Happy election day!

[Sakura]

While I doubt that anything will change for anyone outside the US, no matter who will win this election I still hope you're having a nice election day.

Germany has a female chancellor I hope the US will see a black president. And I sure hope it won't be a Star Wars president (see picture)

[Dechant]

Colour nor gender nor hairstyle nor cuteness should be a factor someone gets or doesn't get voted.

So I voted for Obama, but only since this Sakura person was never a real option.
Also keep in mind it's Obama/Badin or McCain/Palin, and the president isn't necessarily voted by the country's majority. Quite an outdated voting system!

[Ntoonz]

Obama's not really black per se. He's just not as white as the other candidates. His mother is white, and his father is Kenyan. His stepfather is Indonesian.

[oldwrench]

I agree that gender, race, and good looks shouldn't have anything to do with it....... but they do, very much. Since the advent of television, the looks of a candidate have had to much to do with it.

the first of the TV debates between candidates was J. F. Kennedy vs. R Nixon 1960. In polls of people who only listened to the debate on the radio broadcast, Nixon won by a large margin. The polls of people who watched on TV showed Kennedy won by a large margin. Kennedy definitely looked better than Nixon.

[Sakura]

Money decided every election so far and Obama had twice the $$ of McCain so he might really win.

I think I'll send him... a cigar or so.

[Sakura]

Gz Obama. 67% of all votes that's a 2/3 majority that can decide everything.

[oldwrench]

Yes, money is the deciding factor in most cases......... so who owns Obama?

[Hiki]

I WILL! Once I've taken over the world

[oldwrench]

Well, I made it to Milwaukee. Long trip, took us 8 hours. Actuall driving time was about 7 hours.

Obama didn't win by that large a margine in popular vote, only by a 52% to 46% margine. Don't need to make it sound worse than it was.

[Sakura]

I'm not giving a political statement here but - not to talk about Obama - I'm very, very glad not to see McCain winning. Now we have a chance to end the war which was illegally constructed on lies and perhaps we're able to unite to fight the climate change in a few years.
I'm glad to see so many voters in the US. "We" thought the democracy was on the lose in the US. Gladly it wasnt. They also sent a large amount of lawyers to overlook the use of voting machines this year which is a very good thing since all electronic voting results are impossible to be attested.
Perhaps in 10 years I can visit California without fear, without being treated as a criminal or giving up all my personal information for 70 years after my death. Before 2001 I always wanted to visit the US. Leningrad was cool, too.