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droid

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Oh yeah - shit...

I sometimes forget how devious these radical socialists can be.
 
vimothy

vimothy

yurp
droid said:
My opinion of his political stance is not based on what 'quite a few conservatives say', but on the records of those he has appointed, and on the positions he took prior to the election. The fact that conservatives are now hailing his choices shows just how unlikely substantive political and policy changes are...
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Could you be more specific? (Just ignore for a moment the fact that some conservatives are supportive of Obama -- some conservatives decried Bush's policies, but that doesn't make him a liberal.)
 
swears

swears

preppy-kei
Hope this fella's right:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2008/dec/09/obama-white-house

...But he's still weeks away from office and he's already backing up powerless working people, talking about hundreds of billions in government dollars being committed to building up the country, tackling health care and climate change, reiterating that deficit reduction is a low priority right now, standing by his pledge to draw down in Iraq and apparently planning to go to Cairo (probably) to give a speech on America's new relationship to the world – a move, again, that I can't conceive of any president of my lifetime having the guts to consider making in his first hundred days.
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polystyle

Well-known member
Obama's in : Transition > < transformation.
Torture out , inspirations in.
Aretha -what a hat.
Obama walking Bush to the helicopter ...
 
swears

swears

preppy-kei
Funny to think he's now officially the prez!

I can put my cynicism aside for a moment to at least feel good about Bush getting the heave ho. It's a good day indeed.
 
swears

swears

preppy-kei
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He's the fucking president!
 
nomadthethird

nomadthethird

more issues than Time mag
I know, not only do we have a president who's a constitutional lawyer and a civil rights activist, but he's smart and media saavy and most of all he's not an embarrassment every time he opens his mouth.

It's not a revolution but I'm relieved. We could've had Little Big Oil III.
 
swears

swears

preppy-kei
I have to admit I felt a little lump in my throat as he was giving his inauguration speech. It was sort of bittersweet because he could easily not be able to deal with the massive problems America and the rest of the world face... it could all be for nothing.

Good luck to him.
 
nomadthethird

nomadthethird

more issues than Time mag
swears said:
I have to admit I felt a little lump in my throat as he was giving his inauguration speech. It was sort of bittersweet because he could easily not be able to deal with the massive problems America and the rest of the world face... it could all be for nothing.

Good luck to him.
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As far as being able to singlehandedly solve all the world's problems goes, nobody will ever be able to accomplish that in a four year term, or ever, but Obama does seem to have a gift for being decisive yet diplomatic, assuaging people's fears and inspiring confidence, which may be exactly what's needed now to keep a lid on all of the major crises the world is facing at once right now.
 
swears

swears

preppy-kei
As far as being able to singlehandedly solve all the world's problems goes, nobody will ever be able to accomplish that in a four year term, or ever...
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Oh yeah, of course. I mean the recession, ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...

basically just cleaning up Bush's mess!
 
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mms

sometimes
he's good, he's bright, straight down the middle, chooses his words carefully, the straight down the middle part is the most important, he seems to make a point of ignoring the idea of america that's divided by ideology, from the people he's chosen to the words he leaves out. He's a serious guy, he makes the last 8 years seem like a nightmare, you're sat there wondering at his inauguration speech how did that lazy, stupid jackass and those fucking people who only ever looked out for themselves, even get taken seriously ever.
 
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crackerjack

Well-known member
mms said:
he's good, he's bright, straight down the middle, chooses his words carefully, the straight down the middle part is the most important, he seems to make a point of ignoring the idea of america that's divided by ideology, from the people he's chosen to the words he leaves out. He's a serious guy, he makes the last 8 years seem like a nightmare, you're sat there wondering at his inauguration speech how did that lazy, stupid jackass and those fucking people who only ever looked out for themselves, even get taken seriously ever.
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Nothing like a fucked-up war and economic collapse to remind people that picking presidents is about more than bar-b-qs.

And what's this about?

(Beside seeing the back of Bush, one of the frankly schadenfreudian delights of Tuesday's handover was to see former vice-president Dick Cheney trundle off looking more than ever, in his wheelchair, like Dr Strangelove.)
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What happened? I like to think his old duck-hunting mate came calling now that Cheney's use is spent.
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
From the day Obama was elected to 9:30am Tokyo time on Monday morning, the S&P 500 index has lost 17% of its value, after absorbing Obama's proposed cabinet and hearing the gist of his economic stimulus plan. That can't be blamed on Bush. It counts as the "Obama crash".
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What do you think to that then?











(from AtlasShrugs blog)
 
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