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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Obama has been elected as 44th President of the United States of America. He becomes the first black leader of the country in one of the biggest moments in US history.
The 'skinny man with a funny name' says people always get it wrong by calling him Alabama or Yo Mama.

He has to wait until 20 January 2009 before he officially takes over from current President George Bush.

Long before his accent to the White House - 1Xtra took a look at how he got there.
Do you think Barack's the man to shake up American politics? What do you make of his victory? Has Barack Obama inspired you?

rajendra patel
power for the peace

nic
If the media are to be believed Obama has a cheek snubbing Brown - who does he think he is. America may be the most powerful force on earth but since when should the most powerful have the most respect.

Bridger R
In American Politics the voice of a high school student is not often heard. I believe that Obama is a great man, who is working to change the view that the world has on the United States. All around me I see and dear the racism against Obama, but I feel that he has risen above that segragation that was once America. He is our First African American President, and that makes me respect him even more. Making History- Obama 08'...

kawaja (Sudan)
Obama is a man chosen by God to save the world at large and America in particular so, Mr. O bama go head with your good policies of reconciling the whole world using peace nogetiation rather than war as some did it before and others were about to do it if the would win election.

Tianca
obama seems to have good policies lets just see if he lives up to them, although he seems like he has no personality

be yourself
you have to fight NO WAR -- just listen to your parent and do the right thing to get anywhere in life BARACK HUSSIEN OBAMA DID !!!

Rachel
He is so amazing he brings hope to the whole world and he didnt have the best child hood but he has made his life a sucsess.

TERRI S
I am very proud to be a part of the American History which was made 1-20-29. Barack Obama is a very intellegent man and I am very please with anything he does to make the U.S. a better place to be and live in. The Problems with the world today is not anything he created, but look at the huge mess he has to clean up. I pray that GOD gives him wisdom to make good and right choices for all Americans, Protect HE from all Harm and Peace within his self. After all he is Only a BLACK MAN tring to make it right for us all.

Mike
A lot of people have high hopes for Obama, and it is surprising to say for a politician but I believe his heart is in the right place. The issues he has to deal with are catastrophic on a global scale, and it is going to take more than one good man to fix it. From the way things are in my town it feels like too little to late. One honest man is not going to wash away eight years of a nations greed by himself. Alot about this world needs to change before anything can get better, but I think that Obama is an excellent start

Rachiyeta
Obama the entire world is dependent upon you and your actions.Whatever you sow so shall the world reap.God bless u.

Aliyu
hey obama i wish u 2 keep the promise of stopping the war among the world.very nice leader keep going.

BANDARA
He is an excellent one. I really apreicate his excellent spiritual walks,words,writings and whatever

francis
obama will be the president that will more better than the other president

dawn
some of you guys talk total rubbish..... i'm a white girl with a mixed race baby girl. and yeah shes got colour to her but so what she shouldnt be looked at any diffrent. u guys all make a huge deal about him just cz his skin is dif colour. at the end of the day yeah america used to have black slaves but fact is its been a combined effort from black white asain people that had made the counrty what it is today and equal right. i think all the stuff you guys are saying is showing racial differences. i cant get my head round why..... cause his skin is dif colour it is a huge thing. he shoud be honoured for his skills not his colour. how can a guys skin couler bring so much hope. hardly any1 has comented on how good a politician he is. i think he is amazing politician and totaly glad hes got were he is today. but cause hes a good decent man not cause hes black.

SB
Course he's the right man for the job although things will nto be able to change over night so i hope people reailse that he is only human and if everything does not go to plan the first time that he still has the support of the nation.

hussien
i lovee Barack Obama I think hes going to be a good president

Ammu
He is a great man whom i really admire, Hope the world will be in peace were no violence. God please help him to be a good and courages leader in this world .

barrie rawles
I need to say this to your new man in charge, stop smilling on TV and shaken every bodys hand, Come down off your big high and get true! The pepole need you and they need someone that is tuff ! not a smile a hand shaker or someone to smarm us all over get REAL! Get rid of the ones buttering you up as this will be your downfull.You have been chozen by the pepole not just from the USA but from all over the world. YOU ARE IN THE DRIVING SEAT show the world you are in charge please! FROM YOUR FRENDS IN THE UK we need you to be a man. OR THEY WILL SAY, we let a black man take charge and he messed up, you have a lot on your plate and you need good true pepole buy you not suckers GET RID AND DO YOUR JOB.

Hayeder
Rosa Parks sat, so Dr. King could walk, so Obama could run. I hope this is the end of racism, it has poisoned my childhood

abi
i think its great

Sicelo (South Africa)
A man isnt a man because of his colour, a man is a man because of his views and beliefs.Hes a clever man undoubtedly but he didnt get to be president because he's black, he got it cz of his clever politics. dat many people arent going to vote for a man cz of his skin, dey vote coz dey got trust, and to get white people to vote for you if you are part of a minority takes clever words and not just a qwik black history lesson, he got it coz hes da man for da job, not coz he's black reh teh teh, hes just an American Nelson Mandela with good politics.

Chinyere
He is definitely the man. He has the charisma and you can tell that he is a born leader from the way that he talks and comports himself. His speeches alone are inspiring and he is a breath of fresh air and a change from George W Bush. America needs inspiration right now. When I heard that he had won, I was so happy. To tell the truth, I don't know much about his policies but compared to John McCain, I felt he was the one for the job. He is family orientated which also warms people to him. It's a shame that politics in Britain is so dull. Complaints are made about the decreasing percentage in voting but when you see David Cameron and Gordon Brown, it's just not that interesting!Good luck to America. I'm happy with the way that they voted. Hopefully, politics here will change and we (Britain) will get someone who inspires people and generates an interest in politics like Barack has. It's just not interesting seeing David Cameron and Gordon Brown fighting for the post of Prime Minister.

WILLIAM FROM NEW YORK
The bottom line is BLACKS built this country up to the power it is today. Agriculturally, through slavery, intergrally through sports and now we blast off to another stratasphere with a BLACK president. Once we were considered to be 3/5th's of a man. If you were of another race than black and were knocked up by a brother, your babies are viewed as BLACK. I love being BLACK. I laugh at all the ignorant people out there. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME IN HISTORY THAT WE SAW PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IN DAMN NEAR EVERY COUNTRY, CELEBRATE IN UNISON, THE NIGHT WE ELECTED BARACK OBAMA TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT? NEVER!!!!!

will
i think b will do well. i just hope that, in a non racial way, england never has a black government.......england was born a country of the white man

romeo
I think he will be the best president! WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY betterthan mcain would be

Maria
course yes this is the moment, who thought that will ever be a black persident in America,and he ain't stupidlove u OmabaGod bless u

stephen
Why has only the "we love obama" messages been put up. I ask you a question, how many black people voted for obama just because he is black. An Ejucated guess would be "a lot of them" . As for a black prime minister in uk. I hope not.

Matthew Gordon
For all those fools who like to say Obama is not Black. Please tell me at what point does someone become Black? Are his kids black? If they, like their Dad, choose a Black partner will their kids are considered Black?The legacy Black people is much deep than U.K obsession with term Mixed Race. Of course he is of mixed parentage nobody can dispute that. However, to say he is not Black and marginalise the struggle of Black people is disgusting.

lana
i'm not black and i was emotional upon hearing the first black president was elected. i wish so much he cared about babies and didn't support them being aborted, he would be the president we have been waiting for. i don't care what color someone is, babies do not deserve torment and death. this is not about abortion, but about how so many (voters) sacrifice others lives (babies) just for color (president).

womanskin
barac abame is a good man.he deserved to win the election.he is very intelligent and will do a great job as president.

mack
we african-americans have a different take on the whole black/bi-racial thing in the u.s. because of our tumultuous history in america with whites a great many of us know of our mixed heritage & we are the most excepting group of our bi-racial brethren when the whites, hispanics & asians aren't. see, we seem to be the only group of blacks in the african diaspora besides the brazilians who don't have a problem being proud of our "black" side. PRESIDENT OBAMA knows his mother was white & his father was black, but in america most of us identify with the people we most look like. i'm sure 1st lady michelle obama doesn't look at him & say, "oh, look at my handsome 1/2 white husband." she probably looks at him & says, "damn, i married a fine ass, intelligent black man." he looks like the average black man, sorry. just like his sister looks like an asian woman who married an asian man & has asian children. barack acknowledges his "whiteness", but he identifies as black like most bi-racials in america do because 98% look black & since it's the u.s.; the greatest nation on earth, we get to classify ourselves as we see fit. only non-american blacks who look unmistakably black get up in arms if other bi-racial BLACKS don't claim it as so. obama IS the 1st BLACK president in the u.s. because he says so, because america says so & because WE don't care what foreigners think. obama is the truth! you better ask somebody!

Basic Science
I agree it's great that Obama is president but i have to point out that he's not black!! He is mixed and that should be acknowledged. How can he possibly be black if he came out of a white woman?! Basic science people, come on. No-one should feel like that undermines the struggle of the civil rights leaders- some of them were mixed too (Malcolm X and Rosa Parkes for example). Mixed people have had a struggle of their own so i think it's just as notable for a mixed man to be president. It should be acknowledged!!

charise
i say Yayyyyyyy! remember when we had to sit at the BACCKK of the bus now whos sitting at the back of the bus!. put it this way it aint barrack obama! well done and change isent so much the issue equal rights is.!

Thorsten Distler
I am glad the ignorant and ruthless right-wing Bush government was finally replaced. Although I do not approve of everything Obama says and represents (for example, I'm absolutely against having new nuclear power plants built) and despite the fact that he is still just a politician (and NOT the Black Jesus that some see in him), I think he can give America and the world a positive impetus. Moreover, having a black President is an important symbolic step in Black civil rights movement.Let's see if he can rise above the symbolic level with all the tremendous challenges he's facing...

elijah
i think barack election is a historical moment the reason his colour is of significance is because it shows the jounrney etnic minorities have travelled in such a short time . we were slaves for four hundre years plus we have only been free for 150 years max, so it shows that we can achieve and i beleive that in time england will have a etnic prime minister wether black, chinese, asian, etc .

brett
nuff respect to the barrack crew, hopfully america will now be a place to look up 2 rather than ridicule! now when is englands turn have we ever had a black PM, i think not. we will all have to put up with gordon brown stain for the nxt few years woohoo! not.

Nina Ruta
God maketh the world greatest leaders he knows your name seek his wise council and your mission will be accomplished.

aziza
may Allah guide you in your intention to make this world as happy as you feel with your family,you are to me the right man to bring the harmony between the white,brown,.yellow,red coloured people on earth. I sincerly believe you are sent by Allah to save this beatiful world,He is guiding you,so don,t be afraid.

Andy
Wait until his record is proven. 'Margaret Thatcher 'and 'New Labour' spring to mind on how so called positive change can be very much superficial. Lets hope he is remembered as a great president who invented change and not just as 'The first black president'

Shams Ali
Go Obama.... you will make a great president.

tkm
Wake up people this is not a black and white issue!

Lisha
I find it astounding that people feel this way about Barack Obama. Just because he is a black man, he is going to be a great president?? His economic policies "We'll only tax people who make over $250,000" will be the same as Bill Clinton's. Bill Clinton only taxed the "wealthy Americans". However, in order to say that, he changed the definition of "wealthy". He taxed everyone, the working poor included, to pay for his socialist programs. Everyone above the poverty level had their taxes increased! There is a reason that people on Welfare live better than people with jobs: Democrats. Barack Obama is a Socialist who will now improve the lives of even more people who don't work by taking from those who do. The US isn't like so many other countries. There ARE jobs here! People CHOOSE not to work their entire lives and live off the government. How will our faltering economy improve with this policy?? The rest of the world hates the US, but relies on us for our economy, so I don't understand why people like this man! Because he's black?! What does race have to do with it, if the man's policies are wrong?!

J.Ruberu
Barack Obama has an historic mission to fulfill. The world has to be re-invented to suit the demands of the 21st century that requires vigor and strength to see the depth of the feelings of the peoples all over the world - the feelings that reject all sorts of discriminations. If Obama can hit the it he is the man of the univese.

ariane camille m. mamangon
i am from the philippines... but i would like to tell everybody from all nation that i do love barack obama!!! his color is not the issue here but his way of governing the country (u.s.a).. i believe that he can do much better.. i am from the democratic country and i know democracy is the best of all!!!

Jhoqueal Powell
I pray for presiden Obama and his family I pray that they live a happy and peaceful life in the white house.I also pray that he can really make some changes in this world. And for those of you African Americans folks out their in this world do not take this for granted this is a chance to better everyone and to give everyone hope.Onemore thing for you African Americans out there that think that Obama is the first black President do your research his not.

M.Mougadam(Tutu)/ Melbourne.
This is interesting to see! Now its the right time for the world to see the king's dream whilst its come true He used to say "I have adream one day.... Dearest king Martin, I wish if you were on the earth ! The black's wedding would be more colourful !!!! I wish if you were hear me !! I would sing you the song of "OBAMA Unbelievable"

Bahgdad
I think OBAMA is the best president ever in the history of the universe. I am a mixed and OBAMA is my blood.

Kay
I am personally tired about all this talk of the "first black american president"As someone pointed out, he is as much white as he is black and this just shows how ignorant everyone is. If like myself, you just see him as a HUMAN BEING not a colour, there wouldnt be all this fuss and everyone could just be glad Bush is out the picture and America has hope for the future.

Eliza Montagues
I think this is great, Its about time.

Devi
Obama is the lord himself came back to earth as a man to bring peace and love to all , the Americans are so lucky to have in him ,God Bless Him, and God Bless America........He is so Great....

Marcel
Yes We Can, said Barack. These three words are inspiration, hope and a fabulous chance for all people to finally come together and realise that we are all ONE AND MADE BY ONE GOD! Yes it is true that if he had been White there would be no controversy around his glorious victory. We need to look beyond the colour of skin, the colour of his eyes and look into his eyes to see the passion for the mighty job he has ahead of him. The colour of his skin is a signature that simply say's. YES WE CAN I love you Barack, you have made me realise that I can and I will....XX

lily lee
support

CHRIS JACKSON
Una think say na beans for black to rule white?na God put Obama there for una to xperience sweeter life.make una just play to his tone then una go see how life go sweet pass before

zainab c Stevens
Obama has set a pathway for our kids future. I pray that God will Guide and Direct him as he leads this great Country.

ody
ask and it shall b giving.OBAMA UR D JESUS OF OUR TIME.

Atwine
This is just history in the making no reason for Africans to be happy, instead Americans should be more happy for they are history, makers you may think am not an Obama supporter but i see no reason to be over excited, when Obama came on merits of the middle class of USA not Africa. Let Africans not be very excited coz they may be disappointed

WAMALWA B JOHN
I really think now the americans have got the right person to be the house.Long live OBAMA and GOD bless the American people 4 the well done job you did.

Roxanne
Obama will be the next Nelson Mandela! Make your country proud!from Roxanne(South Africa)

Minara
It's an incredible time to be in this world. History has been made, the world already feels like a different place. Something has shifted. .....Change is coming. Can everyone else feel it? I haven't felt this positive since ...I can't remember how long. God bless you Barack Obama. Live long and prosper. xx

Ebong Eseme Ebong
Obama's victory geos a long way to cnfirm that we have come to a defining moment not just in America but in the world history.Black revolutionists and activists like Malcolm X, Carter G. Woodson, Frederick Douglas,Martin Luther King Jnr among others did not live and die in vain.Victory has vindicated the Blacks.

Anton Kostov
I think, that Barack Obama is a perfect leader for USA. He's postive and friend of Jay-Z and Ludacris, that's the main thing.

Mamadou
I think Brak Obama will do a great leader

javier
i think that is great and he will led this contry to victory.

justavoice
We made history as a nation yesterday. That this wonderful, intelligent and visionary man was voted as our new US president.For those who try to downplay that he is black and say he's mixed- most US born blacks have white ancestry in their genetic makeup. I was born to black parents and am much fairer than Obama and no one doubts that I'm black. The world will look at his skintone and features and see a blackman not a white one, and honestly it should not matter. he's a HUMANBEING first and foremost. I think why black people are so excited about him is that finally someone that looks like them is in the highest position this country has to offer. It' inspires people to be less apathetic and more accountable. I can actually believe the old saying that with hard work you can achieve anything. That phrase is actually believable now because America has come out of the dark ages of insecurity.oppresion and hate.Those of you who haven't-move. Start an island somewhere where you can all be miserable and spew anger, negativity and hatred. GO OBAMA!

Razwan
Its the best thing that ever happened for america, i know for sure that he will do a great job as he is a fair man, and his father is muslim. Cant wait till he is in office, it was quite emmotional really, i hope he stays for a long time.

Elena Angel
Today when I woke up, my first thought went to America. I am not american, I am not black, but I want a world in peace, united, regardless race; that is the world we should fight for, and if there is ONLY one leader able to do it, we will follow him! Today America has proven that DEMOCRACY is still alive! Europe, make the americans wake up thinking of you and all of us will rest in peace!Congratulations Mr President!

AHMED ATTIA
congratulations Obamb I wish Obama spray THE PEACE around the world without VIOLENCE

georgina jamieson
I wish obama is the president of london however the uk is way bigger so of cause hes gonna want to be there for america well hes so cool for even puting his name in the election because you would not of thought that america would vote for him because he would be the first black american president and i did not think america would want him but now his the president his my hero and he deserves all of it and all the emotion that his build up however all the four selected presidents would of made history and obama is many than one person he can change a life time which can make a giant diffrence to us america!

Lynne, England
For goodness sake, stop this black & white nonsense. Obama is as much white as he is black, so stop saying he is the 1st black president. So long as he does a good job, who cares what shade of white or black he is.

Ahmed
Yes, Barack you finally did it and showed america that this a new america, and as an american you must do your bid for the country.

Tej
To Mike the Yank, I think its disgusting how youseem to believe that if a white person was to become a president of asia, then he obvioulsy is what the people wanted? What world do you live in?It is teh 21st century and it is people like you that give a bad name to WHITE people.Is it all about the colur of his skin? Pathetic.

tina
i am sure he is a descendant of pharoah king of egypt you can never hold a king son down FOR LONG, do not forget science started in ancient egypt, the Holy God of Israel has not forgotten uS HE IS USING US AGAIN TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM STARVATION

chantelle healey
well done to Barack Obama i've supported you all the way. hope you succeed in being the first BLACK amarcican presidant x x x x

MAJOE
WELL DONE

Daniel Tuddenham
President's and PM's are Public Relations in full for the greater evil behind the throne. They are just the fall guys for the idea's of powerful men who are pulling the strings in this day and age.

David
Obama strikes me as an incredible leader who will guide the world with his heart not his head. If a mistake is made he will stronger from it and learn. The US needed a grounded president who's goal is to improve the standard of life for the people - not the government. I only hope the UK can find a leader like him.

Mardea
It has come to passed what God says He will do concerning this great nation America. Obama is the choosen one. May the Most High God, lead and direct him as he lead his nation. God bless you Mr Preisdent and your country.

Sakha Uola
By voting for Obama, USA says it is much more democratic than my country, Russia. No ethnic groups other than Russian would become a president of Russia. No way. Even a governor of my republic, where a majority of population is not Russian, is a Russian.

kennedy
'o'll black and white are in need of better place to live in, you and me we are for the common goal in life,that is to have good leadership.not white or black colour.from kenya. and GOD bless americans

Annie
May God help us now that this man is going to the White House. You will loathe the day you voted for Barrack Hussein Obama.

sonia henry
I think that mr obarma will be a great president if only the white man would give him a chance to prove him self, i think that they are afraid because this man is very educated and that he will make them look small. White people look at black as low class citizen so now that they are up agains an intelligent black man they dont want him in.Black people has been living at the hand of the white man for to long,it time for a change.god be with you mr obama and do the black people proud.

small
I am sure that Barack is probably the third Afrikan president and not the first. I will continue to check my resources, as I am sure he isn't the first. I'll get back to you.

Rashid Zuberu
The world would live to see the tremendous change Barack Obama will bring to it.We have waited long years for this day.A day where the world would say the messiah has come to deliver us from the burns of the Bush's and their war hungry generals.This is a testament that Allah is alive and that he will bring shame to the doorsteps of those who seeks to bring shame to his people.No matter their colour.God has brought the curtains down to the miserable days of the bush's and their uneducated bunch of imperialists.Whether he wins or not, this is a statement to the powers that be in America.Long live Barack Obama,we are proud of him

Kiran
Mike the Yank - why did you not want to leave when you imported all the African slaves? Because it was easier to accept them as a race when they had no rights? What world do you live in? All races have the same capabilities to achieve equally if they are given the same opportunities. So a half black man has risen to the top, and you refuse to accept it? Frankly that disgusts me.Oh and your much rinsed defense of "lets see how a white president/prime minister in asia is accepted" is pathetic. If caucasians had been shipped over to endure over a 100 years of brutality at the hands of any Asian country, then the world too would rally around him/her. But wait, western europe went to asia to colonise it - if there was (for example) an Indian born, raised and educated person who happened to be white, and wanted to run for election to make their HOME country a better place, I'm pretty sure there would be much less racism involved. Wait, yes there would be some hostility - it might have to do with "the white man" bleeding most of the 3rd world dry at some point in its history.

Sandra
After 400 years, this is truley our proudest moment. My mother crying to see some of the same people who wouldnt let us ride on the same bus, drink from the same fountains, go to the same schools, now voting for a black man to be president of the most influential country on th planet earth. I thought, never in my lifetime, but how wrong...... Even if he doesnt win, he's surely won our hearts, spread our hopes, opened our world and all those to come. This man has shown us how if each person takes responsibility to BE THE CHANGE, we can transform the world

yolanda neelis
obama is wat we need peace in the world

how can he be black
He is mixed rave this is a silly question he is as white as he is black therefor he is not black simple basic stuff

Hana
Great president ever forwever

boushai lual
I am supported Obama to be the first president of USA (black man) I am from Sudan (Juba)

LANREWAJU OYEBOLA
I BELIEVE THAT OBAMA IS GOD SENT. THEY SHOULD FORGET EITHER BLACK OR WHITE WHAT WE NEED IS PEACE BECAUSE IF THE POWER SHOULD LEAVE AMERICA THEY WILL NEVER SEE IT AGAIN AND I DONT THINK ANY OTHER COUNTRY COULD TAKE CARE OF THE WORLD. OBAMA IS THE CHOOSEN ONE

afsarkhan sadek
America is the Most powerful country in the world we need some one who can utilise the power smoothly without violent, in violent there is no peace we need peacefull world.I thought Barack obama can do this for world.

Adam
Barack Obama seems like the kind of man to go down in history as a great leader. He is what America needs right now. In a time when we have 'guided missiles and misguided men'. We need an educated man. An intellectual man. An honest man. Somebody who has real roots, who hasnt been raised with a silver spoon in his mouth. Somebody who represents the people, not the government. His economical plan for America sounds great. He wont raise taxes for anybody earning less than 250,000 dollars per annum. Thats most of America. He has the ability to bring about the 'change we need' to America...not only America, but the world. May Allah bless u. If i was American, i would vote for u.

Ebrima Barry The Gambia
I will be very much proud to have Barrack Obama as The President of the United States of America, despite that i am not an American but I'm convinced that he could be the one amoung the twos to lead U.S.A without violence. I belived he can change the bad images in Iraq and Sudan.Obama be ready to be seated on the presidental seat.

bernard
he has much to offer than anyone that opposes him. He is not a warlord like many natural war starters. He retains indignity and, compared to W.Bush, he obviously dwarfs Bush's work(as you know what integrity he has inflicted).Obama is not Blinded by what other people say about him, Obama thinks outside the Box, Which makes him far better than George Bush Sr and Jr Inflicting war in other countries. He deserves a chance and not because hes black or white, it's because he is influencing in a more original way, which makes him pure, unlike 'W. Bush'. Obama will be President.

Monique
What's wrong with having a BLACK PRESIDENT. Did people raise issues when white people ran for PRESIDENT. Now someone with color, and brains, wants to do right by our country is having a hard time. IS THIS WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT.

fred john
obama will be 44th president of usa. mark my words

hazel george
obama will make a change to the world as well as to the usa usa needs change he is the chosen one he will win the presidency by the grace of god we all love his grace and charm i could go on and on

Aam Ibrahim
Obama is the black American who is going to unite the people of america and make the world more peaceful,no war, no invasions

Joanes Mien (Nairobi, Kenya)
Obama is without doubt a charismatic leader who can not only inspire but also unify the already divided world.May God bless the president in waiting,Barrack Obama.

George Noah
i like Obama, he is the one who can play an important role in changing the world to the best ,every body love him.very clever , he is very strong.

Gambaga
Who cares what colour the president of US will be.Afterall America is not for the whites and it is the Black Slaves from the deprived continent Africa who fought to make it the super power of today.Go Obama Go Obama. Africa loves you.

mike the yank living in UK
you can keep obama he is no president.forget the fact that he is black it's all a con, if you live in the u.s now i would consider leaving as fast as you can!!!And if the great white country I once believed in has a black president its more reason to."I'm not racist at all" just wonder how some european countries would take a black president or prime minister. I would also like to see a white president in asia and see how that goes down or even a white president in Africa please tell me how that would go down.

nooh
al salam alaikom , Obama is angel because he will change the world and he understands about black nations

cristina
I love Obama because represent a change in the international relationship. He could tied nation very far, and probably avoid useless conflict. God bless him.

Sandra rex okubor
When f.kennedy came no body gave him a chance, when he won he delivered one of most memorable speaches of petriotism the world has ever heared.and during his time in office as president shuttle was lunch to moon.similarly bush has recess the economic for obama.,low profile democrat to bring about the change the world need like kennedy did not republican economic recesser.

chamaburu hashim
the dream of our grand parent (obama)or lord help obama to change the envaroment.

bigdaddy2510
I will not vote Obama.He will be the downfall of America.

Orkbo
We can not judge people by the color of there skin but yet by the content of there character. If Barack Obama was "WHITE" he would win in a lanslide, however there are these raciest people that say. I would never vote for a black person. Why not? Does he not have the same education if not better than yours does he not know what is wrong with the US today? I'm sure he is more informed that you are. I'm sure he is more capable of being president than you! McCain lost my vote, well he never had my vote. He definetly will not get it because hes views on women, have you seen his cabinet? especially his vp, he looks at women like they are a piece of meat, and palin i believe will crack under pressure, especially since there is talks of nuclear threats that our government has not yet released* * so many questions, and I feel like i am rambling,

Narmina
I am from Azerbaijan.I think Barack Obama could be a good president. He is a determinedly conservative boldness.

Rex ukuta
I want him,bcause he will change the impression of white over black that they have ability to rule the gratest nation on earth and the world will be a better place if only they will listen to other race and see through the eyes of obama.

Dippy
Who cares if he is black or white. As long as someone does a good job his skin colour shouldn't matter.

osman
Obama is the one who can play an important role in changing the world to the best ,every body love him.very clever , very strong.

Zakariya Musa, Gavva, Nigeria
Our World is really becoming one family looking at Obamas political acheivement. Dear Arab World, there is something to learn from American.

Yvonne
Barack is a breath of fresh air for the U.S.A. He puts other candidates to shame. The world needs him now. We all need to pray for him and his wonderful family. World history is about to change for the possitive. I am biased as he resembles my three wonderful sons. He is a high calibur man who is able to think and apply,outside the white establishment box. You have 4 out of 5 votes from us Barack and if I could vote for you I certaily would. We need change and I know you can deliver, as a world class ambassador. your religion is of no consequence to me, even if you are a Christian/Muslim or visa versa, because I am too and proud to be so. There is no conflict between the two.God bless you and god bless America and the world.

Shuttie F.N.Libuta
America is a great country of great diverse too & Jehovah God the creator of Heaven and earth knows exactly what his people need and want. We, as humans see the outside of humanity while He, the living God looks through human hearts and minds to read through them. He cares for the welfare of his creation & that's why he is going to choose a president & nevermind the color because God is colourless. Those that wish to mix up the equilibrium may find that they are contradicting his plan. Therefore, whether we are for a white president or a black one, it does not belong to man who is walking to direct their steps. When the sons of Jesse were lined up for kinship in Israel, God said no because he had sifted them inside out. He wanted the sherpherd boy David. So, let's wait and see Jehovah's hand in action because there's nothing impossible with him. May God bless America & her people & glory be to God in the highest. This I have said in the name of our Lord Christ Jesus who is the stump of Jesse and of the tribe of Judah.

Daniel
let's pray, may the Lord of the whole universe gives a true, humble and peace seeker president to the Unites States for the sake of peace and prosperity in this "End time" if you Agree in this comment please pray. God bless you!

abrham
I love obama b/u the first black and inteligent man so he play great possion in us and the boundry eritrea and ethiopa by the true desition



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