From the archives: Barack Obama elected president in 2008

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  • @yesterday1396
    @yesterday1396 5 месяцев назад +2131

    Going from this to trump was insane

    • @cynthiarodriguez7113
      @cynthiarodriguez7113 5 месяцев назад +109

      Agree, sometimes their hate and racism is stronger than choosing the right person for the job

    • @rodneyyoung6230
      @rodneyyoung6230 5 месяцев назад +20

      The reason that happened is expertly explained here... White Rage by Carol Anderson.

    • @leosaintphard1745
      @leosaintphard1745 5 месяцев назад +20

      I Just Listened To John McCain Speech After The Election Result, I Cried... We Have Lost So Much Respect... 🙏🏽👍🏽💙🙏🏽💙

    • @WalkerBait
      @WalkerBait 5 месяцев назад

      No, you didn't .

    • @XtremeSportX247
      @XtremeSportX247 5 месяцев назад +16

      its like eating lobster and than getting taco bell... you just want to poop out the taco bell and never buy it again. lol

  • @nicholasbeauchamp1440
    @nicholasbeauchamp1440 8 месяцев назад +1349

    Does this bring anyone else to tears just thinking back on better days?

    • @michaelparrow5737
      @michaelparrow5737 7 месяцев назад +9

      Me

    • @Eva-qw9nt
      @Eva-qw9nt 6 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@michaelparrow5737Me too!!

    • @DadbrosGarage
      @DadbrosGarage 5 месяцев назад

      Just wait til Kamala is elected President.

    • @VictorHLopez33
      @VictorHLopez33 5 месяцев назад +3

      Tearing now

    • @anthonydpearson
      @anthonydpearson 5 месяцев назад +1

      Better days - you mean when we had 9% unemployment, economic collapse, the subprime mortgage crisis, the Iraq/Afghanistan war, gay people couldn't get married, etc?

  • @lukelaite8101
    @lukelaite8101 5 месяцев назад +758

    One of the best public speakers of all time

  • @melbluv
    @melbluv 2 месяца назад +368

    Had to come back to this and remember when we peaked as a nation.

    • @miac.4806
      @miac.4806 2 месяца назад +6

      Me too 😢

    • @TheHaloRed
      @TheHaloRed 2 месяца назад +5

      Agreed!

    • @sdqazx
      @sdqazx 2 месяца назад

      😂😂😂

    • @writteninstars
      @writteninstars 2 месяца назад +4

      I really think that 2028 will be a year of change. There's only so much divisive as a nation that you can take before it just gets too old.

    • @elishaj.o1134
      @elishaj.o1134 23 дня назад

      Real talk

  • @jalenking810
    @jalenking810 6 месяцев назад +357

    I’ll never forget watching my mother cry her eyes out when this happened. I was 8 years old, I grew up a mixed child (black and white) in a republican county in Wisconsin. My mother endured a lot of bs growing up for the color of her skin, that night was a true personal triumph for her and as a young kid I felt it.

  • @JuMiMi86
    @JuMiMi86 2 месяца назад +236

    Rewatching in 2024, this feels like a warm hug

  • @jesusbarraza8428
    @jesusbarraza8428 11 месяцев назад +558

    i was 9 years old & vividly remember sitting on my moms bed watching this on tv trying to translate it for my mom !

    • @koaoqa9655
      @koaoqa9655 11 месяцев назад +6

      Aw where you from?

    • @korlhorl
      @korlhorl 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@koaoqa9655i think he’s from America.

    • @DannaHoward
      @DannaHoward 7 месяцев назад +33

      I was 11 at this time and I remember having to translate for my grandma. She is Afro-Latina and I just remember tears streaming down her eyes with a smile on her face. Glad you got to experience that.

    • @josieenglin8697
      @josieenglin8697 2 месяца назад

      😭😭❤

  • @saintlenivyy9439
    @saintlenivyy9439 5 месяцев назад +207

    Whether you liked Obama or not, he was the greatest and the best well-spoken president of our time. So much power and confidence in his voice with no animosity towards another.

  • @velshock
    @velshock Год назад +1410

    It’s truly shocking that the country has gone from that to the scary mess that we have now in such a short time.

    • @johnwebb2442
      @johnwebb2442 Год назад +2

      Because a certain right wing political party hates the idea of diversity and democracy.

    • @Lynne-t6g
      @Lynne-t6g Год назад

      It's just unbelievable, Trump started it cause he was so jealous a black man was elected

    • @Thomas-dy5xl
      @Thomas-dy5xl Год назад +16

      He was a mess himself 🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @47tooter
      @47tooter Год назад

      Yes , immediately after Obama was rigged as president !

    • @JodyBreeze-jb9ig
      @JodyBreeze-jb9ig Год назад +51

      Bush incompetence opened the door to Hope and Faith Obama. Well unfortunately Obama brought the backlash of Resentment, Anger and Corruption Trump.

  • @iyannaross88
    @iyannaross88 2 месяца назад +53

    He mentioned senator McCain and people still cheered and they didn’t boo… that says a lot

    • @kurumusic
      @kurumusic 2 месяца назад +1

      my thoughts exactly…

    • @somelikeitnott
      @somelikeitnott 2 месяца назад

      I know, its so undigified these days. Can we go back to politics and stop name calling on both ends.

  • @dianedenis8547
    @dianedenis8547 5 месяцев назад +338

    God I miss this man. What a great man, wonderful President, True leader.

    • @VictorHLopez33
      @VictorHLopez33 5 месяцев назад +8

      Lincoln. Obama.

    • @kasiakasia742
      @kasiakasia742 5 месяцев назад +7

      and Biden - he has done more work in first 4 years than any president before. But more and more true local leaders come to light and there is hope for you folks from the USA. There is hope.

    • @jdiettrich58
      @jdiettrich58 3 месяца назад

      @@kasiakasia742 Are you serious?? . I voted for him twice. Mistake for sure. He did nothing for this country other than divide and Biden has done the same. He's also allowed for all these illegal immigrants to enter this country and cause the chaos it has. Do you right now feel you're better off now than when Biden was elected. I doubt it.

    • @ffxairyd0ll
      @ffxairyd0ll 2 месяца назад

      as a republican. obama was truly a great president. miss him. biden was okay but he raised inflation even higher . and kamala is just a clown 🤡 .

    • @okat32
      @okat32 Месяц назад

      The leader who signed the bill to make Propaganda legal again. Legal to brainwash humanity mind you. True leader!

  • @rjaymolina
    @rjaymolina 11 месяцев назад +383

    8:11 Love that he actually did work with McCain and enough respect was built between them that he spoke at McCain’s funeral.

    • @Marvmoney777
      @Marvmoney777 11 месяцев назад +108

      McCain called Obama and specifically asked him to give a eulogy at his funeral when he knew he was dying. I have a hell of a lot of respect for McCain and Obama 🥲

    • @NoahClevinger
      @NoahClevinger 10 месяцев назад +45

      @@Marvmoney777They’re two incredible men and presidential candidates. True class acts.

    • @allanbaker1786
      @allanbaker1786 10 месяцев назад +5

      👍🏿

    • @Spearca
      @Spearca 8 месяцев назад +37

      McCain also asked George W. Bush to give a eulogy - the other man who had defeated him in an election, the Republican primary of 2000. I believe McCain wanted to send a message that it was possible to respect each other even when we disagree, that political contests within a democracy should not need to make us enemies.

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@Marvmoney777 Me too. I admire them both SO much. 👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @starbase218
    @starbase218 11 месяцев назад +1688

    I remember this. Better days than now. Not just the fact that Obama won, but that there were two respectful, dignified candidates.

    • @ec3499
      @ec3499 7 месяцев назад +10

      So you would rather have both candidates lie right to your face but because they speak well that okay.. makes sense lol

    • @theunusedsock
      @theunusedsock 6 месяцев назад

      Hillary Clinton is the least dignified politician in history 🤡

    • @theunusedsock
      @theunusedsock 6 месяцев назад +3

      Add puppet boy sleepy joe to that list too

    • @rh.cristian
      @rh.cristian 6 месяцев назад +45

      ⁠@@ec3499would you rather have the two we have now? “makes sense lol

    • @lntg
      @lntg 5 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@ec3499 No difference with the current candidates lmao.

  • @discohandgliding
    @discohandgliding 5 месяцев назад +141

    16 years later & this still makes me cry🩷🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

  • @benraunio4692
    @benraunio4692 2 месяца назад +61

    I miss having a humble president instead of one who is just a big baby with childish insults.

    • @KeysX
      @KeysX 2 месяца назад +1

      And saying the votes are rigged und the Immigrants eat the Pets

  • @Ehhhh97
    @Ehhhh97 5 месяцев назад +365

    Who else is here watching before the next election ?

    • @icky_thump
      @icky_thump 5 месяцев назад +21

      Me. Just came from another video showing McCain's conceding speech and my god... the amount of respect and integrity he demonstrated for his winning opponent.

    • @millichun1908
      @millichun1908 5 месяцев назад +2

      Today

    • @millichun1908
      @millichun1908 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@icky_thumpme too

    • @Marleyp9
      @Marleyp9 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yup

    • @KGTsmvegas
      @KGTsmvegas 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@icky_thumpwish trump had the respect. If he did we would all love trump

  • @danamitchell172
    @danamitchell172 2 месяца назад +25

    This was the first election I was eligible to vote in, and I remember the amount of pride I had during this speech, knowing that I had been a part of history!

  • @beckyhenkel7917
    @beckyhenkel7917 9 месяцев назад +155

    If it hadn't been for the insecurity and hatred of some, this Man would have accomplished a lot!
    Thank you Mr President.

    • @MsLashun
      @MsLashun 5 месяцев назад +12

      Yep! And so many are quick to say he didn't do enough! He lost the house and senate because ppl did not show up for the midterms! Those elections are just as important.

    • @RacerXfactor00
      @RacerXfactor00 5 месяцев назад +5

      Republican obstructionism in Congress during six years of Obama‘s presidency and an orange clown as a president afterwards 😭

    • @cynthiarodriguez7113
      @cynthiarodriguez7113 5 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@RacerXfactor00and the Idiocracy of asking for his birth certificate

  • @anthonyagbor1690
    @anthonyagbor1690 Год назад +423

    I remember this DAY like it was yesterday. What a historic day! ❤

    • @josephmccracken8286
      @josephmccracken8286 7 месяцев назад

      Yes the WORST day in american history. So bad it was historic. The very first time in my life I was not proud to be an american

  • @stjeremiah
    @stjeremiah Год назад +380

    It’s depressing knowing how much optimism people felt and the last 15 years have been hellish.

    • @47tooter
      @47tooter Год назад

      Since Obama was planted as president.

    • @PhotographerPhilosophy
      @PhotographerPhilosophy Год назад +15

      Because he started it lol

    • @Someonesaidthis
      @Someonesaidthis Год назад +50

      Thanks to the right wing..

    • @Miguel2013
      @Miguel2013 Год назад

      The cia put him in power now you can say people elected him? People are deceived and manipulated the feeling of optimism is induced through cia mind control called proyecto mk ultra

    • @utzfedericohoeser6809
      @utzfedericohoeser6809 9 месяцев назад +26

      @stjeremiah 2017 to 2021 was a nightmare.

  • @jedsithor
    @jedsithor 2 месяца назад +34

    Damn, all these years later and it's still an absolutely stunning speech delivered to perfection.

  • @ElMaestroGordo
    @ElMaestroGordo 10 месяцев назад +81

    Even more than 15 years later, this speech is healing and a soothing balm. I do 💝listening to President Obama speak! Always so eloquent and on point.
    However, this single event made some in America lose their tiny minds! 😂

  • @alle8689
    @alle8689 2 месяца назад +39

    Just had to go back and watch this after the disaster that was 2024.

  • @elijahbecon8116
    @elijahbecon8116 10 месяцев назад +378

    One of the greatest victory speeches in the history of US politics.

    • @docdee770
      @docdee770 7 месяцев назад +7

      Most definitely.

    • @josephmccracken8286
      @josephmccracken8286 7 месяцев назад

      😅😅😅😅 WINK obviously you never seen a trump speech

    • @docdee770
      @docdee770 7 месяцев назад

      @@josephmccracken8286 Trump's speeches are discombobulated, and full of trash.🗑️

    • @Eva-qw9nt
      @Eva-qw9nt 6 месяцев назад

      ​​@@josephmccracken8286The only president with a Felony Record!!!🧟

    • @sapnamukherjee6716
      @sapnamukherjee6716 5 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@josephmccracken8286he is good at making speeches but he is definitely not better than Obama at it

  • @johnwebb2442
    @johnwebb2442 Год назад +220

    Historic night for the United States in 2008.

    • @47tooter
      @47tooter Год назад

      Rigging a Muslim for president right after 9/11. thanks Soros.

  • @burritocat1019
    @burritocat1019 2 месяца назад +19

    Who’s here 2024? Who wishes we were here instead of where we are now?

  • @DRB429
    @DRB429 2 месяца назад +98

    It’s unbelievable that we won’t get this moment for Kamala 😢 shame on you, America.

    • @normairizarryni
      @normairizarryni 2 месяца назад +12

      Heartbreaking, she deserved it. 😢

    • @normairizarryni
      @normairizarryni 2 месяца назад +8

      @JuanEnriqueFloresJr I am a democrat and am NO way trolling. I voted against Trump in every election that he ran in. I literally cried when he won.

    • @kuruptzZz
      @kuruptzZz 2 месяца назад

      Sadly kamala is not even close to obama's level. And she's a woman. And was a last second substitute. It was always an uphill battle

    • @ericaleach1110
      @ericaleach1110 2 месяца назад

      Exactly!!!!

    • @Du808-o8k
      @Du808-o8k Месяц назад

      @@normairizarryniI remember when Obama I just was smiling back then.

  • @JessBeautyJunkie
    @JessBeautyJunkie Год назад +69

    I came back here to listen to this speech in its entirety. To relive what it was like in that moment. It never gets any less remarkable.

    • @NoahClevinger
      @NoahClevinger 10 месяцев назад +3

      Truly one of the most significant moments in American history. And I don’t say that lightly.

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@NoahClevinger👍💙🇺🇸 Let’s make history again in November! 🗳💙💙

  • @veronicaavalos1346
    @veronicaavalos1346 2 месяца назад +14

    Wow I didn’t know I needed to see this today 😭

  • @AT-zl6dk
    @AT-zl6dk 6 месяцев назад +65

    I cry every time. My great grandmother and grandparents were still alive to see this dream 🥲
    I graduated from Nursing school the following semester spring 2009. It was such a wonderful time to grow in my womanhood and witness the first African American family change America 🇺🇸 🤍

    • @AT-zl6dk
      @AT-zl6dk 6 месяцев назад +1

      President Barack Obama 🇺🇸🤍
      This moment was purely beautiful
      We were so respected as a nation
      Even during Clinton & Bush era

    • @asalwaysashntir
      @asalwaysashntir 2 месяца назад

      I hope we make history again this Tuesday!

  • @JaaayVeee
    @JaaayVeee 4 месяца назад +23

    Got me tearing up 😢 this man inspired me to get a degree in Computer Science because he said anyone could do it, and so I did. I still deeply remember sitting in English class of my freshman year of highschool when he got elected 💙

  • @gerisauls9689
    @gerisauls9689 Год назад +252

    We were still united at that time. It was a happy time.

    • @47tooter
      @47tooter Год назад +11

      Exactly ! but Obama changed all that.

    • @dthrust9037
      @dthrust9037 Год назад +28

      @@47tooterhow did Obama change it?

    • @47tooter
      @47tooter Год назад

      By stoking division ! every time he talked he bashed America !
      and every time his husband talked he bashed White people !
      Obama had the border open from day 1 also !
      To get rid of White people ! He promised to transform America and he meant the color ! Obama poisoned the Govt. with thousands of " Appointee's " ! and that's why we have a corrupt F.B.I. !@@dthrust9037

    • @ludger05
      @ludger05 11 месяцев назад

      Every progress is met by backlash, that's the night the right wing lost their freaking mind. First edition was the tea party morphed into the MAGA lunacy we see today. We all know why, nativist politics. what!!!! America is becoming too ethnic, we can't have that!!! It's so transparent but they'll tell you that's not the case. The dude walked on eggshells for 8 years and they still managed to demonize him call him out of his name.

    • @ludger05
      @ludger05 11 месяцев назад +33

      ​@@dthrust9037that's all they have projection.

  • @docdee770
    @docdee770 10 месяцев назад +59

    He's an incredible orator. He forever inspires me whenever I listen to him speak.

  • @evetter2598
    @evetter2598 5 месяцев назад +129

    I want to see and feel this in November 💙💙💙

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 5 месяцев назад +11

      We will! Let’s make history again!!! 🗳💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @victoire614
      @victoire614 4 месяца назад +9

      Yes, Harris/Walz!

    • @BunnyandMoon
      @BunnyandMoon 4 месяца назад

      Kamala is a breath of fresh air compared to Trump and Biden. Hell, her election would be a big sigh of relief.

    • @MJA-0330
      @MJA-0330 2 месяца назад +7

      This aged poorly

    • @normairizarryni
      @normairizarryni 2 месяца назад +2

      Didn’t happen 😢

  • @thraungaming824
    @thraungaming824 2 месяца назад +26

    RIP USA.. You had a good run

  • @africanking787
    @africanking787 Год назад +82

    One of the greatest speeches! Barack Obama is such a talented orator! Very charismatic!

  • @pickle_pearl
    @pickle_pearl 2 месяца назад +27

    this is heartbreaking to watch now

  • @martinalukesova
    @martinalukesova 2 месяца назад +29

    How, you Americans, can go from Barack Obama to Donald Trump? Tell me how?!

    • @somelikeitnott
      @somelikeitnott 2 месяца назад +3

      Girl how much time you got?

    • @martinalukesova
      @martinalukesova 2 месяца назад +2

      @@somelikeitnott I have plenty of time, I can read the explanation all night long at my night shift ...

    • @acedeuce92
      @acedeuce92 2 месяца назад

      I don't even know where to begin

    • @martinalukesova
      @martinalukesova 2 месяца назад

      @@acedeuce92 We also almost elected a terrible president. A former STB agent who is only interested in profit for his giant company. But luckily, people had sense and we now have a great president. In our country, therefore, he does not have so many powers, the government decides everything. So vote better next time so Trump doesn't get elected again.

    • @PhantomK2US
      @PhantomK2US Месяц назад +1

      ​@@martinalukesova
      Trump is a great president, and it's good that we elected him again in 2024.
      If he is someone who does not share your ideology, that is another thing.

  • @alieudarboe5408
    @alieudarboe5408 Год назад +161

    Yes We Can, Yes We Did!
    One of, if not, the greatest statesmen of the twenty-first century!

  • @JohnathanAyala
    @JohnathanAyala Год назад +115

    It's so sad how we have fallen and divided in our nation today.

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 5 месяцев назад +8

      Yep, and it started with that Orange Monster. I have hope again though. 🗳💙💙💙

    • @lonewolf4429
      @lonewolf4429 Месяц назад

      @@MontagZoso One could also argue it started with Obama..after all he started the current obsession with race and identity politics in America. Now many blacks demand to be judged by the color of their skin rather than character.

  • @briannahill1074
    @briannahill1074 2 месяца назад +25

    Whose here after recent election 😢

  • @pedroamador1991
    @pedroamador1991 10 месяцев назад +93

    My mom and I watched this live and we just lost it. I was 17 and couldn't vote yet but Barack Obama was and will always be my president.

    • @scottbrown7497
      @scottbrown7497 4 месяца назад

      Obama destroyed this country did nothing for the minority people

    • @thedeliciousrecap
      @thedeliciousrecap 2 месяца назад

      I was just a few weeks before my 17th birthday!

  • @Linda-J99
    @Linda-J99 2 месяца назад +25

    Watching this now after trump is reelected is unbelievable

  • @keithmartins3901
    @keithmartins3901 Год назад +78

    Still lives fresh in my mind.

  • @Charlie5464
    @Charlie5464 4 месяца назад +21

    I’m ready to live through these types of historic events again

  • @THEHIMOTHY
    @THEHIMOTHY 2 месяца назад +16

    i was only 8 at the time but remember watching this with my parents , it was a historical event

  • @johntillotson4254
    @johntillotson4254 9 месяцев назад +86

    He's so honorable talking about Senator McCain the way he does

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 5 месяцев назад +6

      Absolutely. They are both gentleman and I admire them both. Rest In Peace John McCain. 👏🇺🇸💐

    • @lisaphillips9991
      @lisaphillips9991 5 месяцев назад +5

      Senator Mc Cain served his country honorably. ON BEHALF OF ALL AMERICAN WE THANK YOU SENATOR MC CAIN FOR YOUR GREAT SACIFICE SO WE CAN LIVE IN PEACE AND BE FREE...MAY HE RIP..❤...

  • @Mattnova_116
    @Mattnova_116 6 месяцев назад +38

    I remember living in San Francisco at the time, & downtown was going berserk in joyance of Barack's victory. We were all happy. Truly a moment I won't ever forget. 🔴 ⚪🔵 🇺🇸

  • @chiefqweefa
    @chiefqweefa 2 месяца назад +21

    I miss my president

  • @jt9096
    @jt9096 6 месяцев назад +38

    I always come back to watch this Magical time in American History ❤

    • @lisaphillips9991
      @lisaphillips9991 5 месяцев назад

      It was pure magic ...

    • @Whickler
      @Whickler 3 месяца назад

      Yes I am❤❤

    • @Du808-o8k
      @Du808-o8k Месяц назад

      When the country made the right choice…

  • @KeysX
    @KeysX 2 месяца назад +30

    How can a nation be so stupid as to elect Trump again?

    • @Du808-o8k
      @Du808-o8k Месяц назад

      Ik make me miss when Obama won god we was happy lol…

  • @robertpalatsky5017
    @robertpalatsky5017 Год назад +61

    I remeber PResident Obama being elected. I was to naive at the time to understand the significance. I'm so happy this man was President. My sister struggles with depression, if not for Medicaid, I'm not sure how she would've gotten the medication she needed. Thank you, President Obama, for helping my sister.

  • @tinderellaMD
    @tinderellaMD 2 месяца назад +7

    Back then US politicians were eloquent, educated statesmen, and Americans were not full of hate and anger for each other. My country (and the world) admired America for what it was. Prayers for you all

    • @aadarshbalireddy2939
      @aadarshbalireddy2939 Месяц назад

      I didn't exactly know how much we would lose this on election night 2016... but now we've gone and normalized the insanity that ensued

  • @Mrrvic2678
    @Mrrvic2678 5 месяцев назад +15

    This had me crying all over again😢

  • @Rob774
    @Rob774 5 месяцев назад +16

    Still gives me chills. At the time in my thirties, I never thought that I'd see the day.
    Now.. let's go ALL the way and bring in our first woman.

  • @gachaboy5674
    @gachaboy5674 Год назад +42

    What an earth moving victory.

  • @stacytrowell6890
    @stacytrowell6890 9 месяцев назад +42

    I'm sitting here watching this speech in 2024, and balling my eyes out how we took two steps backwards after him to one step forward with Biden and, some Americans don't want to keep moving forward!! They should run this speech on national tv daily as a reminder before the election in Nov!!!

    • @Eva-qw9nt
      @Eva-qw9nt 6 месяцев назад

      I'm crying with you!!!
      Well Said!!!💯🇺🇸

    • @RacerXfactor00
      @RacerXfactor00 5 месяцев назад

      Republican obstructionism in Congress during six years of Obama‘s presidency and an orange clown as a president afterwards 😭

    • @moefromschoolcraft9418
      @moefromschoolcraft9418 2 месяца назад

      And here we go 10 steps back with Trump elected as president again…. God

  • @FWtravels
    @FWtravels Год назад +202

    We went from that to trump 😭

    • @Thomas-dy5xl
      @Thomas-dy5xl Год назад +19

      I feel sorry for you if you think Obama did a better job than Trump. Get out of your feelings and wake up🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @47tooter
      @47tooter Год назад

      It's racism dude, @@Thomas-dy5xl

    • @Brad02526
      @Brad02526 Год назад +11

      We were better off under Obama and Trump, Biden not so much.

    • @AidanHutchinson-wncp3po
      @AidanHutchinson-wncp3po 11 месяцев назад

      @@Brad02526Biden and Obama have had way better presidencies under almost every metric. Republican presidents are historically a joke since the 80s, especially Trump. Facts over feelings

    • @gtworldzhd4137
      @gtworldzhd4137 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@Thomas-dy5xl…

  • @laurencelikestopgun
    @laurencelikestopgun 2 месяца назад +16

    My God, those were the days, what have happen to us?

  • @beeniegofficialchannel5767
    @beeniegofficialchannel5767 4 месяца назад +6

    Hard to watch this & not have tears in your eyes very inspiring

  • @beckylang91
    @beckylang91 2 месяца назад +9

    I shouldn’t have decided to watch this in a public place right now 😭💙

  • @kninsh
    @kninsh 5 месяцев назад +24

    I'm swedish but i remember this night. Me and a couple of friends sat up during the night and followed the election night. We saw the result, we listen to Obamas speech. I still remember the walk home. It was cold, really cold. But I felt a warmth in my chest. Like anything was possible. The following 18 years has shown me something else, a divided world and that we've not come as far as we want to believe.
    But that night In November of 2008 I'll never forget. And I won't stop chasing that feeling until I'm dead.

  • @weightycarlos
    @weightycarlos 7 месяцев назад +63

    How tf did the US go from this incredible moment to how it is now? 💀

    • @posheditor
      @posheditor 5 месяцев назад +2

      fr though 😂

    • @dougg2012
      @dougg2012 5 месяцев назад

      Clinton incompetence

    • @MsLashun
      @MsLashun 5 месяцев назад

      White racist backlash!

    • @RacerXfactor00
      @RacerXfactor00 5 месяцев назад

      Republican obstructionism in Congress during six years of Obama‘s presidency and an orange clown as a president afterwards.

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 5 месяцев назад +3

      Trump the Monster arrived. He is Done. 🗳💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @claires1177
    @claires1177 11 месяцев назад +23

    I remember that night and the unity of our people. Listening to his speech again and thinking how could our country be where it is now?

  • @russporter7331
    @russporter7331 9 месяцев назад +38

    I wish he could run for president again.

  • @shivaumesh1129
    @shivaumesh1129 11 месяцев назад +56

    Watching this speech in 2024, I’m shocked how we went from a President like Obama who spoke with thought and humility to Trump who is terribly petty and disrespectful to anyone who doesn’t share his views

    • @carolynwestlake7670
      @carolynwestlake7670 9 месяцев назад +2

      What happened? I really can’t understand it😢

    • @chlokepestaffinginc4548
      @chlokepestaffinginc4548 6 месяцев назад +3

      Trump know words and he has billions and billions of good words 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥲

    • @cynthiarodriguez7113
      @cynthiarodriguez7113 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@carolynwestlake7670the hate, division, and racism people get fed through you know who

  • @tammywilliams4724
    @tammywilliams4724 2 месяца назад +8

    This was heart warming .........❤❤❤❤ just everybody coming together no riots no storming capital just all love

  • @Wildcat221
    @Wildcat221 11 месяцев назад +118

    Such an amazing night!!! Obama was the best president of my lifetime. I’m 32 now. Will never forget him.

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 5 месяцев назад +5

      I’m almost 60 and I’ll never forget it either. I adore Obama and always will. Now it’s Kamala’s turn. 💙💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @YellowBlue3x3
      @YellowBlue3x3 3 месяца назад +1

      One of 3 in my lifetime (im 13) and I may be biased being born in Illinois but he was probably better than Trump and Biden (even if I dont remember it)

  • @jetblackfox
    @jetblackfox Год назад +122

    One of the greatest nights of my life.

    • @47tooter
      @47tooter Год назад +3

      The greatest fright in my life.

  • @julianmx13
    @julianmx13 5 месяцев назад +34

    This feels like it was 50 years ago lol

    • @progenitor_amborella
      @progenitor_amborella 5 месяцев назад +3

      The dark cloud has made time feel dilated these past nine years. But... hope returns. With persistence, we the people can do this.

  • @Ikukundu
    @Ikukundu 6 месяцев назад +11

    This makes me cry each time 😢😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jeffschueler1182
    @jeffschueler1182 5 месяцев назад +6

    I was sitting on my sofa that evening watching election returns, and when Obama went over 270 electoral votes, I sat there and cried like a baby. Absolutely one of the greatest moments of my life.

  • @Cherrioke
    @Cherrioke 11 месяцев назад +28

    Too bad republicans majority congress made sure he couldn’t implement the things he wanted to, that would have helped make this country more equitable. We got the ultimate “overcorrection” with the burnt and crispy unofficial McDonald’s mascot that succeeded him.

    • @RacerXfactor00
      @RacerXfactor00 5 месяцев назад +5

      😭 Republican obstructionism in Congress during six years of Obama‘s presidency and an orange clown as a president afterwards.

  • @TheLovely990
    @TheLovely990 4 месяца назад +14

    I remember this night, and it still brings me to tears in 2024!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

  • @setsom2857
    @setsom2857 Год назад +41

    When America was united, and hate was smothered.

    • @Du808-o8k
      @Du808-o8k Месяц назад +2

      We still had hate but you right America was better…

  • @ryanbasas5087
    @ryanbasas5087 2 месяца назад +12

    despite my criticisms of obama, this footage brings tears to my eyes

  • @ZEROCOOLLTV
    @ZEROCOOLLTV 5 месяцев назад +7

    I have lost count of how many times I have watch this, I remember this night so vividly, it is the greatest Presidential speech of my life time. When he says the word gay and it was the first time a president till this point had said it, I think my soul left my body. I felt seen. We can get there again, we can be brothers and sisters again.

  • @Nat_onYT
    @Nat_onYT 11 месяцев назад +40

    When life was good

    • @Du808-o8k
      @Du808-o8k 2 месяца назад +1

      Tell about it bro I was happy when he elected…

  • @VGBNDGRL
    @VGBNDGRL 2 месяца назад +9

    Oh, these were happier times.

  • @ApinderSingh-b2c
    @ApinderSingh-b2c Год назад +14

    Its was special nite hard to forget will go down to history book forever

  • @Teeyah2
    @Teeyah2 7 месяцев назад +31

    This NEVER gets old!!! 2024

  • @posheditor
    @posheditor 5 месяцев назад +9

    this makes me lowkey emotional because 11/4/08 was also my 18th birthday. the timing was too perfect. I was SO happy and excited to be able to be part of such a historic election and moment in history 😭❤

  • @DanielleA2023
    @DanielleA2023 Год назад +41

    One of America's greatest moments greatest Presidents & greatest first ladies 💟 Vote 💙 2024

    • @noahladalex7300
      @noahladalex7300 7 месяцев назад +3

      Vote Donald Trump ❤️

    • @dlnnyc64
      @dlnnyc64 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@noahladalex7300Kamala 2024!!!!

    • @lharris151
      @lharris151 5 месяцев назад +1

      Kamala 2024💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

    • @lharris151
      @lharris151 5 месяцев назад +1

      Kamala! 2024💙💙

    • @RacerXfactor00
      @RacerXfactor00 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@noahladalex7300Kamala 2024!!

  • @Jyxsha
    @Jyxsha 2 месяца назад +6

    im crying

  • @SimonRichards-o8i
    @SimonRichards-o8i 2 месяца назад +9

    What a day....and then we get this...😢😢

  • @ralphmixx6346
    @ralphmixx6346 4 месяца назад +3

    After all these years, I am watching this and crying. This man had a lot in his voice and words.

  • @chboy80
    @chboy80 Год назад +10

    I remembered this historic night so clearly, and it was right in the middle of a severe financial crisis at that time.

    • @AT-zl6dk
      @AT-zl6dk 6 месяцев назад

      Absolutely it was such a pivotal time. As a new graduate nurse I remember not getting hired due to hiring freeze & people losing jobs during this time. I didn’t get hired until Fall 2009.

  • @CatFluff-pm6qr
    @CatFluff-pm6qr 2 месяца назад +8

    A black family in the Whitehouse💖it was historical and AMAZING🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @nenebraxton1989
    @nenebraxton1989 6 месяцев назад +7

    Thank god I lived through this moment

  • @WimVeen
    @WimVeen 2 месяца назад +6

    The best moment in history.........

  • @coffee4everr
    @coffee4everr 2 месяца назад +4

    I vividly remember when this happened I was 9 the first time, and 13 the second time and it was such an exciting moment watching this history be made alongside my dad and my dear grandpa🩵 Now, being 25 I came back to re-watch his beautifully spoken and inspiring speech. 💙 & yes I have been an active voter using my right and voice! So disappointed at the recent outcomes, but as Ms. Harris said, keep fighting💙

  • @MrJimheeren
    @MrJimheeren 11 месяцев назад +11

    Look at all those digital cameras. Not a single phone in sight. And this was only 16 years ago

  • @gerryatriesilke
    @gerryatriesilke Год назад +21

    Both Men where great as Presidents, both had moral, degnity and wisdom... how could America become that worse and weak inside? I wish we could turn back Time...

  • @julianroundy9541
    @julianroundy9541 2 месяца назад +9

    Anyone here on election day?

  • @megslynnandrade
    @megslynnandrade 9 месяцев назад +6

    I remember sitting in a hotel room in LA, my brother's had gone food shopping since we were gonna be there for a while and we didn't want to eat out every meal. We all had Obama tops on, I had broken 8 bones the week before trying to see Obama at the last Rally he held in Colorado, we were warned to make the trip to get food fast because it was election night, and the hotel was near Hollywood boulevard. My brother's decided that because I was on cruches and in a boot I would stay behind. I was told to call if the election was called before they got back. I was in the middle of getting things unpacked and ready for the next day when they called it. I started to cry because of how big this was for the Minority community because my brothers and I are part of that community. I called my parents first, we cried, I then called my brother's and said they needed to hurry because they called the election, I could hear people in the background what did she just say, did she say they called the election, my brother was like yeah she just said that, everyone hushed up and my brother was like ok tell us, who won, I only said 1 word,Obama it got loud. I was like guys you gotta hurry I can already hear the Helicopters.

  • @alainamo
    @alainamo 5 месяцев назад +7

    My Dad kept a photo of the Obamas in his office until the day he died. I will always and forever love President Obama

  • @TheRenard10
    @TheRenard10 2 месяца назад +6

    Yes! I chose him to win 16 years back!

  • @RaymondCepeda-l3j
    @RaymondCepeda-l3j 9 дней назад +4

    CAn we go back to 2008,. one can only wish

  • @glendatheartist
    @glendatheartist 5 месяцев назад +7

    Finest President we ever had

  • @keithhart3689
    @keithhart3689 9 месяцев назад +7

    This man is 300 0 times smarter, and 3000 time more human than Trump