I honestly have NEVER been more proud to be an American..

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  • QuestionAuthority
    QuestionAuthority Idaho Posts: 327
    hailhailkc wrote:
    I predicted it two months ago. I'm way beyond acceptance. Now answer the question. If you support Michelle Obama, then explain to me how you can relate to a woman who admitted just a few months ago that she's only been proud of her country ONE time in her entire life.

    How can you support that?

    Have you never said something that was taken out of context? I know enough about Michelle Obama to know she did not mean for those words to come across that way. She has explained it SEVERAL times.. oh, but that's right.. her explanation was not shown on Faux news. You must have missed it on the other networks and all the printed interviews she has done.

    Now.. if you want to REALLY get into woman NOT representing me.. I can say without a doubt I would not want a woman like Cindy McCain representing me.. I have no ability to relate to a woman who had picked up a married man at a bar.. had an affair with him while he was still indeed married.. accepted his offer of marriage, while he was still, again.. married and applied for a marriage licence before he was divorced.. to then go onto a serious addiction to pills.. because it is so hard dealing with 8 homes, one must turn to pill popping to deal with all the problems in life.

    So yeah.. I can relate to Michelle Obama.. a BRILLIANT woman who said a statement that was blown way out of context.

    Does that satisfy your question hailhail?
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  • brainofd
    brainofd Posts: 10
    QuestionAuthority wrote:
    Now see.. was that really needed? But you know what.. I could care less.. bring it on.. this "high" cannot be destroyed by petty shots from the right..

    want to know why?

    Because Americans collectively gave the right a big FUCK YOU today.. and that brings an ENORMOUS smile on my face.

    I don't post much, but hell yeah to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Holding on, the light of night
    On my knees to rise and fix my broken soul
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    brainofd wrote:
    I don't post much, but hell yeah to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    wow....you really don't post much, do you...
    "The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr

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  • QuestionAuthority
    QuestionAuthority Idaho Posts: 327
    brainofd wrote:
    I don't post much, but hell yeah to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    You should really post more! Hell yeah to you too!!
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    As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but together we make a mighty fist ~ Sitting Bull
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    I agree!!! And not only pride in the fact that we elected Obama but that we turned out in record #s to vote, let's hope we can keep this up for every election! Voting is a right that people in history have fought for! We should take advantage of what they have done for us!!!!
    I definitely agree.

    And as a person of color myself, some of the ridiculous statements about Obama's background got under my skin a bit BUT I'm truly happy that the voters made their choices based on the candidates' ideas and promises.

    And Barack said it himself months ago, that if he loses this election it's not because of his skin but that he didn't try hard enough and wasn't convincing to the people.

    I'm just proud of us all.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
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  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    QuestionAuthority wrote:
    What the fuck are you talking about?

    Seriously dude.. look ~ so sorry your guy had a tidal wave hit him.. but really ~ it is called ACCEPTANCE.. deal.

    come on, now. hhkc isn't one to bitch and moan. he's just stating a point. and as far as accepting what happened tonight......well, at least he's not screaming "the whole thing was fixed! that's the only way obama could have won!"
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • brainofd
    brainofd Posts: 10
    angelica wrote:
    wow....you really don't post much, do you...

    The reason I don't post. WTF does that mean???
    Holding on, the light of night
    On my knees to rise and fix my broken soul
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    hailhailkc wrote:
    I think you're out and out lying about this. Find it hard to believe that this is the only time you've been proud of this country. Seriously...even a far leftist can pick other points in history to be proud of. Even a far leftist whose only been alive for the last 16 years...which I'm assuming you have...

    Other than the fact that Clinton was a pimp, nah.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
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  • QuestionAuthority
    QuestionAuthority Idaho Posts: 327
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    come on, now. hhkc isn't one to bitch and moan. he's just stating a point. and as far as accepting what happened tonight......well, at least he's not screaming "the whole thing was fixed! that's the only way obama could have won!"


    I have "discussed" moving train topics with hhkc for YEARS.. under other usernames.. I know how he is.

    I did not start this.. I was simply stating that I was proud to be an American today.. most everyone else responded the same, but hhkc decided for some reason the topic needed to be about Obama's wife. Really not needed.
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    As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but together we make a mighty fist ~ Sitting Bull
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    brainofd wrote:
    The reason I don't post. WTF does that mean???
    well...you've been on the board for over two years and at that point, you had 9 posts...I thought it was kind of obvious what I was saying...you really don't post much...
    "The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr

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    Rhinocerous Surprise '08!!!
  • LaterDays
    LaterDays Posts: 142
    First of all, this is the first time I've been proud of the *current* status of our country. I'm proud of a lot of what the United States has stood for in the past, but after the last 8 years, I'd honestly be fine just not being embarrassed of our nation.

    But that's not what I feel... I don't just feel proud tonight, I feel an overwhelming pride, a sense of long-awaited progress, and a new spirit of optimism for where we are headed as Americans. Obama doesn't just represent a policy shift from the disgraceful and abysmal Bush years... he inspires me to believe in our potential again, and to want to work my ass off to give back to this country so that we can restore our standing and prominence in the world. He represents, to me, everything that American should be, once was, and can be again. That's why I missed work to stand in line for 3 hours to vote for him tonight, that's why I donated money and time to his campaign, and that's why I'm ecstatic to help him usher in a new era of American politics.

    Thank god we'll actually have an intelligent person in control of this country again. Now, someone was taking the future first lady's words out of context... enough distractions, let's get back to that. *yawn*
    "You are everything, and everything is you. Me, you... you, me -- it's all related."
  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
    speaking as a South African - the result of this election surely restores a lot of lost faith in your nation and claims of democracy.
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • QuestionAuthority
    QuestionAuthority Idaho Posts: 327
    LaterDays wrote:
    First of all, this is the first time I've been proud of the *current* status of our country. I'm proud of a lot of what the United States has stood for in the past, but after the last 8 years, I'd honestly be fine just not being embarrassed of our nation.

    But that's not what I feel... I don't just feel proud tonight, I feel an overwhelming pride, a sense of long-awaited progress, and a new spirit of optimism for where we are headed as Americans. Obama doesn't just represent a policy shift from the disgraceful and abysmal Bush years... he inspires me to believe in our potential again, and to want to work my ass off to give back to this country so that we can restore our standing and prominence in the world. He represents, to me, everything that American should be, once was, and can be again. That's why I missed work to stand in line for 3 hours to vote for him tonight, that's why I donated money and time to his campaign, and that's why I'm ecstatic to help him usher in a new era of American politics.

    Thank god we'll actually have an intelligent person in control of this country again. Now, someone was taking the future first lady's words out of context... enough distractions, let's get back to that. *yawn*



    That was a great post and you put into words so wonderfully exactly every thought that I too was feeling tonight as I watched President Elect Obama.
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    As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but together we make a mighty fist ~ Sitting Bull
  • QuestionAuthority
    QuestionAuthority Idaho Posts: 327
    glasshouse wrote:
    speaking as a South African - the result of this election surely restores a lot of lost faith in your nation and claims of democracy.


    I hope you know that for me, and so many people I have talked to this election ~ what you wrote is so important to us. It means ALOT to have that faith restored. I am so very proud of how this election turned out.
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    As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but together we make a mighty fist ~ Sitting Bull
  • LaterDays
    LaterDays Posts: 142
    hailhailkc wrote:
    I think you're out and out lying about this. Find it hard to believe that this is the only time you've been proud of this country. Seriously...even a far leftist can pick other points in history to be proud of. Even a far leftist whose only been alive for the last 16 years...which I'm assuming you have...

    Yet you don't seem to have a problem believing Michelle Obama was proud of this country for the first time during the campaign. Curious. Maybe, just maybe, you really just wanna have a reason to dislike her, even though you know, deep down, that that reason is bullshit.

    Just saying.
    "You are everything, and everything is you. Me, you... you, me -- it's all related."
  • LaterDays
    LaterDays Posts: 142
    QuestionAuthority wrote:
    ... President Elect Obama.

    Has a great ring to it, doesn't it? :) I'm going to be saying all day long tomorrow...
    "You are everything, and everything is you. Me, you... you, me -- it's all related."
  • QuestionAuthority
    QuestionAuthority Idaho Posts: 327
    October22 wrote:
    I have never been more proud to be an American.

    The greatness of our Constitution, the goodness of our citizens and the openness of our hearts is finally for all the world to see.

    We did it.


    We did do it. For all those that stood in lines for hours and voted.. some for the first time in their lives. It is amazing.
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    As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but together we make a mighty fist ~ Sitting Bull

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