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Originally Posted by jiggz23
my post was a reflection of my elation at the time and a reaction to the notion that all BHO supporters have no clue.
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jiggz:
Would you not agree that there are significant numbers of people who voted for Obama because of the color of his skin, his promises of financial incentives, because someone else asked them to, because they thought it was cool, because they did not want to appear to be racist, because they hated President Bush, or worst of all, because they did understand exactly what he is trying to do and want to be a part of it? The first portion of these people would be sheeple, and the latter wolves.
I think another group would be those who listened to his message, thought they understood what he wanted, and truly believe that he can do it. Those are the starry-eyed worshipers and sycophants mentioned earlier. It concerns me that there is not enough understanding of economics, politics, history, sociology, or just plain simple math to understand that the promises cannot be met within our current fiscal constraints.
There was quite a bit of voter fraud going on as well, and that concerns me most. I saw two fraudulent ballots cast, and the elections officials did nothing. I thought it was supposed to be one man, one vote. Or that used to be the way. We seem to be descending into a third world system of voting, with the "vote early and vote often" motto. I am not sure our electoral system is not in need of international observers to guarantee the security of it.
As a student, would it not be fair to take grade points away from the higher performing students, and apply those points to those who are failing? Who needs them more? Wouldn't it really be better if everyone in the classes got a "C"? Or better yet, everyone an "A"?
It is like the Dim spokesmen trying to explain refund checks for people who did not pay any taxes. They said, "well, they paid FICA taxes". HELLO, that is Social Security taxes! Does anyone think that we have sufficient excess funds in the social security trust to be issuing rebates? Hell, we are not that far from issuing IOUs to the elderly. I do not know too many elderly who would want to impose that burden, with 50 years of interest, on their grandkids.
There are way too many holes in his plans for him to impose them all, without a staggering tax or public debt burden.
The Dims have been in charge of Congress, and the Federal purse strings for the past two years. What have they done? Why have they not passed a balanced budget, or passed an ethical bill, or an anti-pork pledge? Did they think the POTUS would veto it?
Now, Obama is coming to town. Maybe he and the Dim Congress will govern from the center. But thus far, his staff recommendations do not look like it. To me, it looks like partisan politics as usual, and they will accomplish little positive, and virtually nothing in a bipartisan manner (which he has never had a record of anyway). Time will tell. I would like to hear Obama say in his Inaugural speech, "President Bush is gone and as the new POTUS, I accept full responsibility for everything that happens from now on. This is my watch. The buck stops here." Think he will do it, or keep blaming Bush for years after he is gone?
I think the majority of Obama voters are clueless, and voted for him for the wrong reasons, but he is the president-elect now and we will soon see. I hope for all our sakes that he turns out better than we anticpate.
TR