Obama wins.
Nov 5th 2008, 1:59 am
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Nov 5th 2008, 2:02 am
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Nov 5th 2008, 2:07 am
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Do you not feel the sense of joy and euthoria the rest of the USA is feeling ?
Nov 5th 2008, 2:11 am
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Nov 5th 2008, 2:18 am
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Re: Obama wins.
So your answer to everything is blame Clinton ?
I don't hear Obama blaming anyone. Why not just be positive and embrace a new era that will bring hope and maybe prosperity to millions of struggling Americans ?
You could learn a lot from John McCain and the way he accepted defeat gracefully, promising to back Obama in his turning around of the prosperity of the USA.
Just be proud you were on this earth to witness an important bit of history being made, and one I am sure you will be proud to share with your grand kids
I don't hear Obama blaming anyone. Why not just be positive and embrace a new era that will bring hope and maybe prosperity to millions of struggling Americans ?
You could learn a lot from John McCain and the way he accepted defeat gracefully, promising to back Obama in his turning around of the prosperity of the USA.
Just be proud you were on this earth to witness an important bit of history being made, and one I am sure you will be proud to share with your grand kids
Personally, I look for statesman-like qualities. As President, Obama might (or might not) prove to possess those qualities in time, and ratify 'changes' in the National interest. If not you're in for one hell of a big disappointment, as many in the UK were with 'saviour' Blair.
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Nov 5th 2008, 2:32 am
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Re: Obama wins.
I am happy that what has been an increasingly depressing, seemingly neverending and ugly slanging match (and that includes here on BE) is over and we can get on as a hopefully unified, certainly energized people to turn things around. If you read any of my comments recently (which i wouldn't expect, I'm no pundit
) I have expressed hope, but a realistic hope, NOT an idealistic one. This is an intelligent, energetic man, who if is capable of what he has espoused publicly, then he has what it takes to lead and it will take quite a bit.Side note-it was pointed out in an article I read this morning, that FDR at least had 4 months to get his agenda in place before his inauguration, Mr. Obama has 2 1/2 months.
Nov 5th 2008, 2:39 am
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Re: Obama wins.
I was addressing my comment to ABY. I will speak for myself alone, and say that I was addressing his addressing of the exuberant comment that the UK and the rest of the world loves us (USA). Fame is fleeting, and God that was a mouthful
I am happy that what has been an increasingly depressing, seemingly neverending and ugly slanging match (and that includes here on BE) is over and we can get on as a hopefully unified, certainly energized people to turn things around. If you read any of my comments recently (which i wouldn't expect, I'm no pundit) I have expressed hope, but a realistic hope, NOT an idealistic one. This is an intelligent, energetic man, who if is capable of what he has espoused publicly, then he has what it takes to lead and it will take quite a bit.
Side note-it was pointed out in an article I read this morning, that FDR at least had 4 months to get his agenda in place before his inauguration, Mr. Obama has 2 1/2 months.
I am happy that what has been an increasingly depressing, seemingly neverending and ugly slanging match (and that includes here on BE) is over and we can get on as a hopefully unified, certainly energized people to turn things around. If you read any of my comments recently (which i wouldn't expect, I'm no pundit
) I have expressed hope, but a realistic hope, NOT an idealistic one. This is an intelligent, energetic man, who if is capable of what he has espoused publicly, then he has what it takes to lead and it will take quite a bit.Side note-it was pointed out in an article I read this morning, that FDR at least had 4 months to get his agenda in place before his inauguration, Mr. Obama has 2 1/2 months.
Nov 5th 2008, 2:47 am
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Nov 5th 2008, 2:48 am
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Re: Obama wins.
What irks me about yet another great political media-hyped song and dance performance, is this use of the word 'change'. What change, from what to what exactly? Blair used this very same word, so did Hitler. Will someone please tell me what Obama's talk of 'change' entails - for real.
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How about - a genuine attempt to implement a healthcare system that provides coverage to millions (MANY millions) of people not covered today, including those with pre-existing conditions.
How about - a willingness to challenge the theory of 'trickle-down economics' - of giving huge tax breaks to the very rich in the hope they will create 'wealth' (income) for the rest?
Those three CHANGES are enough for me.
Throw in, the change represented by the fact a country elected a man who's father was a muslim, black, and from a third-world-country; who's grandmother was on food-stamps while raising him. That tells me this country is getting over it's stupid isolationist and bigoted past.
Nov 5th 2008, 2:49 am
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Re: Obama wins.
Nov 5th 2008, 2:52 am
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Nov 5th 2008, 2:53 am
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Re: Obama wins.
Do you honestly think the Secret Service would even consider letting them go to any place that they couldn't secure. Amy Carter went to school in a different time. These children have a racial heritage that must be an additional consideration for the Secret Service.
