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document.write("<h5>Obama</h5>");
document.write("I'm just glad it's over. Congratulations Mr Obama.. Grr");
document.write("<h5>Obama</h5>");
document.write("The best man won :) Congratulations and good luck.. JB");
document.write("<h5>Congratulations</h5>");
document.write("A well deserved win I believe. Just wish the world would stop hitting the same note all the time of him being black. He is not black, he's half white and half black, a mulato, or coloured as used in SA. Who cares anyway as long as he does a good job.. Muerte");
document.write("<h5>Ooops ...</h5>");
document.write("Not mulato but mulatto... Muerte");
document.write("<h5>2Pac vs. Obama</h5>");
document.write("I whish 2Pac was alive to witness this historic event.. Andr");
document.write("<h5>black?</h5>");
document.write("wish the world press would stop mentioning someones race, so tired of that.<br />This way, kids already get the idea that there is a difference, well there is, but what sense does it make to keep highlighting it?. edward");
document.write("<h5>Let's forget about race - it's about ability</h5>");
document.write("Congratulations to Barack Obama on being elected president. His real test - as with all leaders - is how he now leads the country. It's the same here in SA. I believe nearly all White South Africans don't care a fig whether a leader is Black, White, pink or green as long as he or she leads with wisdom and integrity. We have seen how power-mongering, greed, selfishness and dictatorships have destroyed most of Africa. Let it not be so here. If you are a praying person, pray that we may be led by wise leaders of integrity who have SA's best interests at heart, not their own.. doug");
document.write("<h5>Excellent</h5>");
document.write("Mr Obama congratulations on your historic win.  You have given a great many people the world over hope - hope for peace; hope for posterity.  Truly the best man has won.  Viva Mr Obama.. Michelle Gillie");
document.write("<h5>A Lesson for South Africans</h5>");
document.write("This is a good lesson to all South Africans, your vote counts. There are a lot of South Africans that don't want to vote because Government has let them down. Vote for an opposition party to the ANC. It doesn't matter which opposition party, but a vote against a monarchy brings about Democracy. This country has been stunted by the stranglehold ANC has over seats, much like America was under Bush. It is time to get a true democracy into South Africa. Or else we are headed the way we went under the stranglehold of the Nats.. brendan");
document.write("<h5>This is what democracy is all about!</h5>");
document.write("Please take note of this all african leaders who stubbornly  hold on to power even when the electorate vote someone else in. It's the system that makes it all happen. This is what people want in the long run. So please follow the example set by the US and hand over control to those who have won it at the ballot box. I hope Obama tells those african leaders this in no uncertain terms. Maybe they will listen to him!. John");
document.write("<h5>Obama won. </h5>");
document.write("Well I was wrong, I really thought the Americans would vote on racial lines again and let the Reps squeek in. It seems that they are shifting away from racism. Now, if only the black electorate would stop voting for the black guy regardless of policies. 97% of black American voted for Obama!!Surely more than 3% are Republicans? Or are blacks the racists????? I wish we were all green, it would be much simpler. Hey.... maybe they voted the young guy in. Then it's a case of bashing the aged. Yes that's it, he only got in because he was younger.. David");
document.write("<h5>David....</h5>");
document.write("Even if a 100% of the \"black\" vote went to Obama, he still wouldn't have won if \"white\" supporters didn't back him. There are only 38 million African Americans of whom 13 million are registered voters. With 44 million Hispanics, 9 million of whom are registered voters. At this moment, over 61 million people have voted Obama. Showing you that the bulk of his support is white. Also remember that there have been African American candidates before. But none has seen this kind of from both Black or White voters! CNN reports show that in actual \"numbers\", Obama's biggest supporters were young people & women. However, it must be said that the \"black\" vote did help Obama against Clinton.. tedious");
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