let's be serious, we all knew he was going to win, and if we didn't think he was then there was something wrong with us.
so far Obama has shown that he's strong and fit for the job of running the most powerful country in the world.
he's a hell of a lot better than Palin anyway.
there's two main thngs i'm worried about though,
one being an obvious one, that everyone who supports Obama has obviously thought about and that's Obama being assasinated.
it's awful to think this, if it ever did happen i'm not really sure what i'd do.
it would just show how much jealousy there is in this world.
the other main thing i'm worrying about is if he'll follow through with all these amazing things he'd said he'd do, like the obvious one being pulling the troops out of Iraq.
i don't like war, no one likes war, appart from Mccain, but did Mccain win? no.
i think Obama is so genuine and a proper family man, he has a lot of appeal and is very down to earth and i think that just from his speeches!
i watched his winning speech in english today and it's very moving, it makes you think.
if i actually lived in America i'd be overwhelmed.
there was a couple of bits which i really liked, but there was one sort of story i guess you could call it, that really really stood out.
"This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's 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 couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's 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, 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."
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 couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's 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, 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."
some people don't realise how much of a step this is, the first black president of America, it's incredible.
i now have to move there in the next 8 years, i want to be there when Obama's in power.
he will lead America to victory, he knows he will.
and if he doesn't.... BOOOO.
i don't like God much but God bless Barack Obama.
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my year 5 class analysed his speech today
and then wrote a report as newspaper journalists, saying how awesome he is.
:)
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