I never thought I would live to see this day. This is a historic moment for America and I’m so happy to have witnessed it.

Yes we can…..guess we gotta start somewhere

Let’s hope he doesn’t let us down. So far, he has my trust. Go, Obama, go!

Beyonce should not be allowed to play at the inauguration. A more arrogant artist I can’t think of in this day and age.

Colbert got it right, Wilco should perform. Will.i.am and Common should be there, too. Yes We Can is still the greatest grassroots political video ever created.

I Like Obama and what he does for the American brand, symbolically, but I worry that his platform is so mired in the thick sticky strings of corporate superplayer lobbies, that the “change” proposed is not a real possibility with Obama. America needs to get over his star power and star focusing in on his plans for fundamental American security interests like the ability to negotiate peace between Palestine and Israel, solve the on-going quagmire in Afghanistan, or domestically, create a viable national healthcare plan. Stars like DiCaprio and the Boss talk about liking his policies…but what are his policies really? Why doesn’t anybody talk about that? You take a look at Obama’s website and the plan for health does not seem clear at all…and seems like a porous facade for more huge special interests to get in on the action. I feel so let down that seemingly progressive publications like Rolling Stone completely ignore the ideas of other candidates like Ralph Nader. Who is more “Rock and Roll” than Obama ever will be.

This is a true lesson that Black Americans can do anything they set their mind to. Yes a change need to come for ours young black adults to live a postive life and left the guns and drugs alone.

Good points Ezra in Madrid….nobody really knows anything about what Obama has done….and anytime anybody tried to get close enough to find out, his gutless friends in the main stream media (NBC, CBS, ABC) provided the snow job needed to bury any inquiries. Also the largely uneducated masses in this country who voted for him couldn’t tell you what he accomplished either. The standard line from his supporters was…”He’s for change”. Wow….isn’t that a well informed answer!!!!!!!

Hey harpo. It’s at least a little more informative than ‘Kill the Evil Doers’isn’t it? It’s people like you that put that last atrocity into the White House for two terms. Blah, blah, blah with you’re whiny paranoia. You can’t help but feel for the man that’s now got to clean up the play-pen after the last group of children that left all their toys and garbage and chose not to clean up due to sheer idiocy and greed.

Ah, Harpo…whining cuz you lost, ha-eh?? Too bad. As you know, it’s people like you who put Bush and his inept cronies and now that they’re done befouling the bed, you won’t admit that it’s YOU AND YOUR FELLOW BUSH VOTERS that allowed those angry morons under the covers in the first place. Well, it was YOUR fault, and now you have to sit and watch while someone else cleans things up. Please do it quietly – we’ve had enough damage from the hate you and your pals bring.

Ah, Harpo…whining cuz you lost, ha-eh?? Too bad. As you know, it’s people like you who put Bush and his inept cronies in power, and now that they’re done befouling the bed, you won’t admit that it’s YOU AND YOUR FELLOW BUSH VOTERS who allowed those angry morons under the covers in the first place. Well, it was YOUR fault, and now you have to sit and watch while someone else cleans things up. Please do it quietly – we’ve had enough damage from the hate you and your pals bring.

Blah, blah, blah… I’m more worried that RS now has nothing negative to write about.

I am a Republican who voted for Obama on Tuesday, and am extremely happy he won. I just hope people calm down a little- I mean by the way the world celebrated his election you’d think he was a God, and he’s going to solve every single problem in the world today. I believe Obama will be a great President, but if people set the bar too high they’re doing him a disservice by setting him up to fail. I hope Americans, and non-Americans give him a chance to make a difference and realize that he’s not going to solve everyone of the world’s problems and he’s not going to accomplish anything overnight. He’s only one man, so hopefully people set realistic expectations for the man. It is great to see a lot of positiveness (if that’s even a word) about this election and America in general. Now let’s see what happens.

what’s Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton going to bitch about now?

I thought Thom York was British, why the hell does that weirdo care?

Harry Peratesties…he cares because, as we’ve seen the last 8 years, our country’s actions have a trickle down effect on the entire world, not just our little bubble here in the states. Try not to be so narrow minded.

Can’t even manage a McDonalds let alone a whole country

Obama couldn’t even manage a McDonalds let alone a whole country!

StivFink, there’s just as many haters on the left as the right. Jeremiah Wright, anyone?

Barck Obama is very inspiring. Let’s hope is policies are great, too.

David Berger

Steve and Stiv Fink..you guys sound a lot like Matt Taibbi…a veritable “Three Stooges”. I bet you guys are for “change” too.

As I said…uninformed..you talk about greed….check out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…you know who had their hands in their pockets to get the whole ball rolling (you guessed it..your sanctimonious Dem friends) ….you libs are great at pointing the finger at everyone else, when you’ve already been to the feedbag and back a coupla’hundred times.Bush, Bush, Bush…your needle is stuck…and everyone knows if you check back to the root cause of what is happening now, the Dems are right in the middle of it all!!!!!!

I still think this is you Matt…the drivel from all three of you sounds awfully the same!!! It’s either you or Reid and Pelosi.

Steve and Stiv….nice posts…uninformed and unfortunately not original…next time write something you didn’t lift from the Daily Kos….now if you want to talk hate, Markos and the boys at the Kos corner the market.
I know you guys can do better than that…unless this is really you Taibbi…ya’rascal you!!!!

Harpo – I agree it’s not original. How could it be? You clowns have so obviously BLOWN it…everyone knows! Just look at the general election for proof…
And C’MON – blame it on the dems? Your Bush had his way from 2000 until 2006…everything the GOP morons wanted, they got…for 6 years you had TOTAL CONTROL…and you failed…utterly. There’s no denying it, which is why you’re so mad. And then you hitched your wagon to McCain and that hilarious Palin…ha ha ha, I’ve been laughing for weeks. So PLEASE: keep it up. Keep up the whining. Keep blaming the Clintons. Keep homeschooling your kids. KEEP SUPPORTING PALIN. Ah!

Let’s see where we are 8 years from now. Can’t be worse than where we are now.

Harpo, you’re the idiot. So, you say you don’t want Obama because he doesn’t have any policies or procedures. Well, I’d rather take Obama’s “Change” than McCain’s “Stay the Course”. If McCain had his way, this idiotic, inept, insipid war would go on for another 100 years!! A war that has drained this country like a toilet bowl, economically and diplomatically. Gas prices skyrocketed, jobs have dramatically declined and our relations with foreign countries have never been more strained. You want four more years of that??!! Then go live on your own island and call it “Harponia”! We’ll be here in America, moving forward into the 21st century!

The general population needs to set aside their political differences and come together as a country. I am proud of this great nation, but both sides need to let it go. Obama won and many have to accept it. It disturbed me listening to people for 8 years saying that President Bush was “not my President.” Our country does not need to have that mentality. Judge President Elect Obama on his policies after they have been implemented. Hopefully many of them will work, but not all of them will. As for the whole world, I live in the United States of America and we send more aid and help around the world than any country on the planet, so what they think does not really effect me either way. Lets rally together as a country and we will overcome any obstacles that face us. God Bless America!!

Mr. Obama has given us reason to be patriotic all over again. Yes, the first African American president, but as an American, that’s how he should be viewed.

Stiv and DREW DOG…what happened to the warm and fuzzy you guys are supposed to be spreading…you guys are taken off your game way too easy!!!!
You guys talk a good game (not really) but you seem very irritable…your attacks sound very partisan to me…you’re not following the script!!!

You should be trying to educate me, but your tone is way too tense. You need to chill,drink your Kool-Aid and keep reading Taibbi. Matt…you can’t convince me your not all these guys.

Take solace in the brilliance of your soon to be VP..J-O-B-S it’s a three letter word!!! Lose the animosity….you’re not advancing the cause with your tantrums!!!! Peace and Love fellas!!!!

Harpo, we’re just tired of the ignorance of Republicans, having to explain ourselves over and over and over and….

RS wants everyone to think that Obama’s some great person who’s going to bring everyone together and he had a huge percentage of support. Nearly 50 million Americans did not vote for him (and they’re not all racists) and many are scared of what his policies might bring. I’ll give him a chance and hope he doesn’t blow it. Dem’s feel really good right now and risk having it blow up in their face like Rep’s did because they feel invincible and can’t make wrong decisions.

To all the Repugs – LOSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!! LOSERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!
LOSERRRRRRRRRSSSSS !
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS / YOU ARE THE LOSERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!

Cheney4pres, It’s not that Obama might be God. The reason we are all cheering wildly is that Bush may have been the devil and McCain/Palin his bastard children. We’re free!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barack Obama, who will be the 44th president of the United States (and will be sworn in Jan. 20, 2009), has his work cut out for him.

I believe in him.

And I knew, long before this election, that the poltical party in power was crucial to deciding Election 2008. That we could not grant the Republicans an additional four years.

That isn’t fair to John McCain. But the nation’s health is more important than one man. I live in Michigan — No. 1 when it comes to the hardest-hit states in job losses. We are also in the top-5 when it comes to house foreclosures. And there was no way in hell McCain could win the No. 8-ranked state (he did nab the 2000 victory in the state’s Republican primary). Obama — performing even better than Bill Clinton in the 1990s (who successfully wooed my state and other industrials over to the Democrats, and have since kept the state blue) — won Michigan by just over 15 points (and nearly 3 to 2).

Electing Obama was the correct decision. I congratulate the senator for Illinois, now the president-elect. I stand behind him and what improvements — and even successes — he may bring to the U.S.

I wish president-elect Barack Obama, as well as vice president-elect Joe Biden, and everyone who will be in the Obama administration — and I wish us the same — all the best!

Barack Obama, who will be the 44th president of the United States (and will be sworn in Jan. 20, 2009), has his work cut out for him.

I believe in him.

And I knew, long before this election, that the poltical party in power was crucial to deciding Election 2008. That we could not grant the Republicans an additional four years.

That isn’t fair to John McCain. But the nation’s health is more important than one man. I live in Michigan — No. 1 when it comes to the hardest-hit states in job losses. We are also in the top-5 when it comes to house foreclosures. And there was no way in hell McCain could win the No. 8-ranked state (he did nab the 2000 victory in the state’s Republican primary). Obama — performing even better than Bill Clinton in the 1990s (who successfully wooed my state and other industrials over to the Democrats, and have since kept the state blue) — won Michigan by just over 15 points (and nearly 3 to 2).

Electing Obama was the correct decision. I congratulate the senator for Illinois, now the president-elect. I stand behind him and what improvements — and even successes — he may bring to the U.S.

I wish president-elect Barack Obama, as well as vice president-elect Joe Biden, and everyone who will be in the Obama administration — and I wish us the same — all the best!

Someone below mentioned the alleged “ignorance” of Republicans. This makes me laugh, because Obama got a free pass by the media an those who voted for him. The weeping in the streets, the chanting of his name, the way people treat him like the Messiah, it is very scary. If you’re not scared right now, and you simply love Obama (do we really know that much about him?) because you hated Bush, then that is a scary thing. It’s funny how his campaign cried racism whenever Obama was asked about his past. Hello. If you go get a job at a school, a newspaper, a county, city or state job, they will do a background check on you. So all of a sudden, Obabma doesn’t have to offer his background and past. Wouldn’t you think that a man who will run the country, the biggest, most-powerful nation in the world, should let his background be know to all? Isn’t that fair? Think about it. Hopefully Obama isn’t the bad thing I dread, but please, Rolling Stone and the public, quit treating this man like his God. The idol worship of Obama is growing very tiresome and ridiculous.

Drew Dog 21….not feeling the love buddy….maybe you’re having to explain so much because your explanations have way too many holes in them…..you are asking us to swallow too much of your fairy tale…please get something that at least has some truth in it….here’s a little homework assignment if you want to start to learn a little History 101 about what started the economy going south.
Look up Fannie Mae…Freddie Mac, who ran them and ultimately ran them into the ground,who they were hooked up with in Washington, who pointed out there was trouble in both organizations, who said “Don’t worry about it…they’re fine”, who in Congress had their hands in both companies pockets while they were “fine”. I’ll give you a little help…look up Jim Johnson and Franklin Raines and check out who their friends in Congress were. Also check out how much they made off with when they split. It is very interesting.

Also my man Jim…very dis appointed in your comment…that’s not exactly reaching across the aisle pal….be careful I hear the President Elect is rescinding all access to the Daily Kos for those who are still not embracing the “change”, and the new era of bi-partinsan relations.

Alrighty then….class dismissed fellas!!

Hey Ma Donald,

So sorry to see you have such a bad stuttering malady…let me know if you need the name of a good therapist.

Now how’s that for being non-partisan.:) President Elect Obama would be so proud, don’t you think!

Ma Donald…
Wow! Bad stuttering problem you’ve got there eh’?…I know a good therapist if you need one.

Just trying to do my part in doing my non-partisan reach across the aisle.

Don’t you think President Elect Obama would be proud of me!!!!!

Look at that…my last post was so positive and non-partisan they posted it twice.:)

Hope you saw that Mr.President Elect!!

Jim McCabe, As bad as Bush has been, he’s far from the devil. He’s probably one of the most spiritual Presidents ever and has (unfortunately for America) allowed his belief in God to guide him too much in his decision-making. I admire him for having a backbone, but beyond that I can’t say too much positive about him. I think he’s getting more than his fairshare of blame for what’s happened/happening in/to this country (persoanlly I believe Congress is getting a free ride), but Bush’s admin. has clearly been a lousy President. But my previous post was pro-Obama. I voted for him and believe he will do a great job. But Abraham Lincoln (who is the best Pres. we’ve ever had in many people’s opinions, including mine) couldn’t be able to succeed based on how high people are setting the bar. He’s not going to bring every troop home on Day 1 of his Presidency, he’s not going to turn the economy around overnight, he’s not going to end crime, poverty, and all the world’s suffering, but based on the way people across the world reacted the night of his election you’d think he’s going to do all of the above and much much more.

….you are an idiot. Where have you been the last 8 years? You are afraid of the way Obama (the guy who kicked your loser republican ass!) is treated by the media? You are afraid of the devotion that some folks have towards this man (and our country, you know, the one that that retarded monkey Bush screwed all to hell?) ? Did you not witness first hand the holy devotion that has been showered onto Bush by his idiot followers? God Almighty,,,,,your stupidity is stunning.

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