The fact that it's the DEMOCRATS that are about to elect the first African American President

[ruggerson]

makes me very proud to be a Democrat.

I know it's bitterly partisan and non-unifying, but fuck it - I'm so frigging glad that it's not the Republicans making history in this regard.

After the history of the last sixty years of the civil rights movement, after Lyndon Johnson signed away the South for two generations by doing what was right and just, Democrats deserve to enjoy this moment above all.

And, yes, I know, I'm not taking anything for granted. We still have three weeks to go.

[BlooInBloo]

1. It's always fun to watch DUers poo-poo it, though.

[JeffR]

2. Nicely said.

:toast:

[Beregond2]

3. I think about Johnson all the time these days.

How proud he would be if he could see this happening.

[ruggerson]

14. such a tragic figure

without Vietnam, he might have even surpassed FDR.

[Beregond2]

15. Exactly. He made the mistake of believing Westmoreland,

and it crushed him.

[sunnybrook]

4. I am so incredibly proud

of Barack Obama, our exceptional outstanding candidate! And proud of the Democratic Party. A black friend of mine said he always figured that if a black person would ever get elected president it would HAVE to be a Republican, because our country would have been less threatened by that. I am so proud for another friend of mine that I did a documentary about; an African American man from Tuscaloosa, Alabama who marched from Selma to Montgomery and risked his life in the cause of freedom and for VOTING RIGHTS. I am just so incredibly proud tonight. And you SHOULD be proud of the historic aspect of our candidate because the Democrats really selected him as the best candidate and they were so right. If the Repugs were to make history with Palin that would be kind of sad, because she was selected merely for pandering reasons and really sets back what Hillary and Obama have accomplished this season. I know it's not over yet, but I share in your joy and pride and I am fiercely partisan but just as happy for our country!:patriot:

[Lugnut]

5. It gives me goosebumps.

I'm not fond of counting chickens either but I haven't felt this good about our candidate since Bill Clinton.

[anonymous171]

6. Yep. We took a huge hit for supporting the civil rights movement.

But it was worth it in the end. GOBAMA! :woohoo:

[LynneSin]

7. I never thought I would see it in our lifetime

Somewhere upstairs the likes of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. are smiling fondly down upon us.

[Borgnine]

8. As if the Republicans would ever nominate an African American first.

Never did I doubt that the first African American president would be a Democrat.

[ruggerson]

9. Could very easily have been Colin Powell

[Juche]

10. Know what would be the icing on the cake?

If Obama carried Mississippi. I would loooooove to see that shit. Mississippi has a 40% black population. COmbine that with the youth vote and whatever liberals are there and Obama could take the state. He won't, but still. Seeing Mississippi voting for a black president would be great.

On another note, how could the GOP ever have a black president? Their entire base of support is people who feel strong racial tension against blacks (and latinos, and gays, etc). Southern whites were democratic before the civil rights movement, then they went GOP. I don't see the GOP putting up a black president until all the southern whites over 30 have died of old age.

[TankLV]

11. And isn't that truely amazing!

And the icing on the cake is that all repuke/bigot (but I'm being redundant) heads will be exploding for EIGHT GLORIOUS YEARS!!!

[TheDonkey]

12. I am VERY proud of the democratic party. Look at how diverse our primary contenders were compared

to the rethugs. It is really great that it was DEMOCRATS not rethugs.

[MrScorpio]

13. A perfect comback to all those black Republicans who say that the Dems aren't worth our vote

"When was the last time the Republicans nominated a black candidate?"

I can't stand black republicans

[baldguy]

16. AMERICANS will elect the first African American President

I'll be the first to say it: People who don't support Obama for President are not REAL Americans!

[Liberalboy]

17. We were also the first to have a woman on the ticket...

and have a woman actually win a state in a Presidential primary....we have and always will be ahead of them on everythin!

[azmouse]

18. And just 3 weeks after Obama's inaugural

is the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

It's wonderful. I think Lincoln would be proud.