U 11 navecer, kada su zatvorena biralista zapadne obale, NBC je objavio da je Barak HUSSEIN Obama novi President Elect!!!!
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U 11:30 John McCain je priznao poraz i cestitao novoodabranom predsjedniku. Moram priznati da je govor bio dojmljiv i iskren (na zalost njegove publike) i podsjetio me na McCaina koji je u tijeku ove predizborne kampanje nestao, prevorio se u zlog i agresivnog covjeka kojem veceras nije bilo traga. (Za razliku od svih ranijih predizbornih skupova, na kraju govora, Sarah je dobila samo rukovanje, zagrljaja nije bilo…)
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Ranije jutros me sokirala ova grafika, rezultati istrazivanja prije dvije godine kada je SurveyUSA pitao glasace za koga bi glasali na izborima izmedu Obame i McCaina:
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Mislim da ovo samo dodatno pokazuje snagu i kvalitetu Obame i njegove kampanje.
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Tri minute prije ponoci, Obama s obitelji izlazi na pozornicu u Grant Parku u Chicagu. Prvi put u zivotu placem od srece radi rezultata izbora. Izbora na kojim nisam glasala, u drzavi koja nije “moja”. Go figure…
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
Its the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
Its the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
Its been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and hes fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nations promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nations next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy thats coming with us to the White House. And while shes no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics – you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what youve sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didnt 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 five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generations apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.
I know you didnt do this just to win an election and I know you didnt do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime – two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how theyll make the mortgage, or pay their doctors bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who wont agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government cant solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way its been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, its that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers – in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security – we support you. And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America – that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one thats on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. Shes a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing – Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldnt vote for two reasons – because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that shes seen throughout her century in America – the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we cant, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when womens voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that We Shall Overcome. Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we cant, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.
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November 5th, 2008 at 12:30 am
upravo gledam mccainov govor i zvizdanje sa strane…. drago mi je da je obama pobjedio, iskreno sam se nadala da ce odnijeti pobjedu.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Iskrene Čestitke vama…Drago mi je za Obamu…
nadam se da če vam sada stvari krenuti samo na bolje..
November 5th, 2008 at 3:25 am
prvi puta plačem od sreće zbog rezultata izbora na kojima nisam glasala, u državi koja nije moja, u kojoj čak ni ne živim, ali ovo je stvarno prekrasno.
November 5th, 2008 at 3:40 am
Čestitam!
November 5th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Iako ne živim u Americi moram priznati da sam se i ja rasplakala, od sreće i ponosa. Ponosna sam na Ameriku koja nas je podsjetila da je najvažnije biti ČOVJEK. Nije važno jesmo li crni, bijeli, žuti…nije važno kome se molimo, odakle dolazimo…kako se oblačimo…
Hvala Vam predsjedniče Obama što ste nas podsjetili na ljudskost, hvala Vam što ste svojom kampanjom barem na trenutak ujedinili svijet.
Želim Vam što manje strmina na Vašem dugom i teškom putu. Želim Vama, svim stanovnicima Amerike i svijeta radost, MIR i bolji život!
November 5th, 2008 at 4:30 am
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Izgleda da je Amerika napokon dostigla MLK-ov san. Ja sam se probudila oko 5AM, laptop mi je bio upaljen pored kreveta sa malim pop-outom od NYTimesa… nisam mogla vjerovati da ce republikanci toliko popusiti!
Vidjela sam ovo crvenilo u anketi… slazem se, Obama je imao izvanrednu kampanju, pametno izabrao iskusnog vice-presidenta, no mislim i da je ovoliku razliku u rezultatu pridonio i McCain sa svojom odlukom da izabere Palin. To bi se moglo nazvati najglupljom odlukom svih kampanja ovog (a mozda i proslog) stoljeca…
Ozbiljnost na stranu, nedostajat ce mi GWB… Obama je previse obrazovan da izvali nesto kao “misunderestimated” ili “nucular”
)))). Otprilike isto je bilo kad su Rojsa maknuli iz HR Sabora – vise nije zabavno… nitko ne vice “reci otvoreno: peder sam” i sl. 
November 5th, 2008 at 4:32 am
20 minuta najiskrenijeg govora, najvise nade i vjere u promjenu. Nadoknada za sve lose, za sve nas…
Cestitke od srca, za bolje sutra i za LJUDSKOST koja se nekako izgubila u ovom ludilu i postala manje pozeljna osobina.U ime LJUDI koji su odlucili dici glas i napraviti promjenu, koja je svima prijeko poptrebna, ja cu danas nazdraviti.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:32 am
Hvala Bogu, moje zle slutnje se nisu ostvarile i cica i luda baba su izgubili!! I meni je suza kanula iz oka…
November 5th, 2008 at 4:43 am
to se zove demokracija! svaka čast! btw. je stigao poklončić za Ameliju ili se povijest ponavlja?
November 5th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Nisam mogla spavati noćas. Vrtila sam se, bio mi je neki čudan grč u zelucu. Iako sam vjerovala da će se ovo dogoditi, bio je tračak sumnje da se ne ponovi 2000. A ja si zaista nisam mogla zamisliti svijet u kojem bi na čelu jedne tako moćne države na svijetu bili takvi ljudi.
Ne da mi se prevoditi, pa ću samo postati na engleskom ono što sam napisala na jednom forumu jutros.
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I cried this morning when I heard the news. Tears of relief, tears of joy. For all my US friends, but for me and my values as well. Because we are taught every day to be cynical in order to survive in this world of today, to be hard and not show our hearts, not hope in fear of being dissapointed.
It’s hard not to feel the hope today. Because it’s so big and filles my heart. Not because I am an American (I am not), but because I am human. And that hope is here, as palpable and as important as if I voted for YOUR PRESIDENT yesterday.
I want to live in a better world. A world where all men and women are equal, respect each other’s differences and the world they live in, the Earth that gives them food and water, comfort and refuge.
I hope PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA can bring a new sense of unity, peace and prosperity to all of you. I believe he can. With the help of every citizen of America, I am sure of it. There is NOTHING a man or woman can’t do. NOTHING.
Your proof: Barack Obama.
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Danas se nekako lakše diše, čak i u Hrvatskoj, u mom kišnom Zagrebu.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Ja nisam ni sumnjala da ce Obama pobijediti jer je McCaina totalno pokopala ona ludjakinja.Od pocetka mi je Obama i simpaticniji i uvjerljiviji bio,pa i zgodniji,eto!Bas mi je drago!
November 5th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Žao mi je što ne mogu dijeliti entuzijazam u komentarima.
Mislim da je izbor Obame samo loša isprika za veliku mrlju na savjesti tehnokratske WASP Amerike.
Kao da sama činjenica da je on Afroamerikanac govori o snazi američke demokracije, liberalizma.Zadnja dva državna tajnika su bili Afroamerikanci, pa nisam vidio da su vodili konstruktivnu miroljubivu politiku. Powell je čak naginjao demokratima ali ipak. Možda bi Ameri htjeli svijetu poslati bolju sliku o samima sebi. A ta slika nije baš takva. Zadnje 64 godine nam nisu dale povoda da im vjerujemo.
Imam loš predosjećaj da će ići JFK- ovim i Luther Kingovim stopama.
Sorry što nisam mogao podijeliti zanos i oduševljenje kojima zrači tvoj post. Možda mi sa strane imamo trezveniji pogled na stvari.
Srdačan pozdrav!
November 5th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Ma politika je politika bio on crn, bijel ili zut…
November 5th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Samo kratko da komentiram da sam glasovao za doticnog gospodina.
Odluka je bila teska …
Haris: Hej odoh da glasam, za koga da glasam?
Jaca: Kako za koga, pa za Obamu.
Haris: Ja mislio za McCain-a.
Jaca: Samo probaj.
November 5th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Cestitam!