On Jan 23, 1:07 am, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jan 21, 11:20 pm, "Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote:



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It's not necessarily a binary choice. He could fail to make us all
socialists without imploding the country.
And I don't think he's the socailists messiah, either.
Dave

What he is is our new president. Every citizen should give him a chance to
prove himself---and to show respect until he has given cause for we citizens
to not do so.

Given the conditions of the past eight years, how in hell could he be any
worse?

Harold

I agree.

If he turns out to be failure, I will be one of the first to say it.

Considering that Bush has left him with what another poster called "a
live gernade", he has his work cut out for him.

If you are an American, you better hope that he succeeds.

Anyone who is condemning Obama now at the beginning of the term is
showing their true unpatriotic colors.

TMT

TMT

And so does the rest of the world Steve - he has said, at his
inauguration, in his books, in other speeches that he alone cannot do
the massive reconstruction that needs to be done, it must be done by
the American people, working co-operatively , without partisan
politics. Neither Left nor Right have a monopoly on truth or good
ideas, as shown by him appointing numerous avowed Republicans to vital
posts.You have done harder things under greater threat before , and,
with luck, will do it again.

And maybe he offers hope, and people want that - that the last eight
years of stupidity, of arrogance, of blind adherence to a clearly
failed economic philosophy, of sacrificing great and noble principles
to expediency, can be overcome, and you Americans can resume your
rightful place in the world, as innovators, as leaders, with clear
moral principles again gaining the respect of the world.

What has been of real interest to me is Obamas frequent references to
Thomas Paine, one of the founders of your country. Noble sentiments,
just as valid today. And not partisan in any way.

I honestly and in all sincerity wish you well - if you fail, it will
be because you lack the will to succeed. And no one wants a
continuation of the present chaos.

Andrew VK3BFA.