World Markets SOAR on Obama Win!

[uptowngirl]

and many other red states LOL!!!

[David]

Yea if you judge by territory, there's plenty of red to go around still!

Even living in Jax for so long has tamed me from my once far left stance to just left of center now.

I don't think Obama's magic, i'm just willing to give the man a chance. I'll be watching what he does carefully and it will determine which party I vote for next go around. I really do wish we had more than two serious options to vote for though. This election didn't feel to me like the lesser of two evils kinda deal, but the past 2 has & i'm sure the next one will as well.

[uptowngirl]

Yea if you judge by territory, there's plenty of red to go around still!

Even living in Jax for so long has tamed me from my once far left stance to just left of center now.

I don't think Obama's magic, i'm just willing to give the man a chance. I'll be watching what he does carefully and it will determine which party I vote for next go around. I really do wish we had more than two serious options to vote for though. This election didn't feel to me like the lesser of two evils kinda deal, but the past 2 has & i'm sure the next one will as well.

I agree wholehaertedly, and living downtown has moved me from far right to center right!

Bobby Jindal 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!b]

[fsujax]

What happend to the US market today? No rally?

[Driven1]

NOPE...continuing down further...approaching down 500 points.  US investors do not like what they see.

[heights unknown]

Driven 1, I believe you're right on target and I agree with you; maybe, just maybe the heart of the nation has changed towards God, and towards each other (fellow man); so maybe God is giving America more time.

Also, if mcCain had won, I truly believe anywhere from 1 to 2 months after he had been sworn in, the destroy America games and plots would begin, immediately.  I am not saying this is why Americans voted for Obama; the best man won and the best man for ALL AMERICANS won.  I am black and didn't vote for either Obama or McCain.  But check this.......the rest of the world LOVES Obama; and the world was waiting to see whether they would give America and the new Black President more time to prove ourselves to the world again, or go on to terrorize and possibly destroy us if McCain had been picked; I truly believe we would have been in trouble if McCain had been elected; the world would have viewed it as the continuation of Bush's Presidency and Bush's policies.

I wish everyone, both blacks and whites, would just knock the race/racist thing off because the man (Obama) is for everyone, not just blacks.  I wish the whites that have sour grapes and bitter juice in their mouths would just pull together with the rest of the nation and let's just be Americans; I wish thIe blacks would quit rubbing it in and be thankful that a good man and the best man was picked for all Americans, whether white, black, or polka dot.

Again, this is coming from a black man here; I didn't vote for either of them; but was pulling for Obama; not because he is black, but because I felt he was the best man for the job, and also I was praying that he (Obama) would win so the rest of the world wouldn't get angry at us and be hell bent towards our destruction and extermination.  yeah, we may get attacked again anyway, but the feeling I get now is the rest of the world is pleased that it wasn't Bush...I mean McCain.

Heights Unknown

[Driven1]

heights - i like you.  you make sound, unemotional arguments.

and i like Obama, believe it or not, as long as he doesn't have the opportunity to appoint any SCOTUS judges and he doesn't push through any new entitlement programs.  beyond that, he can do what any other democrat would do (raise taxes, push the gay agenda, downsize the military, etc...)  these are the items most important to me.  we'll get through 4 years of the rest of the stuff.

BUT - the one disagreement that I have with your argument is that we should be basing OUR decisions on who OUR President is based upon what someone in Africa or Iran or Germany thinks.  not that I think the majority of last night's voters used this as any kind of litmus test.

I'm not sure if the best man won last night (elections are always a popularity contest), but I do accept the choice of our nation. 

[RiversideGator]

The day after Obama's election, the stock market drops the most of any post-election day in US history.  Down over 5% in one day.  Not exactly a vote of confidence for Obama from the market.

U.S. stocks on the day after presidential elections
Thu Nov 6, 2008 3:25am IST

NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street hardly delivered a
rousing welcome to President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday,
dropping by the largest margin on record for a day following a U.S.
presidential contest.

http://in.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idINN0531971420081105

[David]

The day after Obama's election, the stock market drops the most of any post-election day in US history.  Down over 5% in one day.  Not exactly a vote of confidence for Obama from the market.

U.S. stocks on the day after presidential elections
Thu Nov 6, 2008 3:25am IST

NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street hardly delivered a
rousing welcome to President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday,
dropping by the largest margin on record for a day following a U.S.
presidential contest.

http://in.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idINN0531971420081105

Ah, now the stock market's erratic behavior is Obama's fault.

It's funny how a few weeks ago when it was dropping 800 points in a day it had nothing to do with him, but now.....yeah. Of course it does.

let's face it. That whole sector is f'd no matter who's in office.


Tomorrow it'll be up 200 points.

Thursday, it'll be down 400 because Joe Biden says he likes transgender asian prostitutes.


I've listened to the many a professional analysis on the economic outlook and what it really all comes down to, is,...... no one really has a clue.

[Jimmy Olsen]

"...because when Obama is president gas will be free and I won't have to pay my mortgage payment." 

I saw that on the news this morning, very comical. I also listened to a 6 minute video where Obama supporters were "interviewed" on the streets on why they voted for Obama.

Q: who are you voting for?
A: Obama
Q: What don't you like about McCain?
A: McCain seems to not really know what he's doing right now
Q: Are you more for Obama's policy because he's pro-life or because he thinks our troops should stay in Iraq and finish this war
A: I think because our troops should stay in Iraq and finish this war. I'm really for him with that, definitely.
Q: Now, how about as far as him being pro-life, do you support Obama in that case?
A: Yeah, I do. I support him in that case.
Q: If he wins would you have any problem with Sarah Palin being Vice-President?
A: No I wouldn't, not at all, not at all...
Q: You think you made the right choice in that?
A: I definitely do.

They could have made up anything and the people on this video would have believed it.

It amazes me how many people have the nerve to vote when they know nothing about the candidates (Dem. and Rep.)

For more on these street interviews go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5p3OB6roAg

[ProjectMaximus]

"...because when Obama is president gas will be free and I won't have to pay my mortgage payment." 

I saw that on the news this morning, very comical. I also listened to a 6 minute video where Obama supporters were "interviewed" on the streets on why they voted for Obama.

Q: who are you voting for?
A: Obama
Q: What don't you like about McCain?
A: McCain seems to not really know what he's doing right now
Q: Are you more for Obama's policy because he's pro-life or because he thinks our troops should stay in Iraq and finish this war
A: I think because our troops should stay in Iraq and finish this war. I'm really for him with that, definitely.
Q: Now, how about as far as him being pro-life, do you support Obama in that case?
A: Yeah, I do. I support him in that case.
Q: If he wins would you have any problem with Sarah Palin being Vice-President?
A: No I wouldn't, not at all, not at all...
Q: You think you made the right choice in that?
A: I definitely do.

They could have made up anything and the people on this video would have believed it.

It amazes me how many people have the nerve to vote when they know nothing about the candidates (Dem. and Rep.)

For more on these street interviews go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5p3OB6roAg

That was really amusing and terrifying all at the same time. They could've done the same thing with conservative voters, though (besides that one dude at the end of the clip)

Perhaps there should be a basic voter comprehension test when you first step in the booth? A couple simple questions about the major candidates in the main race to make sure you're qualified? Like those basic questions they throw in some surveys for quality control or the words you have to retype when buying tickets to prove you're not a bot? And if you don't pass you don't vote...yeah?

[Lunican]

To quote one Obama voter when asked her reason for her vote, "...because when Obama is president gas will be free and I won't have to pay my mortgage payment." 

This quote is not quite right. She said she won't have to worry about putting gas in her car, or worry about paying her mortgage. This could mean anything from her thinking gas will be free to her expecting to the economic problems to be resolved.

[Driven1]

To quote one Obama voter when asked her reason for her vote, "...because when Obama is president gas will be free and I won't have to pay my mortgage payment." 

This quote is not quite right. She said she won't have to worry about putting gas in her car, or worry about paying her mortgage. This could mean anything from her thinking gas will be free to her expecting to the economic problems to be resolved.

lol - please continue defending such ignorance.  it's fun to watch.

[Lunican]

It's completely disingenuous to claim she said gas will be free and she won't have to pay her mortgage. She didn't say either of those things.

[Charleston native]

I wouldn't know about the racist forums or blogs as I don't look at them.  I can, however, tell you I am heated.  I'm upset that throughout the entire year (so it seems) that was the campaign, potential voter after potential voter stating they were pro-Obama was interviewed and knew little to nothing about his position or agenda for our country.  Instead, they focused on his race.  It would be "momumental" if he were elected, tehy said.  Well, of course.  It would also have been monumental if Alan Keyes were to have been voted into office too, but he wasn't...he didn't have the money to market a campaign near what the REPs or DEMs have had or even come close to the money that Obama had backing him from all his celeb (and various other types) friends. 

I hate to think this way but it's been proven time and time again; the majority of Americans are lemmings.  They buy what they are told is the best and what they are told will make them feel good.  They try to be better than others because someone somewhere told them that to have more, to own what they were told is better, to have more money, to have a title, is being someone.  Put a pretty face with a lot of money and a lot of celebrity clout in front of those typical American lemmings and you have what happened last night.  To quote one Obama voter when asked her reason for her vote, "...because when Obama is president gas will be free and I won't have to pay my mortgage payment."  Little do these people know just how much life is going to change if Obama is able to put in action all of the plans his has stewing in his head.  Ask the majority of Americans the definition of Socialism or Facism and they'll look at you crooked and give you a guess that might only touch on the true meaning, but in the next 4 years there is the very real potential they'll be living it.

On a positive note, I have faith in the productive men and women of our country that they will not stand for having their hard-earned money stripped away from them and handed to the individual having lived on welfare for the last 10 years with 6 kids and owning the latest cell phone, x-box game system and SUV.  I have faith that these Americans will not stand for forced volunteerism or the government take-over of their local non-profit that they VOLUNTARILY contributed to their entire lives.  I have faith that these Americans realize it is they who own this country and keep it running and without them the lights would not turn on, the gas would not pump and there would be no market to crash.

"You've forced yourselves to live with undeserved, irrational guilt. Is it ever proper to help another man? No, if he demands it as his right or as a duty that you owe him. Yes, if it's your own free choice based on your judgment of the value of that person and his struggle. This country wasn't built by men who sought handouts. In its brilliant youth, this country showed the rest of the world what greatness was possible to Man and what happiness is possible on Earth... The world will change when you are ready to pronounce this oath:  I swear by my Life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man,  nor ask another man to live for the sake of mine."

John Galt - Atlas Shrugged, written by Ayn Rand

Second pancake...wow. I find myself completely agreeing with your entire post! There really is nothing more I could add to this. The fact that we can agree on this issue trumps any of the disagreements we've had before. This is truly awesome.