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Sarah Hussein Obama (C), grandmother to U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) listens to his uncle Said Obama and his stepsister Aoko Auma before addressing a news conference at her home in Nyangoma Kogelo village, 430km (267 miles) west of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, November 5, 2008.

Sarah, the step-grandmother of U.S. President elect Barack Obama, center, reacts as she gives a news conference after his victory in the U.S. election, at the family’s homestead in Kogelo village, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.
Barack Obama’s Kenyan relatives erupted in cheers Wednesday, singing “We are going to the White House!” as Obama swept to victory as America’s first black president.

Malick Obama (R), stepbrother to U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), addresses a news conference in Nyangoma Kogelo village, 430km (267 miles) west of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, November 5, 2008. Looking on is President Obama’s stepmother Grace Obama (L).

Wild Thing’s comment………
They better keep that Sarah Hussein Obama smiling, she looks very mean otherwise. Yikes! I guess we will see in January if these relatives of Obama will be on the guest list or not. He sure did not want them around at the DNC convention did he.

Gulf hails ‘Muslim-linked’ Obama
Kuwait Times
Published Date: November 06, 2008
DUBAI
Arabs in the oil-rich Gulf yesterday hailed Barack Obama’s election victory with hopes his perceived Muslim links could alter US policy toward Arab and Muslim issues and that he will pull out troops of Iraq.

“I believe that his father is Muslim. Surely that will make a difference. There must be a change in policy towards Arabs and Muslims,” said Saudi tourist Abdul Ilah Al-Bakri as he wandered in a Dubai mall for early morning shopping just after Obama was declared president-elect. “God willing, he will be better, especially that he said he wants to withdraw US troops from Iraq,” Bakri said.

Saudi businessman Ali Al-Harithi hailed the US democracy which brought a man with a Muslim father to the White House. “This confirms that the United States and its people are not racist. The American people chose Obama, who is African (by origin) and whose father is Muslim, to voice rejection of policies of the conservatives in the outgoing administration,” he said. “It also sends a message to (Islamic) fundamentalists in the Arab and Muslim worlds that our clash with America has no racial or religious dimensions,” Harithi added.

In a message of congratulations, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas urged Obama to accelerate efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. Abbas “hopes he will speed up efforts to achieve peace, particularly since a resolution of the Palestinian problem and the Israeli-Arab conflict is key to world peace,” his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II, a key US ally in the troubled Middle East, sent Obama a cable congratulating him and said he looked forward to cooperation with Washington to “resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in line with a two-state solution.” Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, whose country is also a staunch US ally, said in a message that he too hoped Obama would work toward a just peace settlement in the Middle East.

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, urged the Democratic Obama to learn from the “mistakes” of previous US administrations in dealing with Muslim and Arab countries. Spokesman Fawzi Barhum accused the Bush’s Republican administration of having “destroyed Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine”.

The Iraqi government said it will cooperate with Obama “to achieve the joint interest of the two sides, preserve the security and stability of Iraq, maintain full sovereignty of Iraq and protect the interests of its people.” But Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari ruled out a US policy of “quick disengagement,” dispelling hopes of many Iraqis of a rapid US troop withdrawal. “There won’t be quick disengagement here. A great deal is at stake,” Zebari told AFP. “We don’t think there will be change in policy overn ight.
Obama has promised to withdraw US forces from Iraq over 16 months from his inauguration in January. Many Iraqis urged the president-elect to make good on his promise and ensure the rapid withdrawal of the 145,000-strong American force from Iraq. The movement of Iraq’s anti-American cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr also welcomed Obama’s triumph.

“We consider his victory as a wish of the American public to withdraw forces from Iraq,” spokesman Sheikh Saleh Al-Obeidi said.

Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah said he hoped Obama would “find a solution to the world’s oldest political problem, that of the Palestinian people”. On Iran, he underlined the hopes of the US-allied Arab monarchies in the oil-rich Gulf for a peaceful settlement to the nuclear issue through the United Nations.

Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nahih Berri praised America’s “great democracy”. “Now it is up to the young president to bring about change starting with the Middle East crisis and by addressing the injustice done to the people of the region, notably the Palestinians,” Berri said.

The initial mood on the Arab street was optimistic. “It’s historic. We didn’t think there would be a black American president so soon, especially after Bush’s eight years,” said Cairo saleswoman Suzie Ahmed. Hossam Bahgat, an Egyptian rights activist, said: “The campaign itself did a lot to repair the damage done to the image of the United States over the past eight years. So there is a strange sense of accomplishment, but also of course the nervousness of expecting big disappointments when it comes to our region,” he told Reuters. “I’m worried he might need to prove that he is a strong president or … that he puts America’s interests first.

Wild Thing’s comment………
Commander in Sheik’s roundup of his Muslim supporters. OK so much for the freakin Arab roll call. Obama brings new meaning to the book written awhile back called ” Tea with Terrorists”.

All posts about directlly about Obama will be filed in the Sidebar on the right under Number 44.

Watch Closely……….

Wild Thing’s comment………
This is not surprising at all, it should be expected. It is only a shock because it is happening in our country. But we need to keep in mind the low caliber of individuals that voted for Obama will include all kinds of this kind of thing.
These people do not love America and never will. They will not be in power long especially with this kind of thing happening. ACORN did their job well, stolen votes and we know it.

Obama – elected
Murtha – elected
Kerry – elected

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Wild Thing’s comment………..
I have gone through all the emotions. I cried, then got mad, then cried again (a girl thing) then got mad once again. I wore myself out doing all of that, then I sat here and just sat, starring at my screen. I don’t know how long, at least well over an hour. I started to think of how hard everyone worked, of our troops, how much Sarah lit up the audiences and the campaign with fire and passion and conservative views on things so dear to all of us. How even McCain toward the end started to speak about Pelosi, Reid and Barney Frank being corrupt. And going after Obama about the 2001 video and what he said about the Constitution and spread the wealth around.
Between each thought I kept going back to our troops, and to our Veterans. More then anyone else in our country they deserve the best we can give them for a President, for a Commander in Chief. Someone who will look them square in the eyes and tell them he is grateful for all their scarifies and service to our country and mean it, not just empty words. I thought of President Bush and how he had genuinely had tears in his eyes when he visited our wounded troops. How Bush even with his mistakes does love America and is glad to be an American. How I miss Ronald Reagan and what it felt like when he was President.
I thought of what changes would come first, how quickly will they happen. There is no answer to this, it will just have to be something I live through and see what the challenges will be that we have to face.
McCain/ Palin had to run against three things. The left’s hatred for President Bush and any Republican running with an R by their name. Secondly Obama and his campaign machine backed by numerous questionable sources. And third the Media working as a HUGE part of the Obama campaign. If McCain and Palin had won it would have been a hell of a lot more historical then what Obama pulled off being the first half black man to become President.
There is something else to think about too, those we know that have someone serving our country. First there is Sarah and Todd’s son, and John and Cindy’s two sons, then Lynn has relatives and Yankeemom and John also has I believe a son in law serving, Rhod has 3 sons, you all know on here and others. All having concerns too about Obama being the CIC.
We have tuff things coming up with Obama, the Fairness Doctrine, the Judges picked, the National Civilian Army, our National Security and Israel, the war, our troops so many things. Obama proposes a trillion dollars of NEW socialist programs paid for through punitive taxes on the very people and businesses that drive our economy and provide jobs for America’s workers.
The people have spoken and they want Communism.
We did not win, America did not win, but I also prayed, God knows how hard everyone worked on this election to get McCain/Palin a win too. Could it be this election results purpose is to bring about an uprising of conservatism across our land after 4 years like this nation has never seen? We do have a ton of rino’s to purge, a GOP that has for sure lost it’s way. Sarah Palin is in the wings and we must remember that. There will be ways of letting her know we support her I am sure during these next 4 years. There is also Mike Pence and some others, good strong conservatives that must be just as upset as we all are.
We are conservatives, we are warriors, and America itself has not let us down. The voters have and their stupidity and their vote for Obama.
We just have to see what we can do to fight back. And keep supporting the conservatives we do have like Sarah and the others.
This wasn’t an election, it was an IQ test for the U.S.; and sadly we just failed. Here’s what happens when you dumb down America and media outlets shift from being news reporters to Democratic activists. This Socialist/Marxist is going to do so much damage in the next 4 years to this country. The reason why we lost is because the electorate doesn’t realize the danger socialism poses. Our public education system and our liberal university professors have successfully indoctrinated our populace to see socialism, not as evil, but utopian. They’ve taught us the evils of capitalism and the arrogance of America.
Our country has been dipping its toes in the frigid pond of socialism for many years, testing those waters, flirting with them by those on the left. Now it’s going to jump into that pond stark naked. It will learn its lesson once those freezing waters hit. I don’t think a lot of those who voted for Obama will like it one bit.
Obama is the tip of the spear of the world wide communist movement, which I believe is the politicall manifestation of Satan himself. I will never accept a guy who hung out with terrorists planning for the deaths of millions of Americans. This guy isn’t even eligible for a security clearance.
More then anything we must never give up. I love America so much.

“Let FReedom and Liberty ring across the nation.”

Soldiers watching the election coverage in Afghanistan

A judge has ordered that all military absentee ballots must be counted in Virginia — so long as they are postmarked by today. This could, potentially, lead to the election not being decided tonight. It’s a long-shot, but so was the hanging-chad stuff…
Here’s the statement from the McCain camp:

“We are pleased that the judge has ruled to preserve the ballots cast by our men and women in uniform currently serving overseas. This will help to ensure that local election officials do not destroy or dispose of these ballots before the court has had an opportunity to rule on our complaint. The McCain-Palin campaign strongly believes that no military ballot should be discarded as a result of a failure on the part of several counties and independent cities to mail ballots to service members in a timely manner. We believe without exception that the servicemen and women on the front lines protecting our freedoms deserve every opportunity to make sure their vote counts.” –Gail Gitcho, McCain-Palin spokesman

This was what McCain has done about the Militiary vote:
McCain campaign sues over overseas military ballots
Hampton Roads
The Virginian Pilot
The McCain suit, meanwhile, seeks an injunction to extend the date by which federal write-in absentee ballots must be received to be counted. The current deadline is today, but the suit seeks to have the date changed to Nov. 14.
“Because many counties in Virginia failed to mail absentee ballots in time to our men and women in uniform stationed overseas, service members are being disenfranchised because they are unable to return their ballots before the November 4 deadline,” campaign spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said in a written statement about the suit, which is scheduled to be heard in Williams’ courtroom at 1:30 p.m. today.
Chesapeake, Suffolk and Virginia Beach are among the localities cited in the lawsuit as those that mailed absentee ballots overseas in late September. The suit argues that service members didn’t have enough time to cast their votes and return them stateside.
Estimates range between federal agencies, but systemic impediments to overseas voting are seen as a hindrance that keeps service members stationed abroad from voting with the same success rate as the domestic population.
This is the second recent flap over federal absentee ballots; an earlier dispute was resolved last week when state election officials allowed about 100 ballots to be counted that otherwise would have been disqualified under state law.

Philadelphia Man says on live TV that he is voting more than once! And CNN says ” Against the law but that’s OK!”

CNN-Philly Man says he is voted a couple of times

Wild Thing’s comment……
Oh my gawd. And the CNN guy said it is against the law but that is OK. Wouldn’t that make the CNN guy also breaking the law in an indirect way ot something??

These posts about voting will be filed in the sidebar under Vote Day.

We love you Sarah!!!

It is being reported that the NH GOP has gone to court to stop possible voter fraud. It seems that Republican poll watchers are being kept up to 40 feet away (can’t read or hear stuff from that distance) from the Registration areas at the poll locations – THIS IS ILLEGAL!

ANNOUNCEMENT:

I will be doing posts throughout the day about the voting.

Rush Limbaugh on Black Panthers Story

A self-identified as a Pennsylvania student, confronts the Black Panthers who were guarding the doors of a Philly polling station.
“Who are you with?” the man asks the two men dressed in Black Panther gear standing outside the doors of 1221 Fairmount Ave.
“Uh, security,” one of the Black Panthers replies. He tells the cameraman he”wonders why everybody is coming up taking pictures.”
“I think you might be a little bit intimidating that you have a stick in your hand,” the student said. “You have a nightstick in your hand.”
“You have a camera phone!” the Panther tells him.
“A camera phone is not a weapon,” the camera man answers.

More on the Black Panthers in PA
by: Amanda Carpenter
Two Black Panthers were allegedly blocking persons from entering a Philadelphia polling station and one of them was using a nightstick to intimidate potential voters according to one eye witness.

” I walked up to the door, two gentlemen in Black Panther guard, one brandishing a nightstick, standing in front of the door,” an unnamed bystander told Fox News this morning for an on-air report. “They closed ranks as I walked up. I am a veteran, that does not scare me. I went inside and found [indiscernible] watchers, they said they had been here for an hour — I went inside and found poll-watchers, they said that they had said not to let people outside because black people are going to win no matter what. At that point, I spoke to him, we would not get into a fistfight, I said, and I called the police.”

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Article. II.

Section. 1.

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted.

The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chose by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chose the President.

But in choosing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chose from them by Ballot the Vice President.

The Congress may determine the Time of choosing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Wild Thing’s comment……….
My thoughts and prayers are constantly on those serving our country during this crucial election.
Think of their amazing accomplishments since 9/11 and to this day they continue VOLUNTEERING, leaving many of us speechless, there are no words sufficient to describe such dedication and love of country.
And the wounded soldiers that we know who say, “I’d go back in a heartbeat if they would let me…”. They wish nothing more than to be part of a successful campaign that they were not able to complete.
Our troops deserve the best Commander In Chief and that would be Sen. John McCain. There just is no way that Barack Hussein Obama would be a good CIC, he has no respect for our military and it goes down hill from there in how and what he would do to our military and to our land of the free because of the VERY Brave!
America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. I pray all of the enemy’s attempts to steal this election fail.
Our Founding Fathers were acutely aware of the importance of elections. They believed that the faith and character of every individual elected to office was vital to the future health of our nation, and they valued the privilege of representative government under the guidance of Almighty God.

A political painting depicting presidential candidates is displayed in the driveway of resident Robert Horr on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, in New Gloucester, Maine.