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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

Amazing speech which makes it his 3rd or 4th of this campaign.It was so obvious he was the better man for the job.Never backed down to any bullshit accusations and did this whole thing with honor.The GOP never knew what hit them and had no clue how to deal with someone who was honest and wasnt afraid to call them on their hypocrisy.Mccain was the sacrificial lamb.How disgusting was the crowd surrounding McCain when they booed Obama?Real fucking classy.You could see in McCains eyes a look of I can't believe these are my supporters.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

cLaY Wrote:oh happy day! how does it feel, bird33?

Its pretty surreal.

#1 he's a black that won the presidency

#2 he totally wrecked the republican party and he's black

#3 he moved the country forward in a way nobody could have dreamed possible

#4 if Kerry wins 4 years ago where are we right now?

#5 god I hope he doesnt get shot

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - Anhil8tor - 11-05-2008

congrats bird...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxfvxKBXRM4"]YouTube - Re: Hillary vs Obama[/ame]

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

Classy.Where you in the Mccain crowd last night?

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

Paddy Wrote:I was in Grant Park last night and though I'm generally cynical about politicians of any shape or size you couldn't help but feel a sense of history.

100,000 some people and one jackass.

Was it even possible to get close?

I noticed they had bulletproof glass on the sides of the stage stretching up.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - Anhil8tor - 11-05-2008

BIRD33 Wrote:Classy.Where you in the Mccain crowd last night?

I went to bed at 9pm last night. didn't even watch.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - Paddy - 11-05-2008

BIRD33 Wrote:and one jackass.

Spike Lee?

Quote:Was it even possible to get close?

I noticed they had bulletproof glass on the sides of the stage stretching up.

I didn't have one of the invites so we were way back. If I actually wanted to see much I would have been better off watching on TV. The missus was happy though.

Throughout his speech I was braced for gunshots.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - Anhil8tor - 11-05-2008

did the baby make it out?

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

Paddy Wrote:Spike Lee?



I didn't have one of the invites so we were way back. If I actually wanted to see much I would have been better off watching on TV. The missus was happy though.

Throughout his speech I was braced for gunshots.

I was seriously worried.Next it will be the inauguration.You could start a pool on when some one trys something.

You are lucky.You basically where on hand for something akin to the moon landing as far as this nations history is concerned.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

Anhil8tor Wrote:I went to bed at 9pm last night. didn't even watch.

You are dinosaur now.Ever see those Lawrence Welk shows on PBS with the big band and all the people who were young but look so old right now with their clothes and hair?Thats you.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - snarg - 11-05-2008

you nailed gator, but this was much bigger than the moon landing

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

I'd put the moon landing as a bigger event in the history of mankind not just one country.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - snarg - 11-05-2008

i respectfully disagree
obama's election will have a greater effect on world history as well as american history
already some hostile nations are making friendly overtures

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - who - 11-05-2008

BIRD33 Wrote:.How disgusting was the crowd surrounding McCain when they booed Obama?Real fucking classy.

Philadelphia transplants

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

snarg Wrote:i respectfully disagree
obama's election will have a greater effect on world history as well as american history
already some hostile nations are making friendly overtures

I think 500 years from now when we are all basically one color because of race mixing racism will be this quaint relic from the past the way we look at prohibition.

Space travel is on a whole other level at least to me.

I don't believe the hype that all the sudden Iran is going to be nice to us and dismantle their nuke program.He will help immediately with relations to past allies like Britain and France but I don't see us changing the way Hugo Chavez does business.They are all looking out for themselves.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

who Wrote:Philadelphia transplants

Doubtful.We back winners.

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - who - 11-05-2008

BIRD33 Wrote:Doubtful.We back winners.

that's funny

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - BIRD33 - 11-05-2008

Have we had a cooler guy as president?

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So I was watching the State of the Union last night.... - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 11-05-2008

Historic night indeed. I enjoyed following it and it was sort of like the media couldn't even wrap their minds around what a big deal this was across the country. They kept stumbling through questions and short interviews, but I don't think they were really prepared for the human side of the outcome.

Here's a few thoughts on things I saw last night:

1. How sad was Jesse Jackson standing out in the crowd holding a little flag?

2. Did anyone see Bob Scheiffer and Katie Couric doing the play by play as the votes were coming in? At one point Katie asked Bob, "So what effect do you think that Governor Palin has had on the McCain campaign". He replied, "Oh I think she has definitely hurt his campaign. In fact, Katie, I think that the interview that you did with her probably hurt her more in the eyes of the American people than anything else." Then she said, "Thank you". Thank you?

3. McCain was total class on his concession speech. And he did it pretty early to let Obama have his moment before it got too late.

4. I'm not sure what the official time they called the race was, but around 9:00 CST (10 EST) when McCain lost Pennsylvania, they pretty much called it then. At least Bob Scheiffer did (actually he pretty much called it before the first vote was counted). Officially, I heard Katie Couric announce it at 10:00 CST.

5. Obama's speech was nails. I thought that was his best one yet. But, why did he have to say that "we won't get it done in the first year and we might not get it done in the first term"? Funny that he runs his whole campaign on these things that he is going to get done and then as soon as he's elected announces that he might not can get them done in the first term. Its not that I don't agree with him and understand his point, but I just wonder why he felt that was the right time to spring the news on everyone. I got the feeling he was already trying to lower the bar he had set for himself.

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