This is a moment in history that Martin Luther King would've been very proud of. This is Martin Luther King's Dream.

For the first time in the history of the United States, an African-American was elected as the commander-in-chief. Barack Obama captured the position with 338 electoral votes against John McCain's 163, as of November 5, 2008, 11:06PM (HK Time). The Dems have also captured majority in the Senate and in the House.

Barack Obama speaks in front of his supporters in Chicago after being declared winner of the highly contested US Elections, citing that "Change has come to America". Read full transcript here.

For the first time, John McCain is not too negative towards his opponent as he concedes. McCain calls for unity with the Obama camp as the nation prepares to welcome its new leader. Full transcript here.

Personally, I feel that this is the first election where America has proved to have deviated from its dark past of having fought civil wars after the eras of slavery and racial discrimination. While there's still so much to work on -- reviving an economy that has fallen so gravely and a war that has been fought without reason in Iraq (and a host of other issues such as health care and energy), I think that Obama's administration can handle these pressures well. Or at least it has to do what it has promised.

This is not just a victory for Americans but of the world too. Change has come. Please do not disappoint us.

 

McCain finally sells his soul to the devil for this lame attempt at comedy.

My goodness, he's terrible.

 

I was watching CNN earlier and remembered that it's been a while since I've last seen a full show there. Earlier today, I've realized that the US elections are just days away. So I played catch up on the internet, until I gave up knowing that I can watch it on TV.

I was quite disappointed with the McCain camp though after hearing Schwarzenegger's (did I spell it right) speech. I mean come on! Don't you have policies to discuss at all? Instead of speaking about Obama's scrawny legs, can you at least share a decent platform to the people? Isn't it what they deserve from you Reps?

OH NO.

You have no idea what you're talking about, don't you?

Here's the first ten minutes of Barack's speech today. Hope I can find the full one soon. :)

 

Thanks to my friend Niko, who is also an avid fan of the US Presidential elections, I have discovered the wonders of SNL. Here are a few of my favorite clips.

Disclaimer to people who aren't familiar with NBC though, it's a liberal version of Fox, so don't expect the actors to be nice to the reps here.

Okay, so some may not approve of this, but it's fun to see politicians take the humor. Although I still don't approve of Sarah Palin, it's funny how she rode with the joke. At least some people know how to make fun of themselves.

And oh, I love how Tina Fey does those impersonations. She should win the Emmy for it.

 

I enjoyed this Parody. Thank you, Niko for supplying the link