US Election Coverage 2008

[Nyani Ngabu]

Duh! Hivi kuna watu waliweza kukaa majumbani badala ya kwenda barabarani kushangilia!!!
Nyani not so fast with Georgia Babu yako katika kura ya leo ameshinda with 200,000+ votes, sasa wamekuta absentee na early voting ni 600,000+ so AP has refused to call it for McCain! Lakini si kwamba nataka kukutonesha kidonda, bali nimeona umezungumzia Georgia.
Aisee mi naomba tu huyo Kisura arudi tu Alaska na kulea watoto wake! Maana ndo amempotezea maksi Babu yako. Leo watu wamesema Joe Liberman au Mitt Romney angemfanya Babu yako awe competetive. Siyo Palin! Alafu naomba kuuliza hivi Kisura mbona macho yalikuwa yamemvimba? Alikuwa analia?
Ah! Huku itabidi tuendelee kumalizia sherehe vizuri maana adrenaline bado iko juu na sherehe bado inaendelea ! YES WE CAN!
Kama hamkugundua avatar wangu nilimbadilisha jana maana nilikuwa najiweka kwenye mood!!
Hivi Truth kaishia wapi na viconsipiracy theory vyake... kwikwikwikwikwiiiiiiiiiii!

Ebwana Georgia is red and will almost always be red. McCain won here and so did Saxby Chambliss....

 

[Tonga]

Mnajua nyinyi washabiki wa Obama mna mchecheto sana. Kapata vikura sijui kumi...tayari mmeshaanza kushangilia ushindi.....
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Please Hear Me: I am Black, African, And I'm Proud

They did it Nyani, for the first time in the history American people step out of their zones/color and use their right to bring change;you just watch us ..........
Whether u like it on not, he made it.....he just wrote a new chapter in American history and hopefully a special significant mark to black people

 

[Tonga]

It was a moving speech,very touchy....May God lead his way to fullfill his strategies

 

[Richard]

I always believe that hope has a life and hope bears fruits.

 

[Kaa la Moto]

Ebwana Georgia is red and will almost always be red. McCain won here and so did Saxby Chambliss....

Pole Nyani ngabu maana hiyo ndiyo ushindani. Kuna kushinda na kushindwa.
Lakini ujue bado tuna utanganyika haa kama tuko majuu. Wenzetu wakishindwa wanakubari na kupigana vifua. Sisi mwenzio akikushinda unamkasirikia. Tena aliyekushinda badala ya kukupongeza kama Obama alivyomwaga sifa kwa Mac cain wao wanazomea.
Pundit alisema watanzania ndivyo tulivyo.

Tatizo la wamarekani ni moja tu. Huwa hawachelewi kukuchoka na kukukinai.

 

[Capitol Hill]

Hakuna haja ya kuomba msamaha. Madongo ni sehemu ya mchezo wa siasa. Kama huwezi kuyahimili ni bora mtu ujikalie kimya. Mimi mbona nimerushiwa sana madongo hapa kwa kumuunga mkono kwanza my girl Hillary...halafu baadae John McCain, whom I still admire and will admire forever.

Just pay attention to Bobby Jindal.....that's all I'm gonna say for now...

Nyani...binafsi najua wewe ni mmoja wetu kwani naamini kuwa kama Democrats wa Hillary wasingeungana na wale wa Obama. Republican wangechukua hii ngoma kiulaini. Originally wewe ulikuwa Hillary supporter. Lakini vile vile, nina kushukuru kwa sababu kama sio wewe...Hii thread ya Uchaguzi inge boa kinoma noma. So thank you Nyani.

 

[Susuviri]

Nyaniiiii! Naomba nikupe ujumbe wa mwisho mwisho! Hahahaa

NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family-clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

A Palin aide said: "Governor Palin was not directing staffers to put anything on their personal credit cards, and anything that staffers put on their credit cards has been reimbursed, like an expense. Nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin."

McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

hohohohooooooo! Waanze kufanya usafi ndani ya GOP maana huyu Palin kajionyesha kuwa mswahili bila mfano!!! Hillybillies Hahahahaaaaa!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Nyani...binafsi najua wewe ni mmoja wetu kwani naamini kuwa kama Democrats wa Hillary wasingeungana na wale wa Obama. Republican wangechukua hii ngoma kiulaini. Originally wewe ulikuwa Hillary supporter. Lakini vile vile, nina kushukuru kwa sababu kama sio wewe...Hii thread ya Uchaguzi inge boa kinoma noma. So thank you Nyani.

Hey I'm a Republicrat.

Halafu kuna kitu nime-notice. Kabla ya uchaguzi kulikuwa na projection ya massive turnout in the neighborhood of 130 mill. So far by my count, the total popular vote is falling 5-6 million short of the last election. Could this mean that a whole bunch of Republicans, conservatives, and evangelicals sitted out this election? That's something to think about....

 

[Susuviri]

Hey I'm a Republicrat.

Halafu kuna kitu nime-notice. Kabla ya uchaguzi kulikuwa na projection ya massive turnout in the neighborhood of 130 mill. So far by my count, the total popular vote is falling 5-6 million short of the last election. Could this mean that a whole bunch of Republicans, conservatives, and evangelicals sitted out this election? That's something to think about....

If it is true than it bodes ill for the GOP! Palin did NOT galvanize the base as they originally thought!!!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

If it is true than it bodes ill for the GOP! Palin did NOT galvanize the base as they originally thought!!!

Personally, I think it's the candidate him/ herself who has to galvanize the base. John McCain doesn't walk in lockstep with the GOP base and probably that's what hurt him. You can't rely on your VP choice to galvanize the base.

Now, I don't think that bodes ill for the GOP. Afterall this was supposed to a Democratic year and Bush being so unpopular, on top of that add the financial meltdown on Wall Street....geeez...I don't see any GOPer who could have won. But seriously, the numbers don't lie....the turn out wasn't all that and McCain got 9million less more votes that W did. The base didn't turn out....

 

[Susuviri]

Personally, I think it's the candidate him/ herself who has to galvanize the base. John McCain doesn't walk in lockstep with the GOP base and probably that's what hurt him. You can't rely on your VP choice to galvanize the base.

Now, I don't think that bodes ill for the GOP. Afterall this was supposed to a Democratic year and Bush being so unpopular, on top of that add the financial meltdown on Wall Street....geeez...I don't see any GOPer who could have won. But seriously, the numbers don't lie....the turn out wasn't all that and McCain got 9million less more votes that W did. The base didn't turn out....

Very reasonable what you have put forth! I agree!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Very reasonable what you have put forth! I agree!

Wow!! Can we agree more now that the election is over? Lol

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

Kenya Declares National Holiday as Obama Wins.​

KOGELO, Kenya - Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives and Africans across the continent sang, danced in the streets and wrapped themselves in U.S. flags Wednesday to cheer for America's first black president. Kenya will party for two days, after the president declared a national holiday.

Scenes of jubilation broke out in the western village of Kogelo, where Obama's late father was born. A group of exuberant residents picked up the president-elect's half-brother Malik and carried him through the village.

"Unbelievable!" Malik shouted, leading the family in chanting, "Obama's coming, make way!"

Obama's step-grandmother and other relatives also poured out of the family homestead to salute a man seen by many Kenyans as a "son of the soil." Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki declared a public holiday on Thursday in honor of Obama.

Many stayed up all night or woke before dawn to celebrate his victory. Obama's relatives and other villagers gathered around a TV set up in a garden in Kogelo, rejoicing and pumping their arms in the air.

Across Africa, many are hoping an Obama presidency will help the vast continent, the poorest in the world. Obama's victory was also likely to seal America's reputation in the minds of many Africans as a land of staggering opportunity.

"He's in!" said Rachel Ndimu, 23, a Kenyan business student who joined hundreds of others for an election party at the residence of the U.S. ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, which began at 5 a.m.

"I think this is awesome, and the whole world is backing him," Ndimu said as people raised glasses of champagne.

For South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, the election of America's first is a symbol of hope.

"Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place," Mandela said in a letter of congratulations to Obama.

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is from the West African nation of Ghana, said the vote was a historic event that he had never expected to see in his lifetime. He said Obama's victory demonstrates "America's extraordinary capacity to renew itself and adapt to a changing world."

In Uganda, university students burned tires and hoisted bottles of beer in celebration. Amos Kisita, holding up an Obama poster in a suburb of the capital, Kampala, said he was going to celebrate for "two days, nonstop."

Obama was born in Hawaii, where he spent most of his childhood reared by his mother, a white American from Kansas. He barely knew his late father. But that has not stopped "Obamamania" from sweeping the continent, and particularly Kenya, where his picture adorns billboards and minibuses.

"If it were possible for me to get to the United States on my bicycle, I would," said Joseph Ochieng, a 36-year-old carpenter who celebrated in Nairobi's Kibera shantytown, one of Africa's largest slums.

Samuel Ouma, 36, said Obama's victory alleviated some of the pain suffered in December after Kenya's disastrous presidential election, which unleashed weeks of violence here.

Ranneberger, the U.S. ambassador, said Kenyans' love for Obama was palpable.

"With the media coverage over the past few weeks, I sometimes thought this was a Kenyan election," he told more than 500 people who gathered at his home, watching flat-screen TVs set up in the sprawling garden.

Gibson Gaitho, 14, said he does not believe an Obama presidency will change his life, but he said he was inspired by the incredible rise of a man with Kenyan roots.

"As Kenyans we feel proud," said Gaitho, who watched the results with scores of other schoolchildren at Ranneberger's party before heading back to class on a school bus. "Because of Obama, I know _ you work hard, you achieve."

Tendai Biti, an opposition leader in Zimbabwe, said Obama's victory was inspiring and so was the concession by John McCain, whose fellow Republican George W. Bush will leave the White House on Jan. 20.

"If in Africa, incumbents would accept defeat and would graciously depart from the seat of power, this would be a different continent, and indeed Zimbabwe would be a different place," said Biti, whose party is deadlocked in power-sharing talks with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe


You have done us proud, Kibaki tells President-elect

Updated 45 min(s) ago

By Beauttah Omanga

President Kibaki led Kenyans in congratulating US President-elect Barack Obama.

He declared today a public holiday as the country broke into celebrations the whole of Wednesday.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka, retired President Moi and several Cabinet ministers termed it a victory for Kenya and the world.

Kibaki said as Americans celebrated Obama as their 44th President, Kenyans too deserved a day off to join them in the historic achievement.

"This is a momentous day not only in the history of the United States of America, but also for us Kenya.

"The victory of Obama is our own victory because of his roots here in Kenya. As a country, we are full of pride for his success," he said.

Addressing the nation on a live TV broadcast, Kibaki said Obama's unassailable victory was a clear testimony of the confidence the American people have, not only in his leadership and vision for his country, but for the world at large....MORE

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU[/media]

 

[Capitol Hill]

Naona Sean Hannity ameanza The Blame Game..Ila leo ninataka kumsikiliza GENIUS Dick Morris post election analysis and how he got this so wrong. At least Karl Rove alisema McCain has a steep heel to climb.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Naona Sean Hannity ameanza The Blame Game..Ila leo ninataka kumsikiliza GENIUS Dick Morris post election analysis and how he got this so wrong. At least Karl Rove alisema McCain has a steep heel to climb.

Come on now...are you and me listening to the same show? I don't think he's playing the blame game. He's doing some soul searching....which common to whoever loses....

 

[Game Theory]

 

[Waberoya]

Jamani twendeni kulia na kushoto,hawa jamaa wanaipenda sana nchi yao, hivi ni kwa nini sisi uzalendo haupo??

maana hawa jamaa wanaweza kukuvutia uende ukaishi huko moja kwa moja usirudi TZ ATI??

 

[Capitol Hill]

Come on now...are you and me listening to the same show? I don't think he's playing the blame game. He's doing some soul searching....which common to whoever loses....

Mkuu..jamaa anavyosema kuwa the reason Republicans wamelose this election ni kwa sababu wamekuwa kama Democrats..sio ku blame mzee? He's calling himself a conservative kama vile he's not part of the Republicans. Halafu siku zote alikuwa wapi? At least Bill O'reilly alikuwa na guts za kukosoa Republicans wenzake. Halafu kwa nini Sean Hannity hakumuuliza McCain kwa nini anamwekea tight leash Sarah Palin na kumwachia access kwa friendly pundits kama Sean Hannity mwenyewe? Najua utasema kuwa alienda CBS, ABC, na NBC (interview ya NBC doesn't count kwa sababu babu alikuwepo na yeye akijibu maswali ya Sarah) -- lakini Sarah Palin alihojiwa 3 times na Sean Hannity...three times.

 

[Baljurashi]

Uzi mzuri sana.