# Our 44th President, Barack Hussein Obama

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**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/our-44th-president-barack-hussein-obama/200520 "2008-11-04T20:42:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/our-44th-president-barack-hussein-obama/200520/132 "2008-11-06T13:07:02Z")

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> [@Sending text messages via web to cell phones](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sending-text-messages-via-web-to-cell-phones/38615/23):
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> in all fairness, the Democratic candidate frequently gets over 90% of the black vote.
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> and people can say all the dumb \*\*\*\* they want about obama, but when they say he’s going to have his hair braided on the white house porch, sipping on gin and juice, it has more of an effect on my opinion of them than of the president-elect.
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> that it was a more decisive victory than many Republicans (especially talk show hosts) are admitting.
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> it wasn’t Reagan big, or FDR big, or Nixon big, but it was a clear victory, and a larger margin than we’ve seen recently.

Typically over 90%…nope…about 90% yes  
1992=83%  
1996=83%  
2000=90%  
2004=88%  
2008=96%  
96% to 3% for McCain…

Overall this year it wasnt too big of a gap  
64,413,013 (53%) vs 56,733,958 (46%)

Take out some of those bogus Acorn votes and may have been closer

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