One of my employees (salary under $30,000) said she doesn't expect Obama to keep his tax cut pledge and would be ok paying another $2,000 in taxes per year.
One other person declared that this campaign had nothing to do with race and was offended that anyone would make a suggestion that it was.
bump...
will be back to read the stunning non-sequitors later...
Obamabots keep a low profile around here.
I personnaly think this is a wakeup call for hard working Americans.We might be down,but not out.
“Obama is FANTASTIC - his election proved it!”
a co-worker singing “Happy Days are Here Again”
She told me: “He reminds me of Kennedy!”
Not one Obamabot has said anything to me today. It is most likely because they know I won’t hold back in my reply . . .which would have been along the lines of: “I have survived LBJ, Carter and Clinton. I think I can survive The Messiah.”
I received the following email from a family friend today. Since I first checked it on my PDA I couldn’t view the signature line, I thought the friend drafted it. I only read up to the part where I was being called a racist, then I called her. Typical total nut case!
Subject: Pinch Me ........
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Friends,
Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair.
In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea. The racists were present throughout the campaign and in the voting booth. But they are no longer the majority, and we will see their flame of hate fizzle out in our lifetime.
There was another important “first” last night. Never before in our history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president during a time of war. I hope President-elect Obama remembers that as he considers expanding the war in Afghanistan. The faith we now have will be lost if he forgets the main issue on which he beat his fellow Dems in the primaries and then a great war hero in the general election: The people of America are tired of war. Sick and tired. And their voice was loud and clear yesterday.
It’s been an inexcusable 44 years since a Democrat running for president has received even just 51% of the vote. That’s because most Americans haven’t really liked the Democrats. They see them as rarely having the guts to get the job done or stand up for the working people they say they support. Well, here’s their chance. It has been handed to them, via the voting public, in the form of a man who is not a party hack, not a set-for-life Beltway bureaucrat. Will he now become one of them, or will he force them to be more like him? We pray for the latter.
But today we celebrate this triumph of decency over personal attack, of peace over war, of intelligence over a belief that Adam and Eve rode around on dinosaurs just 6,000 years ago. What will it be like to have a smart president? Science, banished for eight years, will return. Imagine supporting our country’s greatest minds as they seek to cure illness, discover new forms of energy, and work to save the planet. I know, pinch me.
We may, just possibly, also see a time of refreshing openness, enlightenment and creativity. The arts and the artists will not be seen as the enemy. Perhaps art will be explored in order to discover the greater truths. When FDR was ushered in with his landslide in 1932, what followed was Frank Capra and Preston Sturgis, Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange and Orson Welles. All week long I have been inundated with media asking me, “gee, Mike, what will you do now that Bush is gone?” Are they kidding? What will it be like to work and create in an environment that nurtures and supports film and the arts, science and invention, and the freedom to be whatever you want to be? Watch a thousand flowers bloom! We’ve entered a new era, and if I could sum up our collective first thought of this new era, it is this: Anything Is Possible.
An African American has been elected President of the United States! Anything is possible! We can wrestle our economy out of the hands of the reckless rich and return it to the people. Anything is possible! Every citizen can be guaranteed health care. Anything is possible! We can stop melting the polar ice caps. Anything is possible! Those who have committed war crimes will be brought to justice. Anything is possible.
We really don’t have much time. There is big work to do. But this is the week for all of us to revel in this great moment. Be humble about it. Do not treat the Republicans in your life the way they have treated you the past eight years. Show them the grace and goodness that Barack Obama exuded throughout the campaign. Though called every name in the book, he refused to lower himself to the gutter and sling the mud back. Can we follow his example? I know, it will be hard.
I want to thank everyone who gave of their time and resources to make this victory happen. It’s been a long road, and huge damage has been done to this great country, not to mention to many of you who have lost your jobs, gone bankrupt from medical bills, or suffered through a loved one being shipped off to Iraq. We will now work to repair this damage, and it won’t be easy.
But what a way to start! Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Wow. Seriously, wow.
Yours,
Michael Moore
MichaelMoore.com
MMFlint@aol.com
I’ve heard nothing today, but I did get an “Obama” yell on the way home from the polls yesterday.
“Our country will never be the same.”
“He’ll bring the country together and we’ll be back in favor with the rest of the world.”
I called 911 reporting this crime also complaining about the noise.
I got a giggle with a "thanks for the call, we'll look into it" comment.
“Obama isn’t pro-choice!” - Dipshit Co-worker
Think I need to find a new job before January 20.
He said, "I was pretty happy last night, though I voted for Nader... Well, I really wanted Obama to win over McCain, but I didn't vote for him because New Jersey always goes Republican anyway..."
Genius abounds.
I volunteer at my kids high school - a guidance counselor said she had to vote for BO so she could be part of a historic event - then she said - “I have no idea what’s coming next”!
One of my co-workers brought up Sarah Palin and how unqualified she was to be vice-president.
I shot back, asking her how Palin, who is Governor of a U.S. state and has a long history of government service, is unqualified to be vice-president while Obama, who was only a state senator for about a year, was qualified to be president of the united states?
I just loved the blank stare I got back in return!
Facebook updates are a gold mine:
“...is drunk on hope.”
“...can sleep soundly tonight.”
“...is still celebrating!”
“...is content.”
“...voted for change.”
Not from anyone I know, but I was appalled at the bile being spewed against Sarah Palin today on a certain left-wing blog after the Newsweek “revelations” about her. So much for them being willing to work together with the opposition. They still want to squash it like a bug.
I didn’t bother to read the gloating I knew would come from one commie friend. I am thinking the bright side is he will soon learn his failures are the result of his own laziness and self imposed limitations. Not who is in charge of the country. (same guy thought Clinton just being elected in ‘92 is why the economy started to turn for the better at the end of that year). Then, I will say, “I told you so.”
I had a black friend call me up to give it to me. . .WOO HOOO was all I heard for about 3 minutes. . .I finally asked her if I could use her as a reference when Obama’s National Security force surrounds my house. . .I called her back today and gave her holy hell about the stock market which dropped over 500 points because of OBAMANOMICS!!. . .WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING WITH OUR ECONOMY!!!. . .she goes. . “he ain’t even in office yet. . “. .I said. .”I’m just practicing for the next four years!” OBAMANOMICS! OBAMANOMICS!
“Obama is going to govern as a centrist.”
I got this from Juan Williams and also a FReeper.