Obama Nominated By Acclamation, Accepts Nomination (VIDEO)

Hillary Clinton moved to suspend the roll call vote and nominate Barack Obama by acclamation. The motion was passed, and Nancy Pelosi formally extended the nomination to Obama. Obama accepted the nomination, becoming the first African-American to represent a major party for president.

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[Bulbul]

Bill Clinton did not need to prove anything, how we long for those eight years when he was our President. Yet, He did another nine yards and so much more. Bill and Senetor Clinton stepped aside to have Barack Obama bask in the glory tonight. The whole world will be watching Obama tonight.
Something to be learned from Joe Biden, so sincere so respectful and paid the proper respect to President Clinton and his friend and colegue Hillary Clinton.

[Muffy7]

I have never been so proud to be an American. Last night was just beautiful and if they don't win that means that the electorate is dumber than I thought they were. I have a new respect for Bill Clinton, for sure he can mesmerize a room.
I adore the Obamas and the Bidens how I pray they will be our new first and second families. Joe's son brought me to tears for I remember when his wife and baby girl were killed. A lovely family.

Michelle is so gorgeous, what class she has, she doesn't need a designer to pick her clothes she always is so chic.

Please God Obama/Biden

[1conservative]

Oh my gosh, is this about the black? I cannot believe how fickle you liberals are. Bill Clinton walked on water, and now the majority of you are tossing him out liked used underwear. The new rock star has emerged. He is going to change things, what things.?

[gregjones]

Thank You Bill and Hillary. GREAT JOB !!!!

Greg Jones
National Director
www.Blacks4Barack.org

[Swerinjer]

A sad day for the democratic party. Obama cultists should be ashamed...­lining up to bash Hillary and Bill after their speeches..­.outrageou­s. when the repugs steal the election i am SO going to come in here and rub it in all your faces. I CANT WAIT. :)))

[LeftRight]

I will grant that there were some Obama SUPPORTERS who did such a thing, but they don't represent all the supporters of Senator Obama any more than the Obama bashers represent all the Hillary supporters!

[poco767c]

You have gleefully posted and reposted that you will "rub it in your faces".
Just as Nero Fiddled while Rome burned so too will history look unkindly on all who allow a McCain victory.

[daddydamon]

get a life

[Tropiholic]

i hope your spite will carry you through as you lose your house, your job, your health insurance and your money. I hope you are ready to enlist and send your children to war too. I hope you and your spite will live happily ever after. I am so happy i don't live in a sour, bitter body like yours!

[Bulbul]

Do not worry, these fools comes and goes during election time. It is all fun and game at someone elses expense...­..

[SAYNOTOBO]

As a McCain supporter I must say I am happy that Obama made history
last night. All Americans should be proud no matter what party they are in.
Lets have peace at least for a day.

[Swerinjer]

As a Hillary supporter I am not happy. But i will be when the repugs steal the ele3ction. Obama will be treated as unfairly as Hillary and he will lose. and I'm going to come here and RUBT IT IN YOUR FACES. Ohh I cant wait.

[digitaltruth]

That seems so mature.

[brooklynite77]

My god, what is wrong with you? You can't wait for McCain to win? Because YOU didn't get the candidate YOU wanted? You would rather send America into four more years of the worst foreign and domestic policy because you think Obama's supporters treated Clinton unfairly? How childish and how sad. If what you say happens, and you get your revenge, and you come here and gloat, what then? What happens the next day, and the day after that, as this country spirals into four more years of misery, will your "sweet revenge" carry you through? And as you watch this country suffer, including millions upon millions of people who did NOT treat Clinton unfairly, will you say it was worth the cost because YOU didn't get the candidate YOU wanted?

For shame. You, and all your ilk, are selfish, thoughtless, and hateful.

If McCain wins, and you lose your job, or your health insurance, or your house, I ask you: would that be worth it?

[Tropiholic]

you must have a fabulous life swerin rofl NOT!

[KMan1]

When you are done thinking about you come join us.

[Swerinjer]

I'm not. Hillary was treated unfairly. Yes I'm holding a grudge. i havent seen any apologies. It is such a small thing to apologize.

[Bergen]

What partisan nonsense!
Remember Bill's comparison of Obama's victory to Jesse Jackson's impossible crusade? Remember Hillary's "Hardworking white voters"?
Remember Hillary's "John McCain has a lifetime of service, Barack Obama has a speech he gave"?
You think Hillary was treated unfairly? I think the Obama campaign was downright saintly in giving them so much convention time. They didn't have to do it.

[CtJean]

I apologize for your banal comment being presented here.

Yes, you are such a small thing.

[ICanHasDemocracy]

Those that hold grudges only poison themselves.
Hillary doesn't care if you hold a grudge- she's moved on, why can't you.

[poco767c]

Well said.

[flymic]

here-here

[debrouillard]

I am sure FOXNews was off the air last night.Noth­ing to report. Nothing negative to report abt O? Geez,FoxNews must have said.Anoth­er off day

[poco767c]

Fox doesn't need facts or events to be on air, it is after all infotainment rather than news.

[flymic]

exactly.

[OddManOut]

Faux news was reporting on...
1. A kitten stuck in a tree
2. An oversexed man/woman
3. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
4. Themselves

[markkraft]

I find it pathetic and predictable that the Republicans, who were cheering Hillary Clinton on when she was attacking Barack Obama, while doing their best to recruit away her supporters, are now up in arms against her now that she's strongly supporting Barack Obama, showing their ugly, sexist side once more and reminding us why backing John McCain is such a bad idea.

Here's what Republicans who formerly cheered Hillary on had to say about her after her speech:

"like Nurse Ratched...­" - Rush Limbaugh
"it was all about her..." - Bill Kristol

... and a lot worse out there on smaller weblogs, such as "Shrillary", "feminazi", etc.

If you notice any other Republican attacks on Hillary, please point them out. Let's collect them, and share them with other Clinton supporters who might be considering voting Republican this year.

A vote for McCain *IS* a vote for Limbaugh, Bill Kristol, and the rest of the nuthouse! And John McCain is attached to all of them, at the hip?!

So, do you think John McCain going to reject and renounce Limbaugh and Kristol? Not likely...

[abby4ever]

I'd have loved to see the look on Wolf's face during B*ll's speech, loved to see the look on the faces of all the CNN pundits. They must have nearly...y­ou know what.

[Swerinjer]

Its the obama cultists who were aligned with the republicans. they all united to smear hillary. Shame on all of you. she deserved to be treated with respect. Cant wait for McCain to win so i can rub it in your faces.

[poco767c]

And as you enjoy your little slice of schadenfreude America will burn.

[okayigive]

Are you del.usiona­l and off your me.ds? I have read several of your comments and there is a real disco.nnec­t with reality. Your thinking really sc.are me. You talk about res.pect and how much she deserves to be res.pected­, yet you continuously show her dis.respec­t by your words and actions. You disr.espec­t her by not listening to her call for u.nity. You disr.espec­t her by not standing beside her as she heal by continuously throwing the past in her face. You dis.respec­t her for not believing in what she stands for. More importantly you disr.espec­t her by wishing to put Mcc in the WH. Before you continue your cr.y about res.pect please look in the mi.rror and ask yourself what res.pect are you giving her?

[Nancylad]

Swerinjer, it's time to grow up and join the adults. Hillary had the good grace, and class to step aside and support Obama. You, who claim to be a supporter of hers, do her a disservice with your endless diatribes, which are based on much personal rancor, and no substance.

Just think about it. A McCain win could mean that you won't have the right to posts like yours. You could see open forums, like these, disappear, and your right to dissent, silenced.

[ICanHasDemocracy]

If you are a woman and vote for McCain, you should have your NARAL membership revoked (if you have one).

[Trinidad707]

I can't believe all these posters are so stupid not to see how rigged this whole nomination has been......­.Just remember leave out states your opponant is beating you in and you can get the popular vote....th­en put those states back in after they suspend their campaign..­.then during the voting at the convention, which had already been done in the morning before the tevised vote tallying version...­.leave out a few more states Hillary had alot of delegates in ...lets see Ca is at the beginning of the alphabet so we will merely pass......­.......but everything at Illinois and beyond will be forfeited.­..especial­ly the other two big states your opponant did well in Tx and NY. So now you have actually left out all the major states at one time or another...­.amazing gall! If you have to do this...by the way , you haven't actually won....you just changed the rules so you couldn't lose.....t­his is our change candidate.­...you should all be so proud....T­his is what Washington politics is about ..cheating

[Whinger]

In a perfect world everything would be perfect, bloggers would have find another hobby!.

[brief candle]

I suppose you wanted some big fight to break out. Sorry, didn't happen. Dems are united.

[macbabe]

MSM were sure hoping for one, that's probably one of the reasons why it was done this way... this was "our" campaign, NOT the media's!!

[kdublya]

It was good enough for HRC, who was happy to oblige.
To great effect I might add.

[biased2]

We've noticed at HuffPo, a suspicious number of commenters who frequently use a sign in name followed by some seemingly random numbers as if, the comments were "anonymized" in order to "do" a "drive-by" comment that adds nothing to the discussion. You wouldn't be one of those commenters would you?

[biased2]

commentors? who'd 'a thunk no spell checker onsite? HuffPo? hint?

[okayigive]

So observant of you to notice. The reps have had a campaign going since the beginning of this election process to pose under various names, (by creating numerous e-mail accounts), some as die-hart supporters of dem. candidates to cause controversy or as you say "do a drive by".

[Aleka4]

Wow. So you don't know much about the nominating process, eh?

[kidshare]

Many deez tings be not like de udda many deez tings jez deznd belong canya tell me deez tingz wit not like da udda befo I be finishin dis song

[RoseMerry]

I am not a fan or a supporter of Senator Clinton. However, I believe that it is unfortunate that the leadership of the Demopublican could not allow delegate who worked so hard and are so passionate to have a full, honest rollcall vote at this convention. I really wanted to believe in the Obama. I really did. But his support of Big Brother (in the new gutting of the FISA) and his race to center has left me believe. This scripted and contrived show to nominate him by acclamation just reinforces my support of the best candidate we have had in years, a man who could be so much more President than this nation of sheep deserve.

Ralph Nader

[Aleka4]

Is this the new repubIican memo? Its no co-incidence that a bunch of unfamiliar ID's suddenly show up all tooting the same ridiculously uninformed horn.

"Paid tr0llies, go forth to the blogs and try to stir up trouble over the acclamation process"

Sick - you sell out your country for a few extra bucks from home.

[Swerinjer]

Its the states that broke the rules. the blame goes on them, not the dem leadership.

[abigail1]

2000. remember 2000.

[ICanHasDemocracy]

4 measly electoral votes- pretty much handed to Bush by SCOTUS, Kathryn Harris, Jeb BUSH, and John "I'm gonna shut down this recount" Bolton.

[flymic]

Voting for Ralph Nader is the epitome of Selfishness. A throw away vote to exercise intellectual elitism, while ignoring the massive consequences of what that vote will mean to the tens of millions of people who can NOT afford another 8 years of McBush Policies.

When Voting for Rader, just remember how different this world would have been if Al Gore had won in 2000.

[Trinidad707]

Who forced Hillary to do that....th­ey must have agreed to pay off her debt immediately!. Why were votes taken from delegates in the morning before getting to the pepsi center....­.....this time they didn't leave off Fl and Mi they left out Ca, Tx, NY Ill.......­...and the rest of the aphabet past Illinois..­...... how corrupt is thta....ma­ybe they already knew he still couldn't get the 2210 he needed....­.and so instead of not having him as the nominee...­the merely pulled that little Pelosi vote ...yo know shall we vote for acclamatio­n...whoops we already have a 2/3 vote...Ok he's the nominee...­...The democrats really are as corrupt as the republican­s........M­r Obama has a guy who voted just as hillary did on the war in 2002.....a­nd that guys son has been a lobbyist since 2001.....W­ow so much for change we can believe in

[fourthandrobinson]

I'm sorry you are so unhappy . Maybe it has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton.

[Whinger]

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink!

[kidshare]

However, you can make a Democrat drink

[InformedAmerican]

A Class Act by a Classy Lady.

[learnsomething]

Puh-lease!

[Liberal2]

What was wrong? That she's still breathing? Try to learnsomething about being a classy person and stop being a kneeJERK hater.

[Nancylad]

Ok, people. We've all had a chance to vent our spleens, for whatever reasons. It's now time for some serious reflection.

Please, people, we have faced eight years of the most abysmal governing in the history of this great country. We have been brought to the very precipice of disaster. We have all had our constitutional rights slowly stripped from us, one by one. Our economy has been plundered and frittered away with no thought to the people whose money it is, being sucked away.

Now, we, as the citizens of these great United States have the opportunity to take back that government "of the people, for the people, and by the people." Yes, it is we who are the government. It is we who elect these officials to do our will, not theirs. It is we, every one of us, who must once again take an active part in OUR government.

We will have a new president, and it is our duty, as citizens, to help this president govern properly and fairly. With hope, we will have a president who will have an ear opened to his people, ever mindful of their wellbeing, and open to their dialogue.

If you feel that it's not your job to take a part in the government of this country, then what little you now have will disappear, and what you get, in return, will be little more than you deserve.

[biased2]

I have to agree.

[CtJean]

So we know you are biased, now go away, you are dismissed.

[Swerinjer]

One thing that will help us move on is if you apologize to the Hillary supporters. It requires so little from you and it will go so far. Get over yourself and do the right thing.

[sd4peace]

So... If Nancy apologizes to you, then all is forgotten? Or does she have to apologize to all of the Hillary supporters?

[DamageControl]

This is the problem i have with people like you, you have this illogical notion that your owed something from random people that blog on these sites. It was a long hard fought contest with people on BOTH sides that were at times nasty, unreasonable, and vindictive but that's over now. If you want to take your ball and go home by all means please be my guest, but don't bitch about new wars in foreign lands, or inflating food and fuel cost, or major health insurances bills because you'll have helped contribute to all of them.

[Nancylad]

It's you who's stuck in Johnny one note mode. The rest of us have moved on.

I like Hillary, as a person who's done a lot for the state of New York. What I didn't like was the campaign of misinformation, distortions, and innuendo. I still like Hillary, and if she runs in 2012, I'll vote for her, so no apology needed.

What is needed is an apology from you for assuming you know the minds of the rest of us.

We're waiting...

[8yearsoffear]

Mc Cains judgement? What judgement?

- Cheated on his injured wife after car accident
- Left her and his kids for another younger woman.
- Received a marriage license before he was divorced from his first wife.
- Married current wife 1 month after divorce.
- Keating five!
- Quotes-” The economy is fine!”
- Quotes-"Nobody supported Bush more than I have"
- Did not know how many houses he owns.
- He Voted for Irag war.
- He said we would be greeted as friends?
- “I'm POw I'm A Pow POw Pow POw POw POw Pow Pow!” How many times do we have to hear this?

Wake up people! Please don’t fall for the same crap again!

[Wayshower]

I too! As 18 million have vowed! Thank you Esteemed Senator Hillary Clinton, President William Jefferson Clinton for your full support of the next President of the United States. Truly, our position as a unified family of little means, endorses the Democratic Ideal! Even in our darkest hours the idealogy and philosophy of the DEMOCRATIC party prevails! God Bless the Family Clinton!..­. God Bless and Speed to the Obamas' and Bidens'...­. And God Bless America

[fourthandrobinson]

Agreed! And second your optimism!

[elizaW]

Bill Clinton is the Alpha Dog in the Democratic Party

[Not ur average Joe]

I'm excited and thrilled the way this convention is going, I had a little doubt in my mind before it started listening to talk radio and certain foolish ignorant media such as (Fox news, Rush, & Hannity). This convention been a success and out of all the speeches, President Clinton and Sen Biden speech really stuck out the most and made me feel proud to be a democrat. President Clinton words were very welcoming and unifying towards the damage party in healing it. And he made sure to point out all the damage done by the republican party and why we need change. The Clinton's really did a good job and I'm proud of them. DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE OVER!!!!!!!!!

[Liberal2]

"...I'm excited and thrilled the way this convention is going..."

Duh! So you're thinking like a teenager after homones kick in rather than using logic. An adult might say they are pleased and satisfied.

What if Obama isn't another FDR, what if he's McCain-lite? Evidence of which he is? FISA and his rejection of investigating the Bush administration.

[sd4peace]

Thank goodness someone is finally here to police how we describe our emotional response to the convention.

YES!!!!