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Obama's presidency will usher in change, unity for America

(Last updated: 11/10/08 7:17pm)

It’s not hard to think highly of Sen. John McCain, especially when he is as gracious and high-minded in defeat as he was Nov. 4.

I know that President-elect Obama wants to usher in an era of unity and healing, but it’s important that we never forget that Obama is the president-elect despite the fact that the McCain campaign promoted fear, xenophobia and racism because he believed people’s ignorance was the margin of victory.

McCain deserved to lose, and today is a good day because of that.

In the coming months, watch for McCain to distance himself from his conduct during the financial crisis, his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and his negative assertions about Obama.

Although McCain deserved to lose, Obama deserved to win. That makes today a great day, and because he won, I have faith that many more are ahead.

Obama changed how campaigns are run and he has set a new standard for 21st century presidential candidates. Obama brought progressive politics into the mainstream by making his case to Middle America. His policies are a huge departure from the status quo, and he has inspired us and prepared us for the change we need.

Not everyone voted for Obama, but I have a feeling that deep down, many of his detractors are rooting for him to do a good job.

I have supported Obama’s campaign for president ever since he hinted at an interest in running back in October 2006 on “Meet The Press.” The only thing better than seeing him win will be watching him succeed.

David Tibergien

English and professional writing senior

Originally Published: 11/10/08 7:05pm




Commentary:

Mike

11/10/08 9:21pm

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31868_Obama_Lied_About_Firing_Anti-Israel_Adviser

It looks like Obama is already a liar. He is sending anti-semitic advisors to go negotiate with the terrorists in Syria and Egypt. It didn’t take him long to screw America over.

Jason Van Dyke

11/10/08 9:50pm

Obama is a politician. Democrat or Republican, politicians lie. I am willing to give him a pass on this one. I’ll jump down his throat when he turns toward abortion, gun control, taxation, and the Fairness Doctrine.

Jerrod

11/10/08 11:33pm

I just pray that someone catches him red-handed when he tries to steal the Hope diamond.

The Grinch

11/11/08 5:36am

If he’s not a third party then he’s not a “huge departure from the status quo”.

Todd

11/11/08 8:46am

No, Obama does not want unity, and when supporters of his write letters like this using accusatory language such as “fear, xenophobia and racism,” it’s impossible to take such claims seriously.

Throat Jumping

11/11/08 9:32am

JVD, I bet that won’t be the first time you’ve been in another man’s throat.

re: mike

11/11/08 4:15pm

Mike, you’re an idiot. Obama’s anti-Semitic and supports terrorists, which is why he selected Rahm Emanuel, a fervent supporter of Israel and a Jewish-American, as his first choice for White House Chief of Staff. Trying to play to people’s racism and xenophobia is precisely why republicans lost. By the way, Arabs are also Semitic people. Crawl back in your whole.

re: todd

11/11/08 4:26pm

Todd, I see you’re from the Sarah Palin school of non-thought. The right-wing can call Obama a terrorist, an “uppity” Negro, anti-America, an Arab, a Muslim (as if those last two things are insults, which they are not) — and yet if they are challenged on this, they cry that the media is using “accusatory language.” Sarah Palin had the same fascist argument, arguing that “mainstream media” was to blame for her tax-payer funded shopping sprees, her ethics violations, her lynch-mob rhetoric at McCain rallies, her garbled syntax, her blanket ignorance of the world around her, and ultimately, her loss.

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Crystal

11/11/08 4:42pm

You mean like the fear that Obama instilled by saying that McCain would be just like Bush? And what racism are you talking about? OMG, if someone says anything bad about Obama, it automatically has to be that they are racist? Get over yourself. McCain lost because so many people were sick of Bush and McCain’s campaign did a poor job (to put it mildly) of proving Obama wrong.

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Randy

11/11/08 5:41pm

Cel-e-brate good Obama, c’mon!!! It’s Obama Obama

YEAHHHHHH EVERYTHING’S CHANGED!!!!!

OBAAAMMMMAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

re: GRINCH

11/11/08 10:17pm

You’re an idiot. If third parties can’t win State House and City Council seats they sure as heck can’t win the White House.

Re: Crystal

11/11/08 10:19pm

Murtha won.

McCain would NOT have been the same as Bush, he would have been WORSE.

McCain wanted to take the wheel from Bush and hit the gas in the same direction.

re: re: todd

11/12/08 1:15am

No one called Obama a terrorist, he simply worked with a proven terrorist. I suppose the line of thinking was that if he co-oped with a terrorist before, whats to stop him from continuing to take advice from people like that in the future? McCain nor his campaign ever suggested that Obama himself is going to do anything intentionally harmful to the U.S., it was more aimed at the fact that bad people could work their way into his list of advisors and use that influence for negative motives.

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Re:Re: Crystal you have a Crystal Ball?

11/12/08 1:22am

So you know what would have happened how seems like you are just guessing and making baseless claims. Why don’t you go look up the legislation that obama has introduced 2 of his bills have been to make a day in the summer national summer learning day. OH and the all important congratulating the White Sox for winning the World Series, and that beauty of a piece of legislation was longer than most the others he wrote.

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To "re: re: Todd"

11/12/08 4:13am

John McCain doesn’t use email. If all he needs a computer for it word processing, he might as well just hand-write whatever it is, and not use a computer at all.

http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/john-mccain-interview/article93739-2.html

LansingTrucker

11/15/08 5:30pm

All you Obama supports forget one thing Obama had over 600 Million to use to became President elect. Obama says share the wealth that fine I say We tax his rich supports if they can gave 600 million in a short time. And then share the money from the tax with the folks making min. wage, the taxes Obama money 600 million and his high class home in Chicago. Hey share the Wealth that fine lets put Senator Chris Dobb and Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the same list, also all the Liberal Stars out there in California. Then tax nut case Barbra Streisand and lets not forget the worst Liberal Oprah Winfrey. Tax them dry spread the wealth as Obama wants…..

White Trash for McCain!

11/16/08 4:46pm

You are illiterate trash. Are you suggesting that Obama can or wants to tax wealthy liberals differently than wealthy conservatives? Well yeah, way to not think.

P.S: Obama won, and he’s going to win again in four years.

Suck.
It.

Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha



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