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 - 3:52pm

Mileaimn


Yes...it is not healthy...anger, stress, depression can wear on the body and mind. Please take a break...if you pray, pray, if you like a drink, have a sip today, if you have children, enjoy your little blessings...relax...so far how has your life changed. Deal with whatever actually happens when it happens...plan for your future as if anyone was your president. Chill...


I hope you find peace of mind through your disappointment in this election...

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Registered: 10-09-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 3:57pm

Let's see... McCain was floundering until Palin joined the ticket. She re-energized the entire campaign and brought some true conservative values to it.


Sorry, I'm not swallowing that media story that she was a bad pick. This from the same people that mobilized and attacked her any which way they could, in record time.


And the biggest issue they had with her was experience! And there stood Obama, apparently invisible to them, with his lack of experience at the top of the ticket!


The media hated her and was afraid of her because of her conservative values, and the fact that she turned this back into a race. And now they don't want her coming back.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 4:10pm
Agree.
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Registered: 04-03-2003
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 4:13pm

You stop and think that maybe this right here was what cost Republicans the election?

McCain was floundering until Palin joined the ticket. She re-energized the entire campaign and brought some true conservative values to it.

Perhaps those values (whatever they may be) or perhaps even Palin herself

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Registered: 09-21-2004
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 4:24pm
She certainly did put a new energy into the campaign. She just didn't sit right with Republicans who weren't evangelical or right wing conservative IMO. Weak on foreign affairs....considered unqualified to be commander in chief by many Republicans. Really, a weak pick at best and one could argue she turned out to be a liability.
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 4:30pm

That's ridiculous. McCain's a moderate, and HE was at the top of the ticket. It took Palin to energize his voters. It looks to me like America is still more conservative than moderate.

This election was all about the economy and the press fooling half the voters into believing that it was the fault of Republicans. All of the conservative social issues on the ballots won - EVEN with the election of Obama. That says the voters are still more conservative than moderate. Also, If you look at the Republican congressional races - all the moderates were weeded out. The strong conservatives held their seats. That says more for conservative values winning the day than moderate ones.

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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 4:40pm

>>Let's see... McCain was floundering until Palin joined the ticket. She re-energized the entire campaign and brought some true conservative values to it.

Sounds like the American people rejected "true conservative values" (whatever the heck those are).

Laura

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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 4:43pm

>>It looks to me like America is still more conservative than moderate.

If that were so, Palin's favorable polls would be much higher, and she'd be the vice-president elect.

>>All of the conservative social issues on the ballots won - EVEN with the election of Obama.

You're mistaken on that one. I believe that all of the anti-same-sex marriage initiatives passed, but those that restricted reproductive rights and defined life at conception failed.

Laura

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Registered: 04-03-2003
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 4:59pm

He was moderate in some area's, not so moderate in others.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 11-05-2008 - 5:48pm

Obama was not elected because he was moderate. He was elected because half the people were convinced that the Republicans caused the meltdown of the economy.

It is clear that socially America is still pretty conservative. Believe it or not, there are many conservatives who think choice is necessary, but would like to see some limits, and think S. Dakota's total ban was pretty extreme. I can easily see someone with conservative views voting against that. And I don't know where the "life begins at conception" initiative was, but a conservative could easily vote against that, too.

And, just because individuals hold conservative views, does not mean that they support or even like ALL conservatives. Conservatives are usually pretty individual.

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