Congratulations, Obama!

Obama is the 44th president of the United States of America and the first African-American president. I feel that I am incredibly blessed to be alive to see this historic victory. Frankly, I am so happy that I can hardly sit still! :D For the first time in over 8 years, I am proud to call myself an American. Tonight proved that anything is possible, and that white, black, asian, hispanic, indian, or whatever we are, we are all worth the same and should have the same chance to change the world. I believe that Obama represents the US as a whole, which all in all is a huge melting pot full of different races, cultures, wishes and dreams. He, more than anyone before him, has the ability to understand all of us because he IS all of us, and not only that, the whole world has since the beginning of the election been able to relate to him for that very reason. Before his election, people from all over the world were able to look from the outside in and see what about the US needs to be changed, and came to the conclusion that Obama has what it takes. That means a lot, considering that from 1998-2004, when I lived in Sweden, I myself had the chance to look from the outside in and see what a bad place the US was becoming, and to be honest, I was absolutely disgusted. I was afraid to call myself an American, because, especially from the beginning of the millenium, Americans were referred to by MANY as ignorant bastards. I heard people say it over, and over, and over again, time after time, year after year, right next to me, and every time I heard it I just wanted to disappear off the face of this earth. I myself am an American, but when I lived abroad, I could honestly understand why the majority over in Europe (if not the rest of the world) had that opinion about us. Now, as a country, we have proved them wrong, and for the first time in years upon years, I am not afraid to say that I am American.

In addition to that, I noticed that, even though Obama is the first African-American president, he did not go on and on about it.Instead, he paid attention to all of us, which proves that he did this for US as a country and not just for the African-Americans' pride (dw I love you guys though and you should be proud!).Think what you want - but I believe that the US will, from the beginning of next year, be in good hands, and we will see the change that we have all been yearning for. Like Obama said, it might not all get better within the next year, or even within the next term, but it WILL happen as long as we have our minds set on it.

- AND all of you who are worried about him taking your guns away and taking away all of your means of defending yourselves, know that I am on your side. However, all of you who do not want to pay more in taxes for free healthcare, know this: In many other parts of the world, including Europe, they have the exact kind of Healthcare system Obama is trying to induce. Believe it or not, but I have ONLY heard good things about it from the people there, even though they have to pay more in taxes. They all say it is well worth it, and even this past summer when I went to Sweden, people mocked me, YES, mocked me because I live in the US where the fucking health (and other types of) insurance sucks. You might not be sick now, or even in 10 years, but when you are old (and if you don't have a good job with good benefits), what will you do? I have had many health problems the past 4-5 years myself and I know what it's like for healthcare insurance to COMPLETELY FUCK YOU OVER. It has become completely unbearable to not get help and to wait months and months to even be able to see the doctor when every day is very difficult for me to get through, and every since my surgery I have not had health insurance and cannot even go in for a "mandatory" follow up. What the fuck!!! I do not like taxes, but folks, SOMETHING needs to be done. Do not focus on the fact that "we will pay taxes for the illegal immigrants to get healthcare", focus on the fact that MILLIONS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS are in DESPERATE NEED of healthcare. Speaking of which, I read numerous bulletins and statuses from McCain supporters stating that they want to simply get up and move to Europe. Well guess what? The way things are in Europe are very similar to the way Obama wants things to be like in the US, including healthcare, taxes, etc., so the people who said that need to get off their high ignorant horse and find out what's happening in the rest of the world. Seriously, if you say you want to move somewhere, read up on things and find out what it's like there first before assuming that their ways are different than Obama's.

** AND FOR THE 100000TH TIME ** - Obama is half white and half black. He was born in Hawaii and his father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. Yes, his father has a TINY bit of Muslim in him, which means that Obama has even less. His family is full of different cultures which, believe it or not, may be crucial in helping the US right now considering that that enables Obama to almost fully understand many other cultures, and for people of other cultures to understand and relate to him, INCLUDING but not at all limited to the muslim culture. This is IMPORTANT. Your average white American who was born here and has not lived abroad for years does NOT, and I repeat, does NOT understand other cultures that way, unless they have studied about cultures for years. I myself did not truly understand other cultures until I LIVED abroad for 6 years.

I understand that all of you who voted for McCain are indescribably disappointed. McCain IS a nice, intelligent man who has a lot of valid points. I definitely admit that. But to say that you want to move away from here and/or want Obama to be assassinated is a bit over the line don't you think (especially the assissination part which proves how ignorant Americans really can be at times)? From what I saw anyway, you criticized the Obama voters more than they criticized you during the election, and now that your candidate of choice lost, you seem to have given up on the US completely. We are a country, and no matter what, we need to be brave and strong and do what we can to make this world a better place, without giving up just because somebody of another race is President. I don't know for sure if Obama will be all he has promised to be, but what I do know as a fact is that this will be different, and maybe, MAYBE, it will be what we have needed for years. DO NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT giving up on America until you have seen what Obama can/can't do.

Please and thank you. <3>
"Some of you... I did not win your vote, but I hear your voice."