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Originally Posted by Team B&T  what i dont understand is that even with all of the unanswered questions about obama and all of the negative facts concerning his character you would think that the american people would step back, take a deep breath and really think about whether or not this person would have a positive impact on our country. He has already been confirmed to associate with terrorist. He is of islamic faith and NOONE can find his %^&*ing birth certificate, his closest relative is an illegal alien, i mean come on WTF!!! |
I think the bottom line is people are so desperate for change they are closing their eyes and ears to alot of stuff.
And it really didnt help that McCain was the best the republican party had to offer.
People are fed up, people havent liked the last 4 years (people are saying 8 but it really has been only the last 4)
And people are getting lazy in the United States.
When 9/11 happened the United States stood together, President Bush set the best course he could, and the people were behind him. He said from day one it was going to be a long war, and the people were behind him
he said we would have to make sacrifices, and the people were behind him
But as always with the United States, at least more and more, we Americans are lazy and we don't have the stomach for a protracted war.
Our enemies had, have and are counting on that. And if we pull out or Iraq too soon, we will show the world that we don't have the stomach to finish what we started.
Our financial crisis isn't due only to the war. yes we are dumping huge amounts of money in to it.
But right now the financial crisis that is hitting each American where it hurts is the Mortgage crisis which was due to the democrats, and the oil issues which I blame on our entire government. I am convinced our oil prices sky rocketed because of oil speculation, the government could have controlled it I feel, but they didnt. and that is the fault of the Republicans and Democrats.
President Bush didn't force us into this war, people are fricken idiots to think he did. and anyone who blames President Bush for the war is fricken stupid and looking for someone to blame.
The United States president has full control over only one of the services. The United States Marine Corps. The Marines are called the Presidents own.
the president can send Marines anywhere he wants without approval from anyone.
But other than that, it requires approval from Congress to send any of the other services into combat.
Guess what? Marines are not the only ones in the sand boxes. Congress approved the war. If they didn't want it we wouldn't be in it no matter how bad the president wanted us to be in it.
President Bush set the best course he could, he did the best he could with the cards he was dealt. I don't think anyone else under similar circumstance could have done much better.
And he is getting a largly unfair rap from it. He is human, I have no doubt he made mistakes.
But as I said, bottom line, American people don't have the stomach for anything that puts them out for very long. The American people were desperate for change, they didn't see change with the republicans and the only option left was the Democrats.
And truth be known, I think a lot of blacks voted for Obama just because he was black. And honestly, I cant really say I blame anyone who did.
black people have had a rough time in this country. been a long road for them. I have tried to do some soul searching on the issue, tried to put myself in a black persons shoes, and I think I came to the conclusion that as long as the candidate didn't seem evil incarnate, I would almost feel it was my obligation to vote for the first black person to run for president.
And especially Obama, no matter how much I didn't want him in office, I do acknowledge he is very Charismatic, he does seem extremely confident and will probably be a very strong leader.
Unfortunately I "think" he might lead us down a road that I dont think will be best for our country at this time. But as I have stated in other posts I am going to support him until if and when I think he is proving to make some bad decisions for this country. but until then, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and hope for the best.
I was talking to someone at work about the whole issue and I agree with another thing, our status in the world isn't very good right now. and between Obama and McCain, I think Obama has a better chance of trying to rebuild some of the bridges we either accidentally set on fire or purposely set on fire.
Hopefully he will be able to mend some of our tattered foreign relationships. Because I don't think another republican in office right now would have much of a chance.
We all just have to keep our fingers crossed, for those that pray, they need to pray. and ALL of us need to stick together All races, because we are Americans first. and we need to support our leadership the best we can.