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: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 2:20pm
I hope you are right.
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Registered: 09-23-2002
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 2:24pm
Yes I do think he will be an asset to Obama as a VP. Biden has had an extensive experience in the senate and foreign relation comittees. He is not afraid to speak his mind, and will be a great advisor to Obama.


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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 2:28pm

>>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.

Well we agree on something! *grin* Amen!

Laura

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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 2:32pm

>>A 6% margin is pretty close to right down the middle.

Yes, but given the slim margins of the last two elections, it's certainly a much more definitive win, wouldn't you say?

Bush called his 2.5 point margin in 2004 a "mandate." *smile*

Laura

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 2:39pm

>>> It is true that the record and the history of Barack Obama are not as transparent as many would like - myself included.

And yet you voted to put this man in the most powerful position in the world. Odd.

>>> However, he is obviously a powerful 'Leader' - and also clearly one with the intelligence to make good and well-reasoned decisions.

How do you know? Obama has no demonstrable history for making "good and well-reasoned decisions." In fact, regarding the situations that have risen in the past several years, Obama has gotten them all WRONG.

>>> There have been many on the Right who couldn't vote for him because they didn't know 'who he is' - and I think that is a very valid argument.

Um...ya think? And yet you found it "valid" to vote for a guy you admit that you "don't know." Incredible.

>>> But he IS the President Elect, an avowed pragmatist, and obviously VERY ambitious. I think he is smart enough to realize that he can only truly 'lead' and be a successful President for this country from the Center.

So...um...you're just guessing. Good thinking...elect a guy and then "hope" he acts AGAINST everything that is known about him and everything that he's said. I don't think I could imagine anything more inane.

>>> By all means, watch him CLOSELY -- I will. I think it is our DUTY as citizens to scrutinize our leaders with a willingness to admit to mistakes -- and CORRECT them. That is the beauty of our Democracy. If Obama really turns out to be bad for our country, we can 'pull his teeth' by handing him a Republican Congress in just two years - and replace him in four. I think there are very many people in this country who now wish they had been more open to 'correcting' the mistake we made in 2000 by electing Bush, instead of handing Cheney and his cronies 4 more years to pursue their radical agenda.

LOL! Heavens...if we (the looney left) have made a mistake by electing an inexperienced, socialist, neophyte to the highest office in the land, we can always fix our stupidity by trying to "defang" him and make him impotent. LOL!

>>> If you watched his acceptance speech, besides being as powerful and eloquent as one would expect from him

It's amazing that he could take so much time and use so many words to say absolutely nothing at all.

e already seemed to be reaching out to those who opposed him strongly, and pledging to 'be their President too'.

How sweet. Bush was OUR President too.

>>> 'who he is' is exactly what he says he is -- Someone who wants to at long last address some of the festering UNDERLYING social and systemic problems that are causing our nation great stress.

By imposing socialism...thanks.

>>> And from some of the posts on these boards and many 'blogs' on the net, it is obvious that there is a pervasive 'us vs them' mindset in this country - on both the Right and the Left - that is DIVIDING us at a moment when it is as important for us to work together to solve our problems as at any other point in our lifetimes.

Hmmm...I wonder why this "kumbaya-feel-good-let's-pull-together" attitude wasn't evidence a year ago? I guess the left feels that hate and divisiveness have their place and time. Kind of like the wack-job Pelosi saying that NOW she'll be more bi-partisan! LOL!

>>> So, besides being a 'Leader' - I personally hope and pray that he is truly the 'Healer' that this country needs to unify us as 'One Country, Indivisible' once again.

The biggest lie Obama told, and there were many, was that he was a "uniter."

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Registered: 09-23-2002
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 2:42pm

Angry and bitter is what you sound like. Not healthy!



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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 2:46pm

Mileaimn

I can't resist saying this: You really need to take a break. You're working yourself up into a lather over nothing. It's going to be okay, really. As much as I despise Bush et al, I learned that. Our country is in bad, bad shape, and I hold the Bush administration largely responsible, but the sun comes up each morning. Our country didn't collapse. We have a chance to come together and get things right. You'll have your chance to elect another conservative president; democracy works that way.

Really, slow down and take a deep breath. You're going to wear yourself out with all of this blather.

Over and out...

Laura

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Registered: 09-21-2004
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 3:12pm
He's not afraid to speak his mind but he keeps putting his foot in his mouth. I was shocked he was the VP pick.
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Registered: 09-23-2002
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 3:13pm
I guess that is your opinion. Just like it is mine that Palin was a disaster pick.


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Registered: 09-21-2004
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 3:16pm
Oh I agree, Palin was not a good choice either.

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