The Good Doctor, Tulsa (11/5/2008 9:00:43 AM)

A few weeks ago, no one imagined that we'd have accomplished what we
did here tonight. For most of this campaign, we were far behind, and
we always knew our climb would be steep.

But in record numbers, you came out and spoke up for change. And with
your voices and your votes, you made it clear that at this moment - in
this election - there is something happening in America.

There is something happening when men and women in Des Moines and
Davenport; in Lebanon and Concord come out in the snows of January to
wait in lines that stretch block after block because they believe in
what this country can be.

There is something happening when Americans who are young in age and
in spirit - who have never before participated in politics - turn out
in numbers we've never seen because they know in their hearts that
this time must be different.

There is something happening when people vote not just for the party
they belong to but the hopes they hold in common - that whether we are
rich or poor; black or white; Latino or Asian; whether we hail from
Iowa or New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina, we are ready to take
this country in a fundamentally new direction. That is what's
happening in America right now. Change is what's happening in
America.

You can be the new majority who can lead this nation out of a long
political darkness - Democrats, Independents and Republicans who are
tired of the division and distraction that has clouded Washington; who
know that we can disagree without being disagreeable; who understand
that if we mobilize our voices to challenge the money and influence
that's stood in our way and challenge ourselves to reach for something
better, there's no problem we can't solve - no destiny we cannot
fulfill.

Our new American majority can end the outrage of unaffordable,
unavailable health care in our time. We can bring doctors and
patients; workers and businesses, Democrats and Republicans together;
and we can tell the drug and insurance industry that while they'll get
a seat at the table, they don't get to buy every chair. Not this
time. Not now.

Our new majority can end the tax breaks for corporations that ship our
jobs overseas and put a middle-class tax cut into the pockets of the
working Americans who deserve it.

We can stop sending our children to schools with corridors of shame
and start putting them on a pathway to success. We can stop talking
about how great teachers are and start rewarding them for their
greatness. We can do this with our new majority.

We can harness the ingenuity of farmers and scientists; citizens and
entrepreneurs to free this nation from the tyranny of oil and save our
planet from a point of no return.

And when I am President, we will end this war in Iraq and bring our
troops home; we will finish the job against al Qaeda in Afghanistan;
we will care for our veterans; we will restore our moral standing in
the world; and we will never use 9/11 as a way to scare up votes,
because it is not a tactic to win an election, it is a challenge that
should unite America and the world against the common threats of the
twenty-first century: terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate change
and poverty; genocide and disease.

All of the candidates in this race share these goals. All have good
ideas. And all are patriots who serve this country honorably.

But the reason our campaign has always been different is because it's
not just about what I will do as President, it's also about what you,
the people who love this country, can do to change it.

That's why tonight belongs to you. It belongs to the organizers and
the volunteers and the staff who believed in our improbable journey
and rallied so many others to join.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no
matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can withstand the
power of millions of voices calling for change.

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will
only grow louder and more dissonant in the weeks to come

The Good Doctor, Tulsa (11/5/2008 9:01:38 AM)

We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against
offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been
anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible
odds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn't
try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a
simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people.

Yes we can.

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the
destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail
toward freedom through the darkest of nights.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and
pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the
ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality. Yes we can to opportunity and
prosperity. Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this
world. Yes we can.

And so tomorrow, as we take this campaign South and West; as we learn
that the struggles of the textile worker in Spartanburg are not so
different than the plight of the dishwasher in Las Vegas; that the
hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are
the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we
will remember that there is something happening in America; that we
are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people;
we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter
in America's story with three words that will ring from coast to
coast; from sea to shining sea - Yes. We. Can.

The Good Doctor, Tulsa (11/5/2008 10:34:42 AM)

RockBoston: "By the way to support what I am saying most of you democrats will say prove it....No I won't do that."

Another typically stupid, self-ignorant post.

I don't understand why some of you choose to continue to live in fear and loathing, especially when presented with a change from the previous eight years' fear-mongering. You can't be pleasant people to be around.

The Good Doctor, Tulsa (11/5/2008 1:49:03 PM)

RockBoston: "We Obummer runs this country down you can only blame yourself, but don't worry we Republicans are very forgiving people towards morons so we will accept you back."

Of course you're forgiving towards morons. You gave Bush two terms.

To all those who say the Obama supporters wasted their votes by spending them here in Oklahoma...our guy won. It doesn't feel like much of a waste.

GE 918, Tulsa (11/4/2008 10:12:56 PM)

OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA

I just want to say THANK YOU to all of OBAMA's Supporters.

NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE THE POWER OF A GRASSROOT MOVEMENT.

GE 918, Tulsa (11/4/2008 10:23:02 PM)

SLAM DUNK.

GE 918, Tulsa (11/4/2008 10:42:07 PM)

CORY, I guess you didn't vote often enough.

GE 918, Tulsa (11/5/2008 3:32:16 PM)

Reggie Walker, I'm a black woman and I personally think you need to get out of the pulpit. If i wanted to to hear your lrantings I'd attend your church.

OhCountryBaby, Tulsa (11/5/2008 8:01:18 AM)

Let's just hope our inexperienced community leader makes a good president. I also hope this means that new college grads have an easier time gaining employment without the multiple-years experience most companies have required.

OhCountryBaby, Tulsa (11/5/2008 10:20:53 AM)

Okay, so the real story is this: Obama was nominated as part of the democratic game to gain complete control.

The democratic party was smart and it was well played to put a "dark skinned" man (who's half white and half black) who's a great speaker in place as their puppet. That's the reason they won the votes. It's not because of the issues. It's not because McCain is like Bush. If the Republican's would have put Obama as their nominee, and if the Dem's would have put up an old white guy, the Republican's would have won.

The Dems knew that there was an untapped source of adults in this country that didn't vote before, and they sucked them rightout and got the votes.

Good job to the Democratic Party. Well played.

At least I have the gratification of knowing that my votes counted yesterday. At least John and Sarah got some of their electoral votes because of me. All the Obama supporters who voted in Oklahoma wasted their time at the poles. :)

OhCountryBaby, Tulsa (11/5/2008 2:27:43 PM)

Drudge, I had to win something. :)

I'll support our new community organizer just like the rest of you. He's our new president; I do get the right to complain though because I did cast that vote against him.

Obama's signs said "CHANGE We Need" Not "We Need CHANGE." Now that YODA's been elected, the democrats can stop their crying for a little bit. The wealth you didn't earn will be spread your way soon enough.

OhCountryBaby, Tulsa (11/7/2008 8:56:15 AM)

PROUDMOM08,

I couldn't agree more. He most closely represented my values. Most people fall somewhere toward the middle, not the far left or the far right.

That being said, how is it someone who's so completely liberal our president-elect? In reality, only very few people actually agree with everything he says.

Biker Patriot, Broken Arrow (11/4/2008 10:52:57 PM)

He will NEVER be MY President, neither will he be my God. This evening, America is on life support with a terminal illness. May God help us all. For those who voted for Obama my prayer is...Father forgive them...they know not what they do.

tfromtulsa, Tulsa (11/4/2008 11:13:53 PM)

Joe Biden said that our enemies will "test" him within 6 months if he is elected.

Does anyone know when the clock starts on the 6 months? Is it after he's elected or after he's sworn in?

I just wanted to start making plans...

tfromtulsa, Tulsa (11/4/2008 11:17:47 PM)

"He's our President and we should always respect our President."

ROFLMAO!!!!!

But of course you wouldn't have said that about Bush.

tfromtulsa, Tulsa (11/4/2008 11:20:51 PM)

Milkduds - So Joe didn't say that? Hmmm. I could have sworn I heard it, over and over and over...

tfromtulsa, Tulsa (11/4/2008 11:24:53 PM)

Obama can't really be called a president, either, Milkduds.

And he's certainly no messiah.

tfromtulsa, Tulsa (11/4/2008 11:26:54 PM)

And if he doesn't want to pledge allegiance to the flag, I'm sure not going to pledge allegiance to him.

tfromtulsa, Tulsa (11/4/2008 11:29:48 PM)

What's Obama going to do when he has to take the oath to uphold the Constitution? Cross his fingers?

tfromtulsa, Tulsa (11/4/2008 11:32:29 PM)

Ayo2 - Oh, Ok. I see that. Sorry.

tfromtulsa, Tulsa (11/4/2008 11:39:52 PM)

Milkduds - I'll accept him like you accepted Bush.

ROUGHNECK, Tulsa (11/4/2008 10:51:11 PM)

Not only do we have the CIC...we have the House....and we have the Senate....and we have 29 out of 50 goobers...we will own the Supreme Court someday soon...and Kay Hagan is WAY BETTER looking than Sarah Palin... hahahha!!!

ROUGHNECK, Tulsa (11/4/2008 10:54:10 PM)

GE 918 said SLAM DUNK

I say HIGH FIVE!!!

LOL

ROUGHNECK, Tulsa (11/5/2008 12:05:07 AM)

Drudge 2...Pastor Regi blind sided you I think good buddy. hahaha :)

Your post ^ was great! I wonder where they all are right now. LOL

ROUGHNECK, Tulsa (11/5/2008 12:20:20 PM)

I am just cracking up reading all this crap...so what would McSame have done this morning about the Russians? Woulod he have called them up and said you better point your missile somewhere else? Give me a frigging break.

It is funny how quick everyone turned to the well he ain't gonna be my president dogma...hypocritical so called patriotic folks...you folks have an esteem problem.

Socialism..Liberals...seriously you people need to learn some new words...you might start by tuning out all the talk radio crap and reading instead.

Abortion is the LAW OF THE LAND and was reaffirmed on two other votes yesterday...get FRIGGING OVER IT!!!

The GOP is exposed for what it was (a bunch of crooks)...not only do we have the first black president...we have the house and senate and the courts now.

And I know we have the economy and the war to worry about and that divisive politics ought to end but I hope they go after the Bush adminstration for their wrongdoings. I'd love to see Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfield under the guard of some sawed off female army chick...you know with dog leashes and all...LOL