Jun
4
2008
Barack Obama makes it official - Democratic nominee

Barack Obama and his supporters (me) have taken the Democratic nomination for president - defeating rival Hillary Clinton, and now going up against Republican nominee, John McCain.

Yesterday presidential hopeful, Senator Barack Obama grabbed the necessary delegate count to seize the Democratic nomination for president. This means Hillary Clinton is out of the presidential race, and the general election will be between my choice, Barack Obama and Arizona Senator, John McCain. Check out Obama's victory speech after the jump:

"I honor [John McCain's military] service, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine." - Barack Obama

The video gets really good around the 12:15 marker.

Like I mentioned above, this means rival democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton is out of the race. But did she concede defeat yet? Of course not. This is the woman who has denied or ignored virtually every Obama victory since the beginning. But whether she accepts defeat or not, Clinton has been defeated, and no matter what she says or doesn't say will change that.

Moving on, my choice, Barack Obama will take on Republican senator John McCain. McCain is someone I don't want to see as president any time soon. Me, this country, and the rest of the world has had enough of the Bush Administration and their shitty policies and economics. I hate to say it, but I don't see a change that this country desperately needs if McCain becomes president. Below is a perfect example of what we've seen, and what we can expect with John McCain:

It's now up to Barack Obama to select a running mate or Vice President.

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This article was published 1y 9mon ago on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:03 pm by Nick Villescas. It was published under the following topics: Politics and with the following tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain. So far this article has received 3534 hits with 3 comments.
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1y 9mon ago // June 05, 2008 3:11 am
Ransom // guest

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The real trouble for you guys is with the rabid Hillary supporters, I think. A lot of them seem more likely to vote McCain out of spite for Obama than support Clinton's opponent.

http://hillaryis44.com/ , for instance. It's really kind of staggering.
1y 9mon ago // June 05, 2008 3:38 pm
Nick Villescas // author

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Yes, that is a problem and has been for awhile - Clinton supporters threatening to vote republican if their candidate doesn't win the nomination.

The other problem we have now is all the crazy right-wing, conservative, republicans who are now focusing all their attacks on Obama. I have a few family members who are like this, and I constantly get stupid, fear-mongering emails about Obama.

Hmm... maybe I'll create another article about these emails rather than just deleting them.
1y 9mon ago // June 07, 2008 9:07 am
Paul Smith // guest

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Obama is the best out of a bad bunch, it will be interesting to see what he does differently to previous administrations when he undoubtedly, in my mind at least, wins the presidency.

Yes there are certainly those on the right of the Democratic Party who'd now consider voting Republican, but I think Obama has the image to get voter turn out up, especially among minorities, and that could only benefit the left of the Democratic Party.

I would look forward to seeing some of those crazy e-mails. ;-)
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