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Barack Hussein Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States of America.

Mr. Obama led his party in a decisive sweep of Congress, putting Democrats in control of both the House and the Senate for the first time since 1995, when Bill Clinton was president.

Mr. McCain called Mr. Obama to congratulate him and said, “We’ve come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation’s reputation. I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us. I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president and I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair in our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit”.

After which Mr. Obama announced to cheering crowds, “I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead”.

In addition to the unresolved issues of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, N. Korea and many other places the president-elect and his expanded Democratic majority now face the daunting task of governing the country through one of the most difficult economic periods in its history and we wish them well.

“Because of what we did on this day, in this election, in this defining moment, change has come to America,” Obama told 125,000 supporters gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park to celebrate his victory and ended with “Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America”.

This site continuously urged caution with regard to Mr. Obama because of his connections with Jihadist and communist groups and because so much of his past was intentionally concealed, but we congratulate him on his victory and hope his promised changes will make the entire world a better place.

1) Obama says he will give 95% of American working families a tax cut even though 40% of Americans today don’t pay income taxes! How will this seemingly impossible trick be performed? They’ll be a “refundable tax credit” which means that the federal government will take money from those who do pay taxes and give it to those who don’t.

2) Mr. Obama will kick-start the economy by raising taxes on the very businesses that are perhaps being hardest hit by the present financial crisis. The top 1% of taxpayers are the small-business owners that are also the nation’s biggest employers and they already pay some of the highest corporate tax rates in the developed world.

3) Mr. Obama says he will re-regulate the economy with no ill effects whatsoever which is a line that we’ve heard in different forms for decades. How will this trick be performed? No problem, the government will simply clamp down on innovation and risk-taking using new all-encompassing rules.
4) Obama will offer the public a “voluntary government health plan” that will free us from private enterprise and eliminate all other choices, and if you don’t see how this differs from our failing Medicare program then it seems that you’re simply not understanding the ‘details’.

5) Mr. Obama will uphold America’s “moral obligation to prevent genocide” by disowning Iraq; convince Iranian leaders to abandon their nuclear ambitions; fix the problems in Afghanistan without using a ‘surge’ even though it did prove effective in Iraq. All of which raises the question, “Why didn’t someone else think of this stuff?”.

6) Mr. Obama will spend billions transforming our energy economy, provide all necessary financial assistance to former Soviet satellites, boost infrastructure, increase education spending and provide job training assistance without and all without raising the deficit!

I think his plans are fantastic and if you believe he can make them happen then you should vote for him and so should every other patriotic American.