The proverbial fat lady has belted out her tune of glory and Barack Obama is now President Elect of the United States. In Senator John McCain's concession speech, words of warmth, well wishes and a call of unity for the new leader were morsels of grace.
Global headlines read that Barack Obama is the new President of the United States of America and how the change that people want will now be able to take place. In his concession speech at around 2:45 am, Senator
John McCain talked of the changes in a manner that is being seen as graceful and generous, rallying for the accomplishment and how its time for the United States to stand behind their new President.
In the
Politoco, the Phoenix speech was printed, revealing a thankful McCain, thankful to all of those who have supported him down the long road. A humbled man, stating that America had spoken loud and clear. And after asking followers to "please" stop booing when he said he had called and congratulated Obama, a call he made with honour, he shed the spotlight on the historical moment of how far we have come as a nation in having the first ever African-American President.
Senator McCain announced that he would give all that was within his power to help him in the future and he asked those who supported him to do the same by
offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited
After offering sincere sympathy for the loss of his grandmother who was not able to see him in person to achieve one of the most honourable positions in the world, McCain exclaimed that faith gave them the assurance that she was "proud."
Amongst cries of disagreement, McCain took the blame for his own loss in the race.
With his humility, accountability, thankfulness, bipartisan generosity to campaign contributors and competitors alike, he said it clear when he said:
We are fellow Americans
In that, we are truly blessed with the democracy that we possess. An historical day and one that I am proud to say I was there for.
