Yes John McCain did a wonderful speech!!

congrats to us witnessing history. May Obama do the best he can and just keep his ears open to the people.

I will constantly be praying for our country, because we will surely need prayers.

I too wish to congratulate the supporters of President Elect Obama...

In obedience to God, I will pray for and respect our new President...

"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior..." 1Timothy 2:1-3

May God Bless America...

Mrs. W

I am very proud right now, of everyone involved. John McCain, whose speech was very gracious, and truly for the good of the country, to pull together. The voters who saw the person not the color. Barack Obama who has come so far at such a young age, and who seems to be well equipped to work for the good of the people of the United States. A country that can see a peaceful transition of power, peaceful change, as decided by the majority vote. To the people from both sides, who must now pull together, for the good of the country.

Yes, he did. And thank you for saying so.

Barack Obama will be my President.

I will pray for him. And respect the office he will hold.

As a great man once said, "Country first."

Amen, Marshmallow. May God Bless our great nation.

I will merely pray that the Lord touches this man and changes his heart.

I sincerely believe it is our duty to our country and to God to resist leadership that is contrary to God's law.

I will give the president elect an opportunity to prove himself worthy of the title of MY president and Christian.

Hopefully, the Lord finds a way into his heart and makes him a leader in which my family can be proud.

As someone else here said. only time will tell.

For those that have doubted the exceptional and balanced news coverage of Fox News, I hope you got a chance to watch their coverage and tonight. Their commentary after Obama's speech redefines gracious.

You could always consider that Obama won because God wanted him to.

Just sayin'

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

HALLELUJAH!!!!!



I'm not usually one to say, "I told you so"....but....I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!!!

YAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!! HOORAAAAAAAY!!!

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Charlotte

WOW....now that is classy. For those that don't know what the dashes stand for...well, lets just say you wouldn't want to be called that....and it involves your ****edit**** as well.

WOW....now that is classy.

I am grateful to hear of those who offer their prayers to the President-elect; he and the rest of the country and the world will need it. We've got quite the mess on our hands.

Thank you God for Hope.

This seems evident to me. So much came into play, it had to have divine help. Such an unlikely event even 12 mths ago.

I agree. I didn't think it was possible for someone other than a white male Skulls and Bones Ivy Leaguer to be elected. I'm very thankful that I underestimated how far we've come. Hope is still alive. We may yet be ok.

You're damn right that's what it means. And surely you know the movie from which it came--(and of course: the sequels.)

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Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience.

This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what you owe him; If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now that when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissention and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. (Romans 13)


The people have the leaders they wanted, and God HAS allowed this.

Pray for our leaders and for them to understand that even they ARE answerable to God for the way they use the authority that has been entrusted to them to govern wisely, to protect the innocent, and to lead the nation TOWARD God and not further AWAY from God.

Even so, come Lord Jesus, thy will be done.

Just a note about occurrences in my children's schools. They did school votes. My 8 y.o. son was upset to note that Obama won by 20 votes in the school. I asked him what would happen if the children were offerred a choice between a piece of cake for lunch or a sandwich for lunch, which would they choose? Obama=cake, McCain=sandwich.

My 11 yo son was accused of being a racist simply because he preferred McCain. edited to add(he's an honors student who follows the news regularly, boy scout, football player, and passionate churchgoer).

I explain the difference between socialists/conservatives to them using the Little Red Hen story.

So much for bringing the country together.

BTW, MEDC, I admire you and FH for living your faith...especially in regards to unborn children.

I will be unceasingly praying for our country, and ask that others do, as well. Our country needs all the prayer it can get.

I also will be praying for Obama, for I believe that he has placed himself and his soul into very dangerous hands.

Like I've said before, I didn't care for either candidate, so I was disappointed after the primaries.

However, trying to be a glass is 1/2 full kind of guy, I see this election as the official end of the excuse that racism, the system, or whatever holds anyone down.

The election of Senator Obama confirms what I believe, that anyone sufficiently motivated can achieve what they set out to achieve, regardless of their race, creed, color, or religion.

Let us reject the excuses of those who say the system is against them. Let us reject the quotas and set-asides that have been a great part in creating division in our nation.

President Elect Obama has proven, by winning the highest office in the land, by gaining a majority of both the electorial and popular vote, that American and even WHITE America is not racist. The victory by Obama proves wrong the Jessie Jacksons, Al Sharptons and others who pimp their old ideas that "the man" keeps them down.

While I don't agree with the Democratic party in many areas, I think this is a historic event, and hope it will be leveraged to end the excuses offered by those who envy the success of others.

One key way President Elect Obama can unite the nation is to send a clear message that the politics of racial division, the politics of economic division, as well as the politics of religious division have no place in his administration, or the Democratic majority in the legislature.

President Elect Obama quoted a Republican from IL last night, Lincoln, regarding unification of the US.

I think it's clear from the outcome last night that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are a racist political party. I sincerely hope that President Elect Obama works to prove that. I hope he is firm with his party and those that support him that the false assertions that the other party is racist, are stopped from the top down.

President Elect Obama is demonstration that African Americans can achieve in America. It's time for race to no longer be an issue in any regards. No preference, no discrimination. We are all Americans, and President Elect Obama has proven that ANY American can achieve the highest office in the land.

There may be racist individuals, there is no escaping that. But the election of President Elect Obama proves that the majority of America is NOT racist. It's time for those who cite race to motivate and ultimately divide the nation to step down and acknowledge that racism no longer rules America today.

Thank you.

I think you have made some exceptional points.

There should be an immediate call to end ALL race and gender based schooling/hiring/promotion etc, decisions. Obviously they are no longer needed.

I am not as optimistic as you regarding race as McCain garnered just 1% of the black vote. I am hopeful that this election will show people that they no longer need the crutches of the past.

I will say that the majority of what has happened in the past day has been pretty positive but there is a not so wonderful side to all of this. My GF is a supervisor in a nursing home and needed to let some employees know that even though it is historic day that work still needs to be done. The response she got from a couple of the black workers was that "we don't need to listen to you any more." Sorry, that is not going to fly.

I am sure that the majority of people will put this in the proper context. While I hate that a pro abortion candidate got elected, I am happy that many of the wounds of our past can begin to heal as a result of this election. I sincerely wish it had been another more conservative black that broke that glass ceiling...but it is done. Hopefully people do not use this as a springboard for the type of stupidity referenced above. This election has the ability to either mend some race relations or to polarize people even further.

The KKK and other white supremacist organizations are widely scorned by all races....and that is how it should be. It is time for blacks in this country to recognize the evils amongst their own people and to also show NO tolerance for such behaviors and actions. The type of behavior that was on display after the OJ verdict should never be accepted. The type of attitude that allowed the armed Black Panther Party to stand in front of polling places yesterday should be condemned....and done so widely by the black community. Yesterday it wasn't...it was allowed to stand. And while it did not impact the election...it did leave a fresh stain on race relations.