My Hopes Regarding President Obama

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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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Registered: 09-23-2002
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:23am

It's amazing how different we all are.


I think Biden was a great choice, and he has a lot of foreign experience more than I can say about Palin.


Anyway, I hope you can support our new elect President, and help get this country to a better place. :)



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Registered: 09-23-2002
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:24am

Scary that you actually believe that.



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Registered: 10-08-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:28am

Oh, chilly....I thought you liked Joe Biden.

 

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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:34am

>>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?

I think Obama has been largely misunderstood and misrepresented by conservatives and much of the Republican party. And I am impressed with your analysis of his acceptance speech. Obama is not the extreme lefty that he was made out to be. Many conservative and liberal pundits have recently commented on the likelihood that he will be a moderate president. Personally, I don't she how he can't be. Our country has been so divided for so long. To come out swinging would be insulting to those on the right side of the political spectrum and do nothing to help heal this country. (I know that tactic didn't endear me to GWB in 2004.)

I know how disappointed you and other Republicans and conservatives feel. I was absolutely devastated in 2004. It hurts to put all of your hope and faith in a candidate and come up with a loss.

I hope that you can put your hope and faith in our country, if nothing else. It's what has pulled me through the last eight years. *smile* And I think that's what will help us become more united in the end.

Laura

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Registered: 09-26-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:40am
I hope the Fairness Doctrine is not changed, I want people to continue to hear Savage, Hannity and Limbaugh continue to
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:43am
Thanks, Laura, I truly hope you are right.
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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:44am

You'll get through it, chilly. Trust me. I've been there. *smile*

Laura

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:45am
I think I've covered that. I have always thought he was an idiot, and have said so. He does have 36+ years of foreign policy experience and KNOWS what Obama is in for. That's what I tried to get people to understand.
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:49am
Please write your congressman about this. They will hopefully listen to their supporters.
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Wed, 11-05-2008 - 9:54am

I think you have a great attitude.

~ SW

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