Previous presidents employed more precise and effective methods of attacking specific terrorist groups and camps and targeting those involved in specific incidents.
I haven't said anything insulting to Americans, I've only offered criticism of lies and slander, and I pointed out the fact that Bush's War on Terror hasn't been as successful as some would be led to believe. What is more insulting is your insinuation about "real" Americans. We're all Americans, and that makes us all "real" Americans. You aren't any more American than I am just because you have different political views. And just because I don't serve in the military doesn't mean that I'm not fighting for our collective rights and freedoms as American citizens. Take your nouveau-McCarthyism and stow it.
November 5, 2008 at 1:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sc4peace (anonymous) says...
Lovely_One- you seem like a great mtoher from all of your posts and quite obviously Jane knows nothing about you....take that comment with a grain of salt..
November 5, 2008 at 1:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pluffmudder (anonymous) says...
Everyone that voted for Barack O'Bama needs to come to grips and realize something important.
O'Bama is no "savior". In the eyes of all those people last night in Chicago celebrating his victory, I saw the likeness of a child on the day of Christmas with eyes glistening in anticipation of what presents lie behind the living room door that Santa left for them. We all found out later that Santa was a fallacy, and the lesson will be learned again here.
That being said, I sincerely hope that President-Elect O'Bama will be able to "deliver" unto HIS followers all the things he so earnestly promised. I do not envy his position. A role of a "savior" is not an easy job to fill.
GOD BLESS OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
November 5, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
sc4peace, thank you so much! I feel better now...:-)!!!!!
Test, yes, it does seem like only yesterday. Now only is this wonderful boy will vacate my body so that I can see my feet again I will be more than happy!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kontact (anonymous) says...
Posted by Rooster07 on November 5, 2008 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
For years we have been trying to make race a 'non-factor.'
Yet, many vote for a presidental candidate because of the color of his skin....Seems like we're going backwards to me.
Please tell me your kidding. Please say so. You dont really believe that the majority of AMERICANS voted for Oabama becasue he is black right?? WOW!!
Did I or did I not say that he was going to get the reverse Bradley effect. HAHAHA . Anyway I am glad that he has the intentions of bringing us together and not dividing us any longer like some other politicians. We need to be United. What happened Conservatives when yall said even though Bush was looked upon favorbly by the majority that WE needed to band behind our President. What happened. Is this what yall call support???WOW!!!God bless America!!
November 5, 2008 at 1:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dgb (anonymous) says...
I will nerver call this man president Obama and if you want to call me racist go ahead I don't care but I did not vote for him just because he is black (excuse me half black)and no I will not move to canada I will wait until 2012 and vote against him again.
November 5, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
Once again we're dealing with brainwashed fools...God help us.
November 5, 2008 at 1:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
53% of those who voted based on race, voted for Obama.
52% of those who didn't vote based on race, voted for Obama.
race was not a factor this election.
November 5, 2008 at 1:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
downtownsurvivor (anonymous) says...
Hello my fellow Charlestonians and all other P&C readers!
Today is a new day! All you people who are sad for The United States are sad because of all the HATRED in your heart! How dare you call yourselves AMERICANS living in the UNITED STATES if you cannot UNITE! We have a NEW LEADER who is a HARVARD graduate, loving husband and father, handsome and don't forget BLACK!!!!! Yall rednecks can't handle that HUH???!?! Get on your knees and pray! Ask your higher power to take the hatred out of your HEARTS or move away.... BECAUSE The change has FINALLY come....... OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA! :)
November 5, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Jane; It is obvious that you have struck a number of nerves among the self appointed anointed.
The truth hurts, which explains why they have to go into lengthy explanations of their supposed intellectual superiority, in lieu of speaking to the facts, which mean nothing to them.
I love it.
Keep up the good work!
November 5, 2008 at 1:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WhatMeWorry (anonymous) says...
yird - Taking on some educational debt might have served you well as it is required in institutions of higher learning to read books and, thus, hone reading comprehension skills.
yird says, "1) you cannot establish financial security on borrowed funds." Wrong. The key to financial stability is diversification, living within your means, and growing your net wealth. Carrying a credit card balance (which I don't) creates financial insecurity, while buying a house (again - within your means) is a strong move toward financial stability.
Are you saying that anyone who owns a house who didn't pay cash for it is financially insecure? Yes, that's what you are saying and that is, yet again, uninformed.
"2) You cannot borrow your way out of debt." On the whole I agree with the sentiment of your statement that it is probably not a good idea, but the statement is actually false. If you borrow money with an interest rate lower than the rate of gain you get from your investment from that loan, you can, indeed, borrow your way out of debt. But you'd better be sure about your investment or be able to sustain the potential loss.
The information you provide is "priceless" because it is worthless. You are exposing your primitive ideas about money and politics. Take this and realize how little you know. Use that healthy portfolio of yours and buy some books, a few college classes, or someone to do your posting for you.
So that's your finance lesson for the day. If you want to enter the remarkably more complex world of economics, I'd be happy to release to you the 0.1% of my brain required to expand yours by 300%.
November 5, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
Ok, people keep bringing up the fact that Obama is "half black", which half of him his black??? Top or bottom? Is it because he is holding a higher office that he's all of a sudden "half black" or "half white" (whatever makes your windmill turn)? If he were a crook or some other "black" stereotype, would he then be 100% black? Just curious. Some of you who keep saying "his race is not a factor", quit bringing it up already then, dayum!!! He is president, build a bridge and either get over it or jump over it. The choice is yours!
Again, congratulations Obama family!!!
November 5, 2008 at 1:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Newt, I totally forgot that she had said something about your child before. This chick is really off the chain. If she had gone back and read....sorry, cut and pasted the comment I made about applying for assistance she would have known why I said what I said.
November 5, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Tammie, AMEN!!!! And that's all I'm gonna say about that!
November 5, 2008 at 1:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Girleygirl (anonymous) says...
It's over with and done! The election is OVER!!!
Congratulations To Borack.
I feel like its the last day of school
YEAHHHHHHHHHHH NO MORE CUT AND PASTE!!!!!!!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 1:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hightide (anonymous) says...
Posted by pluffmudder on November 5, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Everyone that voted for Barack O'Bama needs to come to grips and realize something important.
O'Bama is no "savior". In the eyes of all those people last night in Chicago celebrating his victory, I saw the likeness of a child on the day of Christmas with eyes glistening in anticipation of what presents lie behind the living room door that Santa left for them. We all found out later that Santa was a fallacy, and the lesson will be learned again here.
That being said, I sincerely hope that President-Elect O'Bama will be able to "deliver" unto HIS followers all the things he so earnestly promised. I do not envy his position. A role of a "savior" is not an easy job to fill.
GOD BLESS OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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Pluffmudder, YOU need to realize something important - those of us who voted for Obama (not "O'Bama") did not vote for him because we think he is a "savior," rather, we voted for him because our country is in desperate need of change. We voted for him because GWB had 8 years and we are tired of that broken path. We voted for him because of his stance of the various political issues facing our country.
You say God bleess our USA, but you are not blessing it at all with your false thoughts and venimous words. If you want God to bless our country, you would not be so divisive.
God bless our country for practicing the priviledge of voting - and for making change happen! Yes, God bless us, indeed!
November 5, 2008 at 2:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
"YEAHHHHHHHHHHH NO MORE CUT AND PASTE!!!!!!!!!!"
LMAO!!!! Girleygirl, one can only hope!
November 5, 2008 at 2:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mosinfan (anonymous) says...
Southerngent,
Well said!
What you saw in the crowd last night in the park in Chicago was the sight of 130,000 mindless drones in total rapture over the arrival of their nanny state savior. The look on their faces said it all.
Very few have ever read the United States Constitution or could tell you anything about it.
November 5, 2008 at 2:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
Girlicious sez:"YEAHHHHHHHHHHH NO MORE CUT AND PASTE!!!!!!!!!!"
And no more websites that scare small children and pets and make your skin feel itchy but promise you prosperity if you buy a time share or listen to some stupid fox trying to get you to work from home selling candles, incense, and toilet paper!! Wooooooooooooooooo!!!
November 5, 2008 at 2:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
simmonsk219 (anonymous) says...
There is a time and a place for everything and our time has come!!!!!Unfourtunatley, everyone will not agree but the good thing about this is that it was already written by GOD
JUDGES 4:verse:6 speaks of Barack a man chosen to lead a nation if you dont believe me go read it. This world is not run by black or white this is the world of the lord and always have and always will be so for the people who have negative things to say about our new president go to GOD in prayer because it is Barack's time and you cant take it away im sure you dont like it but this will go down in history books for your children, grandchildren and great grand children to know that a EDUCATED BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN AMERICAN PROUD BLACK MAN was and forever will be the 44th President of the UNITED States OF AMERICA. I never believed it could happen but now i know the beatings our ancestors endured the pain, Martin Luther KIng Jr's walk Rosa Parks just wanting to sit down was never in vain and I thank GOD for everything that happened then because yesterday would have never happened without that pain. We are all created equal so i know negative remarks are not in regards to how much Barack may know but in regards to him being black but think about it to those of you who dont like the fact that he is black remember he is also white. Maybe it was your ancestor that took our ancestors as a slave and abused her body to make us a mixed race eveything happens for a reason and im proud to say that i am an American CONGRATS Barack CONGRATS no one can take 11/04/08 from you!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 2:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
JerseyLady (anonymous) says...
Congratulations to OBAMA & BIDEN!
November 5, 2008 at 2:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dgb (anonymous) says...
Obama's mouth seems to be a little darker than the rest of his face so I guess the mouth and big ears are the black part of him.
November 5, 2008 at 2:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Mosinfan, it's ironic that you would mention people not knowing about the Constitution of the United States of America after you were just advocating torture in a previous post. If you yourself knew anything about the Constitution or the Bill of Rights which was amended to the Constitution in order for it to be ratified you would know that fair trial and protection from cruel and unusual punishment are forbidden by that document.
After the many crimes against our civil liberties and violations of the Bill of Rights during Bush's administration it's a wonder anyone remembers the Constitution or the Bill of Rights at all.
Obama's supporters aren't mindless drones and they aren't looking for a nanny state or a savior. What they are looking for - and rightfully so - is a government that isn't giving handouts and discounts to the rich and big business and which won't trample all over our individual rights and freedoms. What they are looking for is a government in which they will be able to actively participate, which will be accountable to the people and which will reward hard work and ingenuity from those who aren't already independently wealthy.
November 5, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
willbillbedamned (anonymous) says...
Posted by southerngent on November 5, 2008 at 12:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ltgrunt- Of course you wouldn't understand my MTV comment because your world hasn't existed without it. You've never had to do without so that concept is unfathomable to you.
You take what you hear on MTV, Oprah or any other liberal media source of your choice and regurgitate it to the very people who've kept your immature behinds free and safe.
This war did not start on 911 (please Google "terrorists attacks while Clinton was in office") and you will be much more educated.
Your original comments that I posted on are insulting to real Americans:Americans who actually fight (or have fought) for freedom. Therefore, I stick to my original statement; please move to another country. I'm thinking you'll fit right in over in France. Au revoir!
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Gent, you don't count the Marine barracks explosion in Lebanon, when Reagan cut and ran, as part of this terrorist war??
November 5, 2008 at 2:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
msplacedinsc (anonymous) says...
To all of you GOP Whinners out there....A big box of tissues have been left for you in West Ashely, Summerville, Mt Pleasant, and in the Battery. Please feel free and stop by and use as many as you need, all of you's are a bunch of freakn' cry babies!! Get Over it or move out of the country for crimin-out-loud?
November 5, 2008 at 2:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SomeTruthPlease (anonymous) says...
Test007-I have not made one post..not ONE..that referred to Obama's heritage until now (unless I have had a drink, and don't recall), but was floored yesterday when presented the BLACK PANTHERS on the news trying to hinder white voters from entering a precinct. Is that what everyone wanted? Are those the new "White House Cheerleaders"? I was appalled, as I hope Obama was. I hope that he sends a letter to the Black Panther headquarters to let them know that they do NOT represent him in any way. It was despicable, and quite frankly, I wish had been taken out in a drive-by. I don't think Obama wants to be represented by thugs. So much has already been made about Obama "not being black enough", "not talking black enough", so I don't think that's quite the representation that he wanted.
November 5, 2008 at 2:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
summerville_guy (anonymous) says...
At least I know that my vote for McCain meant something. It counted toward South Carolina showing the rest of the nation that we are NOT an Obama-supporting state.
If you voted for Obama in South Carolina, your vote meant absolutely NOTHING. You should have saved your time, because your Obama vote was in no way, shape, or form reflected in the Electoral College. So how does that feel, liberals?
November 5, 2008 at 2:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
LMAO @ summerville_guy.
November 5, 2008 at 2:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hightide (anonymous) says...
summerville_guy, those of us educated enough to vote for Obama in the state of SC, knowing that we are generally a red state, did not waste our votes one bit. It says a LOT that 45% of us wanted change. And we knew that other states were wising up, so we had hope... and it paid off!
Even if SC didn't give the electoral votes to Obama, he is still going to be our President. How does that feel, closed-minded conservative?
November 5, 2008 at 2:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
S'ville guy, no disrespect cause I am not a liberal but to answer your question...
STILL FEELS LIKE OBAMA IS OUT PRESIDENT TO ME!!!
Love ya hun! :-)
November 5, 2008 at 2:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
It feels like Obama got a handful more votes than people were expecting in this state, Summerville_guy; it feels like in SC it was a tighter race than people were willing to believe. At a difference of less than 200,000 votes, it's clear that those who voted for McCain in South Carolina don't speak for everyone. Keep that in mind next time you want to gloat.
Votes for Obama in South Carolina weren't for naught. It showed that there is a significant portion of the population even in this state that wants a change in the way this country has been run.
November 5, 2008 at 2:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mosinfan (anonymous) says...
ltgrunt thanks for taking the challenge...been looking for a drone to give me some liberal tripe on their view of the Constitution.
For starters lets begin with the issue of Cruel and Unusual Punishment. For one to understand the intent of the written Constitution, one must research Original Intent. This is done by looking at what the very writers were diong at the time and what they were saying in that era about that particular subject. Heavy stuff for a drone but stick with me here. The very founders who wrote the 8th Amendment were not averse to using different tactics (short of injury) to get much needed information from captured enemy. Waterboarding does not inflict any injury at all. Its all psychological. Again, pantywaist liberals cant handle this.
Next lets go to the issue of what you call "After the many crimes against our civil liberties and violations of the Bill of Rights during Bush's administration it's a wonder anyone remembers the Constitution or the Bill of Rights at all."
I curiously noted that you did not list not one single example of these "violations". Typical liberal tactic, make an outrageous statement that the rest of the drones can latch onto.
Lets have some of those violations here for the rest of us to see. And please when you list what you have...please cite the Article, Section, and Clause of the violation in the United States Constitution. That should not be too much to ask of a liberal genius.
Lets give it a break there for you to catch up...
and again, specifics please...not liberal rants and accusations. I know the drones go for that but thinking folks dont buy it.
November 5, 2008 at 2:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_Opinion (anonymous) says...
Rooster07.....yird..... If you were my Professor in school then I should be concerned with grammar however you are not.... so I am not.... I am not asking for a handout and from reading your post and how many you have posted it seems to my that you are older and possibly retired. With that being said the life you had growing up was probably far easier than the one many people are growing up in today. As I put myself thru college, work a full-time job for a lawyer, raise my daughter, pay my rent, supply food for my home, gas for my car, car insurance (it's required) and daycare (I am sure I could list many more expenses) I am left with very little. One day I will be able to afford my own health insurance (hence the reason I am going thru college, half way to getting a BS in Accounting) but, until that day shouldn't I be able to lead a healthy life? If I was on welfare with 5 kids and foodstamps they would have given me health insurance for free... Wait I have an idea let me drop everything I am doing and be nothing for the rest of my life just so that I can have health insurance.
November 5, 2008 at 2:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
WhatMeWorry;Every home I purchased after the first one, I paid cash for.
I financed that one for a short time since it was to my advantage.
My investments were earning more than what it was costing me to finance.
When the interest rate dropped and it was no longer advantageous for me to pay monthly I paid the house off.
But I did not have to borrow to achieve financial security.
I have a assets approaching $1M and $0 liabilities.
I may have "primitive ideas" when it come to finances but they worked for me.
One of the reasons the country is in such a mess today is because of uncontrolled borrowing by both the government and the populace in general and I might add from listening to all these brilliant economists .
Maybe if your a student of Maynard Keynes you can take simple financial practices and turn them into a convoluted stew of economic doublespeak.
As with Boolean algebra, the rule of "return to simplicity" is the best on to follow.
I don't believe you can afford to give up even.001% of your brain let alone a whole .01% so hang onto it.
Your offer would be akin to putting the one rotten apple into a barrel of good ones.
It's commendable that you do not have any credit cards. If you learned that in school then maybe your time there was not a total waste.
November 5, 2008 at 2:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rewchrUlwys (anonymous) says...
Posted by ltgrunt on November 5, 2008 at 11:52 a.m.
GreenvilleGirl, no one in the Democratic party wants socialism. No one who is throwing around the socialism accusations really understands what that system is or how it really works.
ltgrunt some of us, who I fear are older and wiser than you, do know what socialism means, and in case you are not aware, let me define it for you here and now and possible bring some much needed reality to your generation.
Socialism -economic and social system under which essential industries and social services are publicly and cooperatively owned and democratically controlled with a view to equal opportunity and equal benefit for all. The term socialism also refers to the doctrine behind this system and the political movement inspired by it.
Socialism was originally based in the working class and has generally been opposed to capitalism, which is based on private ownership and a free-market economy. Socialists have advocated nationalization (GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP and CONTROL) of natural resources, basic industries, banking and credit institutions, and public utilities.
If that doesn't scare you now, it will as you get older, married, have a family, and own a home, possibly open a business of your own.
"When you are young if you are not liberal you have no heart.
When you are old if you are not conservative you have no brain."
November 5, 2008 at 2:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_50Cents_Worth (anonymous) says...
For those of you who have no clue about an individual's racial identity, here's something you should know: the individual who has identified Barack Obama as "black" is Barack Obama. Everyone has the right to identify themselves in any way they please, be it "black," "Asian-American," "African-American" "White," "Caublinasian" etc. We may not and do not have to agree with it, but it's THEIR preference. No one person speaks for an entire race with regard to identity/labels and no race speaks for an individual.
"Mixed" is not a race, national origin, or color. Here's something a little closer to home for you: Strom Thurmond's "half black" [adult] child has always been identified as "black":especially in SC: no one has ever expressed offense because she was identified as "black".
Essie and Barack are no different. Like all "mixed" people, both individuals have a command on who they are and how they choose to be identified.
There are too many important issues on which to focus in the days ahead.
November 5, 2008 at 2:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
geekboy (anonymous) says...
Oh for God's sake...
LOOSE = Not fitting closely or tightly. eg: A loose sweater.
LOOSER = More ill fitting. eg: My red shirt is looser than my green shirt.
LOSE = To be defeated. eg: He struck out, causing the Braves to lose the game.
LOSER = A person, team, nation, etc., that loses. eg: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
Sorry, it's a pet peeve. I'm not calling out anyone in particular.
November 5, 2008 at 2:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
msplacedinsc (anonymous) says...
sum-guy-in-a-ville,
I feel great that in 76 days your "boy" and your "sorry excuse of a party" will not longer be running the show! BTW the majority of people around the country already know that SC is a "backwards run state, led by a bunch of good-ole-white boys" that deep down dislike blacks, asians, hispanics and outsiders? But this victory is one step closer to getting rid of the ingorant, uneducated idealogy of the GOP. Try and have a better day tomorrow big guy!!
November 5, 2008 at 2:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SCdeacinNYC (anonymous) says...
LOL at summerville's comments and Tammie's response. Everyone's vote counts in the overall total...nothing you can say can diminish the fact that Barack Obama is our new president.
All I could have possibly wanted to say has been said....I have to say they are some sore losers on here, but hey liberals/Dems have been there the past two elections so we can sympathize I'm sure. The real work begins jan. 20. We'll see what President Obama does while he is in office, but until then let us Obama fans have our fun. I think for the most part we've been incredibly restrained in not doing our "in your FACE" dances all over this board, considering the insane tripe we've put it up with for the past year.
Jane, your job is done. Don't they stop paying trolls like you post-election, or is it just that hard for you to let go? Also, I LOVE the comments of people who said Jane was the reason they voted FOR Obama. Good job Jane, next time you are trolling and cutting and pasting and generally spreading your hate and fear mongering against a candidate hopefully you perform better.
LOVELY, that baby must be holding on for dear LIFE!! :) :)
November 5, 2008 at 2:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_Opinion (anonymous) says...
WhatMeWorry;Every home I purchased after the first one, I paid cash for.
I financed that one for a short time since it was to my advantage.
My investments were earning more than what it was costing me to finance.
When the interest rate dropped and it was no longer advantageous for me to pay monthly I paid the house off.
But I did not have to borrow to achieve financial security.
I have a assets approaching $1M and $0 liabilities.
I may have "primitive ideas" when it come to finances but they worked for me.
One of the reasons the country is in such a mess today is because of uncontrolled borrowing by both the government and the populace in general and I might add from listening to all these brilliant economists .
Maybe if your a student of Maynard Keynes you can take simple financial practices and turn them into a convoluted stew of economic doublespeak.
As with Boolean algebra, the rule of "return to simplicity" is the best on to follow.
I don't believe you can afford to give up even.001% of your brain let alone a whole .01% so hang onto it.
Your offer would be akin to putting the one rotten apple into a barrel of good ones.
It's commendable that you do not have any credit cards. If you learned that in school then maybe your time there was not a total waste.
Yird---- the above comment makes you so smart, I do apologize for all of my opinions and beliefs after all what do I know, you have all the money, LMAO
November 5, 2008 at 2:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
summerville_guy, it feels like you are grasping at straws. It reminds me of a fight I saw when I was in high school. This girl got her butt whooped my another girl. I mean she was BEAT up! And you know what she said to the other girl through the bleeding?
"At least I pulled some of your hair out!" WTF!!!???
November 5, 2008 at 2:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
summerville_guy (anonymous) says...
hightide,
"educated enough to vote for Obama?"
WTF?
Trust me, I would be willing to put my education up against that of 95% of Obama's supporters anyday. It is not a matter of education, but rather a matter of personal convictions. I simply cannot support many of the policies of the Democratic party, and I cannot vote for a candidate whose church pledges allegiance to "Africa, the motherland."
My candidate lost last night, and that sucks. But just keep in mind that (assuming you voted in South Carolina), you had nothing to do with Obama being elected. Have a nice day!
November 5, 2008 at 2:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Test2007 (anonymous) says...
You said:
Are those the new "White House Cheerleaders"? I was appalled, as I hope Obama was.
------Why are they the new white house cheerleaders? Is it b/c they're black? Hopefully you have more to this than just that one observation.
I hope that he sends a letter to the Black Panther headquarters to let them know that they do NOT represent him in any way.
----------why? We don't need a public condemnation for that. Did Mccain apologize for some the crazy bigots that may have supported him? Please, just b/c some crazy group supported him does not mean he should publicly do a damned thing.
I don't think Obama wants to be represented by thugs.
--As far as I can see you're the only one making that observation. Personally I don't just assume that every extremist racist white group represents every white person I know. You know why? Because I don't know any crazy extremist white people (this board has a couple exceptions though). If some crazy nut job says something about black people I don't automatically assume that all of my white friends think that way. Seriously people.
November 5, 2008 at 2:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
summerville_guy (anonymous) says...
Lovely,
Even I have to admit that's pretty funny! :-)
November 5, 2008 at 2:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Mosinfan, there are examples of United States citizens who have been taken into custody for indeterminate periods of time under no charges and with no trial. This is in direct violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Torture is torture, whether it is physical or psychological. Waterboarding is torture, even if it does not do any physical harm. Additionally, there is the fact that it is clearly cruel, as the psychological damage it inflicts will attest, and it is highly unusual compared to the concepts of rehabilitation that our penal system is based on.
The Constitution is a living document - it does not exist within a vacuum, applicable only to the time and place of its writing. With what we now understand about the damaging effects that psychological torture has even when the body remains unharmed, it is our moral obligation to assign psychological torture to the same category as any form of physical torture, which clearly fits with the category of cruel and unusual punishment.
I'm not going to catalog the entire list of offenses against our civil rights that the Bush administration has committed, especially since you seem all too eager to be the apologist, or even worse to defend those actions. Essentially, it doesn't matter what examples I provide, because you are either going to categorically deny their occurrence, their meaning, or what should even be considered a civil rights violation simply to vindicate your own views. It is sufficient to say that when a teenage girl gets yanked out of her high school classroom to be interrogated by the Secret Service over a comment on her MySpace page, all of our civil rights are under attack.
November 5, 2008 at 2:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
Lol @ SCdeac...when Lovely has her baby, that means I am RIGHT behind her! Lovely, hurry your azz up, my baby needs motivation! :-)
November 5, 2008 at 2:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
shoelaces (anonymous) says...
Is it just me or does the gloomy weather today sort of freak you out? An omen????
Anyone heard any updates on Comrade Obama's plans for change yet? Anyone? Hellooo??
November 5, 2008 at 2:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
prosperous_hb (anonymous) says...
You probably won't hear about this on the news, but I was just informed that there are two white guys at C of C protesting Obama's presidency down on George street.
November 5, 2008 at 2:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
southerngent (anonymous) says...
or...
LOOSE = eg: Lindsay Lohan.
LOOSER = eg: Paris Hilton.
LOSE = eg: Enron employees.
LOSER = eg: Enron executives.
November 5, 2008 at 2:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
SCdea, yeah, I think he is a little too comfortable in there. I just knew I was gonna go in yesterday. I walked and walked and cleaned my house and he is still holding on.
I pray he comes before too long becaue I miss my feet!
November 5, 2008 at 3 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
S'ville sez: "My candidate lost last night, and that sucks. But just keep in mind that (assuming you voted in South Carolina), you had nothing to do with Obama being elected. Have a nice day!"
It's ok S'ville, McCain bowed out gracefully, I gotta respect him for that. And true indeed, SC is still a red state. But McCain still isn't president, not today, not now, not tomorrow! :-) So appearantly somewhere down the line, someone's votes counted for something! Quit reaching, AMERICA has spoken!!! Have a good day though, you're still a-ok with me! ;-)
November 5, 2008 at 3:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
My_Opinion wrote,"I'm not asking for a handout,"
Then followed later in her post with,
" As I put myself thru college, work a full-time job for a lawyer, raise my daughter, pay my rent, supply food for my home, gas for my car, car insurance (it's required) and daycare"
============================================================
And of course we are to believe that you do all this on your own without any government assistance!
But then it's possible your lawyer boss pays you a huge salary. Ha Ha!
November 5, 2008 at 3:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Eloi_lama_sabachthani (anonymous) says...
Remember, you have been given what you have asked for and thus all who live in America must now endure what is to come. You have been made drunk by promises of a "change" for America. Where is this "change" coming from? From a man that detests the values America was founded on. From a man that dishonors our flag and all those who died to preserve our country. From a man that has no respect or reverence for the one true king, Jesus Christ.
Woe be unto this nation of pervertedness, for the majority of you that have sown this seed and all will reap the consequense.
Forgive us Lord, for we surely know not what we do.
November 5, 2008 at 3:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
halfsheli (anonymous) says...
O.K., mosinfan here are some specifics:
The Patriot Act, which diminishes certain civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Aspects of this law limit free speech by creating a federal crime of "domestic terrorism". The wording of this could apply to anyone with a dissenting opinion of the actions of this government. This act further seeks to circumvent some of the protections of the 4th amendment by creating unprecedented and largely unchecked surveillance of citizens. I could be more specific, but I have a meeting in 2 minutes! Have a nice day, folks!
November 5, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
I wonder if people's reactions would have been the same if McCain and Palin won, would people still be picking apart their backgrounds, etc..? Probably not. Ah well, new day, new leadership. Prayerfully, a change really will come.
November 5, 2008 at 3:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kontact (anonymous) says...
summervilleidiot-You must be slow or something.
lovely--Im still laughing at you telling jane off
November 5, 2008 at 3:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WhatMeWorry (anonymous) says...
yird says, "I financed that one for a short time since it was to my advantage."
then three lines down, "But I did not have to borrow to achieve financial security."
except for the house that you financed. Dummy.
November 5, 2008 at 3:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Girleygirl (anonymous) says...
"You probably won't hear about this on the news, but I was just informed that there are two white guys at C of C protesting Obama's presidency down on George street."
There go your riot for some of you all that wanted something bad to happen!
November 5, 2008 at 3:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mosinfan (anonymous) says...
ltgrunt, for a minute there I actually thought that I had a drone that was not connected to the mother ship. I was wrong.
Just as I thought, not one single solitary example of a violation and specific citation in the United States Constitution. Typical drone response. Hurl accusation after accusation without any basis except what you have heard form the likes of Keith Olberman or some other liberal media drone.
As for the Constitution being a living document. That is the Liberal position. Unfortunately it doesnt square with logic, historical precedent or fact. The framers intended the Constitution to be interpreted the way it was written. that is why they gave us an amendment process (see Article 5). If they just expected us to interpret according to our everyday whim they would not have given us the process to change it.
The problem with you libs is that you would rather have your activist judges legislate new meaning from the bench at every turn. If you think the document is outdated, take your case before the people and amend it. Dont like that idea too much do you...
Enough, I can tell your not thinking on your own here...come back when you can disconnect from the mother ship.
November 5, 2008 at 3:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
summerville_guy (anonymous) says...
kontact,
Please explain to me how I am slow. Or better yet, please explain to me how your vote, or mine, or ANYBODY'S vote in the state of South Carolina had anything at all to do with Obama being elected. We could have all stayed at home and the result of the election would have been exactly the same. I'm just speaking the truth. Now, if you feel good about yourself for voting, by all means, feel proud. I feel proud of myself for waiting in line and voting, as should everyone else who did the same. But when it all boils down to it, nobody in any red states had anything to do with Obama getting elected. Or, for that matter, with McCain losing. If you are an Obama supporter in South Carolina, thank the blue states for putting him in office.
And Tammie, you're right. McCain will obviously never be president. I just hope that Obama will do a good job and keep his campaign promises. It will be interesting to see. And I respect your opinion on the matter a lot more than that of kontact, who seems intent on name-calling and making baseless assumptions.
November 5, 2008 at 3:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
yird, I am doing the same thing as My_Opinion and my husband and I have 6 children. Le gasp, I am not on government assistance either. Sorry if you find it har ro believe that there are people out here competent enough to be able to make their own way without the help of the great government.
November 5, 2008 at 3:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
Lmao @ Girley!!!
November 5, 2008 at 3:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Mosinfan, all you're doing is offhandedly dismissing valid points and hurling insults. You don't have anything to contribute, nor do you have a cogent argument of your own. You're the one who isn't thinking for yourself, you're just blindly accepting whatever mandates are handed down to you from the conservative political groups that you're happy to fall in line behind. It seems like you'd be all too willing to do whatever a conservative or Republican official told you to do, no matter how immoral, and then say that you were "just following orders."
November 5, 2008 at 3:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
kontact, she crossed the line when she said that she hopes I pay for my baby. Chick doesn't know me like that. I saw 30 devils swimming in a lake of fire when I read that comment. Especially since I have said time and time again that I do not receive any type of government assistance. And if I did, I work a full time job and so does my loving husband so my taxes would be contributing to the assistance I would receive. She is just sucking on those sour grapes because her "cuts and pastes" didn't keep Obama from becoming our president. Boo hoo!!!
November 5, 2008 at 3:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_Opinion (anonymous) says...
yird-----yes Yird all without government assistant, it's amazing! It's called money management and doing without for myself (such as health insurance) to make sure that my daughter has plenty and NEVER goes without. Wait you are "rich" because you paid cash for all your houses so I wouldn't expect you to know much about it. Jump off a cliff you are too old for me to be arguing with, you wouldn't stand a chance.
November 5, 2008 at 3:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Posted by summerville_guy
"Lovely,
Even I have to admit that's pretty funny! :-"
Thanks, I thought so too. I mean, this chick was beat to a pulp and that was all she could come up with. I guess everyone looks for that silver lining. I sill luv ya the same though. And just think, if President Obama doesn't live up to your expectations we may vote against him in 2012.
November 5, 2008 at 3:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
quickdrawtmc (anonymous) says...
I know everyone is excited that we have our first "black" president but am I wrong or isn't he "Bi racial"? doesn't that make him half black and half white? Why does he only relate to his blackness? Just kind of makes whites feel disowned by this president. It seems if someone really wanted to be a healer to the racial problems in America that he would use his biracial status to that advantage.
November 5, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mosinfan (anonymous) says...
halfsheli, again...no specific citation of the Constitution violation. A vague mention of the 4th Amendment does not qualify.
As for the Patriot Act, let me give you a news flash...A Democrat controlled congress (both houses) voted on and passed this Act not once but twice. Numerous terrorists acts have been directly identified and stopped because of this. You dont really think that we have not suffered an attack in 8 years because the terrorist scumbags have not tried do you? Say what you want about President Bush but the fact remains we have not been successfully attacked by terrorist scum in 8 years.
Oncy our newly elected messiah takes over and unravels all of the safegaurds put in place....God help us. We will be back to the patsy role that Clinton left us in for 9/11.
November 5, 2008 at 3:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Girleygirl (anonymous) says...
This just in -
Charleston finest has arrived and arrested the two protesting thugs. Our streets are once again safe!
November 5, 2008 at 3:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_Opinion (anonymous) says...
WhatMeWorry and Lovely_One.... I like you two, its seems as though we are sitting in the same boat on a lot of things.
November 5, 2008 at 3:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hightide (anonymous) says...
God help those of you who keep calling our President-Elect a messiah. He's a great man and will be a fine President, but he's no messiah... and none of us who voted for him think so. You conservatives just can't face reality, can you? Twisting the truth around all the time to suit your beliefs. Get over it already!
November 5, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nochasgirl (anonymous) says...
I think the most interesting aspect of this election is how many Obama supporters say that it has nothing to do with race. Did you vote in the last election? Do you even know who the Democratic candidate was in 2004? No cheating. If you did not vote in 2004, why not? And please don't expect the McCain supporters to jump on the Obama train. I remember the bumper stickers bashing Bush for years. God bless America!
November 5, 2008 at 3:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SCPDBLUE (anonymous) says...
Well I'am glad Uncle,Chairman,Comrade Obamma won,now I can look forward to lower crime in the black community do to his example,meaning You Can Make It if You Try,higher pay,free housing,free food, free medical care and anyother free goverment handouts that are out there.OH but wait where is that going to come from,HHHmmmm The poor,No they dont pay taxes,AhHh The rich in big business,No they dont care because they have money and its just a drop in the bucket for them,they will just raise the prices of there items or layoff people to cover the difference or move to China or Mexico. Then it must be the middle class again because they are the ones who really work. Hey wait,Thats me, Boy he sure can fireup a crowd of young beer drinking college kids, the uneducated,the"i want to be on the winning side crowd"just like someone did in Germany in 1938.I should have voted for Mcain.My bad.Oh well He's my Comrade President,by the way what could happen in four years. Way to go Uncle Obamma
November 5, 2008 at 3:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pluffmudder (anonymous) says...
Hightide, your comments all well taken by me, and I understand your position. The only thing I'm trying to say here is that people need to understand that they are in charge of their own destinies and they shouldn't rely and depend on any politician, congressman, senator, or any other elected official to rescue them from their present circumstances (i.e. financial burdens). I was raised in the "old school" that taught you work hard, pay your debts (that is the debts that you truly can afford to have in the first place), try to save some along the way, and have faith in God that he will sustain you. Maybe that's a little too simple minded for most people, but I never have a problem in keeping this as my motto. If you've ever heard of Dave Ramsey (he's on the Fox Business network every night at 8:00), this is what he tries to drill in every viewer's head. No charge cards and self-discipline. There are a lot of people in this country that need to learn that valuable lesson. If they did, they wouldn't find themselves "in the hole" all the time.
November 5, 2008 at 3:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tammie (anonymous) says...
Where is Spankysweetbuns today??
November 5, 2008 at 3:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
chicagoIL (anonymous) says...
I would like to extend my warmest wishes to everyone in Charleston. I find it very touching that Virginia, the state where the capital of the Old Confederacy was located in, voted for Obama. It was one of the few Southern states that he won.
Best wishes,
A real live Yankee from Chicago.
November 5, 2008 at 3:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Girleygirl (anonymous) says...
Nochas-
I was 1st able to cast my vote in 1996 and I have been voting ever since. I never voted along party lines I always voted for the person I thought would be the right choice for ME.
We really need to get past our racial views, the election is over with and done. He will be sworn into office next year and we ALL need to stand together.
November 5, 2008 at 4:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pluffmudder (anonymous) says...
P.S. Hey, Hightide, forgot to tell you. I love your name. Maybe we should get together. On second thought, don't think that would work. As soon as the tide changed, we would have a problem. I do better during a Lowtide.
November 5, 2008 at 4:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
prosperous_hb (anonymous) says...
Posted by Girleygirl on November 5, 2008 at 3:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This just in -
Charleston finest has arrived and arrested the two protesting thugs. Our streets are once again safe!
I hope this is your sarcasm, but I was actually honest. I don't post infactual information - I'm not Jane.
November 5, 2008 at 4:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
CU03 (anonymous) says...
GOD has placed someone in the WHITE HOUSE who will transform this Country... Enough of all the racism, let us all come together and see this GREAT country prosper.
GOD BLESS THE USA
November 5, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
Tammie- Spanky is LiberalTime today.
November 5, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hightide (anonymous) says...
Pluffmudder, I absolutely agree with everything you said! I was raised the same way, just ended up with a liberal political stance instead of a conservative one... much to my parents' chagrin :) I work up to 60 hours a week with no complaints except maybe not enough time to surf, although I know that hard work pays off and my day for more water time will certainly come. I received a copy of Dave Ramsey's book, but it was all common sense to me - so I passed it on to someone who needed it more.
November 5, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
slr456 (anonymous) says...
I believe the Republican Party (which I am part of) needed a kick in the pants..big time...and they got it. But this nation picked a man who was a Community Organizer (?) and a junior senator who spent most of that time running for president? I am no McCain fan, but Mr. Obama is the next Jimmy Carter. With Pelosi and Reed in charge of the Senate you will have double digit inflation and interest rates within a year. I pray I am wrong, but with the socialist programs this crew has mentioned we are in deep trouble.
November 5, 2008 at 4:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
My_Opinion (anonymous) says...
Let me jump and the race train for a moment. When filling out a birth certificate for a baby you can only be one race. The rule of thumb as I know it is what ever race your father is, is the race you are. My daughter is biracial, I am white and her father is black. According to the government she can't be both so I had to choose and I choose black. Such a beautiful color. I felt like my daughter would be accepted into a black community (because of her darker skin color) before she would be classified as white. So to everyone questioning why we keep referring to him as "black" and not "black and white" it's because the government said so. I VOTED OBAMA 08!!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 4:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Girleygirl (anonymous) says...
Prosperous- j/k.......you can kind of tell by the post before that one.
Folks were looking for riots and all type of bad things to happen, and I just think that its funny ( funny ha ha not funny ROFLMAO)that this is the only riot in Charleston that happened.
I seen you post before and would not compare you to Jane. I should shoot you in your pinky toe just for comparing yourself to her. :>)
November 5, 2008 at 4:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nochasgirl (anonymous) says...
Just curious about an explanation for the increase in voter registration this year....nothing to do with race either?
November 5, 2008 at 4:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
prosperous_hb (anonymous) says...
ouch Girleygirl, that would really help.
November 5, 2008 at 4:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
taleele_e (anonymous) says...
Posted by dgb on November 5, 2008 at 2:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Obama's mouth seems to be a little darker than the rest of his face so I guess the mouth and big ears are the black part of him.
....Wow the comments here are just done right ridiculous,Obama is black even if his mom was white. In society itself if one parent is black society looks at that child as being black it's no half black. Take the comments here on this post,a lot of you are upset that a well educated Black Man is now the President of the United States.It's time for a change and that is what America voted for. Those of you that don't like it,do you think Obama is going to lose sleep over it....I don't think so.I am going to pray for America and our new President because god knows we need it.
November 5, 2008 at 4:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nochasgirl (anonymous) says...
Also wondering if McCain had won, would the Obama supporters be giddy with excitement today, wanting everyone to come together for the good of the country? Just curious?
November 5, 2008 at 4:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
msplacedinsc (anonymous) says...
nochasgirl,
John Kerry? Like Da... a white man?
hey girl, nobody and I mean nobody (liberals or independant) wants your party to defect to Obama's side or "train". The "dark age", "right-wing" rhetoric that your own party stated last night is yesterday news? You need a new message to your faithful other than the same old crud every 4 years? The bumper sticker bashing towards Bush was well deserved sorry for the news? 76 days and counting baby and the majority of the world along with 5o million americans will be glad that the idiot from Texas will ride off into the sunset of his village in TX.
Thank God
November 5, 2008 at 4:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Girleygirl (anonymous) says...
Mochas- you need to look that up. I'm sure there is a website or some type of national report that can direct you to your answer...it can break it down for you to view however you like. I did not check the voter registration for neither the democrats or the republicans as far as who registered for the first time, I did not check to see who changed their party ties and went to whatever side. I did not check to see what our first time voters thought about what candidate. I did not look at stats for white, black, or other.
That's something you really need to research for yourself, you are not going to find the answer you want, or don't want here.
November 5, 2008 at 4:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nochasgirl (anonymous) says...
My questions were simply rhetorical questions. No need to research anything, I have already seen the report. It was actually in this paper!
November 5, 2008 at 4:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Girleygirl (anonymous) says...
Well then there you go!!!!!!!!!!!!
:>)
November 5, 2008 at 4:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
diablo_tonto (anonymous) says...
The popular vote and electoral college numbers last night were nothing less than impressive! The country sent a message loud and clear. Now, after Jan 20th the major job of "nation rebuilding" can hopefully begin. Peace to President Elect Barack Hussein Obama, his family, and to Vice President Elect Joseph Biden and his family as well. Obama/Biden"08"........
November 5, 2008 at 4:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
taleele_e (anonymous) says...
nochasgirl...if Mcain had won I wouldn't have been happy but I wouldn't have been on here posting negative comments either about his character or the races like some people on here.However the majority of the American people voted in our President Barack Obama. I would have still prayed for all of us.
November 5, 2008 at 5:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SCSIGirl2 (anonymous) says...
I voted for McCain, but congratulations to Obama, I'm glad to see the system worked. A democracy is based on the majority rules, and a majority of voters made a decision for change.
PS Quit nitpicking on the age of the nation, yes, it is 232 years old, that's when it was legalized (wooo hooo!!), but folks came here way before that in escape of persecution and began to build a new life. Can't we start at point of conception and not birth? :o)
November 5, 2008 at 5:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hightide (anonymous) says...
Pluffmudder - LOL at your comment about our names!
November 5, 2008 at 5:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
CNN_10 (anonymous) says...
Even though i am a Republican, i do congrats to Obama and as for America we need to get over the issue of race. Every person regardless of his or her color should have the opportunity to run for office. Again Obama will have alot of hard work ahead of him and with the right people behind him he will do fine. One last thing his presidency is going to be in the center so do not look for him to be a left wing nut job.
November 5, 2008 at 5:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
I hope all Obama supporters, who are telling those who supported another (& that is not necessarily McCain) to be "good Americans" & support our new President, have practiced, over the last 8 years, what they are now preaching. If not, sit down & shut up. The last thing a new President needs is a bunch of hypocrites as supporters. Look how far that got the last President.
(BTW, I agree that we Americans need to support our President & keep criticisms as constructive as possible...)
As important as the potential impact of who we elect to run this country is, it is NOT the most important thing in the world. The sun still came up. We have our families & friends, & for many of us, our faith.
At the end of last wk, a heart breaking, gut wrenching tragedy of unimaginable magnitude happened to a family that my family, as well as a host of others, loves very much. Events of that magnitude have a way of putting many of the less important events of life into perspective. I'm not saying the election was not important. But let us not misplace it in the scheme of life.
As I was standing in line to vote, a woman told me she & her brother got into a fight over this election that is so huge they are not speaking to each other. Life is too fragile & unpredictable to waste time being estranged from loved ones over the politics of an election.
PS to Lovely
Prayers & good thoughts to you & your family as you anticipate the arrival of your newest lovely one & our new fellow American!
November 5, 2008 at 5:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
geekguy2008 (anonymous) says...
Black people have NO MORE EXCUSES now. The fact that we can have a black president just PROVES to me that racism in America is no more.
We should see an immediate rise in grades from minority schools, less attendance problems and less minorities dropping out. If one black man can do it, SO CAN YOU....so ....
NO MORE EXCUSES
November 5, 2008 at 5:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
CU03 (anonymous) says...
President Obama. That sounds so good to me
President Obama. Leader of the land of the free
With Timberlands on, you'd think I was six feet five
But today I've never felt taller in any day I've been alive
Joy exudes from my body. There's an excitement I can't hide
It's so hard to explain, it's a different type of pride
Yes we can! Yes we will! And yes we did
But this is only the latest stop in our journey to rid
To rid America of it's injustice and inequality
And I thank you President Obama with great sincerity
For the dreams of all our ancestors you decided to tote
From M.L.K. to Harriet Tubman to the slaves brought over on a boat
Slaves cast away in chains: beaten with whips
Mothers who had their children torn away from their hips
Our people were sold on auction like a piece of equipment
That alone is worth a thousand years of resentment
Our women were raped freely. We were forced in the fields to pick cotton
The struggles of our people shall never be forgotten
We were sprayed with fire hoses: beaten and thrown in jail
Being black in America was the closest thing to hell
Hung from trees and set on fire from the kkk
And through it all we overcame. Look at us today
When I was fifteen years old, a white man called me a dumb n****r
Because I said, "One day our president would be black." How about that: go figure
He said, "Before a black man is president, it'll be a cold day in hell!"
I hope satan and his demons have bundled up well
I take time to reflect on all of the drama
We went from yes sir massa' to yes Sir, President Obama
You took Mr. King's dream and you ran through the door
President Obama: number forty-four
Like Mike and Lebron, I wanted to wear twenty-three
But now you'll see a sticker of forty-four on any jersey on me
Just like this poem, that'll be a tribute to you
For all you have done and all you will do
I told myself when you won, I would act a straight fool
Til you stepped on that stage and redefined cool
In order to honor you, I can't act an ass
Because President Obama, you're the epitome of class
And we thank you so much, for taking a chance
For so many people, you are a true deliverance
With the economy down and everyone wanting to mope
You made us believe. We thank you for hope
And we know the struggles not over. No this is only the beginning
But with this new found hope, we can again see the ending
Just like the Reverends Martin, Jessie, and Al saw the end of segregation
We can see the end of the struggle, under your delegation
So in what will now go down as the greatest demonstration
Of hope and change in the history of our nation
President Obama: we thank you
First Lady Obama: we thank you
People today if you're riding in anything from a hoopty to a Range
Honk your horn five times as you say, "It's Time For A Change!"
November 5, 2008 at 5:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Were it but so simple, Geekguy, were it but so simple. There are still far too many people who hold onto racial prejudices and hatreds. Too many people who I've talked to think that the country will be going to Hell just because we'll soon have a black president. Too many of those same people refuse to shop at certain stores, eat at certain restaurants or go near certain neighborhoods because those places are (and thank God these are not my words) "too dark."
This is a big step for America, and we should all feel proud. But keep in mind that we're not done walking; we've still got quite a ways to go until we can really bury the whole racism issue. Still, I have to say that progress sure feels rather nice.
November 5, 2008 at 6:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
EvilGenius, the way you and others throw around the term Socialism you're clearly demonstrating that you have no idea what Socialism really is.
The terrorists aren't going to win and the country isn't going to become Socialist just because Democrats won the presidency and a majority in Congress. After all, the US didn't become a magical Capitolist fairytale wonderland and terrorism wasn't eradicated when Republicans had the presidency and a majority in Congress in Bush's first term.
Overall the media averages out to be objective; use enough sources and you can piece together a realistic picture. There are media groups like Fox which obviously slant toward being Conservative, but I guess it's better to ignore that if you're trying to make a claim about unfair advantage. I have to wonder what you mean about the parasites of society, though, because that sounds like an accurate descriptor of the fatcat businessmen and wealthiest 5% of the country who have been given all the tax breaks over the past several years but who haven't put much of anything back into this great nation.
And of course it's always interesting to see the hatred for the "intellectual elite" in the people of this state. The term "intellectual elite" is a sham, by the way. It isn't as if people are born into intellectual prowess; anyone can become intellectual if they want to, it's just a matter of effort. Becoming an "intellectual elite" isn't even as hard as getting rich, you just go to a good school and you learn. There's just this odd, seething hatred from the people who don't make that effort against the people who do. It's curious, but it's also extremely disappointing the way people here are almost bred to hate intellectuals and higher education.
I'm not sure where you picked up the "evil America crap" in anything that I was saying, though. I'll be the first to step up and defend America even though I disagree with what's been done to us by our leaders in the past eight years.
It's foolish to pretend that racism against the various immigrant groups that have and continue to come into this country has vanished. The Irish immigrants have poured their collective souls into the betterment of this country. Still, on a holiday which should celebrate their culture and traditions, St. Patrick's Day, Americans spend the day drinking and telling bawdy, insulting jokes about the Irish, reducing their culture and achievements to shamrocks and green beer. Knowing that my ancestors saw the signs that read "No Irish need apply" and knowing as I grew up seeing my heritage distilled to drunken debauchery and a breakfast cereal mascot has instilled in me the belief that the fight is far from over for all of us. No sir, I say to you that while you may not see it, acknowledge it or realize it, racism is still a problem in this country. That being said, we are making progress, and that is something to be proud of.
November 5, 2008 at 6:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
zyvin (anonymous) says...
See what can happen when there are NO blacks present in the raising of a black man. He can become president..lol...I think it is hilarious that so many blacks here are identifying with Barack. He has absolutely no lineage to slavery in america. None of his ancestors were slaves in the US. Hilarious. He is as black as tiger woods. He doesnt want to sit on your stoop and drink a 40 with you!
November 5, 2008 at 7 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
WhatMeWorry Quoting me. "But I did not have to borrow to achieve financial security."
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except for the house that you financed. Dummy.
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What you missed which merely emphasizes my observation that your not very bright was that I made it clear that I did "not have to borrow"; that my finances were solid and paying for the home on time for a short period was to my advantage.
Dummy!
November 5, 2008 at 7:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
chassc1 (anonymous) says...
THE ONLY REASON OBAMA WON IS BECAUSE PEOPLE VOTED FOR THE WRONG REASONS.....EVERYONE KNOWS IT!!! BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM SCREW UP THEN WHAT ARE YOU OBAMA FANS GOING TO SAY NOW???? HES NEW HES BLACK WHATEVER WE WILL SEE ...FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE I AM ASHAMED OF SOME AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 7:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Posted by My_Opinion; from reading your post and how many you have posted it seems to my that you are older and possibly retired.
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You are quite right. I am older and very much retired so I have the liberty to get on here from time to time at my discretion and annoy you left wing loonies.
You on the other hand claim to be working for a lawyer, raising a brood, going to school,blah, blah, blah,yet you have managed to stay on posting nonsense all day long.
If your at work you ought to be fired for stealing from your boss, unless of course he gave you a day off to celebrate the acceleration of the decline of the republic.
If not you need to put the scant time left from your busy all American mom schedule to better use than blathering incoherently on this forum.
November 5, 2008 at 7:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
newto843 (anonymous) says...
Wondering if Jane is my neighbor. They have painted "The End Is Near" on the back window of their vehicle (right above the McCain sticker). Pretty extreme of people I think.
November 5, 2008 at 7:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
evil; it's plain that trying to educate these super sophisticated elitists about the seductive pitfalls of socialiam is a lesson in futility.
None can name even one socialist country that has protected the environment, religious freedom, right to own property, or any of the other things taken for granted here in America, yet they seem hell bent for leather to push for that very same failed form of tyrannical government.
I don't suppose history is taught in the schools anymore.
November 5, 2008 at 7:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tulane75 (anonymous) says...
I just heard that Rahm Emanuel will be named White House Chief of Staff. This is an excellent start for the new administration!
November 5, 2008 at 7:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
taleele_e (anonymous) says...
Charleston and Richland counties are blue this election! Greenville, not surprisingly, stayed red...#sce08 #sc2008
Obama may not have won the state of SC but he won in Chas.County and to everybody that went out on yesterday to vote for him we made a change and nobody can take that from us with their negative comments posted here and anywhere else....Yes We Can !!!
November 5, 2008 at 7:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
EvilGenius, stocks have been jumping up and down erratically for the past month. A sudden rise or fall immediately after the election doesn't prove anything, and only suggest that we're in an economic crisis, which really shouldn't be news to anyone.
You'll have to provide sources for your figures for them to be at all meaningful. I could just as easily make up figures saying that the poorest 1% pay 100% of income taxes, which wouldn't really help anyone in any way. Claims without proof are fairly pointless. Additionally, as Aaron Levenstein once said, "Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital."
Going by that definition of Socialism that you just looked up, Evil, you should have by now realized that the US has already dabbled in the Socialist pond. *Gasp!* We were aleady well on our way to adopting Socialist approaches to certain industries long before Obama was elected. The funny thing is that people are calling his tax and health care ideas Socialist when his plans for those issues are less Socialist than many programs we already have.
November 5, 2008 at 8:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
taleele_e (anonymous) says...
....EvilGenuis get over it America has made a change and I know that is a hard pill for a lot of you to swallow and it tickles me because you are getting all worked up over something you can't do anything about.The votes have been counted and Obama won fair and square without stealing the election...lmao
November 5, 2008 at 8:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
The very opinion article you're quoting points out several ways in which the statistics can paint an inaccurate picture. Those statistics also happen to be from 2005, which which gives us three years for those figures to have changed. The miniature timeline also makes it easy to associate the increase in taxes paid with an increase in income earned.
Of course, I could also take a play out of the far-right playbook and claim that the article comes from an obviously biased media outlet, or go even further and say that the statistics released by the Treasury only say what those evil conservative Republicans want us to believe.
The only honest and truthful thing to say, though, is that those statistics only reveal data on one year and don't reveal all of the data available for that year. As ever, statistics are interesting but they are never satisfying.
November 5, 2008 at 8:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
taleele_e (anonymous) says...
EvilGenius like I said get over it,if you feel like you could have done a better job why didn't you run for President? I don't depend on the Government to take care of me. I love my job because I worked hard to get where I am and to accomplish everything that I have done. Nothing was given to me, not even this government cheese and milk you speak so fondly of. Oh before I go to bed so I can get up and go to the job that I depend on to take care of me and my son,let me say this....A Change Has Come.....lmao
November 5, 2008 at 8:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blissfactor (anonymous) says...
I took my daughter with me to vote yesterday. She's 5. We talked about civic responsibility and democracy. Never in our conversation did I bring up race. As we watched television in the early evening I realized that to HER, my beautiful hope for the future, there were just 2 men who wanted to be President of the United States. I know that one day I'm going to have to address the issue of race and injustice, bigotry and hate. For now I am perfectly content knowing that even sitting here in my ruby red county in a ruby red state- yesterday I was part of something bigger and better than 1 single person can be. It fills me with hope.
November 5, 2008 at 9:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
june (anonymous) says...
Let us all pray for this great nation and our leaders. Pray that we all go to sleep
tonight and wake up on thursday to another day and great nation.
May our heavenly father keep us safe from harms way.
November 5, 2008 at 9:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
newto843 (anonymous) says...
Speaking of the EIC, was that not a Reagan creation?
November 5, 2008 at 9:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tulane75 (anonymous) says...
Evil Genius and his ilk have redefined Marxism from what it used to mean to now, where it simply means that you disagree with her or you voted for one for whom Evil Genius disapproves.
November 5, 2008 at 10:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
muchlife (anonymous) says...
Why do we have to be a country with so much hatred? Many of you call yourselves Christians and you say you like blacks. Now you have been tested. If I were to die today or tomorrow I do not want to go to hell for hating someone because the color of their skin. Would we all feel better if we peeled back Obama skin and replace it with white skin? If that is the case then you better be prepared to face God on judgment day. We were all created in our own special way, God does not make mistakes. However, I have read many immature comments on the page from Professors, doctors, clergies, lawyers, teachers, nurses, and every walk of religions. You all should be role models not bigots.
November 5, 2008 at 10:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
laine61 (anonymous) says...
Plain and simple: If you didn't vote for President-Elect Obama because of his race, then you are racist. If you didn't vote for him (honestly) because of his policies, kudos to you. No, he is not the messiah. We have never thought of him as a messiah because we are smarter than to believe that. Nor is he the antichrist as some people have "subtly" suggested. He has gotten so much attention because this is unprecedented and people are happy to see that the U.S. has come this far. Don't let racism takes us back. No one has to leave the country. Just accept it as we have been doing with other Presidents that were not well liked!!!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
noname (anonymous) says...
After reading some of the worst comments ever written on this site, it's soooooo easy to see why so many folks look at South Carolina as one of the most backwards azz states!
It's so difficult to defend the state in which I live, simply because some folks are still living in the stone age where they honestly believe that one race is some what better than the other, simply because of their skin color!
Come on folks, it's 2008, not 1908! They don't see us as black folks, white folks, or asian folks for that matter, they see us as a STATE, AND NOT ONE TO BE PROUD OF AT TIMES, IF I MUST SAY SO MYSELF!
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but we DO not have to act like third graders, with the constant name-calling and bickering simply because someone disagree with the next person beliefs.
Last I checked, EVERYONE,not blacks or white, but EVERYONE
bleeds the same color RED.
As we all know, in every election there's a winner and a loser, the majority voted in favor of President Barack Obama, and if nothing else, we all should respect that!
November 5, 2008 at 11:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
First time stocks drop - largest post election day drop on record. And to think Obama has been touted a savior for the economy yet the people of the market have shown fear. Could it be that he only won because of the masses of people waiting for their opportunity to get free money off the backs of the working people?
THe country will soon be starting the 3rd year of Democratic control of congress. The last 2 years have shown the idiots to be the worst congress in history. However, there is room for CHANGE as their approval was only 18%. That leaves 18% more to go.
Failure = Don't blame me I voted for McCain!
November 5, 2008 at 11:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pluffmudder (anonymous) says...
Hightide, you have left a smile on my face. P.S. I'm a woman (I'll go so far as to say a very attractive woman, or so I have been told). Man, I sure hope you're a good-looking man. You sound like my type, and we worked out our "perceived" differences very well, I might add. When's the next tide change?
November 6, 2008 at 10:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
wabisabi (anonymous) says...
ONAWHIM,
I must ask you this. Would Barack approve of your comment? If we want to be the change that our President-elect envisions, must we not ask ourselves 'What would Barack do?' every time we are faced with fearful, prejudiced, confused, skeptical or misinformed people? Does your comment not reflect the self-same thought patterns that have contributed to our current problems? Have you already forgotten Barack's speech? 'And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.'
ONAWHIM---If this chance for change is going to succeed, we must try to remember to ask ourselves WWBD (WHAT WOULD BARACK DO?) before we act or speak.
We must remember Mahatma Gandhi's words: We must become the change we want to see.
November 7, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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