Rec. and kick if you are still THRILLED that Obama got elected

[LuckyTheDog]

I, for one, do not expect Obama to be perfect. I expect him to make mistakes. I expect to disagree with some (maybe even many) of the things he does.

Yet, after 8 LONG years of Bush, Cheney, neo-con, Scooter Libby, the totally fucked-up GWOT, GITMO, etc., ... I am THRILLED that Obama will be sworn in on Jan. 20.

[patrice]

1. Kick.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

67. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ADULT IN THE WHITE HOUSE

:bounce: :hippie: :bounce: :hippie: :bounce: :hippie: :bounce: :toast: :eyes: :toast: :eyes: :toast:

[Enthusiast]

98. Yes, now the adults are in charge.

And what a welcome change it will be. :toast:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. K/R

[louis c]

83. Yes We Can

We're all in.

[City Lights]

3. K&R nt

[donheld]

4. Totally

[graywarrior]

5. Kick

[gratefultobelib]

6. Definitely!

[FirstLight]

7. Kickety!

I find I am tuning out until January...everything feels like it is holding its breath...just wait until Obama is Prez.
lol sounds like "just you wait until your father gets home!"

yep, he may not be perfect, but I expect great things...THANK GOD it wasn't McLame to be sworn in!!!

[nevergiveup]

8. absooooooooooooolutely !!!!!!!!

[NJmaverick]

9. In my opinion Obama has met or exceeded the very high expectations I had for him

At least so far.

[gblady]

10. k&r

GOBAMA :applause:

[bluestateguy]

11. Thank GOD this man will be the president

America faces hard times, but we picked the right man for the job.

[katmondoo]

12. Kick

[TheWraith]

13. K&R.

People are losing sight of the big, or even the medium, picture.

[TankLV]

14. That passed LONG ago...

DISAPPOINTED in him at best now...obama has realized the WORSE of our fears about him that started with mcglurkin (and the misspelling is purposeful)...he has exceeded our LOW expectatations of him - that's for sure...and it only seems to get WORSE...

obama has a LOT of work to do to BEGIN to dig himself out of the shit HE HIMSELF brought on...

sorry if we all won't be dancing along with the "approved" gays in the parade...

and don't give us the bullshit of "well go vote for mcInsane palin if..." - voting for obama was a choice ALL of us never thought twice about given the alternatives...

[SoxFan]

36. whatever

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[TankLV]

131. And FUCK YOU too...

[LuckyTheDog]

38. For me, Obama was not a "settle for" choice

I voted for him enthusiastically. I would do so again.

Obama was my first choice from the time he announced his candidacy.

[jwirr]

15. Kick

[stillcool]

16. I think we are in the 'crash and burn'...

phase of our country. It's pretty obvious that Obama is responsible as the end all be all, to the plethora of problems we face. Not looking good for the 'bottom up change', that I could believe in. There is a religious belief that one person..can accomplish all the 'change' people wish to see. Funny how many atheists believe in this fairy tale.

[Window]

17. Big K/R.

Peace:thumbsup:

[NYC_SKP]

18. Recommended. nt

[Douglas Carpenter]

19. of course !!

[Jack Rabbit]

20. K/R

[Cha]

21. K&

R~

[NYC_SKP]

22. 43 people need to be banned! (sarcasm)

:rofl:

Happy Holly Daze ALL DU!

It's been a great year and I love each and every last one of you!

NYC_SKP

[Scurrilous]

23. K & R

:thumbsup:

[me b zola]

24. K&R!

[solara]

25. I am completely and absolutely thrilled and I can't wait for Jan 20

Obama is extremely SMART and savvy.. maybe some of us have forgotten what it is like to have a smart man as our leader. Hasn't he already proven that he can achieve ( in his own way) that which has always been thought to be un-achievable?


:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

:toast:


So, yay for us!

[treestar]

26. kick

:kick:

[Pacifist Patriot]

27. No problem.

[infidel dog]

28. kick

Kicking like a Missouri mule...

[Celeborn Skywalker]

29. No matter what happens,

he'll still be better than Bush.

[Happyhippychick]

30. I love the man

[lenegal]

31. I am thrilled. Sorry to those who aren't. Such is life

Obama is not perfect. I expect he will make decisions I do not agree with.

Am I thrilled Obama got elected? You betcha.

[opihimoimoi]

32. 74 R's and a kick

:kick:

[Dennis Donovan]

33. Recommended...

It's been a LONG 8 years.

It's going to be nice to be proud of the USA again.:thumbsup:

[yellerpup]

34. Thrilled!

Thrilled and grateful. K&R! :kick:

[ZombieHorde]

35. I am very happy that Obama beat McCain.

[SoxFan]

37. Kick

I didn't bust my ass for almost two years to have a bunch of bitter-enders piss on him before he even takes office.

[RetroLounge]

40. and how are your civil rights?

All present and accounted for?

Goodie.

RL

[AZBlue]

43. Obama's election hasn't affected anyone's civil rights, for better or worse.

[alwysdrunk]

61. And what does that have to do with the Presidential election?

Oh, absolutely nothing? Oh, ok.

[SoxFan]

70. And how is your country?

Your tanking economy?
Your war in Iraq?
Your Taliban making an Elvis c. 1968 level comeback?
Your global warming?
Your wrecked standing on the world stage?
Your VA shutting down psychiatric benefits for veterans?
You hosed-up health care system?
Your assault on labor organizing rights?
Your culture of lobbyists running the show in Washington?
Your warrantless wiretaps?
Your government-sponsored torture?
Your federal emergency response system?
Your efforts at containing loose NBC weapons?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

125. exactly! And, for those who are pouting

(yeah I said pouting...sorry, I know it's loaded, and I know you won't be able to hear anything else I say now, but......)

If you think Obama is the sole savior, responsible to handle everything you want done....sorry. We're supposed to be grownups too....

Do you whiners think we women are thrilled about Warren's save the fetus, kill the woman ideology? Abortion rights are life or death....

But I think THIS administration will be capable of hearing the will of the people, so instead of stamping your fists and shaking your feet because you got slapped in the face, DO WHAT YOU, AS A PROGRESSIVE, DO BEST---- SUPPORT the causes, groups, people, letter-writing, whatever suits you, that leads to CHANGE!

I gave a substantial donation to Planned Parenthood. If there was clinic near me, I would be an escort or donate sign language interpreting.... (dammit, the only clinic is three hours from here...)

oh, and PS, I am bi, just in case you're thinking I'm a clueless hetero.

[awoke_in_2003]

39. Still happy with my vote...

and maybe this Warren incident will bring talks of civil rights for all to the forefront. Obama doesn't seem like an ideologue, he seems capable of listening to reason.

[concerned canadian]

41. K&R

The thrill is not gone, not by a long shot!

[dcsmart]

42. Counting the days

:kick:

[AZBlue]

44. K&R

[kimmerspixelated]

45. Exactly!!!

There is no such thing as a perfect Prez, and politicians in general always have to walk such a tight rope! But My God, we've just come from hell, so to expect all his decisions to be bravo worthy is just not possible, and really is a form of insanity. GOBAMA PREZ!!

[earcandle]

46. Me too!

[Vox_Reason]

47. Glad to be #100!

Am I 100% pleased with Obama? No, but nor would I be 100% pleased with any politician.

Compared to the possible outcomes at the start of the '08 campaign, though, he represents a thrilling resolution.

It's up to us to hold his feet to the fire. The answer is always no unless you ask!

[DailyGrind51]

48. Hell, yes, K & R!

He will not only bring about necessary changes, he will be able to form the consensus needed to make them stick!

[Demi_Babe]

49. 100% thrilled with my vote for Barack Obama

[zeemike]

50. Absolutely K&R

[JimWis]

51. Kick

[jeff30997]

52. Of course I am.

It seems that some peoples wish that it would have been better if McClown had won however.

[npincus]

53. K & R

[kenfrequed]

54. Yes...

My optimism is guarded and less wild though.

[Zavulon]

55. K&R

No matter how badly he may fuck up, he'll still be a massive improvement over what SCOTUS stuck us with in 2000.

[Enthusiast]

99. Yup, if he only gives effort

it will be a vast improvement. The repercussions of the Bush/Cheney years will be here for a very long while. It will take a monumental effort to undo their harm. My wish is that his first act be to reregulate the financial sector, and put some TEETH into it.

[rhiannon55]

56. K and R

:patriot:

[RichGirl]

57. I am thrilled!

Everyone I know is thrilled.
Even some people I know that didn't vote for him are catching the fever!!

[eagertolearn]

58. Kick. Every day I wake up happy!

[Enthusiast]

100. I actually feel like

there is, at last, SOMETHING to celebrate.

[groundloop]

59. THRILLED that I was able to vote for Obama, and

January 20 can't get here too soon.

[paulkienitz]

60. his victory speech still gets me teared up (nt)

[Jawja]

62. Kick!

:dem:

[WinkyDink]

63. Thrilled, relieved, tearfully grateful, and getting around to wanting justice to meet Bushco!

[Laurab]

64. K&R nt

[CakeGrrl]

65. Kick. Counting down to the inauguration.

[DinahMoeHum]

66. Absolutely. I don't want a messiah or a saint for a POTUS. . .

just someone who was at least halfway competent, and will listen.

:kick::kick:

[bigwillq]

68. Happy.

Better than McLame. Now let's see what Obama and Co. can do!

[Kajsa]

69. Yes! We will have an adult in the White House!

For the first time in eight years we will have a President
who was elected, and who is an adult, knowing the
responsibility of his office.

It will be nice to have a President who cares about
people and doesn't place profits before them.

Big :kick: and R, here.

:)

[AbbeyRoad]

71. K & R

[DeeDeeNY]

72. K & R

[Zynx]

73. I will wait for any substantive action before even beginning to become upset.

I refuse to spend my whole life bitter and cynical for no reason. Obama so far has proven to be a very able political leader.

[KalicoKitty]

74. K&R

It was great that my vote for a President counted for the first time in EIGHT YEARS!

:kick:

[Richd506]

75. K & R a million times over!

[Vanje]

76. I am thrilled!

I LOVE Obama. LOVE him!

But I am nevertheless very disappointed and hurt by his choice of Rick Warren for inauguaral invocation.

[ooglymoogly]

77. As long as you do not expect lockstep and that

I do not blast him with all I've got when he does such obvious and duplicitous mistakes as say FISA, Warren, Rahm etc, I'll rec this post. After these mistake though it is more that I am thrilled that * is now destined for the trash heap of history. Keeping these faults forever in my mind I anticipate O will do many good things and for those I am anticipating being thrilled in high c with much vibrato, as long as the unforgivable disappointments do not keep rolling out. Above and overall and in the big picture I have a badly damaged measure of thrill which I am now expecting to be a roller coaster ride of very high, for which I will cheer at the top of my lungs, to the very low for which my thunder and lightning will be felt.

[Tommy_J]

78. I'm thrilled

Can you imagine how we'd feel if the election was stolen again?

[bagimin]

79. This is too easy.

[JVS]

80. K&R

[kestrel91316]

81. K&R sums it all up for me. I trust him to improve things vastly.

[PolyD]

82. kickity kick

Still kickin'. Still jazzed.

[Seldona]

84. K&R

As pissed as I may get at times, I don't regret my vote for one second. Nor have I ever.

[buff2]

85. I've been counting the days...

I can hardly wait until our President is sworn in.After 8 long hellish years we will FINALLY have a President again.This has been the longest 8 years in my lifetime. I cried on election night,I was so happy and relieved and seeing all those other people crying,some down on their knees, they were so happy and in almost disbelief.I will never forget that night and I'm happy to K&R. :hi:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

127. me too..thanks for bringing that night to mind again

beautiful moment!

[MJkcj]

86. K&R

[Maru Kitteh]

87. Every Day! - And I can't WAIT till he's sworn in!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

88. We are still SUPER happy!

I gave long-sleeved Obama tees to all my nieces and nephews yesterday (from a GREAT ebay seller) and they all were THRILLED!

[relayerbob]

89. Absolutely

[tbyg52]

90. He beats the alternative big time. nt

[NM Independent]

91. Finally, something worth giving a rec to on DU.

There hasn't been much lately. I was starting to think that Obama was more hated by some here than Bush himself. Give him a chance to get started, people.

[The Wielding Truth]

92. Are you kidding? Obama/McCain ......hummmm...... OOOOOOOO

[davefromqueens]

93. Thrilled Here

big reasons why

1. Supreme Court
2. Eventually out of Iraq
3. Education
4. Economy

[happygoluckytoyou]

94. obama is giving some SMALL ground, for some LARGE gain--->

he promised to UNITE
he promised to REACH ACROSS THE AISLE
give him a flipping chance... allow that he will COMPROMISE on some issues---> that IS what reaching across the aisle MEANS !!!
we have MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES than if he swears in on a borrowed KORAN from ABE LINCOLN, and who blah blah blah.....

[happygoluckytoyou]

95. obama is giving some SMALL ground, for some LARGE gain--->

he promised to UNITE
he promised to REACH ACROSS THE AISLE
give him a flipping chance... allow that he will COMPROMISE on some issues---> that IS what reaching across the aisle MEANS !!!
we have MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES than if he swears in on a borrowed KORAN from ABE LINCOLN, and who blah blah blah.....

[onefreespiritedchick]

96. K&R. I am thrilled! n/t

[rollin74]

97. kick

very much looking forward to 1/20/09

[lamp_shade]

101. Thrilled.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

102. K & R & Thrilled

[bklyncowgirl]

103. Thrilled, delighted and feeling good about t he future.

But then I never had any expectation that Barack Obama was reading my posts on Democratic Underground and taking them into account when making decisions.

It will be nice to see simple competence for a change, don't you think?

[MarianJack]

104. Hell,Yes!

Much better an imperfect man of integrity than a PERFECT asshole!

[northernlights]

105. totally!

I don't expect to agree with everything he says or does.

But based on what I witnessed over the campaign, I expect that he has a strategy and a plan to get all of us where we need to be. And that what seems at first glance to be a slap in the face will turn out to be anything but.

Sorry to some who seem to be particularly vocal and taking up bucketloads of space these days, but I doubt there will be instant gratification for ANY special interest group.

We had 8 years of shit shoved down our throats, and after that it is natural to want to shove even more shit down "their" throats. I know that as a woman, even though she wasn't my first or even 2nd choice, I would have loved to have shoved Hillary so far down their throats that she was waving out their butts for the next 8 years.

But that would have just kept the shoving match going. I think there is a better path, with deeper, longer lasting and ultimately more positive results, and I suspect Obama will be superb at navigating and leading us down that very tricky path.

[NaturalHigh]

106. He can't make everybody happy.

Personally, I think he has done a great job in the transition.

[sellitman]

107. And the choices were?

Duh.

[HamdenRice]

108. I'm thrilled but also scared. The challenges are terrifying. nt

[Joey Liberal]

109. Hell Yes!

The thought of McFibber and Gidget on Meth being in charge still gives me the chills........................

[KewlKat]

110. I'm thrilled to bits

K&R

[Scurrilous]

111. Kick

:kick:

[mimitabby]

112. me, I'm still thrilled,yes indeedy

I have his portrait (the blue and red one) on my front door in a Christmas Wreath, it's been there for a month and it's not coming down any time soon!

[stlsaxman]

113. K & R #228

[Nedsdag]

114. No doubt!

k/r!

:kick:

[McCamy Taylor]

115. Hell yes!

:dem:

[rainy]

116. K&r. I feel very hopeful as we will direct his hand. The world will direct his hand.

We are at a major crossroads.

[DesertRat]

117. I am still so THRILLED!!

:bounce:

[WILLIAMSCAROL5]

118. GOBAMA

:kick: It's going to take a long time to undo the damage done in the last eight years. I am behind Obama all the way. AND, I must say that W has fullfilled by fondest hopes for him and his "party" - that he would be SO BAD he'd cause the pendulum to swing back in the other direction......GOBAMA!!!!

[Grateful for Hope]

119. A definite K&R! n/t

[wndycty]

120. Kick

:kick:

[bertman]

121. Too late to rec, so here's a kick

[Buzz Clik]

122. kick. Too late for a rec

[JNelson6563]

123. Hear, hear!

To President Obama! :toast:

Julie

[Broadslidin]

124. As President Obama enters through the front door, "w" will be seen slithering out of a back window

Reclusive Retirement beckons, George :beer: Junior.

[fortyfeetunder]

126. Additionally, I am RELIEVED and REFRESHED and EXCITED

we are finally going to see a change in the Executive Office.

And we have to understand it took 8 years to make this mess Obama inherited, so it will take at least one term to make any headway...

Though I wonder if the previous administration will be trying to mess things up after they leave DC....

[defendandprotect]

128. I am thrilled to see the Bushco presidency end ....

and hopeful -- but not overly optimistic -- that the world will be set

right again by the Democratic Party.

We have not only 8 years to make amends for but a world of violence in

simply the last 50 years to account for and amend....

and much before that -- genocide and slavery -- oppression of women continues

on; homosexuals.

[AtomicKitten]

129. Thrilled and looking forward to the inauguration.

:patriot:

[marimour]

130. kick!

[shellinaya]

132. I agree

I wasn't Obama's biggest fan, but he's going to be lightyears better than George Bush. From what he has said so far about fighthing climate change and a stimulous package, I"m pretty happy he's going to be president. I just wish the negative critics would give him a change to actually do something before they attack him. So many things have been blown out of proportion.

I was worried that people expected Obama to be too perfect and that's what happened. He's a human like anyone else and he'll make mistakes. Luckily a lot of people know that. I only worry about the ones who don't. The next four years are going to be very hard -- Obama needs the benefit fo the doubt.

[sallyseven]

133. Obama can count on my support

K&R 5 times

[sandyj999]

134. My admiration for him has never wavered. He is a man and not perfect. n/t

[Claire Beth]

135. I am elated! K&R

[Top Cat]

136. kick

[Tarheel_Dem]

137. Too late to recommend, but KICK!

:kick:

[onefreespiritedchick]

138. Totally K&R!!!

[angee_is_mad]

139. Kick

and recommend