{"id":11421,"date":"2008-11-07T01:40:17","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T22:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11421"},"modified":"2008-11-07T01:40:17","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T22:40:17","slug":"on-barack-obama-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/07\/on-barack-obama-win\/","title":{"rendered":"On Barack Obama win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I haven’t been following the US presidential race closely.\u00a0 I remember watching a few speeches by Ron Paul, and thinking that he is a really nice guy.\u00a0 But somehow I doubted that he could win.\u00a0 Barack Obama’s speeches were the next best thing, even though I saw just a few of them.\u00a0 Here is a quote from Slashdot discussion<\/a> on the subject, that I particularly enjoyed:<\/p>\n

The thing that absolutely amazes me is the international reaction to Obama’s win. I knew that the reputation of America and Americans had been battered over the past few years, but I never suspected that it was as bad as it was. I watched the results last night, said a little “huzzah!” when Obama was declared, listened as McCain gave a warm, dignified, and gentlemanly concession speech, and then went to bed thinking I’d seen it all. I woke up at about 4:45 this morning and I’ve been flipping between news stations ever since. I got a little emotional last night during the speeches, but I’m absolutely devastated by the number of non-Americans who are dancing in the streets over Obama’s win. I never thought I’d see video of a few hundred Chinese people jumping around and chanting “Obama! Obama!” A reporter in France walked up to a woman and simply said “Obama?” Her face lit up and she simply said “C’est formidable!” Kenyans are throwing feasts in his honor. Arab and Persian states are happy. Israel is happy. Pakistan is happy. Australians are losing their damned minds over it. Russia is… well, they’re kinda grumpy, but they’re not having a good year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Well, I guess I am in the happy and joyful crowd.\u00a0 It feels like something big happened.\u00a0 But we are yet to see if this feeling has any substance.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I haven’t been following the US presidential race closely.\u00a0 I remember watching a few speeches by Ron Paul, and thinking that he is a really nice guy.\u00a0 But somehow I doubted that he could win.\u00a0 Barack Obama’s speeches were the next best thing, even though I saw just a few of them.\u00a0 Here is a … Continue reading On Barack Obama win<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1638,1155,186,1226,1639,2395,334],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-barack-obama","tag-elections","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-presidents","tag-usa","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18930,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/10\/president-obama-calls-on-every-american-to-learn-code\/","url_meta":{"origin":11421,"position":0},"title":"President Obama calls on every American to learn code","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 10, 2013","format":"video","excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6XvmhE1J9PY","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/6XvmhE1J9PY\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18904,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/03\/kyle-rush-reveals-how-the-obama-campaign-broke-every-online-fundraising-record\/","url_meta":{"origin":11421,"position":1},"title":"Kyle Rush Reveals How the Obama Campaign Broke Every Online Fundraising Record","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 3, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"Kyle Rush Reveals How the Obama Campaign Broke Every Online Fundraising Record","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15959,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/02\/obama-orders-federal-agencies-to-digitize-all-records\/","url_meta":{"origin":11421,"position":2},"title":"Obama orders Federal Agencies to digitize all records","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"When Barack Obama got elected the President of the USA, there was a lot of hope around the world. 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