Congrates on backing the winning horse
I don't agree with most of his veiws and policies but he did win.
now the question i pose is for thouse of us who are very very worried about the future of our country under his rule. what do you know or can say that will dampen our worries.
in an effort to unite thouse of us who are against him ,we will need to be assured that he is not going to be the one to usher in the end of our nation.
but his stance on the 2nd, his seeming willingness to spead the wealth from the workers to the non workers. and his dealings with people who seem to be very much anti amercan has me very worried indeed.
so have at it obama supporters i will not flame you for your thoughts I just have a need to hear the voice of reason to help calm my fears.
I know most of ya'll have me on ignore and won't even be able to read this, but what the hell...
My most fervent prayer and hope is that an
Age of Reason returns to the US - where a true education is highly valued, not just a diploma. Where you have your part of the truth and I have mine, and somewhere in the middle lies the whole story. Get to where we aren't pointing fingers all the frickin' time and actually sit down and solve some problems. You ain't getting it all your way and I ain't either. Do what's right for everyone in this country.
1) I just don't see how ya'll have got your panties in a bunch over the 2nd admendment - do ya'll know what it takes to admend or overturn the Constitution? 2/3 majority of both House and Senate, and the 38 states have to ratify the admendment.
It just ain't gonna happen with the 2nd admendment. Ya'll can exhale now.
Roe vs Wade ain't gonna be overturned either - not in this generation or more than likely the next. It's been over 30 years - come to terms with it, okay?
Life in the US is more than fringe issues, like taking care of the kids who are already here and need help. Why do we need more children right now anyway? Isn't over 6 billion people enough? We don't take care of who is on this earth now, why continue to have more and more?
2) Reading/hearing comprehension - as with other elections, everything Obama said or wrote was totally misconstrued.
Spreading the wealth - if you go back and hear the entire schpeel (sp?), which was convoluted I must admit, Obama meant spreading tax dollar wealth - instead of lining the CEO's pockets, fix bridges. I was listening to a show on NPR yesterday. The author, something to the effect of "Obama's Inherited Economy Clusterf*ck", was saying, looking around your county - isn't there something that is a problem and is a danger to everyone who lives in your county, say a bridge or even abandoned structures that meth heads or serial arsonists could burn down (I say this because there is one down here and in Little Rock).
I want to turn the question back on ya'll - why should people support giving our tax dollars to the uber wealthy? One of Clinton's guys (McClarty?) was saying in the 1990's only 10% of the population made over $100k per year - 10%! Now it is something like 29%. Really - WHY is giving the rich more money that they then take to offshore accounts smart economic policy, but giving those same dollars through economic stimulous jobs (like the freeway system in the 1960s) welfare?
3) One thing I can't figure out either - where in the Constitution or Bill of Rights does it say that we cannot have Universal Healthcare? Or, where does it say, if you get sick and have monstrous health bills, then you have to file for bankruptcy?
Race - I can't believe ya'll think that 17% of the black population put Obama into the highest popular vote count and almost double the electorial count is all about the race card; and I know it helps ya'll to sleep at night to think this is about white liberal concession to the race card. But it's not. It really is about the smartest guy in the room.
I'm white, my DH is white, my mom is white, my sisters are white, my former Republican brother is white (who used to deride me for being too liberal and this is my twin!), my MIL & FIL (Vietnam Vet, die-hard Republican) all voted for Obama.
He raised the most money, without federal lobbists, knowing that all the $25 contributions really do add up. There is no credit card scandal - that means you are calling me, personally, a fraud for giving to his campaign, plus all the 3 + million people who gave to his campaign. I gave until it hurt. I gave at each primary and debate.
He also ran an extremely smart campaign - did you hear of any 'chatter' coming out of his campaign office? The few who did were fire immediately. His campaign was a TEAM EFFORT. If he can inspire people for 2 YEARS to keep on going, do you really think he can't do the same with the US population, especially the 56% who voted for him?
When Bush ascended his SCOTUS throne, he promised us MBA type of an economic system that was fair to all; we were promised that adults were now in charge. Tell me, is that we received?
I've read where ya'll made fun of him for asking questions of previous administrations about this economic tsunami that has happened - but isn't that what adults do? Question until they understand? Don't ya'll do that in your lives - read and research and ask around? Why is this a bad thing for a President to do? No one, not one person, has all the answers to anything.
Which is another reason I voted for him - his willingness to listen and learn. He will make mistakes, just like everyone else. Why ya'll think that we 'worship' this man is kinda sad. It is just great to see that for once, the candidate wasn't from a rich white family, earned $12k per year in Chicago, had student loans and scholarships for college, and has lived just like us, the real joe's and jane's.
Ya know, it is so tempting to do a search for all the posts smacking us down because we didn't respect Bush or were told that we were suppose to respect the office of POTUS. Now here ya'll are - being the biggest hypocrites know to mankind and all because he is mixed race, not even beginning to give him a chance. And if you noticed in his acceptance speech, that's what Obama said - all we ever hoped for is just a chance to change things for the better.
Have you noticed that not one Obama supporter came on this board in the last couple of days and dogged anyone on this board about the outcome of the election? Huh? We coulda ya know. But we decided to let you mourn. It is a totally different world now, and not everyone takes to change well. It's understandable.
I'm not dogging you now, but I am must admit I really had no idea how many true bigots are on this board. I too must come to terms that not everyone lives as "we are all spiritual beings have a human experience". That all deep down inside of us, we are all the same, no matter what we look like. After Central High and Ol' Miss and all the other marches for civil rights, I just kinda thought people had gotten past the color aspect. I guess that's for us to come to terms with.
What good comes - just remember, ya'll are included too.
As always, YMMV
I decided Obama would be my choice. IMO he is sincere, energetic and brings new ideas. 
