Barack Obama Is the 44th President of the United States
The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states - Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.
A huge crowd thronged Grant Park in Chicago to cheer Obama's improbable triumph and await his first public speech as president-elect.
Obama and his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, will take their oaths of office as president and vice president on Jan. 20, 2009.
As the 44th president, Obama will move into the Oval Office as leader of a country that is almost certainly in recession, and fighting two long wars, one in Iraq, the other in Afghanistan.
The popular vote was close, but not the count in the Electoral College, where it counted.
There, Obama's audacious decision to contest McCain in states that hadn't gone Democratic in years paid rich dividends.
Fellow Democrats rode his coattails to gains in both houses of Congress, toppling Republican incumbents and winning open seats alike.
Obama has said his first order of presidential business will be to tackle the economy. He has also pledged to withdraw most U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months.
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-comrade-
Obama's doing better in his first hundred days than bush did in 75% of his presidency (maybe more). Republican Conservatives are greedy idiots and need to learn a thing or two about what it ACTUALLY means to be an American.
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes
we're all going to die.
3 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag
LankStun
to be honest dude i dont even remember
but im done arguing with this guy
i won anyway
3 years agoby @lankstunFlag
-comrade-
What are we arguing about at this point?
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
LankStun
actually my IQ is 102
way higher than yours
and i wasnt talking about the goverment part i was talking about the religious part
and youknow how you are aloser, you are arguing with a 16 year old how old are you like 12
3 years agoby @lankstunFlag
LankStun
actually retard it changed the way they see the world
but you need brains toget that affect
and Y2Jackass we all know you dont
3 years agoby @lankstunFlag
JR
and they dont care abou it.
3 years agoby @supbitchFlag
LankStun
i love the ZEITGEIST too i have owned it for about 6 months i shown it to alot of people
3 years agoby @lankstunFlag
systemof9191
lol
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
JR
lol.
3 years agoby @supbitchFlag
Err
yeah, morno!
suptid retrad!
ya big dmumy!
um... what else... eh, thats all i got.
3 years agoby @err2005Flag
T.Clark
Spell "idiot" right if you're going to call someone it
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
JR
i think your doing that on purpose. idoit!
3 years agoby @supbitchFlag
systemof9191
goddamn computers, keep putting my comments a million times
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
the election was november 4th, this thing is still going on, AWESOME!
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
the election was november 4th, this thing is still going on, AWESOME!
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
the election was november 4th, this thing is still going on, AWESOME!
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
Err
hey lankstun i wasnt talking to you when i said 'do the research', i know we share similar views on this subject, i've even seen you recommend the movie zeitgeist to people before.
i was talking to anyone who thinks the bible should be taken literally as a historical doc*ment.
3 years agoby @err2005Flag
JR
ps: your comebacks are some of the worse i've seen!
3 years agoby @supbitchFlag
JR
lanksun.....? prove your black. i doubt you have white friends, remember you little argument on this thread a few pages back. only white pepole are racist! shut up and go back to school you drop out kiddy. and get some help from your dumb parents, and oh, i dont smoke pot. i don't smoke anything. so nice of you to bring that up, i guess you smoke pot all the time STUPID! and i believe your just made cause nobody likes you. your all alone and pissed, cause im more smarter and more cooler than you.. :P
oh, one more thing go tell your friends and family about this conversation. im 100% sure they will agree with me you racist bastard!
3 years agoby @supbitchFlag
systemof9191
my bad sry, the computer is messing up, it showed that it didn't evne send it, i'm not spamming, sry
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
awesome err, i love zeitgeist, that movie is like mind changeing, it makes u think, i think labeling urself any religion is not good, evne being atheist, because cant prove for a abolute face that god exists or not, but religion is sperating people, if u do believe in god then just believe in him
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
awesome err, i love zeitgeist, that movie is like mind changeing, it makes u think, i think labeling urself any religion is not good, evne being atheist, because cant prove for a abolute face that god exists or not, but religion is sperating people, if u do believe in god then just believe in him
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
awesome err, i love zeitgeist, that movie is like mind changeing, it makes u think, i think labeling urself any religion is not good, evne being atheist, because cant prove for a abolute face that god exists or not, but religion is sperating people, if u do believe in god then just believe in him
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
awesome err, i love zeitgeist, that movie is like mind changeing, it makes u think, i think labeling urself any religion is not good, evne being atheist, because cant prove for a abolute face that god exists or not, but religion is sperating people, if u do believe in god then just believe in him
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
awesome err, i love zeitgeist, that movie is like mind changeing, it makes u think, i think labeling urself any religion is not good, evne being atheist, because cant prove for a abolute face that god exists or not, but religion is sperating people, if u do believe in god then just believe in him
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
awesome err, i love zeitgeist, that movie is like mind changeing, it makes u think, i think labeling urself any religion is not good, evne being atheist, because cant prove for a abolute face that god exists or not, but religion is sperating people, if u do believe in god then just believe in him
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
awesome err, i love zeitgeist, that movie is like mind changeing, it makes u think, i think labeling urself any religion is not good, evne being atheist, because cant prove for a abolute face that god exists or not, but religion is sperating people, if u do believe in god then just believe in him
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
systemof9191
awesome err, i love zeitgeist, that movie is like mind changeing, it makes u think, i think labeling urself any religion is not good, evne being atheist, because cant prove for a abolute face that god exists or not, but religion is sperating people, if u do believe in god then just believe in him
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
LankStun
if i am racist explain why i am a black teen with all white friends retard
and JR stop smoking pot and maybe you will get some of your brain cells back
3 years agoby @lankstunFlag