A thank you note to white people who voted for Obama

[DrPresident]

Nov. 8, 2008--While dodging those pigs I said would fly before a black man got elected president, I got to thinking about just who black folks had to thank for Barack Obama's historic achievement.

Obama and his brilliant staff are, of course, at the top of the list for mounting what was arguably the best presidential campaign in American political history.

And then there was our army of black voters who turned out in huge numbers and voted almost unanimously for our man.

But amid all our justified hooping and hollering, there's one group that I fear will not get its fair share of the credit for its essential contribution to this sweeping victory, a group we're more accustomed to blaming for all our woes than thanking for our progress.

I am talking, of course, about white folks.

Yes, white folks, the ones we thought would lie to pollsters about supporting Obama then pull the lever for his white opponent.

Not the majority of white folks, who voted for John McCain, but the millions upon millions of other white people, open minded and decent enough to give the brother a chance.

They deserve a big hand.

http://www.theroot.com/id/48805/page/1

[XemaSab]

1. You're more than welcome

:D

[roguevalley]

147. it was my honor. I voted for myself and my parents, who would have LOVED to

have voted for such a good man.

[kenny blankenship]

2. No thanks needed here. I considered it my duty and a joy

[Debbi801]

143. no thanks here either. he was the best and only person for the job. hands down. (nt)

[ellaydubya]

3. You are so welcome....

It was an honor and and a pleasure.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. Indeed!

But these were White Democrats. :loveya:

[1corona4u]

73. And Independents.

:-)

[Dappleganger]

85. White, Independent woman here.

Middle class, church-goer, living in the suburbs.

But right is right, and hate turns me off real fast.

[calimary]

164. Welcome to DU! White liberal Dem woman here.

Middle class, not so much a church-goer, living in the suburbs. Glad you're here.

He had me from WAY back. Didn't care what color he came in. He just seemed like the best idea going.

Besides, I really liked the idea of his being America's Face to the World - which is what the POTUS is. I felt as though the people of the rest of the world could look at him and see themselves for a change, at exactly the time when we NEED desperately to be making amends and reaching out and rehabilitating ourselves in the eyes of the rest of the world. I thought Barack could do that better than ANYONE, besides having a towering intellect and an even keel and a quiet wisdom and - sigh - a Constitutional scholar no less. I wanted the world to look at our president and see him, and know that he is us, that he is what we are.

[MadMaddie]

128. Don't forget their were many staunch Repuglicans who

crossed over because they saw the path of America and they realized we needed a change.

[Jade Fox]

5. It was a pleasure and a privilege to vote for Obama.

Now for a laugh, check out Obama Hair Don'ts at the same website:

http://www.theroot.com/id/48779

[skooooo]

6. It's Obama's time....

:hi:

[southerncrone]

7. You are welcome......but

no matter the color of your skin.....we are all in this together. If this planet is to continue to support life, we've got to all mature & realize all of us have the right to be here, as well as the responsibility for preserving life here. That means getting along in harmony; no pettiness can be tolerated any longer.

May global peace prevail.

[babylonsister]

8. I remember talking to EffieB, and she was a bit hesitant about

sharing him, because he was so precious.

We shared him. !

[TK421]

9. Your welcome?

Is this what you were looking for? Funny...I was one of those rare "white folks" who didn't even give a fuck about the color of Obamas skin...only that I believed in him and he was the best choice for this country...and a damn fine human being AND politician I actually trust.

Don't you find this outlook a bit patronizing in its tone? Because I'm just white and voted for him?

[Catherine Vincent]

18. The OP is basically saying "Thank You" for voting for Obama

and like you said, for not taking his skin color in consideration. A lot of caucasians probably did the opposite.

[TK421]

24. I got that...but I don't expect a "thank you" for it I guess

I, like many others felt compelled to vote for him.

So perhaps I took that the wrong way-sorry

[Oak2004]

137. Understand, too, some of the depth of that "thank you"

We have had a very racially polarized society from, well, the beginning. There's a whole lot of suspicion about the other on both sides.

Black people have exceptionally strong reasons for their suspicion: centuries of violence and lynching (and hate crimes continue to this day), year upon year upon year of discrimination that pervades every bit of their lives -- if you don't look like the standard acceptable customer in some places, it can take quite an effort just to get the attention of a store clerk! And there's the ugly incarceration rates in Prison America, where nearly every male in certain age brackets in some neighborhoods are serving time.

What the white vote for Obama says is much more than "you voted for a President who is one of ours". It says "40-something percent of white Americans are willing to move past racism". It says "almost half the white population recognizes the humanity of African Americans". It says "almost half of us white voters know you as our fellow Americans, full and equal citizens". When I saw black Americans celebrating last Tuesday, I did not see a celebration of "we got ours in", or, even, a celebration limited to Obama's win. I saw my fellow citizens celebrating their own personal victory, a victory of respect and inclusion.

There's much more to be done. Racism isn't gone from America. But a certain cloud of fear and separation is gone.

[TK421]

146. Understood, also and I agree with your points there

I get the "depth" of it, believe me I do..but the time of moving past race when looking at this election is clearly a thing of the past ( just look at the landslide victory )! America has clearly had enough of the criminal Republican rule that has fucked this country up seemingly beyond repair.

It was the right thing to do, but there is just no need to thank white people for voting with their conscience...which is what I and millions of others did on November 4th.

[4lbs]

10. I'm half Latino. How many Latinos voted for Obama again?

:D

;)

:silly:

[democrattotheend]

16. So you're a "mutt" too, I guess

;)

[4lbs]

25. Yeah. Although I'm not hypoallergenic.

:(



;)

:silly:

[Doityourself]

99. Latinos rocked the house for Obama baby!!!! Kudos n/t

Native Americans did also.

[EconomicLiberal]

11. No problem.

:patriot: :patriot:

[complain jane]

12. Obama was

the most qualified and had the best message between the two candidates. It's as simple as that.

I'm glad we have our first African American president but completely separate from that, I'm glad we have an intelligent, articulate, classy, kind, human being as our President and a beautiful, inspiring, strong first family in the White House on Jan. 20.

I don't know quite how to word what I want to say in response to the 2nd to last line of that post, because telling us white folks "thanks" for voting for someone so refreshing, so inspiring, so full of ideas and willing to work so hard is like telling a lottery winner "thanks" for accepting the ten billion dollar jackpot.

[LaStrega]

13. :) I was PROUD to do it! n/t

[democrattotheend]

14. No need to say thank you. He's my president as much as yours.

As my grandmother said, "he's wonderful no matter what color he is".

[Starry Messenger]

15. Well we are all Democrats! :)

It was a done deal. He's talented, brainy, presidential and not a Republican. What's not to like? He's even got a cute sense of humor.

[Old Codger]

17. as with most

I voted for the best candidate, no matter the color and actually no matter the party... I am white, nothing special about that but mostly I am an American and I love my my country.... I voted for what was best for my country....I am retired, I have sufficient monies to carry me through retirement almost no matter how long I live and my income is totally independent of the economy (other than inflation) and even inflation makes little difference overall, so it really doesn't matter to me on that basis who is president.... BUT fortunately for all of us we had someone who cares as much for this country as we do and he won, the last 8 years have been a global embarrassment. I have been ashamed of our country, now I am once again proud to be an American... THANK YOU for helping make this possible we did it together as one nation not as any particular ethnic group.

[smiley_glad_hands]

19. Race never had anything to do with it for me.

Though i was worried that it might for some.

[DrPresident]

120. That's why you're to be thanked.

Because you judged Obama not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character.

[Breeze54]

175. Did you really think after the last 8 yrs, that the nation would lean republicon?

I didn't. Obama was the only choice, obviously, regardless of his skin tone.

[Liberal In Texas]

20. No thanks necessary. He was the better man. It didn't matter what

ancestral background he had. Or the color of his face. He was quite simply the Rolls Royce compared to an old Maverick with some lipstick covering the rust.

[JackDragna]

32. I feel exactly the same way.

I feel silly to be thanked for doing that which I considered to be my duty as an American.

[nancyr]

21. I only saw him as the right person for our time.....

I wasn't focused on his color one way or the other. He speaks for me and that is all I need.

[givemebackmycountry]

22. I dragged three of my AA brothers to Obama's first rally in Kansas City....

They called me late Tuesday night to thank me for doing so.
My reply?
"No problem, I hope you are as happy as I am that we were all there together at the jump".
And I got a picture of all of us there, arms thrown over each others shoulders, smiling.

I'm taking that one to my grave.
I love you guys.

[Mira]

23. I did it for me first. Self interest is always first. Then for everyone else.

I've been wearing an Obama button for months. A number of times black people pointed to it and said thank you.
I always told them it was for me first, for them second.

[obiwan]

26. I'm white. White as snow. Obama was the best candidate, hands down.

I must admit my prejudice. I voted for Obama because of his intelligence, judgment, and serenity.

[CreekDog]

27. i'm white and he's the best candidate i've ever voted for in my life

if his being black and succeeding so grandly gives people hope, then so much the better. :pals:

[DLnyc]

28. You're most welcome. It was done with a song in my heart.

And the nicer feelings I seem to have noticed between various shapes and sizes of human beings lately is a tribute to us all.

Thanks for your thanks.

[DrToast]

29. Isn't this kind of insulting to Obama AND his white voters?

I didn't vote for Obama as some sort of affirmative action move. I did it because I thought he was the best candidate!

[GetTheRightVote]

30. We really need to get beyond the black and white comments DU

This should not be about the color of a person's skin but about the quality of our candidate.
If you do not emphasize the importance of this difference in our thoughts, our words, how can we ever get beyond it ever. How can we expect other folk who will still use it in a negative way if we continue to use it in any way positive or not ? Think about it.

I thank everyone who voted period so that our democratic republic does its' work of putting the choice of the majority into our power positions so that they represent all of us, not those whose color match their own. I am so sick of hearing about people by color I could just scream. When do we really, truly step beyond it ? Electing Obama means nothing if we do not.

So I'll ask again, When ?

:kick:

[Madam Mossfern]

101. *********THANK YOU ******THANK YOU******* THANK YOU!!!!*************

You've expressed my thoughts so much eloquently than I have been able to.

[SeattleGirl]

31. He is the best candidate to come along in a very very long time.

I was thrilled to vote for him, and have been smiling since Tuesday night.

[Indiana_Dem]

33. He had me at the 2004 keynote address with his words and passion.

His being half black was secondary to me but made the movement that much more special! We couldn't have done it without him. We needed him.

[Eyes_wide_ open]

34. Me too. Don't get me wrong, I'm happpy for the history and all,

and you're very welcome, but I voted for him because of who he is ... color had nothing to do with it. He was just simply the best man for the job. I'm thrilled my country has gotten past the racial divide, but that was secondary to the hope he gave me for the future of America.

Either way, we are all blessed.

[LynneSin]

35. I never voted for Barack Obama because he was black....

I voted for him because he was the most qualified person to hold the job as president during these trying times with our country. And also because he picked my senator as VP, but I'm a Delawarean.

[jillan]

36. The thing is, when I look at Obama, I don't even notice the color of his skin.

All I see when I look at him is the right person to lead this country - and the world - out of this mess - and a beautiful smile and expressive eyes.

[MedleyMisty]

37. My husband and I voted early on a Saturday

at the library downtown where my husband works.

We were walking back to the car with our "I early voted" stickers on, and a black man noticed and said "Things are just going to get worse if McCain gets in there."

I turned and said "Good thing I didn't vote for him then.", and you should have seen the surprise on his face when I said I voted for Obama.

I wrote a little essay about this that was ignored and sunk, but here it is again - I cut out the first bit that was only relevant to the original thread. The "smug hypocrite" bit is about regional bigotry and the attitude of "I'm not prejudiced like those dirty inbred hillbillies." Some demographic information about me - I am white, female, will be 28 next month, and grew up in Mount Airy, North Carolina - the town that Andy Griffith grew up in and that Mayberry was based on.

And yeah - I agree with Michael Baisden that I see color - www.iseecolor.com

It seems to me that the whole "oh, let's do away with labels" thing is sort of unconscious racism - like it's in denial of institutional prejudice. I'm sure that for some people it comes from good intentions, but when I read "It wasn't about his color, he was the best man.", I hear "Being a different color is a bad thing." If it wasn't a bad thing, then you wouldn't have to pretend that you didn't notice it. Gah, I can't put it into words that will explain the feeling I get from stuff like that, but it's sort of...condescending. Like the meaning is really "He was the best man in spite of his color. And oh, wasn't it just so nice that so much of what you and your ancestors worked and suffered horribly and died for just happened to be vindicated? Such a nice little side prize. Pat pat."

I don't know, I'm white anyway so I don't have room to talk. Although an African American person on another forum I posted on did send me a PM to ask me if I was a person of color because she thought I might be based on my posts - does that give me any street cred, lol? Here's the essay.



And as I think more about how I grew up and how so many people fought and bled and died so that I could grow up being taught equality rather than hate, I find my hatred and intolerance for those who are honest about their hate and intolerance fading. I don't think anything could make me understand smug hypocrites. But the world that the old people grew up in was very different from the one that I grew up in.

It's kind of like growing up in a rich family versus a poor family - I have thought before that I have so much trouble understanding some people because I grew up with emotional and mental wealth and they were formed by emotional and mental poverty. And really it's beginning to seem to me that blaming someone who grew up in mental poverty for their problems is as bad as blaming people in economic poverty for their problems.

Those hateful people we saw in the videos in America in the Sixties? They're really old now - seniors were the only demographic in which the majority voted for McCain. I am part of the 70%+ people in my age group who voted for Obama here in NC, the most beautiful and wonderful place in the world. We grew up in a totally different world than they did. They played their part in forming the world we grew up in, and they are dying out. Let them go gently, and may that good night be better to them than this world was.

As for us - it's our morning. We honor the past for its lessons, but we don't live in it and we don't define ourselves by it.

We grew up learning about the horrors of slavery. We grew up watching those videos of civil rights activists being sprayed by hoses and beaten. We grew up surrounded by lessons of equality and respect for diversity and for the individual. While the neocons were winning political battles, they lost the war for our minds. That war was won by this man and all those others who came before him, who marched with him, and who came after him and kept the flame burning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk

And so tonight, after spending the last two days watching the videos of street celebrations of the Obama victory and listening to the joy and happiness in the voices on the radio shows I listen to while at work - Warren Ballantine, Al Sharpton, and Michael Baisden - I honor all of my elders. Those who fought and sacrificed their lives so that I could grow up in a culture where equality was valued and hate and bigotry were looked down on, and those whose hate showed us what we never ever wanted to be.

[AlCzervik]

38. i am really happy i had someone to vote for instead of someone to vote against.

I voted for Kerry in 2004, don't get me wrong i liked him but it was first and foremost a vote against Bush, this time i voted for Obama.

[1corona4u]

74. Exactly. It was a vote FOR...

[Allyoop]

141. Exactly

This is the first Presidential vote for me in a long time that wasn't for the "least worst" candidate.

Obama is the best! No need to thank me or my husband. We're over 60 and voted for us, our children and grandchildren.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. I was more than happy to vote for him!

And I would have voted for him, no matter what his skin color is...

Race and gender are irrelevant to me...

I simply want the best person for the job!

:hi:

[Witchy_Dem]

40. Obama's black??

:toast:

[struggle4progress]

41. I've never ever felt so comfortable casting a vote for the Executive

[Flaxbee]

42. I don't think I've ever been as proud of and excited about a

Presidential candidate in my entire life. Voting for anyone else (even in the primaries, for me) would have been unthinkable. I'm about as WASPy as you can get, and for me, there was no choice. The very idea of the Bradley effect appalled me. And I was raised by a woman who is (well, was) afraid of black men (bad experience once, I could never shake her belief that one person does not equal a race). HOWEVER, my mother - she who was previously afraid of black me - voted for Obama, too. If you have half a brain in your head, all you had to do was listen to the man and understand he HAD to be the next President if the country (perhaps world) was going to survive.

[Flaxbee]

43. oops-dupe. My computer keeps hiccuping.

nt

[RollWithIt]

44. No problem, not a worry, never thought twice about it....

But I must say, LOTS of formerly racist white people who really opened up their minds and voted for the right choice.

[WCGreen]

45. I voted for the best man running...

Not based on his race or creed or any other divisive population strata...

[deek]

46. um....

Obama's skin color had nothing to do with it.

[firedupdem]

47. Obama was the best candidate and people voted for him for that

reason. He doesn't belong to just black people and nobody needs to be thanked. People voted for the best candidate. I'm black and I'm getting sick of the black/white issue. He's the President of the United States. The people who voted for him have spoken.

[KathieG]

48. It was a no-brainer. Barack Obama was clearly the superior candidate.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

49. Boring white guy from the suburbs here

and I was with Obama from the beginning, though I love Dennis Kucinich's policy positions. When Kooch released his supporters to Obama, I knew I had made the right choice. When I saw O's speech at the '04 DNC I looked to my then 81 year old mother and said "That man will be president someday." She agreed.

[Dems4me]

50. On CSpan the other night they said McPain got 47% of the white vote, Bush in 2004

got 50% of the white vote, Kerry got 46%.

In 2008 Obama got 53% of the white vote! :thumbsup:

[mkultra]

51. your welcome BUT

i really voted for him because he is my president and he spoke of unity. Hopefully, some day, our race wont even cross our minds when we talk about voting.

[Withywindle]

52. My white half says 'you're welcome' but really, it was NO trouble.

I'm an Illinoisan so this was the *fourth* time I voted for him. (Before anyone starts with the Chicago-voting jokes, I'm counting the primaries and the '04 Senate process. :P) I've enjoyed it every time, but this one was the best by far. :hi:

[rebel with a cause]

64. So you are an Illinois Chicagoan?

May I say thank you for keeping our state blue.

I too have voted for him four times, and volunteered for him in 2004. My daughter was laughing today about back then when all these Southern Illinoisans were telling him that we wanted him for our president. Well, we got him even if we were not enough in numbers to turn all of our counties blue. (There were about six blue counties in SI.) The cry in my family on election day is "Thank God for Chicago!"

[Withywindle]

159. Yup. I do my part. :)

I grew up in VA, though, so I know what you mean about having to fight for every vote.

You know what I hate? I hate fucking Sarah Palin "real America" wankers who bitch about the cities. Newsflash, Einsteins: why do the cities get a heavier weight in the state vote totals? BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE LIVE HERE. That's kind of the definition of a city, isn't it?

[rebel with a cause]

161. If you live in Southern Illinois and you are a republican

then you complain about Chicago and their politics. If you are here and a Democrat, then you are glad Chicago exists and wish the guys who are fucking Sarah Palin wankers would return to their 'real America'.

We are talking about moving to Chicago, but I am afraid of going back to city life due to my health issues and not being able to do stairs. I know that I could not survive in NYC for this reason, and I imagine Chicago would be the same. Also, we have dogs!!!

[Withywindle]

163. Welll....I can tell you finding pet-friendly apartments is not hard.

There are two openings right now in my (near west-side, victorian vintage, near the Green and Blue lines, all under 1000/mo) building, and if I refer someone to my landlord I get a commission. Lots of dogs under this big roof. :D

They are walkups, though. I know it's hard to have limitations. Because of one of those scuffles between my parents and a relative of a DMV worker that you only get in small towns, I'm now pretty much limited to living in places where driving isn't necessary.

[Quantess]

53. No need to thank me.

I didn't vote for Obama because he's black. I enthusiastically voted for Obama because he is the most promising, most energizing presidential candidate we have seen in years. And he just happens to be black.

[backscatter712]

54. No problem.

As a white person, I'm sick and tired of our country being consumed by hatetardery.

That and Obama truly is the best person for the job - he's the smartest, he's the calmest, he's the strongest, he's the best speaker. He's got more knowledge and wisdom on his pinky than Bush, Cheney, McCain and all their flunkies combined.

Not only did I vote for him, I volunteered for him, I donated to his campaign, I busted my balls to see the best man win.

[PatSeg]

55. I voted for the best candidate

I think we got a real winner! I never cared one way or another about his race, though I'm thrilled we've finally crossed that line.

[liberalmuse]

56. It was an absolute pleasure.

I should thank the AA community, and the boomer kids (mine is one of them) for putting Obama over the top. Thank god you all showed up to vote in large numbers.

While I was channel flipping, I saw Will-I-Am on Larry King and he described what it was like in Grant park, and how President-Elect Obama was announced so quickly when he thought it would take all night. That was my exact experience. It happened so quickly, yet the world changed in that tiny flash.

A little later, I started crying because it finally hit me. I thought America was dead, but we have hope for a bit longer. I feel like we've been given the gift of grace.

Obama isn't the Messiah, and he isn't the antiChrist. He's just a human being, but he is one of those rare people where hope is embodied, and who has that ability to inspire so many people to help change the world.

[freethought gal]

57. It was an easy decision

And an absolute delight when Obama won! :)

[shraby]

58. He is worthy, and I'm grateful he ran.

[SwampG8r]

59. thank you

most gracious
my pleasure entirely i assure you

[gardenista]

60. My vote for Obama was as guaranteed

as the sunburn I get from being in the sun for 15 minutes with my lily-white ass.

My friend, I am very proud to have voted for Obama, not just because he is brilliant, self-aware, gracious, smart enough to surround himself with others who share his qualities (and who posses some of the qualities he lacks), and the BEST candidate I have ever, ever in my long life had the pleasure to vote for.

The fact that he also happens to have skin that is darker than mine, and that his election sets an historic precedent as a result was just gravy, but a great gravy it is.

Thank you for thanking me, but you don't have to. Barack Obama deserves to be our President, and we are HONORED to have him and his beautiful family in the White House.

However, I am from the south, and I have seen my share of bigotry, was raised amongst it, and had to educate myself about what this world was really about. I have seen the hatred that so many people of color have had to endure in this world. I am thrilled beyond words, literally beyond words, at the outcome of this election.

[Crunchy Frog]

61. A big thank you to everyone who voted for Obama.

I couldn't have survived another 4 years of Republican rule.

[PumaJ]

62. We "Progressive Baby Boomer" white folks have been strong allies

for years and years in the struggle and fight for Civil Rights and social justice. As a now middle aged "white" Jewish woman who has been involved in the struggle in many different ways, I feel that all of my efforts have been vindicated. By no means am I saying the struggle is done, for there is still much for all of us to do. However, it seems that our work, in tandem with tremendous work by so many in the color community, has been at least enough to break down considerable amounts of bigotry. For how else can we explain that the majority of U.S. voters were able to see through the color of Obama's skin to the amazing human dwelling within?

Like so many others, I felt so moved by Obama that I donated both money and time to his campaign. No other Democratic candidate since the Kennedys has ever moved me so. Even though I'm an ardent feminist, I couldn't quite get behind Hillary Clinton. Competent though she is and certainly would have been as president, I found her lacking the quality I felt we need as a country to help us move beyond the extreme partisanship that has had us in its wretched grip. But, I perceived that quality in Obama. I first noticed it in his speech against the war in Iraq, back in 2002. I've watched it grow stronger over the years as he grew and matured politically and personally. What is the quality I'm talking about? I think every one posting here knows what I mean when I say Obama is blessed with an ability to not only see beyond the now to the how it can be when we can recognize our common needs and dreams as We the People, but he is able to help us see that vision as well. That vision is very powerful, very healing, and very motivating. It is my view that that ability of Obama's, in addition to his intellectual brilliance, calm temperament and desire to serve, is what made him the most qualified candidate.

Over the past few days, I have felt so proud of my country. Tuesday evening when the race was called for Obama, and McCain conceded, I suddenly felt tears running down my cheeks. That has never happened for me in the past when a candidate I've favored has won. But this win is so momentous that the joyful tears just poured out. Since Tuesday, every time listen to or watch a person of color talking about what Obama's election means to them, those joyful tears start up all over again. I listen and watch and feel so blessed to have been able to play a part in helping the huge door of equal rights and opportunity swing open wider than they've ever been before.

So, as a white skinned person I say thank you for the acknowledgment of the role we've played, and I say back, you are so welcome. It has been, and will always be my pleasure to help in the ways that I can. For genetically, we are all descended from the same few ancestors, and spiritually, created by the same God. Thus, we are related and none of us can be free until we all are.

[ClayZ]

63. Martin's dream became OUR dream!

Our dream has come true!

Higher Angels were involved!

Keep dreaming the GOOD dreams!~

There is more to be done!


K and R

[old mark]

65. DrPresident...I am so happy that he was elected. It was such a

contrast and a relief to have such an intelligent, dedicated, prepared, tough and GOOD MAN running for the office. We watched the Obama's press oncference last night, the first one we have watched in the last 8 years.

I am a 61 year old white man, a veteran - I was told by the media that I AM a McCain voter. I voted for Obama in the primary, and certainly in the GE, and will again when term #2 comes up.

I voted for Obama because I belive he was the best possible choice, potentially the best president of my lifetime.Incidently, I had tears in my eyes watching him in Chigago, right along with Jesse Jackson. I feel proud to be an American for the first time in many years.

The thanks should go to you.

mark

[PretzelWarrior]

66. Hard working white male over 35 here. Voted for Obama.

[denem]

67. No! Thank YOU to Blacks, Native Americans, Latino's, Asians

and anyone else not caucasian . If it had been left to just whites, we'd all be screwn.

[Lady-Damai]

93. Hahahahaha!

So, true!

:hide:

[K Gardner]

68. I would do it a thousand times over, with pride and honor.

[workinclasszero]

69. My wife and I thank you

It was our privilege to vote for such a fine candidate as Senator Obama. We couldn't have cared less what his skin color was.

I look forward to having a President that I feel proud about for the next 8 years. GOBAMA!

[No Elephants]

70. No thanks are in order. I voted for Obama for purely selfish reasons. He was the

best candidate and I live in this country, which is in deep doo right now.

Am I glad that my vote ALSO happened to break the glass ceiling for African Americans? Hell, yes, to a degree I cannot even express in words. But that is not why I voted for him. I vote for him because I was looking out for me and mine. (my selfishness didn't stop me from shedding some tears of joy after I handed in my ballot, though.)

[Vinca]

71. I can honestly say I don't see black or white when I look at Obama.

I see an intelligent, thoughtful, great man. No thanks required for making the correct decision and voting for the better candidate.

[1corona4u]

72. Thank you for pointing that out, and you're welcome.

:hi:

[Hellataz]

75. Not an issue for me, I didn't see color when i voted, I saw the best man for the job.

[DawgHouse]

76. I have to confess that I voted for him for selfish reasons,

choosing him as the best candidate with the better platform for me and my family. Open mindedness and decency had nothing to do with it. :)

[bunkerbuster1]

77. Sorry, I voted for the white half.

(kidding.)

[Kahuna]

78. I've always said that no gains by blacks in this country were possible..

without the help of good white folks with a social conscious. And, I remind my black friends and associates that it was white kids that started the Obama ball rolling.

There are many folks to thank. Latinos included. There certainly would be no President-elect Obama without the votes and support of our latino brethren.

Let us remember hereafter that, we ARE family. Now I'm gonna cry.. :cry:

[gorbal]

79. Are you sure the Majority went for McCain?

If it was a majority it must have been a slim one (I hope). But then, I live in Maine which is pearly white and went for Obama. I did notice some ignorant discussion about muslims but little racism.

[sunnybrook]

107. it was a slight majority but

Obama still did better among whites than Kerry or Gore

[wildflowergardener]

80. not necessary

Thanks aren't necessary. I voted for him because he is inspiring and I felt the best candidate.

Though - I did like the idea that he was half black and half white - like he represents both black and white people - perfect to help bring people (and races) together to be able to work together - he knows what it's like on both sides as someone who is just white, or just black wouldn't necessarily know.

Meg

[stuntcat]

81. he's my species, that's what I'm so proud of!

I've really lost hope in humans but the fact that the richest fattest consumers in the world elected Barack Obama PRESIDENT :wow: it's beautiful.

[XanaDUer]

82. You're most welcome

Anytime.

[JohnnyCougar]

83. More wite folks than John Kerry or Al Gore attracted

I think the white Obama supporter side of the story is very important. The reich-wing media will try to spin this as a victory for black folks only to try and marginalize Obama's victory for the white population. But this is a victory for the whole country. We got a pragmatic leader that puts problem-solving over partisanship. We desperately needed someone like Obama.

[a kennedy]

84. No brainer really.......

and just soooooooooo d*mn happy I did. :hug: :grouphug: :patriot:

[union_maid]

86. Was the happiest vote I ever cast

Lots of us white people are very happy that the most qualified and best candidate turned out to be African American. At almost 59 I feel pretty privileged to have gotten to be here when this history was made. But if there are any thanks due to any white people, it's those at the Iowa caucuses. That was what made it seem possible and what kind of gave permission to both white and black people to vote for him in our primaries. And rest, as they say, is history. And this time it really is. I think that the election of Barack Obama was the best single day for this country in my lifetime (having missed VE and VJ day by a few years.)

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

87. I've never felt better about any vote I've ever made

This man has the potential to be a truly great president.

[seemunkee]

88. Race never played a role in my decision

[ellie]

89. Awwww

Obama is fantastic and is going to make a great president!

[madmom]

90. It was a pure pleasure.

[bigwillq]

91. I voted for the person I thought was the best

candidate. However, it was indeed a special night to see some racial barriers broken. :bounce:

[Genevieve]

92. I would vote for Obama even if he were purple

with pink polka dots.

[treestar]

94. He was the best person for the job

In fact his personality seems to be one quite specifically suited to the job.

The remaining whites who voted for McWhite for no other reason are going to see that in the next four years and apologize.

I hope all this gives African Americans new hope and confidence that racism will die out in this country sooner rather than later. Not being followed through stores or being of any more interest to white cops than anyone else or not being judged just because some black individual did something bad (as in OJ, etc.) and having the same opportunities, etc.

[Claire Beth]

95. You're welcome from me, my hubby...

my son, and several of our good, dear friends. We're all in Tennessee (sigh) so I hope we can work to help turn TN blue one of these days.

[Patiod]

96. Obama HQ was a true rainbow effort in my neck of the woods

The woman in a sari signing you in,
the older black "trainer" showing you how to make calls,
the older German-American woman (and former Hillary supporter) behind the food table doling out her homemade bean soup,
the 30-something Jewish woman showing off her "08BAMA" necklace to 3 black teenagers,
the mixed race college-age kid making his first calls,
the loud old white union guy shouting his script into the phone at the next table,
the 80-year old WASP lady urging strangers on the phone to come in and volunteer
the young black MBA who drove all the way from her job in Wilmington without eating dinner first,
the cute Irish American kid recently graduated from college who was the campaign coordinator
all busting ass to GOTV in SE PA for Obama on a Monday night....

Like someone up thread said - we were all voting for our own futures first and foremost. 1.4 million of us volunteered, and most of the pictures of HQs that I saw were true rainbow coalitions.

[FlaGranny]

97. No thanks needed.

I voted for the best person - the one whose priorities most match mine. That he happens to be African American, well, that didn't have anything much to do with it. I will say, though, that I am very pleased that I am far from alone in caring more about his policies and abilities than about President-Elect Obama's skin color. :)

P.S. Of course I "see" his skin color. It's not invisible to me. Just saying his skin color was not a factor in my vote.

[Erin Elizabeth]

98. The fact that he was black and it would make history

was just a bonus to me and my husband. He was an awesome candidate and we knew he'd make a great president so the choice was SUPER easy!

But you're welcome anyway!

[redwitch]

100. He won my heart and my vote

with his calm, self assured intelligence. Both of my sons got to vote for him too, their first ever presidential votes, youngest son's first ever voting opportunity. Obama's color was just icing on the cake for me. :-) I just love when America moves forward!

[Kajsa]

102. I was honored to vote for Obama.

he is an honorable man, and a great leader.

:)

Thanks! :hi:

[IsItJustMe]

103. As a white guy, race was never an issue. I did not believe he could initially win, due to my

cultural conditioning.

What it all boiled down to, for me, was this:

FEAR KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, AND HOPE ANSWERED.

[Breeze54]

104. Thanks but Obama isn't the first African American that I've voted for in an election.

;)

I always vote Democrat, that's just a given! ;)

Nice post! Thank You!! :D

:kick: & Recommended

[SunsetDreams]

105. Oh Damn the tears

It's been like this all week!

It was my pleasure to vote for Obama. He was the best candidate, and holds my values. It was an easy choice for me :)

Thank you for posting this here.

[sunnybrook]

106. it was a selfish deed

He is going to be the best president of my lifetime, I know that! No thanks required, I am just ecstatic that the best candidate won! I should thank you for voting for Clinton or Carter or Kennedy or ALL of the candidates from the all white slate in the past? Nah, I am happy for ALL OF US. :toast:

[lelgt60]

108. He's black? Oh shit...can I re-vote? I thought he was muslin n/t

[NashVegas]

109. No Problem

*blows knuckles*

[Jawja]

110. Hey, by voting for Obama, I just voted for the best person

for the job with a message of unity and hope for the future. :shrug:

[CitizenPatriot]

111. well, it was an honor to support the best person for the job

I grew up surrounded by people from different countries, of different religions, etc -- so it just wasn't an issue to me.

What I found touching, however, was seeing the looks in many of the African Americans' eyes that I worked with or approached as a volunteer. This is the south, so maybe it 's more pronounced here, but I often saw a look of , "really, a white girl like you?" There is so much healing starting because of Obama's run and certainly his victory.

I had one girl I volunteered with ask me out of the blue, "Does it bother you that he's black?" -- she was black, btw.
I was brought up short, because I had never considered this before and I couldn't believe that she was living in a world where this was an issue. How ridiculous -- We are all mutts. I told her, "We are all black. we're all white. We're a melting pot here. For anyone to think otherwise is just silly." It was a throw-away reply, because I was busy talking to someone at the time, but then I heard her singing pretty happily, "we're all black, we're all white..." it made me sad that this made her so happy, but on the other hand, it was a great moment.

Didn't Obama get more of the white vote than clinton?

I'm so proud of my country right now -- so damn proud. We're going places, people! We really are!! We rock!!

PS I must admit to getting secret pleasure right now out of the racists here having to adjust to a part African American President. Ohhh, it is delicious crow. I made sure I say to everyone here, "President Obama...." at least once per conversation. and end with "Proud to be an American...he's our commanding chief...." Oh, yeah.....:-)

[Apex 8]

112. I'm just some white dude...

...freshly transplanted to Colorado, having just retired from my military career. Both my wife and I walked to our polling place with big smiles on our faces knowing that the last eight years of BS were not just going to end with "someone else", but with the best presidential candidate that we've seen in soooo long. Color? What color?

[Quantess]

114. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Apex 8]

121. Thanks...

...for the welcome. I'll add that I'm also very happy to have moved to Colorado (from a forever red state) just in time to help turn CO blue. :woohoo:

[carnie_sf]

113. It was a pleasure an an honor

to cast my vote for President Obama.

[lunatica]

115. Your welcome, but it's his brilliant mind that I voted for, but....

I'm totally delighted and grinning from ear to ear that he's 'a mutt'! I love the come-uppance factor.

And I'm so relieved to hear an intelligent man speaking that I could cry all over again. I even noticed that both Rachel Maddow and Keith O used some big words last night. It's cool to be intelligent again!

[cliffordu]

116. No biggie. I just voted for the best guy.

If candidates cannot wow me with their brains, they shouldn't even be on the ballot.

[grantcart]

117. I just voted for the guy that Cliffordu told me to vote for- seems to have worked out ok

[cliffordu]

118. Good. Now go back in time and kill Prop.8

[Jim Lane]

119. You should specifically thank the one white person who did the most to make it happen....

George W. Bush did more than all of us at DU put together.

And here we thought he was a bumbling incompetent with a mean streak. All along he was just cleverly setting it up so that a black could win for the first time. How we misunderestimated him!

[Zookeeper]

122. I voted for Obama because he was the best candidate....

but, I have to admit, electing an African-American has been very deeply moving and joyous for me (a child during the Civil Rights movement).

I'm tearing up writing the words.

:hi:

[LatteLibertine]

123. I'm a "white boy" that was proud to support Obama

Honestly, voting for Obama was a win/win for me because he represents what I value both politically and socially.

I feel he was the best choice and I feel he will be good for the United States. It was particularly satisfying to be part of the VA win.

For me, a President Obama represents; empathy, inclusion and the opportunity for citizens of the United States to live up to many values we have espoused in the past. He is a symbolic rejection of the dehumanization of whole groups of people because they aren't a member of the right; race, sex, religious cult or social class. The choice of a President Obama is a willful rejection of all forms of bigotry. He offers us an opportunity for healing within the nation and with other countries across the globe.

I must admit the transformational joy I've seen in the face of many in the United States did influence me, particularly in the faces of many African-Americans.

A President Obama is also a symbolic rejection of many in the old guard that are roughly 10% of our population that hold 70% of all our wealth. Many of these people have traditionally taken the attitude that they may defecate upon the rest of us and we had best not be ungrateful by disliking it.

I hope people do not miss the point of an Obama presidency. He is not a magic wand or a messiah that is going to do it all for us. He is presenting us with an opportunity to get to work and be the best we may possibly be. He's presenting us with an opportunity to choose to make a resolution to be something better.

Indeed it's time for the United States to become something better, to enter a new era.

I do hope people seize on the opportunity that is being presented.

For many fear is "the mind killer" and cynicism is a poor choice. Usually fear and hatred destroy the practitioner and not the object. Often we cheat ourselves by proceeding down this path.

Yes we can? Yes we may choose to be.

[Undercurrent]

124. No thanks required.

I voted for Obama for the same reason I married my second husband, who is black. He is, by a factor of about a million, the best. By far. Intense, capable, steady, methodical, understanding, and the smartest mo fo in the room. The fact that he is black is historic icing on the cake. Deeply moving and redemptive for our country.

I still have waves of emotion and tears when I see the words "President-elect Obama". I'm so proud, amazed, and grateful that we have been blessed with such a man.

[RayOfHope]

125. I voted for him because he was a great candidate, not because he was black n/t

[JitterbugPerfume]

126. we love him

I remember segregation and I never dreamed I would see this day . I am so grateful and humbled by this whole thing.

My ex son in law is the biggest red neck imaginable and he voted for Obama and talks about how wonderful and great he is!

[Splinter Cell]

127. I'm an American....

Who voted for an American for president. Me being white and Barack being black never figured into the process.

Not being black, I don't think I can ever truly understand what it must have been like to see Obama win from the viewpoint of an African American. Regardless, it was the proudest moment of my life. I would follow that man to the gates of hell and beyond. He is truly the definition of a great American.

[roseBudd]

129. I worked in front of 10 metal detectors on one side of the Nippert Stadium rally Nov. 2 so I

got a really good look at all the white people standing in a line I never saw the end of.

Initially I was hoping to be placed inside as an usher, but in retrospect I'm really glad I saw the line.

Knowing that Hamilton County in SW Ohio going blue was a populous county that McCain could not afford to not hold makes it extra sweet.

[Mme. Defarge]

130. The honor was all mine.

I give thanks for the mother and father who brought this completely amazing human being into the world, and to those incredible grandparents who raised him with so much devotion and sacrifice.

And I give thanks to Barack for taking on an unimaginable burden for the sake of us all.

I'm just so grateful that I have lived to see this wondrous moment in history. We all bear the scars of the last 8 years. But it wasn't until this election that I realized just how deep and painful were the wounds inflicted on our national psyche and soul from the assassinations of JFK, MLK and RFK. Dear God what a horror.

Now I believe that we can really begin to heal.

[tledford]

131. Even in *NC* 35% of white voters voted for Obama.

Never, ever thought I'd live to see it. I'm very, very happy. :-)

[JoFerret]

132. Would it now be appropriate to say

eff you to the black people who voted proposition 8?

I don't think so.

Thank whichever demographic slice you want. I am just glad we have kicked the GOP out and the BFEE will soon be gone forever. That Obama is black is a nice bonus and feel good element, remarkable though it may be especially in eyes of the world - instantly lifting the status and image of the USA in the world.

Too bad on the backward step for civil rights for all Americans.

[volstork]

133. No thanks required!

I could not have cared less what the color of his skin is. I would have voted for him if he had been PAISLEY-- he was the best one for the job!

[Not the Only One]

134. well, the author is thanking white people for doing what they should be doing

Barack Obama was judged not on his foreign-sounding name, not on his Muslim-sounding name, not on his "exotic" upbringing which included schooling in Indonesia, and not on his skin color. He was judged on the content of his character and on his ability to do a job, strictly on merit.

[Jennicut]

135. Obama was the best person for me in the primaries and the best choice for president

And his background served to make him a unique person, perhaps that is why he drew so many in. As a young white woman, your welcome!

[potone]

136. I appreciate the thanks but feel sad that you feel a need to thank us.

Obama was far and away the best candidate for President. It wasn't even close. I didn't vote on racial lines, but if I had, I would point out that Obama is biracial--as much white as black. I realize that the world sees him as a black man and that is fine, and important given the history of slavery, segregation and discrimination in this country, but for me he is both that and most importantly a breath of fresh air and a hope for a better future for us all.:hi: :party:

[MassLiberal]

138. You're very kind, but no thanks are necessary

I have been waiting for a candidate like Barack my whole life.

[AZBlue]

139. No thanks needed. I was thrilled to tears (literally) to vote for Barack Obama.

I don't see him as black or white - he's simply an amazing person who is the right one to lead this country.

[BumRushDaShow]

140. K&R

Obama broke the 30% barrier (I think from what I could tell from the data that seemed to dance around the issue, he got something like 40+% of the total white vote). AAs have consistently voted 90+% for white Democratic candidates and generally never expected anything resembling the same in reverse for black Democratic candidates. My mother always taught me that life isn't fair and as the years have gone by in my life, I found she was right. Yet many of us always hoped that one day we could get that extra little % enough to materialize and carry us over to get a win.

So as an AA, from the bottom of my heart, I thank all of you whites who voted for him. It was truly an amazing thing to see. We still have a long way to go but I think this one act will be significant for years to come in terms of voting for the BEST candidate and not continuing to vote against one's interest because of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or orientation. :thumbsup:

[diane in sf]

142. I felt honored to vote for Obama

[electron_blue]

144. It was pure self-preservation, my dear.

[Pooka Fey]

145. I didn't vote for Obama to 'give the brother a chance', I voted for the best candidate.

No thanks necessary. I'm proud of America to have elected our first black president, and I am thrilled as punch to have Michelle Obama as our first black first lady. This is a fine time to be alive, to see this. I would never vote for a candidate because of their race. Wasn't that what Dr. Martin Luther King was talking about, his dream that someday people would judge others by the quality of their character and not by the color of their skin?

[Doctor_J]

148. wtf?

man, it's getting really weird. In didn't thank any blacks or Hispanics for voting for Gore, Kerry, Clinton. Why the hell would anyone thank me for voting for Obama? :crazy:

[chill_wind]

149. It was an honor and a priviledge. A great joy!

eom

[RamboLiberal]

150. What an honor to vote for Barack Obama

This 56 year old white lady had tears streaming down her cheeks during his speech - especially at the end when he spoke of 106 year old African American Ann Nixon Cooper and all she had seen and how she had come out to vote.

I believe that Barack Obama will go down in history among the greats of American presidents.

It is so good to have a smart person back in the White House. And to of course to have a Democrat who will do his best to be the President of all Americans!

[Rowdyboy]

151. Voting for Barack would be an honor if he was green......I'm awed that I had the chance

[rogerballard]

152. We are all human...

Not only is Obama brilliant, I feel that he is going to go down as one of our best Presidents, if not the best!
Yes, I'm a white boy (man) born in Pontiac, Michigan circa 1950's.

[Zombie2]

153. Thanks but no thanks....

I just wanted to say that.

No thanks really needed here... but you're very welcome! I'd vote for him again.... no matter if he's black, white, or even green... well, maybe not green.

[rocktivity]

154. No presidential candidate can live on the black vote alone.

Indeed, if Obama had not succeeded in "proving" to blacks that he could attract enough white votes put to him over the top in combination with the black vote, they probably would have either voted for Hillary or stayed home. Some blacks felt that Obama's campaign didn't embrace the black community hard enough--SMART black voters understood why.

:headbang:
rocknation

[CreekDog]

155. best candidate i've ever voted for

i didn't give him a chance. i was lucky to have the chance to vote for him! :hi:

[Steely_Dan]

156. I feel bad...

that you felt it necessary to "thank us." While I appreciate the sentiment, it sort of sounds like we deserve credit for voting for a black man. Sorry, I don't get it. There may be some here that did that, but I'm certainly not one of them. Am I the only one that is slightly disturbed by this thread? Obama was the most qualified. Oh, and he happens to be black. Whatever.

-P

[Waiting For Everyman]

157. I think the first AA President came about incidentally, and

that's the way it had to be, to be valid. If we had tried to elect an AA President, it would've been the wrong thing to do, and that's essentially why in the primaries I was against HRC while also being FOR Obama. It was too much about personal ambition with HRC, whereas my "tuning fork" was struck with Obama's 2004 keynote speech - I knew I had seen that quality before, a long time ago. In 2004 I thought it would take him a few elections to get into position to run for President, and I hoped he would sometime, but I never thought he'd make it so soon with just enough national experience to work. Fact is, we needed him now.

Once he won the primary, I started thinking about 1963 to 1968 - a lot. That's when the real possibility of electing an AA President started converging with flashbacks of new stories I saw during that time as a teenager, like this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gigsZH5HlJA

I'm a white, woman boomer - part of that demographic that Obama is supposed to have trouble with. But some of us were shaped by those fallen leaders he reminds us of, and not by the prejudice of the time. We, in that group, loved them and never really recovered until now, with this "incidental" election (as it should be). Obama is fulfilling exactly, the words of MLK's "Dream" speech which I remember watching on the news as a 13 year old... it's the content of his character - that's the meaning I take from the comments above saying it isn't about race. And it really isn't. That's what I think the article writer meant too, in noticing our vote. This was no token election to break a ceiling - the white vote is proof of that.

Imagine teenagers making this song a Top 40 hit during the Beatles/Stones era...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL81tPHp82g

AAs aren't the only ones healing right now. Some of us boomers are too (both white and AA), for the first time since those losses of beloved leaders who don't come along very often regardless of skin color. We lost three in five years, and haven't seen one quite of that caliber since. Until now. And no worries, we're not making Obama into "all that", we just know what we see - saw it before.

[black light poster]

158. Like others I just voted for (by far) the best man or woman for the job.

Obama was the best candidate, in my opinion, that I've had the chance to vote for in this or any previous presidential election. It's thrilling beyond words to be able to actually elect to the presidency a man of his brilliance and his exceptional talents and abilities. I'd come to fear that the system might have become so screwed up that it would only allow inferior people to win.

Barack Obama IS going to be THE great American president of my adult lifetime, mark my words. I was excited and happy to vote for him twice -- once in the primaries and again this past week. The fact that in the course of gaining all this for the country we ALSO get to elect the first African American president was to me just icing on the cake.

But I will admit that the fact that this is also VIRGINIA where I got to vote for Obama twice, AND my voting station is just 5 miles from the building where the former Confederate congress held court, well, hell yeah, I enjoyed the hell out of that! I absolutely love pissing off the traditionalists... the still too numerous white knuckleheaded racists we still have running around here.

[Piperay]

160. It was totally my pleasure, no thanks are needed. nt

:-)

[usregimechange]

162. Your welcome but I did a lot more than vote for him

[lib_wit_it]

165. LOL, very good point. And yes, you're welcome, whoever is

thanking me. We're all very lucky to have had him as an option.

[AmericanUnity]

166. OUR PLEASURE!! Obama is another JFK. We've donated $$, time, worked our asses off for an

outstanding young man!!

My wife and I are both in our early 50's and remember JFK, RFK, and MLK. We've both been sad for
what might have been in America had they not been killed.

The night we saw Obama's 2004 DNC Convention speech we both had moist eyes.

My wife and I said to each other, "Why can't someone like HIM run for President?"

We never saw him as black or white - just a once in a generation Presidential candidate.

We're both tickled to pieces he won!!! My wife and I barely slept Tues, Weds, or Thurs we were
so full of joy for America's electing this outstanding young man.

YES, WE DID !!!!!

[AmericanUnity]

167. IT WAS AN HONOR TO VOTE FOR OBAMA

[AmericanUnity]

168. IT WAS ALSO A PLEASURE WORKING WITH MY FELLOW AMERICANS TO GET HIM ELECTED

[Lil Missy]

169. I think this is insulting. I didn't vote for Obama because he's Black.

I worked and voted for Obama because he was the best person/candidate for the job.

Blacks don't owe me or any "white folks" a thank you. That's bullshit.

"This is Lil Missy, and I approve this message."

[AmericanUnity]

170. Neither did I, but he wouldn't have been elected without the help of people of all stripes

[jules1962]

171. It is a privilege to have such a wonderful candidate.

I am proud to have him for my President. No thanks are needed.To have someone in office that will hear all of our voices is enthralling.For him to just happen to be a candidate that is black was just gravy. It's all good. I still can't stop getting emotional though. Barack didn't win this alone. We all won!:grouphug: :patriot:

[Guava Jelly]

172. I am an Obama voter that just happens to be white.

I cried tears of Joy when he won.

[hulka38]

173. Chicago white guy here saying big thanks to the state of Iowa.

[Name removed]

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[blondeatlast]

176. WE'RE welcome--black, white, polka dot. this was America's win.

But thank you for sharing one of your best with us just the same.

[Justpat]

177. I'm a sixty year old white woman and I voted for him because he is the smart one.

To me, casting my vote for Obama was doing my part to make sure that the reign of Joe Sixpack was
over and done with. I've had enough of politicians who appeal to the cult of stupidity to get elected.

The smart people took their country back by voting for the one best qualified for the job. The smart one
happened to be black.