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Reminderâ¦Assad was democratically re-elected by a landslide in the midst of a war that began as an attempt to overthrow his regime & yet the opposition & their international backers denounced the election as a farce. Ironic how democracy is only considered legitimate if it benefits the aggressorsâ¦ (self.conspiracy)
Barack Obama elected as Americaâs first black president. Share this: On this day in 2008, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeats Senator John McCain of Arizona to become the 44th U.S. president, and the first African American elected to the White House. The 47-year-old Democrat garnered 365 electoral votes and nearly 53 percent of the popular vote, while his 72-year-old Republican challenger captured 173 electoral votes and more than 45 percent of the popular vote.