Alabama County honors Obama with a Holiday
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Associated Press
Published: December 3, 2008
MARION, Ala. (AP) - A small central Alabama county where Barack Obama received more than 70 percent of the vote on Election Day has created an annual holiday in honor of the president-elect.
The Perry County commission voted 4 to 1 to observe the second Monday in November as “The Barack Obama Day.“ County offices will close and its roughly 40 workers will get a paid holiday.
The sponsoring commissioner said the holiday is meant to give people faith that difficult goals can be achieved by reflecting on Obama’s victory.
The majority of the county’s 12,000 residents are black.
An Associated Press exit poll found black voters in Alabama almost universally supported Obama while more than eight in 10 whites backed Republican John McCain. McCain carried the state by 60 percent.
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Posted by ( rjh92953 ) on December 03, 2008 at 11:52 am
To me, I not saying anything about the race of the people who voted this in. Black, White, or Green, its just stupid to give someone a citywide holiday for just being voted in as President. Let him earn what acculades the people give him not just give it to him simply for being voted in.
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Posted by ( Truth as it is ) on December 03, 2008 at 11:46 am
OH!! By the way, Obama has not proven he is An American citizen yet, so he’s not President yet.
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Posted by ( Truth as it is ) on December 03, 2008 at 11:39 am
The story states that the majority of this town is black residents, then the council, as well as the police department is probably as well a majority of blacks. Now these scondrels voting for this paid holiday to worship a marxist socialist communist is just another way of getting the day off with pay. These pea brain people cease to amaze me with their racist programs.
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Posted by ( rjh92953 ) on December 03, 2008 at 10:56 am
Should we not at least let the man get in office and show his abilities, and show us what he can do before we start praising him just for winning. We have had others go in office and think they were the solution to our country problem only to be dissapointed. He has done nothing yet to have a special day set aside and make it a paid holiday. You might look foolish if he does not fulfill what you expect oh him.
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