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Obama can save us, says America as polls show wave of optimism sweeping the nation
"Libby Loo" wrote in message ... "John R. Carroll" wrote in message ... "Libby Loo" wrote in message ... He has no confidence in what he was saying. But that's cool, the rest of us believe he can do it! He's da man! He is as of Tuesday next and a year later he'll own the situation as his. Should the country be favorably impressed with his first twelve months, Republicans will be where they were when FDR died. A permanent minority. He owns it now, AFAIK. And he needs to work extra hours to do everything he promised. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...ng-nation.html Obama can save us, says America as polls show wave of optimism sweeping the nation By David Gardner Last updated at 1:50 AM on 17th January 2009 Barack Obama moves into the White House on Tuesday amid a surge of optimism that he can turn America's battered fortunes around. The President-elect went back on the campaign trail yesterday to try to convince the public that his new £565billion rescue package will revive the U.S. economy. He was hoping to win grassroots support by meeting workers in Cleveland, Ohio, in the industrial Midwest. Mr Obama has already scored his first big victory in Congress, winning Senate approval on Thursday to spend the second half of the Wall Street bailout fund. If his new rescue package is passed as expected in mid-February, he will have an unprecedented war chest to use against the most dramatic slide in the U.S. economy since the 1930s. The incoming president has a lot to live up to, with polls suggesting that the public has higher expectations of him than for any recent U.S. president. According to a survey published last night, 71 per cent of Americans believe the economy will improve during the first year of the Obama presidency and 65 per cent said they think unemployment will drop. Asked about cash-strapped Wall Street, 72 per cent said they thought the stock market would recover. Some 63 per cent were confident that their personal financial situation would improve. 'He cannot not succeed. He has to succeed because the world really depends on him right now,' said Richard Kern, 51, who works in a home remodeling business in Bernalillo, New Mexico. 'We're all hanging in by the treads of our shoes, waiting for the economy to break. We need good news.' There was solid support for Mr Obama's recovery plan in the Associated Press-Gfk survey, with 58 per cent saying they believe it will bring significant improvements to the economy. ....blah blah blah. He needs to put his crackpipe away and get to work....take off running now, burn the midnight oil, etc. He wants us to push him, so he's going to get all the cooperation he asked for. It would be unpatriotic to give him a pass when he has such good feelings about himself. Anyone got any good recipes on how to cook and serve optimism? Interest rates? Borrowing power? Alfred E. Obama is our president. I wish him well, because a lot of people's lives hang in the balance. Starting off by spending money he doesn't have, not identifying and punishing the ones who spent us into this mess, and placing his confidence on the optimism of the US citizen sounds just more than a little Pollyannish. Get government out of our businesses, homes, and lives. Let capitalism and the free market dictate who lives and dies, who eats and who does not. I am in a wait and see mode. Am I optimistic? Yes, and no. I want our country to continue on a good track, and I know that all won't be on that train. But it was high time that some freeloaders were kicked off in the first place. All the promises. All the rhetoric. All this BS of "Office of the President Elect". Hooey. Show me something in the Constitution or written law that shows that office to be anything but a hallucination of the holder. Do just as all the other presidents have done, and wait until inaugurated. And comparing him with Abraham Lincoln? Pardon me while I puke on my shoes. Let history write the final verse on that one. Let's see where all the media, pundits, and commentators are in six months. But mainly, let's see where all the people who really matter, the citizens who use Usenet and who blog, are in relation to their position now The Messiah. Just another empty suit. Steve |
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Obama can save us, says America as polls show wave of optimism sweeping the nation
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: Anyone got any good recipes on how to cook and serve optimism? Interest rates? Borrowing power? Alfred E. Obama is our president. I wish him well, because a lot of people's lives hang in the balance. Starting off by spending money he doesn't have, not identifying and punishing the ones who spent us into this mess, and placing his confidence on the optimism of the US citizen sounds just more than a little Pollyannish. Get government out of our businesses, homes, and lives. Let capitalism and the free market dictate who lives and dies, who eats and who does not. I am in a wait and see mode. Am I optimistic? Yes, and no. I want our country to continue on a good track, and I know that all won't be on that train. But it was high time that some freeloaders were kicked off in the first place. All the promises. All the rhetoric. All this BS of "Office of the President Elect". Hooey. Show me something in the Constitution or written law that shows that office to be anything but a hallucination of the holder. Do just as all the other presidents have done, and wait until inaugurated. And comparing him with Abraham Lincoln? Pardon me while I puke on my shoes. Let history write the final verse on that one. Let's see where all the media, pundits, and commentators are in six months. But mainly, let's see where all the people who really matter, the citizens who use Usenet and who blog, are in relation to their position now The Messiah. Just another empty suit. The hysteria concerning Obama is exceptionally reminiscent of that concerning John Kennedy: baseless optimism, unfounded hopes, belied campaign promises, and absolute backing by the propaganda machine that got him elected. Since the programs/"progress" credited to Kennedy were actually provided by Lyndon Johnson (other than the Bay of Pigs invasion that was planned under Eisenhower and botched by Kennedy and Kennedy's attempt to have Fidel Castro assassinated), Kennedy's only "accomplishment" was getting the US involved in Viet Nam. "Wait And See" is an excellent position, Steve. |
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Obama can save us, says America as polls show wave of optimism sweeping the nation
On 19 Jan 2009 18:50:25 GMT, "RAM³" wrote:
And comparing him with Abraham Lincoln? Pardon me while I puke on my shoes. Let history write the final verse on that one. Let's see where all the media, pundits, and commentators are in six months. But mainly, let's see where all the people who really matter, the citizens who use Usenet and who blog, are in relation to their position now The Messiah. Just another empty suit. The hysteria concerning Obama is exceptionally reminiscent of that concerning John Kennedy: baseless optimism, unfounded hopes, belied campaign promises, and absolute backing by the propaganda machine that got him elected. Since the programs/"progress" credited to Kennedy were actually provided by Lyndon Johnson (other than the Bay of Pigs invasion that was planned under Eisenhower and botched by Kennedy and Kennedy's attempt to have Fidel Castro assassinated), Kennedy's only "accomplishment" was getting the US involved in Viet Nam. "Wait And See" is an excellent position, Steve. are the Democrats going to treat the Obamassiah the same way they treated JFK? An open car in Dallas........ Gunner Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do something damned nasty to all three of them. |
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Obama can save us, says America as polls show wave of optimism sweeping the nation
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are the Democrats going to treat the Obamassiah the same way they treated JFK? An open car in Dallas........ I hope not. Biden is biden his time. Wes |
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