My Hopes Regarding President Obama

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
My Hopes Regarding President Obama
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Wed, 11-05-2008 - 7:56am

Last night I was pretty depressed. I cried when John McCain conceded. I prayed for our newly elected President Obama, and for our country.

I started thinking about this man with the paper thin record, and thinking of his words, "I'm a pragmatist", and I started to feel a glimmer of hope. Is it possible that he won't push an ultra liberal socialist agenda? Food for thought, maybe his "present" votes were votes cast so that he wouldn't "tip his hand"? Maybe in good conscious he couldn't vote to the extreme left but knew that if he didn't he could never make it as far as he needed to in the extreme environment where he was traveling up the ladder to the white house?

We really know nothing about this man aside from his thin record. Maybe he won't be the Socialist leader that we expect. Maybe, now that he is in a position of power, he will seek good council and steer our country in the right direction rather than the wrong one.
I'm praying for that, because I don't want to see the country brought to her knees with another great depression and oppressive laws that limit our success and our freedoms.

I think we conservatives should put our money where our mouths are and start praying that this man will see the light, and lead our country well. I much prefer this scenario than the Jimmy Carter scenario on steroids which messes up the country so badly that he will not serve a second term and set the African American cause back for another generation.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 7:59am
Chilly, I think he will try to push his socialist agenda, but I have no doubt that the vast majority of his campaign promises will diminish and fast.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 8:10am
If he does, he won't be re-elected. If he is indeed a pragmatist, hopefully he won't. I am praying that he leads more conservatively than we expect.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-07-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 8:13am

Me too.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 8:19am

Actually I am concerned about the "Fairness Doctrine". Censoring the opposition does seem to be a main goal.

God answers prayers. We need to pray for our country big time.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 8:21am
I'm also concerned for our military. We need to pray for them, big time.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-23-2002
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 8:56am

I don't know how you can be

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:10am

I know that it took more than 8 years to put the economy in this mess, and I also know that it was social engineering by the Democrats that put us in it.

It does scare me that he chose an idiot like Biden to be his V.P. I hope and pray that his other choices for council are much wiser. Even though Biden is an idiot, and has been wrong on most of his foreign policy votes, he does have experience and sees what Obama is in for with foreign leaders. I think we should all be on our knees about this one.

I do hope that this change is one for good. I will support President Obama when I think I can support him, and oppose him (unless opposition is silenced) when I think he is wrong.

I like to think that everything happens for a reason, but I have seen suffering in other countries who have followed the wrong path, and I don't want to see my country having to suffer likewise. We did very well for a very long time in a Capitalist society.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2007
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:11am

Why push for prayer 'now'. The US and the safety of our troops should always be in our prayers...


Relax

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2006
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:22am

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:22am
Yes they should always be prayed for, but they will be in more danger after January than ever. We don't know if they will be invading Pakistan as Obama suggested. Pakistan has nuclear weapons. We don't know if they will be sent on "peace keeping" missions all over the world. I wouldn't suggest anyone enlisting under this president until we see how he commands the military, and hope that the Democrats don't bring back the draft as they have been trying to do.

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