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: 10-20-2008
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 10:44pm

>>> No Mil, the military and the financial markets should NOT be in the same business. We should not be there for financial reasons and shouldn't be killing our soldiers or their civilians for it either.

Rest easy...we aren't.

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 11:36pm

>>> This is about the 5th time I've asked you to back up this claim:

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>>> When, exactly did the Republicans try to impose reform? And how did the Dems block that reform when Republicans controlled both the White House and Congress?

And that evidence has been provided IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL many times on many threads.

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/whose-policies-led-to-the-credit-crisis/

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20060525-16&bill=s109-190#sMonofilemx003Ammx002Fmmx002Fmmx002Fmhomemx002Fmgovtrackmx002
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

"But the bill didn't become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn't even get the Senate to vote on the matter."
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0

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Registered: 10-24-2008
Fri, 11-07-2008 - 12:25am

Thank you for writing such an excellent post. You voiced my feelings as well. I feel as though a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. You stated many of the same things I have posted to the same person. The truth apparently doesn't fit in the conservatives agenda (not all conservatives). Being a realist, I know Obama won't be able to keep all of his promises, no president ever has. I do believe he will do his best. I hope the Republicans will honestly put partisanship aside, so they can work together to pukk us out of the mess we are in. We are in big trouble, and it isn't over yet. Things will get worse before they get better. The standard of living will change for a large number of people. Sacrifices will need to be made. We all need to put anger and irrational fears aside, and pull together. I love this country, but I am not so blind as to think we are number one in everything anymore. We have fallen behind in several areas, but now I hope we will get back on track.


Sorry, I didn't intend to ramble on like that!

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Registered: 10-24-2008
Fri, 11-07-2008 - 12:37am

Well, the market took a nose dive today...thanks Barry!


You are thanking the wrong person! Had you listened to the news, you would know Barack had nothing to do with the falling of the market. Instead, you should be thanking Bush! The market dropped because of the increase in unemployed, exceeding expectations. Because everything Bush and Co. have done, has finally caught up to us, sending us to he** in a handbasket! The market has been on a wild roller coaster ride for about a year, and no one expects it to end any time soon. Contrary to the far rights wishing it were so,

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Registered: 10-24-2008
Fri, 11-07-2008 - 12:48am

I still fail to understand how Democrats have caused all the problems in the US while the Republicans were in power in both the White House and Congress.

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Registered: 10-24-2008
Fri, 11-07-2008 - 1:09am
It isn't the Democrats who are stupid. It isn't the Democrats drinking cool aid. The vitriol coming from you, is sad. It's based on believing the Karl Rove tactics. No, we aren't the stupid ones at all! Obama is like a breath of fresh air. The nitrous is all yours! Obama is the one who is finally concerned with the middle class. McCain's stated policies, were exactly the same as Bush's, and we know where that has gotten us! Sarcastic comebacks aren't clever. They just verify how out of touch with reality you are. I understand you could never admit even the possibility of being wrong. That's a shame. I hate seeing that trait in people. There's no point in trying to demonstrate the truth, as it will never be acknowledged. So, it's time to stop communicating. It would serve no purpose to continue. Consider yourself blocked. I will not see any more of your replies.
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Registered: 10-20-2008
Fri, 11-07-2008 - 2:50am
The proof is in the pudding...show us the pudding.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 11-07-2008 - 3:33am

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They weren't passed because enough Democrats and Republicans opposed them. But this could not have been achieved by Democrats alone, as your posts seem to suggest.

And I think you misunderstand my position. I do not suggest that Democrats should not share in the blame for our current economic mess -- they should. Yes, McCain did urge action to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but it fell on deaf ears in both parties.

"While McCain is quick to blame Democrats for opposing the legislation — they did — the Republicans controlled Congress at the time, and there was a Republican in the White House. Yet the bill languished in the Senate, and it wasn't until earlier this year that Congress and the Bush administration, shaken by the extent of the subprime crisis, completed a regulatory overhaul by combining OFHEO and the Federal Housing Finance Board into a new regulatory body, the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

We should also note that prior to 2000, support for Fannie and Freddie was more bipartisan. In the late 1990s, the Republican-controlled Congress — with the blessing of Democratic President Bill Clinton — eased the credit requirements on loans that Fannie and Freddie purchased."

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Democrats are absolutely guilty -- the worst being that old geezer Robert Byrd from West Virginia. I think everyone in his state must have a gold-plated toilet and their own personal armored vehicle by now the way he racks up the earmarks.

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Who said anything about France? And I certainly don't support appeasement or jumping through hoops to win approval from other countries. What I support is a diplomacy that encourages other nations to work with us to solve global problems. I don't want US taxpayers footing the bill for every war that has to be fought to keep the world in balance. Also, appeasement and "discussion" are not interchangeable. Appeasement means giving concessions to keep peace -- talking means nothing of the sort. If talking -- without making any concessions -- can keep more American soldiers alive then I am for talking. BTW, I would love to see any reference from and Democrat suggesting we should "appease" Russia. No one is dumb enough to think or say that.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 11-07-2008 - 3:43am

I stand corrected regarding the Republican push for reform. Thanks for documenting it.

I will say, though, that it is not possible for a minority party to prevent a bill from going to a vote in the Senate without a filibuster. There must have been enough Republicans siding with the Democrats to keep the bill in committee.

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Fri, 11-07-2008 - 6:40am

It looks like while some Republicans were pushing for reform, other Republicans had been successfully lobbied so the legislation wouldn't pass.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440681,00.html


 

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