I supported McCain, but Obama won, and I think we should congratulate the Obama supporters, do our best to support our new President and move on with our lives. American Democracy means we shake hands and re-unite. I do feel sorry for the goat, but it's the circle of life and all that.

Shefali, Round Rock, Texas, USA

Obama has not only changed America, he has changed his father's land in Kenya and the world at large. Here in Kenya, its all Obama..the streets of Nairobi is awash with people in a carnival mood all adorning Obama regalia and the US flag.
I know he is very American but who cares..Obama is our son

Kiprotich arap Kirongo, Nairobi, Kenya

Wow, where is Peta when you need them. I hope that Barry Sotero will be a good president for our country and that we as a country will accept him as our president. As for the chickens, goats and cows.....they don't have a say in all this.

Lawrence, Ohio, Usa

i think it's DISGUSTING and PRIMITIVE to say the very least.
Obama claims to be an animal lover - WHY DIDN'T HE STOP THIS SLAUGHTER "IN HIS HONOUR"????

gwyn, pretoria, south africa

now thats the way to celebrate!!!!!! time for change, lets get those lobbists out. GO OBAMA!!!!!

audrey, tampa, USA

Love the way they put on name on the goat..haha--first Jpe the plumber, now john the goat. Many cows die here with no name. Im not a vegan.

MandoV, San Pedro,

Share the wealth- I can't wait to get someone else's hard earned money. that way I son't have to work as hard.

Suzzie, Arlington, USA

Jean in Austin said...

"It really is something to say when a president has appeal outside of his country. How refreshing and what a way to heal the wounds of Bush."

Like the "appeal" Bush has in Iraq and in the former Soviet Republics such as Georgia, etc.?

McCain-Palin 2008!

Travis, Austin, Texas

Becky/Hobbs/USA:

Courtesy of your fine country's banking sub-prime calamity, 4th world, here we come!

And what DO you know about the 3rd World? Ever lived in Africa/Asia? In fact you've no need to, just look at the US' own "3rd world" environmental/humanitarian issues it has to deal with.

Felix, Lisbon, Portugal

I hope the goat hasn't died for nothing though the up side is it won't go to waste.

Robert Smissen, Murray Bridge, Australia

We eat all these foods in the US! It's not uncommon to dine on chicken (it's marketed in popular eateries). Bulls are goats are also eaten by many Americans.

What's the big deal?

Lisa, Fort Worth, United States

Isn't it funny how the Republicans want everyone to be like American. Lets see, the Africans, the Indians and then, wasn't it the Japanese that we brought in and kept in war camps, just to make sure they were like us. Now, who are we changing, and is it really for the good of their country?

Andrew, Alb., USA

Well, there goes the PETA vote!

David Baker, Montverde, Florida, USA

Adrian, it wouldn't matter if Obama HAD been born in Kenya; his mother transmitted her citizenship to him at the moment of his birth. (The laws confirm this, nutcases notwithstanding.) And if you had a relative about to become a head of state somewhere, wouldn't you be rather excited?

Lili, Chicago, USA

Quick...somebody call PETA...it's not too late to stage a protest!

Jim, Charlotte, NC, USA

For America to accept the NAU, it must be reduced to the lowest common denominator. Makes me feel like our Cuban brethren in 1959... Obama: make it so!

John, Miami,

Save John the Goat! Vote McCain!

Danny, Fallbrook, CA, USA

Gee, they're acting more like Barack was born there than just a foreign cousin. Perhaps the people who are suing on that point have a case.

Adrian Vance, Lakeport, CA , USA

I wouldn't celebrate too soon. It will a long night here in the US before we have a definate winner. I think McCain will pull this one off, God willing!

Mick, Omaha, USA

Isn't that nice of a kindly Western reporter to bring a goat to the festival. Kenya and America are similar. Neither will benefit at all from The Messiah rising to power.

Hussey, Skegness, U.K.

I see the Sarah Palin withcraft church service video differently now- That priest had only recently arrived into the U.S. when that video was filmed- It seems so hipocritacal of me to respect Kenyan traditions when it comes to Obama's family and then to laugh at Sarah Palin's priest on Youtube

Scott Benowitz, Rye, New York, U.S.A.

HAHAHAHA!!! And to think. All those PETA members supporting Barack Obama. Oh the Irony! Hey Pamela Anderson... Due to your vote, a bunch of animals are being slaughtered. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Bill, New Jersey, USA

It really is something to say when a president has appeal outside of his country. How refreshing and what a way to heal the wounds of Bush. Even places such as Indonesia and Obama, Japan... I really hope he can deliver if elected... many in Kenya are looking to him to change their situation there.

Jean, Austin, TX., USA

Oh, Dee, chill. I'm a 59 year old white woman, and frankly, I'm looking forward to a better country, and a better world, for everyone. I'm sick and tired of all the paranoia, jingoism and general selfishness of the conservatives. "By their works you shall know them."

Barb, Sykesville, USA

Poor animals, and poor America. And, ultimately, poor Earth.

Mark, Jersey City, USA

Yeah!! Let's make fun of other cultures and their traditions. Time to go to the GAP and then pick up a latte at Starbucks!

John, Chicago, United States

A victory for Marxists everywhere

Thomp, Chicago, USSA

That's funny, there are going to be a lot of celebrating around fires in the US tonight and tomorrow as well!

Don, Atlanta, USA

Hmm, I'll probably have a nice leg of lamb this weekend also however I live in a society which has Tesco so I won't be required to 'slaughter' my own. Strangely enough, some folk without a local store with a selection of intensively and some would say cruely farmed livestock prepare it themselves.

Simon, Rennes, France

I'm going to feel really bad for them if Obama loses......NOT!!!!!!!! Go McCain!!!!!!!!!!!!

Janet, Cottonwood, CA , USA

Wow.....and "The Messiah's" supports want to crucify Sarah Palin for shooting moose. What hypocrites!!

Michael Parker, Trinidad,

third world here we come

becky, Hobbs, United States

That's it in a nutshell - "It's going to be chaotic." Leading this country through all this financial turmoil isn't really much to celebrate.

Dee, Pismo Beach , USA