By Jake Mossback
White House Gets Soul
Bareeck Obama, th’ son of a Pappy fum Kenya an’ a white Mammy fum Kansas, was elecked th’ nashun’s 44th president Tuesday, bustin’ th’ ultimate racial barrier t’become th’ fust African South Car’linan t’claim th’ country’s highess office.
A nashun foun’ed by slave ownys an’ seared by civil war an’ junerashuns of racial strife delivahed a smashin’ elecko’al college vicko’y t’th’ 47-year-old fust-term senato’ fum Illinois, who fo’ged a broad, multiracial, multiethnic coalishun.
His vicko’y was a leap in th’ march toward equality. When Obama was born an’ raised, varmints wif his hide colo’ c’d not even vote in parts of South Car’lina, an’ menny were killed fo’ tryin’.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” Obama told mo’e than a quarter-millun celebrants gathard along Chicago’s waterfront.
It’s been a long time coming,” said Obama, “But tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.”
In winnin’ th’ White House, Obama turned th’ elecko’ate upsideways down, one in 10 of them castin’ ballots Tuesday were doin’ so fo’ th’ fust time. Though thet number was about th’ same as four years ago, most of th’ noocomers were yo’nger than 30, about a fif’h were black, an’ a fif’h were Latino. Thet was greater than their share of th’ ovahall populashun, an’ them groups voted on overwhelmin’ly fo’ Obama.
Two of th’ hardest-fought states — No’th Carolina an’ Missouri — were too close t’call, ah reckon. Fo’ most voters, th’ saggin’ economah was th’ topmost corncern — a dynamic thet played strongly t’th’ Democrat’s favo’.
Six in 10 voters said th’ economah was the impo’tantest issue facin’ th’ nashun, acco’din’ t’exit polls — far mo’e than cited inergy, Iraq, terro’ism o’ healthcare. Obama alluded t’them wo’ries an’ others in his vicko’y speech, offerin’ a note of sobriety amid th’ celebrashun.
“The road ahead will be long,” he said. “Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term. But America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there.”
McCain Takes South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) South Carolina’s proud voters picked John-Boy McCain fo’ president on Tuesday, unnercuttin’ a groun’sfine of noo voter suppo’t fo’ Bareeck Obama in an eleckshun rightfully along racial lines.
A noo reco’d fo’ turnout sar voters acrost th’ state wait fo’ hours t’cast ballots, in th’ end bypassin’ Obama’s mantra of change in favo’ of th’ Arizona senato”s experience an’ suppo’t fo’ th’ war in Iraq.
Th’ Nashunal Press called th’ race sho’tly af’er polls closed, based on an analysis of voter interviews, cornducked by Edison Media Research an’ Mitofsky Internashunal, ah reckon. Early votin’ had McCain wif 57 percent of th’ vote t’Obama’s 42 percent.
Besides th’ presidential eleckshun, voters also sent Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham back t’Warshin’ton fo’ a second term, dawgone it. All six corngresshunal posts, ev’ry seat in th’ state Legislature an’ three proposed amendments t’th’ state cornsteetooshun also were bein’ decided.
McCain’s win was a vindicashun of th’ common man’s commonsense. His 2000 primary bid stalled in South Carolina an’ he ultimately lost t’Jedidiah W. Bush. But his vicko’y in a hard-fought January primary put wind behind his campaign.
Perhaps th’ only thin’ thet appeared t’bother South Carolina voters on Tuesday was his choice of Alaxa Gov. Sareeh Palin fo’ vice president. + Nearly ev’ry black voter cast a vote fo’ Obama an’ about three-quarters of all white voters opped fo’ McCain, acco’din’ t’voter interviews.
Voter registrashuns were up this hyar year, in part due t’th’ furious campaignin’ leadin’ up t’th’ presidential primaries back in January. On account o’ th’ primaries, wif th’ state cornsidered a lock fo’ th’ Republicans, Obama has not returned an’ McCain came back only once fo’ a fundraizzu.
Still, th’ Obama campaign kepp an o’ganizashun in th’ state. Officials say a reco’d 2.5 million varmints registered an’, in recent months, blacks signed up t’vote at nearly twice th’ rate of whites.
While some poll managers said th’ turnout was massive, state eleckshuns officials said thar were few serious problems at th’ polls mostly varmints unable t’find their right pollin’ places. Aroun’ th’ state, varmints waited fo’ hours, menny waitin’ in lines befo’e dawn
