{"id":1039,"date":"2008-11-05T19:34:03","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T23:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2008-11-05T19:34:03","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T23:34:03","slug":"gracious-concessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"Gracious Concessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, by John McCain as well, but by prominent conservative bloggers and personalities, too.&#160; No moves to France contemplated here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/littlegreenfootballs.com\/article\/31817_President_Barack_Obama#rss\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Johnson<\/a> of Little Green Footballs. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scottott.blogtownhall.com\/2008\/11\/05\/barack_obama_is_my_president.thtml\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Ott<\/a>, Christian, satirist at ScrappleFace, but serious blogger on his TownHall blog.&#160; Excerpt: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After George W. Bush defeated Al Gore, and later John Kerry, for the presidency, countless Democrat-owned cars bore bumper stickers with clever phrases like &#8216;Not My President&#8217; or &#8216;Don&#8217;t Blame Me I Voted for Kerry&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>As a conservative evangelical Christian who voted for McCain-Palin, and for every other Republican on the ballot yesterday, let me say for the record: Barack Obama is <strong>my<\/strong> president.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed up past midnight to watch his victory speech. I wept (a little less than Jesse Jackson) because the moment stirred me with gratitude for how God has thus far corrected America&#8217;s most crippling birth defect &#8212; racist discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/diaries\/redstate\/2008\/nov\/04\/congratulations-president-elect-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\">The entire panel of Directors<\/a> at Redstate. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/corner.nationalreview.com\/post\/?q=NzZjY2E1Mzc0MDhiMGQ1ZDBkNzZiZGQ2Zjc2NGRhZmM=\" target=\"_blank\">Jonah Goldberg<\/a> at National Review. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/blog\/g\/9f205846-1c82-4f4e-abcd-2c2697aa0802\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh Hewitt<\/a>, conservative radio talk show host. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakpoint.org\/listingarticle.asp?ID=7474\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Colson<\/a>, Watergate convict and Christian writer and speaker. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And a <a href=\"http:\/\/patterico.com\/2008\/11\/04\/good-luck-to-the-president-elect\/\" target=\"_blank\">guest blogger at Patterico&#8217;s Pontifications<\/a>, along with congratulating him, lists what President-elect Obama can do to keep his campaign promises, and offers his own promises in return.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations again, to our first black President.&#160; We&#8217;ve lived through a point in history that will be talked about for a long time to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, by John McCain as well, but by prominent conservative bloggers and personalities, too.&#160; No moves to France contemplated here. 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