Dude, the thing I really hoped for almost as much as an Obama victory was that he would win my state of Virginia which he did. That was as big a victory as winning Ohio, maybe even bigger.
2 days ago I went to Washington DC on a delivery to a hospital and there were Obama/Biden signs EVERYWHERE there must have been 1,000's of them. I stole one to put on my lawn.
The looooooong George W Bush nightmare is almost over. Just a couple of more months and we can begin the process of restoring the image of America that he tarnished with his fachist idealogy. I'm totally convinced the great Republican party is just as glad to see his tenure end because he has done more damage to his party than any one man has ever done. The thing that baffles me is how so many people re-elected him for a second term. I guess Americans really are easily scared into making very bad decisions and have no sales resistance to con men.
Just look at some of the rights we've lost under George Bush.
THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY: emails and phone calls can be tapped without a court order.
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor religious and political institutions without suspecting criminal activity to assist terror investigations.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Government has closed once-public immigration hearings, has secretly detained hundreds of people without charges, and has encouraged bureaucrats to resist public records questions.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Government may prosecute librarians or keepers of any other records if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed information related to a terror investigation.
RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: Government may monitor federal prison jailhouse conversations between attorneys and clients, and deny lawyers to Americans accused of crimes.
FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES: Government may search and seize Americans' papers and effects without probable cause to assist terror investigation.
RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Government may jail Americans indefinitely without a trial.
RIGHT TO LIBERTY: Americans may be jailed without being charged or being able to confront witnesses against them.
One by one, these rights must be restored and under president Obama I'm hopefull they WILL be restored.
Guantonamo must be closed down and every one of the "enemy combatants" must be given a fair trial starting with American citizens.
Special perks for "faith based" schools must be eliminated restoring separation of church & state.
The occupation of Iraq must be turned over to the Iraqi government.
We must go back into Afganistan and deal with Al Quieda and the Taliban the way we should have the first time and this includes the tribal areas of pakistan and bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.
We must eradicate the poppy fields in Afganistan which is the source of the world supply of heroin and bankrolling the Taliban and Al Quieda and turning the youth of the world into useless zombies.
This is only a partial list of goals president Obama must try to achieve. I could go on all night.