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: 11-15-2007
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 10:02am
Great post...ditto
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Registered: 10-19-2004
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 10:12am

I echo your sentiments and am very hopeful that Obama will break from the hard left and listen to the voices of the American people.

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Registered: 06-28-1997
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 10:31am

Excellent post.

~ SW

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Registered: 11-11-1999
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 10:31am

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.


Oh, please, if you "know" this then you "know" wrong. Maybe, just maybe, one of the reasons the right was sent packing this election day is their complete unwillingness and inability to admit their mistakes and take Personal Responsibility for them. America has finally had enough with a political movement who continually whines, like a 5 year old, "it's not my fault" when they can't shoehorn reality into the illusionary

dablacksox


Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

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Registered: 10-19-2004
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 10:38am
The big question then becomes:
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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 10:42am

>> What are the best ways to get involved and actually make a difference?

The best ways are those that make the most sense to you. Consider your talents, skills, hobbies. How can you apply those to your community? Go simple -- donate your clothing and books to a shelter -- go elaborate -- run for office. Do something. Do anything. And then make it a habit.

It's simple really. Think of the one thing you can do today -- every day -- and then go out and do it. Every single gesture makes a difference.

Laura

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 10:49am

First, Obama did not receive 57% of the vote, there was a difference of a mere 7,000,000 votes - the country was split right down the middle.

I have firm opinions and observations, but I am tired of fighting right now, and I don't understand why you are still so angry. Could it be that you deep down understand that what I said was truthful? For whatever reason, if I were you I would relax and enjoy the victory. Your side won.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 10:52am
Thanks, SW, I hope so too.
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Registered: 06-28-1997
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 11:04am

LOL --

~ SW

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Registered: 10-19-2004
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 11:06am

Well, as a practicing attorney, I've found it is really not that easy to break through the local community barriers.

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