Barack Hussein Obama: 44th President of the United States of America

Congratulations to Obama... so how do people around here feel about this?

I voted for him. Definitely glad he won, and by such a large margin too.



Pretty awesome huh

Haha the pic Lynk posted is pretty hilarious, I'm away from home at college, and I never got my absentee ballot in the mail, so I sort of stopped paying attention, bad on me I know. Between the two candidates we had though, I wouldn't have had a major problem if either of them had won, but I most likely would have voted for Obama, so I guess you could say I'm pleased...

So are you gonna get fined for not voting? XD

Voting in the US is not compulsory.

I voted for Obama as well.

I just hope he has what it takes to fix the problems of today's world.
Keep your fingers crossed.

I've added a poll to this thread... mostly because we haven't had one in twilight yet lol.

Now that Obama is the new president, I wonder how some of the members here feel about his policies and stances. Particularly if he's to start withdrawing American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan since some are in the military force. Would it seem like all the effort you put in on the war in the middle eastern countries had been pointless and time wasted?

If Kiai was here then I'd be interested in her views the most considering he posts about her time in the military.

I'm happy for Barack.

Remember he Presiden-elect until Jan, until then it still He who must not be names

@ darky

yeah, voting the us is not mandatory
you have the right to choose, or choose not to choose.

if that makes sense to you

It makes sense for the US, but it wouldn't make sense for a country like Australia that has such a small population compared to you guys. If we were to make voting something that's optional then the actual number of people who would vote out of the number of eligible voters in this country would be EXTREMELY low.

Wait in some countries you get fined for not voting? WTF?

Exactly, WTF?

In some regions you're able to own deadly weapons and even let your CHILDREN fire them with adult supervision, WTF?

You're not allowed to fire a cannon close to a house, WTF?
I didn't want McCain to win XD

In some countries you can have more then one wife, but not in the UK, WTF?

I wonder if Puff Daddy or P Diddy or whatever his name is still went around telling people to vote this election.

And to continue the trend: In some countries, men are paid to have sex with with virgins, but not here, WTF?

Oh the travesty.

Hmmrf yes, quite.