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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Well, he ran his campaign like the 'community organizer' he chose to be after graduating from Columbia.
~ SW
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.
Sorry, my bad-the latest results are 52% to 46%. 7 million votes and a 6% victory margin is hardly a split down the middle, as a 349 to 147 electoral college vote would indicate. Not to mention a sizeable change in Congress.
The country has spoken decisively and repudiated the politics of character assassination and guilt by association. Although I suspect we haven't seen the last of it.
Could it be that you deep down understand that what I said was truthful?
I wouldn't bet the ranch on that, homelessness is not much fun.
Your side won.
My side is whoever has ideas to make a start at solving the problems facing this country. Right now only one side has ideas, the other side was very clear that all that they have are character assassination, fear, and guilt by association.
I'm not all that happy about the Democrats holding complete power, we need only look at what happened between 2000 and 2006 to see the danger in that. Hopefully the coming time in the wilderness will result in both moderate Republicans again having a major voice in their party and new opposition
dablacksox
Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
We DO need CHANGE, and it is WE who need to CHANGE.
Don't give up, mom. Sometimes the smallest thing can make the most difference -- smiling at someone at the store or taking the time to say hello to the kids next door. These things take almost no effort and can really help to bring people together.
As an attorney, I'd think you'd have a great opportunity to get involved somewhere. Check out the non-profits for which you have an affinity. If your expertise is one that can help the average person, perhaps you can be a resource for a community organization. (There are ones on the left, right and middle of the political spectrum. *smile*)
I think the first step is taking an interest and learning more about something. You'll find where you fit in, if you keep trying.
Sappy Laura
ITA, a really great post!
>>> 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.
I think a very important thing this election proved was that our country has stepped beyond race as a divisive issue. Good or bad, and I'm not holding out much hope for the inexperienced Barry, but I don't think his performance, either way, will be a referendum on blacks in general, or the next black candidate who seeks high office.
>>> I don't know how you can be so afraid of him, yet be okay with Bush. Look at what happened to our country in the past 8 years? Could you forsee that back then?
What happened to our country that is "Bush's" fault?
>>> Obama is a glimmer of hope, and we as a country need that more than ever. He is smart, he is genuine, and he surrounds himself with people like Biden, and Colin.
Obama is a neophyte who has achieved stellar mediocrity in every position he's held.
>>>I could not have picked a better president. He is everything I have wanted, and the world is happy too.
The world is always happy with appeasers...they know he'll bend to their agenda.
>>> I think what we are going to see is change for the better. It won't be immediate, but overtime it will start happening. I think he's inspired so many people, and last night he said he will listen to us, and report to us, and never keep us guessing.
He lied.
>>> Being cynical, and depressed is not what is going to get us anywhere better.
The libs have always said that dissent is "patriotic"...or was that just a hypocritical convenience when they opposed the President?
A 6% margin is pretty close to right down the middle.
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