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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Out of many, we are one

My hope is that their respective followers will listen to their leaders.  My hope is that we can turn from eight years of rule to the beginning of honorable governance.

Senator McCain said last night:

"These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.

I urge all Americans ... I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited."

President-elect Obama said:

"Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too."

1 comment:

Peggy Sue McRae said...

After a long and pretty nasty campaign McCain did come through in the end with a gracious concession speech. I noticed that he was no longer twitching and blinking. I'm still just amazed and so happy. As many challenges as we face as a nation I really do feel, yes, hope!