November 5th, 2008 by john 
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Well it’s finally over. The people have spoken. Now it’s time to move on and work together to get out of this mess our country is facing. John McCain gave a graceful concession speech, urging his supporters to join him in congratulating President-Elect Obama. He went on to say that he will do everything in his power to help him lead our country through the many challenges we face. We ARE facing extraordinary problems on multiple fronts and our elected officials need to work together for the good of the country. Bravo Senator McCain!
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Pure win for Obama. Congrats for him and whole America. Let’s start seeing some changes now!
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It is a huge day for America. And I am happy to hear Americans talking about working together now that the votes are in.
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Some criticized McCain for not running more of an aggressive “smear” campaign and really going after things like the Rev. Wright incident. By not doing so, I think McCain showed just how truly honorable he is, and that he wanted to run a decently clean campaign.
Having said that, we shall see what kind of change Obama will bring – and stand by him as our president in the process.
Thanks for the great post!
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McCain’s supporters have been pretty classy themselves also. Good post!
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The reaction in the U.S. as well as around the world to the outcome of this election is amazing….it is an interesting time to be alive.
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I agree, Sen. Mc Cain gave a great concession speech. This made me admire him even more.
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I agree that change can come from the top, but I want to see if the American people have it in them to make some changes themselves. This wasn’t a country built on people waiting for the president to tell them what to do and save them from troubles. Our government can help or hinder us to a degree, but the majority of the power is in our personal hands, not our governments.
Everybody and there dog is clamoring for ‘Change!’, but I just ponder how many could make some positive changes in their own lives. I think we’re in for some deep trouble if people fail to do this and place Mr. Obama on an even higher pedestal.
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John reply on November 6th, 2008 6:26 pm:
Well, I for one don’t place Obama on any pedestal. But I do think however, the President and Congress help to set the agenda for the country. Government plays a much larger role than most would like to admit. Interest rates, regulations and trade agreements, for instance, can directly effect people’s lives. For example, President Clinton signed NAFTA, which arguably cost our country millions of high paying manufacturing jobs. These jobs have been mostly replaced with low paying “service” jobs. This was no fault of John Q. Citizen. And outside of having a crystal ball, he couldn’t have known he needed to prepare. Remember, the talk of the time was NAFTA would create jobs. By everyone except Ross Perot, who warned us that the huge “sucking” sound you will hear is the jobs leaving the US. Boy was he right!
I don’t think most people are willing to make the changes necessary in their own lives. We are a have my cake and eat it too society. Personal sacrifice, WTF?
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Hey John,
I hope I didn’t come across as implying that your post was putting Obama on a pedestal. I didn’t mean that at all.
I completely concur that our elected officials have enormous influences in our lives, for better or for worse. We should have the power to elect who we want because of this influence. After we elect our leaders, I realize Joe Six-pack doesn’t have a tremendous amount of voice in matters such as the war, international trade, etc.
“I don’t think most people are willing to make the changes necessary in their own lives. We are a have my cake and eat it too society. Personal sacrifice, WTF?”
That’s exactly what I was getting at. For example, I’m thinking of the people who sit around complaining about high energy prices, blaming our government for not fixing the problem, yet they commute in an F250 and haven’t taken the steps to make their home more energy efficient. No personal sacrifices for them, but they’re quick to blame Washington for their problems!
Or how about the people who sit around bitching because they can’t save any money, and our economy is total crap, blah, blah, blah. Yet they blow huge sums of money every week on cigarettes, beer, or other money-wasting vices that are at the root of their problem. Will these type of people ever realize that THEY are the main cause of their problem, not anybody else?
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John reply on November 12th, 2008 12:47 am:
No miss-understanding here, I understood where you were coming from Blake.
I just took the opportunity to go off on a rant! I completely agree with everything you said.
“Will these type of people ever realize that THEY are the main cause of their problem, not anybody else?”…….sadly, I don’t think so.
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McCain’s concession speech was very classy. I wish he would have conducted himself with more class and dignity during the campaign itself but that’s in the past. As an Obama supporter I’m happy he won but the challenges he faces are immense and he is going to need to work closely with Congress and the American people if real change is going to be made.
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