PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!!!!
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Barack Obama has been elected 44th President of the United States of America.
My heart is full to bursting. I can’t stop crying. Tell me how you feel!!!
edited at 8 a.m. — I just woke up with a smile. It wasn’t a dream. It’s REAL. Barack Obama is our next President. So many emotions are swirling through me — thinking of the friends I gained and lost in this crazy topsy turvy campaign. Thinking of those who fought and died so we could be here. Our ancestors, who may have never dreamed this would happen in our lifetimes.
And now we are standing on the sunny side, having just passed the crossroads of history.
This is the new first family. That is HUGE. OMG I can’t believe it.
I cannot WAIT to see Michelle’s inauguration dress, or to hear her first speech following this monumental occasion. (Hello, Oprah!)
I cannot WAIT to see Malia and Sacha grow up in the White House. With their new puppy (that I voted for).
I cannot wait for Obama to take his place in history, and to start serious work undoing the messes President Bush has made.
So happy. So proud. Yes we can? YES WE DID!!!
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OMG YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crying, laughing, smiling…YES WE DID!
Brothers and Sisters are gonna work it out
…I need a map that will show the way to walk to the National Mall…any suggestions
…I figure if I start tonight I can make it before the crowds in January!
History has been made – I never thought I’d see a day like this in my lifetime. Wow.
We did it, y’all! We Baracked the Vote! And congratulations Sasha and Malia, you finally get your dog!
Im in tears as well….It just feels so unreal. Im happy for us as a country.
We Baracked the vote!!!!!!!!!
YES WE DID INDEED. NOW EVERYONE REALLY KNOWS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITY!
I just wanna hug everybody!
Simply amazing…
Such a blessing to bear witness to all of this. I mean, Obama just steamrolled McCain! People are outside shooting fireworks right now. I felt so important when I voted & I just love, LOVE it that my little girl will get to see 2 little girls who look like HER living in the White House.
I’m just so happy and waiting and hoping for the changes promised. As someone living in Philadelphia, it sounds like the Phils won the World Series all over again.
I just woke up to the good news! It hasn’t hit me yet, but I’m sure it will once he makes his acceptance speech in a few minutes. Yes we can, we did and we will keep on doing it!!!!
i’m only 39 years old but i never thought this would happen in my life time. all the hurtful ugly things that people say (even in the comment section of this, my hometown newspaper) cannot dampen the hope i dare to feel. my heart is warm, my spirit believes and i am hopeful.
thank you america, i am proud.
I can not stop crying. I am so proud of this country. I can not believe it.
I can’t stop saying “Thank You God!” Just so much emotion and joy. I can’t wait to hear him give his acceptance speech tonight! The picture of Jesse Jackson crying just gives me chills.
I only wish that his grandmother had witnessed it. But I know she was in heaven, in God’s ear, all the way!
This is amazing. I can’t believe I get to see such a historic moment
We did it!
We are the ones we have been waiting for!
I can feel the brand new day!
I am so excited for this change . This truly proves to me that I can be anything I want to be , once I put my mind to it , and the only one that can stop me is me . I only wish my grandfather had been able to see this monumental day , considering he fought so that my cousins and I could vote .
I can’t believe my generation will be known for something historic. I’m proud, eyes welling up, heart beating waiting to hear MY PRESIDENT speak words that will forever be burned in my mind.
I am in absolute AWE!!! I can’t stop the tears!!!! Yes we can! Yes we did!
The joy on in my heart is only exceeded by the pride and joy that I saw on my 12 year old son’s face. So grateful that I could see this day.
I’ve been blogging African American history all day as a way of trying to stay calm. Now I can’t stop crying. And I’m in London. I’m not an American. I don’t believe in heaven but I want it to exist because I want every one of those people who resisted and fought to be able to see what’s just happened.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHWWW
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO,
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I am filled with so much pride, joy, hope, optimism…I can’t stop crying. I cry for my loved ones who aren’t here to witness history being made. I cry for all those (black and white) who died to make this moment a reality. I cry because I never thought in my lifetime I’d live to see this moment.
YES WE CAN!!!!
YES WE DID!!!!
Yes, we can…
I AM SOO PROUD!
I am a proud black woman writing from Canada, and boy what a long ride…I am so proud of this day, my heart is fluttering, I can’t stop smiling, today is a new day-and was a long time coming. Just looking at the past posts its already doing what Obama mantra was trying to achieve-UNITY.
YES WE CAN!
Let the national healing begin
I never thought I would see, experience, feel an occasion like this in my lifetime! It’s amazing and I’m in tears – joyful tears.
I am regained my faith in the American Public. I have regained my faith in the strength that is our country. I am speechless.
And Michelle is doing the damn thang in that dress
A beautiful moment. Pride fills my heart.
YES.WE.DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am with my family in New Jersey and we have been screaming and crying (and eating:) all night!
Thank God for this night and President-Elect Barack Obama!!!
All Hail to the Chief!! A most historic night indeed!!
I am absolutely ELATED!! AMAZED & GRATEFUL to The Creator for such a time as this. History.. better yet OURsTORY.
The Howard University campus is ALIVE tonight!!! There are no words…the rapid beating of my heart says it all!
I feel like I can, and am able to do anything I want to do! I’m 23 years old, and never thought I would see this day. Tonight gives me the hope for my future, and my children’s future.. Thank God for Obama, and everyone who helped him get to where he is today.
I am a black british living in England watching the coverage and every time someone say “Barack Obama the first black president of the United States” I start to cry. Have been crying since his speech. You americans have made a brave and wise choice. This is good for not just america but for the world. Congratulation!!!!
Congratulations to you guys, i think i speak for all the african people as well when i say that this is indeed is a great moment not only for you guys in the US, but for everyone of colour who never believed that this would happen in their lifetime. You did it guys well done.
YES WE DID!
I went to a Democrats Abroad event here in Rome.
There was a lot of crying…tears of joy.
FIRED UP! READY TO GO! This is what we chanted on the Manassas Battlefield in Virginia on Monday night. We waited for 4 hours for Obama and it felt like the planets were shifting when Barack Obama finally took the stage. Drink this up, this truly AS GOOD AS IT GETS!
Thank the Lord!!
I just woke up to turn on the BBC news and all I can say it WOW!!!
I am living in historical times and I’m not even American!
This brilliant news will effect the WORLD – Oh I am so very extremely pleased.
Must go and wipe my tears!
I went down to the white house… INCREDIBLE. I have never seen so many complete strangers honking, hugging, high 5-ing, chanting, singing, and screaming… all races, sooooo young =) The happiest mob I have every been a part of lol
This is unbelievable!!!
YES. WE. DID!
I am so proud. I have no words to express the pride and joy I feel at this very moment. I cannot believe Obama is our president elect. I know that my parents, who are immigrants and have suffered so much oppression and prejudice in this country, did not leave Colombia and their family in vain.
Anything is possible. Now, I can really tell my future children that ANYTHING is possible, that they can be the future leaders of this free world. It is our reality; my generation isn’t as apathetic as people thought we were.
Yes we can, and YES WE DID!
Thank you, thank you, thank you,…it’s the only thing that kept running thru my mind. Been doing so much ground work the last couple of years & to see it actually come to fruition, it is absolutely gratifying & overwhelming…thank you, thank you, THANK YA!
It is done!!!! We did it!!!!! Yes we can, and we DID!!!
I feel proud. But I have ALWAYS been proud of who I am. I hope what this says to so many others who may have let themselves be broken, ESPECIALLY to young black MEN…..that they can do and be ANYTHING!!! Don’t let anybody hold you back!!!
I m french and black ,here we waiting all night long we can sleep just waiting because YOU AFRICAN AMERICAN are an real EXEMPle for ALL black men all around the world!!!!
WE ARE JUTST SO PROUD OF YOU ,OF US of the history making….
I wanna told THANK YOU cause, you have no idea of the impact this election has on our society that has neglected the minorities.
I was Proud to be Black now i am dont find the good word.
JUst thank you!!! MERCI BEAUCOUP et BRAVO!!
Dieu vous benisse
Tears of joy. A proud heart and immense pride in America today. This has resonance for Black people here in Britain too. Thank you America for not giving into fear.
I knew it when I saw those lines wrapped around those buildings all day.President Barack Obama Wow! this feels like a dream.
Yes we did and God bless!!!