Obama is a racial-minority individual and does not like racism:

I know it may be hard to believe.

However, it is absolutely true that Ronald Wilson Reagan committed horrible, racist, hate crimes during his presidency.

A lot of people know about Reagan's infamy.

And a lot of people will know about Reagan's infamy–even until the end of human existence: they'll find out.

Numbers 32:23: “Be sure your sins will find you out.”

Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., With the Highest Level of Academic Honors at Graduation, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post. And there are at least hundreds of copies in very many countries around the world.)
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'If only it were possible to BAN invention that bottled up memories like scent so they never faded and never got stale.' (Once again, please consider an illustrative analogy: like scent that is held in or restrained or inhibited or suppressed or bottled up.) Off the top of my head, it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.

I would also predict they would then try to pass a massive alternative energy package. Those are the main domestic items that were blocked or vetoed by the GOP since '06.

Thank you, as well.

The latter encompasses nearly all of the “mainstream media.”

What I'll find interesting is how many “Republicans” or “conservatives” rush to ingratiate themselves with the Dems in power in Washington, in order to retain their own Washingtonian stature. (Few “conservative” commentators can become lobbyists the way those in Congress can.)

I also liked the destruction of the myth promulgated by the farther left in the sewer that the USA is widely racist. The election destroys that myth.

Obama, at least, seems to be doing the right thing, better than anyone else on recent record, working already to form a Cabinet and get a policy going.

I, too, owe you a heartfelt congratulations for your efforts towards Obama. I am happy for our country, happy for the historical nature of Obama's election, and happy for Obama as a person.

To paraphrase a comment of mine from your live-blogging of the election results:

“You can oppose a President, think him a complete moron (or a sexual predator), dislike his policies, etc., but we, as a people, HAVE to get back to respecting the office of the Presidency, as compared to the occupant. And that means some modicum of decorum and deference is due the person as well.

I don't agree with most of Obama's positions, and think he does have an agenda in mind that is WAY more radical than he ran on. But as he has been elected, fairly, he is MY President. Because I am an American, and the will of the voters carries the day.”

I will not go forth with an agenda of looking for reasons to criticize and denigrate him or his Presidency; rather, I will now share in the hope that he will govern wisely, and accept that by his victory, and the Democrats in Congress as well, they have earned the right to pursue their agenda.

I of course reserve the right to express my concerns about policy differences, but in a hopefully more respectful way than has been directed towards Bush from the Left these past 8 years.

As always,
your personal troll

McCain was no alternative at all. He supported telecom immunity AND the odious laws giving legal cover to torture and indefinite detention.

I certainly will. Checks and balances are important — on many levels. The executive branch should not be allowed to dominate. And I, for one, am disappointed the GOP has been so seriously marginalized, because being so they cannot provide an effective check to the Dems in the legislative branch, either. But I also believe the GOP has to re-think their coalition, too. There's simply no future for them if they don't. And one place I think they could start (other than refomulate what “social conservatism” means) is to rethink their emphasis on small government — or at least fold it in with a greater emphasis on competency. In other words, I think a better concept is efficient government.

I think if Bush and Cheney had been less partisan and more successful, executive power would not have become such a big issue. Many saw that they were continuing the power grab, but using it to do things like spy on their countrymen,legally redefine and use torture, work toward a permanent GOP majority by politicizing federal agencies, subvert the Geneva Convention and the Constitution, etc. etc.

A very classy comment.

As I have written before, alluded to above and will blog incessantly on in the weeks to come, winning the election was actually the easy part. Obama will not get a honeymoon, nor will I allow him one. Stayed tuned . . .

You know that I've been as critical as anyone on this site of the tone of your posts. But, Sen. Obama won…fair and square. So, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to you and all those who worked so hard to see Sen. Obama become President-elect Obama. As promised, I changed my Facebook status today, saying that I'm praying for our new President. Let's give this man a chance. We'll see…

I don't understand how anyone who grew up in the Civil Rights era or earlier would not get why this is moment is so momentous for our nation or why every African-American is standing proud this morning. When Obama was born, there were still numerous states that would have outlawed his parents' interracial marriage, and in many places Jim Crow was still the law of the land. I did not vote for him for this reason, but it certainly gives me some hope that we can evolve as a nation.

It will be fascinating to see how Obama's many sympathizers pull their punches with regard to . . . for example . . . executive power. Note, for example, how his FISA vote elicited muted grumbles…in contrast with the howls of fury against BushCo.
If Obama follows the tradition of most presidents, he will be jealously guarding the executive powers of the Presidency as reinforced by his predecessors (i.e., Bush/Cheney).

Will those who criticized Bush/Cheney for their imperial presidency be so willing to criticize Obama should he indulge in the same hubris?
That will be the touchstone of true journalists . . . .as opposed to Democratic fellow travellers with Press Passes.

One of the first good outcomes of this election will be that…. in the next few months… we will be better able to identify the “Sidney Blumenthals” in the MSM.

I guess we will be waiting a while until you attaqck Senator Schumer for wanting to limit speech, or until you attack Ohio for using government records to attack Repubilcans or until you admit that the U.S. is now a one party state and people had better get in line with the state.