Just a note to say, tonight has restored my faith in God's ability to have HIS way, and it has also restored my belief in the American democracy. It is more than "Yes we can", it is more like "YES I CAN".

I am overwhelmingly humbled at this point. So many black boys now have a man who may not be in their home, but he's on their t.v. Not as an athlete, not as a rapper or singer, but as their next President.

I needed this in my life, because I am now restored and ready to go get what I have be deserving to have for a minute. Get with me, or get out of the way!:cool:

OH MY SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET JESUS!!!!! YES WE DID!!!

So well said! You're absolutely right -- I couldn't agree more.

I purchased my plane ticket to D.C. an hour ago. The entire family is going to witness history in the making with our own eyes.

I have not been on greekchat in what seems like years. But on this special night I just had to say YES WE DID IT!!!! This has been such an emotional night. I am so proud to witness history and watch Senator Barack Obama get elected to be the 44th President of The United States of America. As I look over at my twin boys, I see hope and great things in their future. I can now truly tell my boys that they can be whatever they want to be as black men. I can encourage them and help them to become mighty men of valor, men that will do great things and one day change and lead this country in a might way. I am so ecstatic right now!!! But all I know is that this has really given me and my family hope and we are so excited of the CHANGE to come. OBAMA!!!!!

http://i36.tinypic.com/1z19y81.jpg

:D

Beautiful!! :D I lift Obama, his family, his advisers and this nation up in prayer. I am just too thrillled for words.

Unfortunately, there is some hateration among the punditry. So pray for them too! :rolleyes:

I just want to say this is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! Sigh...how wonderful!

Sadly, I was one of them. :( Last night, I was seriously hatin' on Michelle's dress (WTF was that?). LOL

But seriously, I hear ya and all I have to say is..."oh well". You want to hate on somebody, start with that man that will be moving back to Crawford, TX in a month. He is the main reason why the Republican voter turnout was as low as it was.

I know I sound nerdy when I say this, but President Obama and his family really are the Kennedys of new millenium.

:eek: You mean to tell us that we can expect another Bay of Pigs invasion and another Cuban Missile Crisis? :eek:

(j/k, j/k) :D

Congratulations to President-elect Obama and the entire First Family. It was long 17+ months campaign, but the people has spoken, and the Senator earned the title fair and square :cool:

Carry on...

LOL! I was talking about the media ;)

Her stylist must have been on vacation. That outfit was horrible! They all did co-ordinate but she could have found something better!

lol she did look kinda...well i cant figure a word for it... the girls hair stylist must have been on call because they were bouncing all over with those curls! what a good looking family! and Bidens brood looked good too! his wife is a pretty woman as well...

but i swear the tear-jerking moment for me was that shout out Barack gave to his wife...*sniff*!

I've already requested the day off from work!

they better show it at my daughters school...im going to email her teacher and make sure! if not, she will be at home with me!

At first, I didn't like Michelle's dress, but after a while, it grew on me. She had on a shrug/bolero and that took away from the dress. Without it, the dress was actually nice. I guess it comes down to particular taste.

Yep, that's my new wallpaper on my computer. :cool:

PRAISE G-D!!!!

I have been crying all morning. Especially when I think of the impact on the American youth (of all races) - and how their world will be different b/c of this. I am also extremely relieved that, for the first time in 8 years, we will have a President that I believe is smarter than I am. LOL. I rested really easy last night knowing that we will have a President who might be smart enough to figure out some of the issues that plague our day...and humble and strategic enough to reach across the aisles to form coalitions to get it done.

I am proud as an African-American, as a former student of President-Elect Obama and as an American. I'm proud of America for having "grown up" as one of the commentators last night stated.

I liked Michelle's dress. I especially loved that it b/c it included red - such a bold and flavorful color, and it looked good on her. I was glad that my First Lady did not come out in tan or some other drab color!! She's got flavor and isn't afraid to show it.

I think that the American public will figure out once and for all that Michelle is actually just a very regular, confident, intelligent woman and wife. Women in Chicago used to remark about how she was plain looking and/or how come her daughters' hair wasn't always to the 9s. In some cases, it was petty and somewhat short-sighted. But hey, if you're not an extremely busy and important career woman, I guess they wouldn't understand. She isn't the movie star type where she's always going to come out in the outfit that looks like she took all day to select it. She's not a trophy wife or a woman who is going to be focusing on being seen and not heard, like other women that we've seen during this campaign season and in past elections. She's a real woman, and as such, I suspect that she thought she looked good, and wasn't overly concerned about it. I feel her b/c I think that she reps well for all confident and career-driven women who know that they are the bomb and are not overly concerned with anything. I love her b/c she is like so many confident, extremely smart, down-to-earth and pretty AA women that I know.

I will be so proud to have her as my First Lady. Finally, a First Lady that I can look up to instead of trying to figure out what they think about anything b/c all they do is stand behind the President and smile.

SC

*cheese*

I'll stop grinning in a few days. Maybe.

i'm spreading this like wildfire..we got down to this tune in celebration of this historical moment..don't front like you don't like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiUxCfh6DMU

Ha, I don't think I can stop! :D

i'm so excited about the idea of the Obama family in the White House. all these images of us as a people have torn us down. now w/a Black family at 1600 Pennslvania Ave., our collective psyche should improve IMMENSELY:D
especially us Black women;)

Hmm I must be the only one in the world who hates this song. :D

I concur with those who thought Michelle's dress was not that attractive. I can definitely say that I've seen her in much nicer clothes.

I confess I was a little ignorant today. Not over the top, but I definitely was giving certain people the aha look. If you had walked into my law class today, judging from the expression on some of the faces, you would have thought that someone had died. It was ridiculous. One of them even rolled her eyes and declared, "MY hope is in God. This country is really going to be in for a mess." I said, "honey, my hope was in God too...that's why Obama is our next president."

EVERYBODY is talking about that dress! http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...as-an-opinion/

Seriously, SOME people are really killing me with their reactions. :rolleyes: But I'm glad though. :) I know these reactions are because they perceive this as a threat to their "white privilege" (which many deny that doesn't exist) but I know better.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an....election! :D

I missed the last trip to DC, but not this time....
I'm there... Jan 20-22! :D :D :D

Did I miss something? Has Michelle Obama taken the oath? If so, congrats! If not...:eek:

I know what you mean. I work in a big corporate office and until Nov. 5th, all anyone could talk about was the election. I walked in on Nov. 5th and it was the day after the O.J. trial all over again. Nothing but silence except for lots of whispering and side conversations going on. Some people who usually speak to me weren't speaking. It was ridiculous!!! A Black colleague of mine even told me she heard racial slurs in her department and I heard someone speak of assassination and then laugh. Even though they didn't vote for Obama (obviously), they could still be proud of how far the country has come. Sometimes I think that there are some people (maybe many) that could care less how far the country has come. If it were up to them, we might still be picking cotton...:eek:.

Thanks. All this time, I had the impression that it was more of a "you felt more comfortable with the state governance than with the fed governance" thing but now I see. It's based on what you think is the proper allocation of power. Do you think that Republicans also use this as their basis for lobbying for things like abortion to be controlled by the state? This is interesting.

I guess that my gut reaction (setting aside the idea of what the balance of powers should be) is that, based on history, I would rather the feds take control over almost any issue, than the states. All throughout history, the states have had to be "checked" in some sense - when it comes to the treatment of African-Americans, for example. I don't think that I trust the states to get it right.

Interesting viewpoint,
SC

I agree with the picking cotton statement. When I walked into my firm on Wednesday, I could hear a pin drop all day long. I thought it was hilarious. I laughed and cried all day long. I even had the pleasure of going into one of the partner's offices to ask him about one of the cases. He didn't want to talk about the case ... or anything else at that moment in time - clearly, he hadn't voted for President-Elect Obama. I could barely keep myself from smirking ... esp b/c he knows that he was my professor and I'm a supporter. LOLOLOLOL.

It's really a shame though, when you think about just how small-minded some people are and how there is a cloud of elitism in this country for some. It is almost as if "how dare he beat one of us." It's ridiculous. The United States really needs to realize that it is one of the FEW countries in the world that maintain racism to the level that we do. The other countries in the world had backed President-Elect Obama MONTHS ago ... and was wondering what OUR problem was - why the race was STILL so close. Tsk, tsk. GET.OVER.YOURSELVES. And they call themselves Americans. Tsk, tsk.

I am proud, however, that CLEARLY he amassed votes of people of all races, religions and creeds in order to whip Mr. McCain like he did. Obviously, America has grown SOME.

I gotta book me a hotel room in D.C. before the prices shoot up.

ETA:
Is anyone thinking about going to the swearing in, an inaugural ball or the inaugural parade? Does anyone know if the websites selling tix are legit?

SC

The election of Barack Obama as president has been interesting on many levels. The depth of my emotions, setting aside the politics/policy aspect of this, is still something I'm tripping about.

Clearly barriers have been broken and the possibility of reconciliation and bridge-building on many levels is possible.

Still, none of us should be naive enough to assume that the problems which have plagued the nation since its founding are gone because of one election. But I think Obama's election affords us all a chance to take a fresh look at ourselves and each other -- our perceptions, our ideas, our ability to reach out for concensus, while remaining true to what we value.

Props to President-Elect Barack Obama. May God bless you and keep you and your family safe as you lead the nation.

My mistake... she's not a Soror

WELL said. :D

All day at school people were walking around as if someone died. It's absurd. Apparently "they" really have this notion that we aren't supposed to have ANYTHING. It's sickening. And you are right about other countries.

As for the websites selling tickets, some Sorors sent out an email saying that the sites are NOT legit. The only way to get legitimate tickets is through your congressional representative.

I really want to go, but I'm concerned it will be too much for me physically to go considering the crowds and all the walking and the weather.:(

I was rolling my eyes at some of the commentators over the past few days who were seriously talking about how we have achieved post-racialism.

Pardon the crash, I just wanted to pass on this link for info. about the Inaugural events: http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm Contact your Congressman and Senators' offices for FREE tickets before you consider spending any money on the reseller sites (I think "unwanted" tickets will be too sparse to have many on the secondary market anyway). An article in the Washington Post today said the hotels are filling up fast, too!

/end crash

Fortunately, in my workplace, people have been happy and talking about how great it is. It's the MCCain people that are quiet and silent as a church mouse.

In fact, myself and 4 other co-workers spent 2 hours over lunch hunting for newspapers and taking them to Kinkos to get laminated on Nov. 5th. :D Maybe its because the majority of my workplace is under 35. :confused:

Even our VP was talking about how great Obama was (and she is under 40).:)

Let the record show that at 2:43 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2008, I saw the following web/bumper sticker: "Impeach Obama."

Some people, apparently, may be off the hinge, for real. :rolleyes:

I was thinking about doing this as well. I have already said I'm going to collect newspapers and magazines as well.

/\/\ I've done it with my local newspaper and the USA Today(that's all we could find). It turned out really nice....and at a cost of $6!

I was kind of disapointed with the New York Times newspaper that came out after he was elected. It was kind of underwhelming.


By the way, did anyone watch Obama's news conference? I was shocked by the Nancy Reagan remark. I don't think that's going to go over well at all.

Yeah the conservatives are going to rip him for that one. I think he'll have to find a balance of when to let his playfulness show, which played well during the campaign, and just to be all about business. Overall, I felt my confident about trying to move the country forward in his 30 minute press conference than I did in Bush's 8 years in office.

Now Bily Graham has come out and stated that he will no longer mentor presidents. How convenient that this occurs when the first Black president is elected. I know that Billy Graham is old, but in the article it clearly stated that he would continue working with his ministry and that he is writing a book. Not only that, but Graham met with McCain, but when Obama wanted to meet with him he was "too ill." :rolleyes: At any rate, Obama is probably better off without Billy Graham as his mentor.