I will say, though, that race did play a role… FOR him. One in five who voted said race was a factor, and most of THOSE voted for Obama (2 to 1, I think). So, if anything it was reverse discrimination or whatever you want to call it… any time skin color is a “factor” then people are looking at the wrong thing – whether “positive” or “negative”.

THAT is an American story regardless of what you think of his politics. what other country would that happen in? opportunity is one of the things that makes America truly great.

i did not mention race above. it does add to unlikelihood that he would be elected. i will agree with you, Mike, we should not make too much of race. we have gotten past racism not when we elect a black president, but when we elect a black president and no one says anything about race.

I think if we weren’t viewed as “truly a land of unlimited possibility” that people wouldn’t be trying so hard to sneak in here and/or get into our hospitals. What I’m afraid of are the fools who think we’re the land of unlimited TAXability. And as an engineer the very term “unlimited” makes my skin crawl.

@Miscellaneous
Well put…

Step 1 – Support Obama
Step 2 – Do more research
Step 3 – Switch support to McCain

…and congrats for making it past step 1!

@Scott
I think Mike referred to OUR enemies, as in the United States… not HIS enemies. And as a former officer and current secured government laboratory employee I can tell you… WE indeed have our enemies (like Hamas – who was tickled at the election result). And Mike has spent his time in unfriendly places… so he knows his enemies (or Enemy).

@Mike
Well spoken on race. And yes, when I read about the global cronies who are pleased with the election results it gives me pause. Brad Stine had a great post on his blog… here’s a very small excerpt:

What is crucial is the understanding that while Christians certainly don’t agree on everything AND SHOULDN’T HAVE TO, we must agree on sin and how we influence our culture by standing for the original traditional Judeo/Christian moral ethic that established this country. We are supposed to be light and salt. Not comfortable and safe.

Then again God raised up Pharaoh to accomplish His plan. Perhaps this is the next season in America where even “Christians” have found compromise and appeasing our relativistic culture the 11th commandment. God have mercy on our souls.

You KNOW something’s wrong in that case.

And it concerns me when our enemies rejoice at our choice in an election.

ANYWAYS… I’m really interested to see what he’ll do with the country. I was at first a Obama supporter but I researched it more and found out I like McCain more.

I guess all I can do now is sit back and watch for the next four years

i’m waiting to see the counts from today…if all the republicans voted on Tuesday…the vote today is going to be really impressive.

to be serious, one thing i would like to see everyone here to acknowledge….it is a tribute to the greatness of America that that someone with Obama’s background could be elected to the presidency of the USA. i feel proud when i hear all the media talk about how peoples across the world are now looking at America with renewed wonder, thinking that this is truly a land of unlimited possibility.