I don't think I am being vicious. He could surprise me, but he has been in the spotlight for how long. I have done research on him. I kind of know what to expect and it is not very pretty. It is more of the same. He could surprise me. I hope he does, but I doubt he will.

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"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself
into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the handle."-Winston Churchill

Wait a minute; I thought that generalizing people was bad. Was I wrong? I know what he says he'll do. If he does one-fourth of it he's still better than McCain would have been. I don't blindly follow Obama, as you should probably know, I supported him fervently as the first black president (HUGE milestone in this nation's history). I support him based on his charisma and his campaign (one of the best in history) and I support him based on what he SAYS he will do. Again, if he does everything he promised I'll own myself surprised, but even if he does one tenth of it I'll be happy.

I did, went through his website and looked at all his policies. They almost all looked pretty good to me.

I don't trust McCain. He tried to paint himself as a maverick, as "new blood," as a radical departure from the last 8 years--but he shares his fundamental beliefs with George W. Bush. Also, he picked a retarded running mate who invalidated every single thing he said about Obama lacking experience.

Undoubtedly he will, as the first black president, be held to ridiculous standards. Sort of like Sarah Palin, but in reverse.

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am sure that is the reason. Everything is always about race.

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"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself
into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the handle."-Winston Churchill

Translation: you supported Obama based on fluff - like most of the American sheeple.


You're still just a little boy; you're not in a position to know anything about public policy.



The frequency with which he voted in favor of Bush policies was disturbing. As for Palin, do you realize she has the same amount of experience that Harry Truman had when he was picked to be FDR's running mate?


Ridiculous standards like the ones white presidents have been held to? Oh wait, you're of that generation that believes people should be rewarded just for showing up - you can't possibly know anything about being held to standards. However, since Louis Farrakhan says Obama is the Messiah, maybe Obama should be held to a higher standard.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

So really Obama just needs to go through the paces in your opinion? Some high standards you have set for him. And two of your methods of selection shouldnt even be taken into consideration. The third, well that is great you went to his PR site and studied his policies. I mean, who cares about how he actually voted on issues.....

Of course it's the reason, it's not the only reason, but it's a reason. People won't even notice they're doing it, most likely.


Of course. It couldn't be that his policies appealed to me.

It's like no one older than me could possibly think the same way I do. We now know that isn't true (we did before the election, too).
When I pointed out that my parents agree with me in several other threads where you were forced to resort to calling me a "little boy," their "life experience" and "age" was dismissed immediately because they were "socialists." I found that interesting.

Note what I said, please:

I don't particularly care about experience as a qualification. I think judgment is more important. McCain's pick of Palin as his VP candidate was interesting since her and Obama have the same amount of experience.

Yeah, just about. It's like Palin in reverse, people have tremendous expectations of him, expectations that will be nearly impossible, if at all possible, to meet. And of course, in a way, there's as much pressure on him as there is on George Washington.

So, tell us: how did he vote on the issues and why does that reflect a different philosophy from what is reflected in his stated policies?

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

So, no matter what Obama does you will embrace him.. even if he takes your freedom and your possessions in the name of Allah and Marxism.


Stealing from the successful to reward failure is tyranny. If you embrace Obama's concepts of 'redistribution' , you embrace tyranny.

If he can take from the rich, he can take anything from anyone.

Oh that's a load of bollocks. Get over it. He won. If those things happen then come back and do a spectacular "I told you so".

Obama does not need to demonstrate it since he enunciates it every time he opens his mouth.

Change? to what.. Marxism?

When did he ever say anything about individual freedom of choice? Huh?

Becuase he obviously embraces tyranny he is a fool.

That's President-elect Obama to you, redneck.

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