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CONGRATULATIONS USA !
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Thank You Australia!
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Any idea when I can expect my: Tax cut for 95% of the people Health care as good as people in the senate and congress have Troops out of the middle east NOW Energy problem solved with out drilling or nuclear. I wish him the best of luck
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Really dude, get over yourself. McCain is a retard who would throw out any pander to get a cheer. he wasn't the future of this country any more than the religious 'conservatives' who took over the Republican party. I have just the site for you m8: freerepublic.com. You will find much love for your hate there. MUCH love.. BTW: welcome to tomorrow Š
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I choose to be more reserved in my optimism. I just don't think he is really gonna bring the deep reform we need in Washington. It seems like alot of people are like, 'Yea! Our country is fixed! Everything is gonna be better!'. I know he couldn't be as evil as Bush, so it must be a little better, but I don't see Obama bringing about the real fundamental change to Washington we need to get the government working for the people again instead of working for big money and special interests.
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07-11-08, 06:15 AM | #7 |
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this is a healthy start: http://www.change.gov/
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07-11-08, 11:14 AM | #8 |
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That is nothing. It's a frikin' website. Promises and words mean jack. I want to see some real change. Some action. Then I'll talk about a healthy start.
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gee, only got elected 72 hours ago...what would you like him to do, given that he's not gonna be the Prez until January? wave a magic wand?
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Wasn't the press conference refreshing? It was like talking to someone who knew what he was about and wasn't afraid to talk to the people about it, openly and honestly. And with a blatant intelligence. And humor.
Who'd have thought government could act in such a way! Preposterous! Š
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That is what most who voted for him expect.
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No, what we expect, and will get, is a government run by adults, for adults.
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Why would you expect that?
Remember the democrap water carrier came from Chicago, undoubtably the most corrupt city around.
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I think that means; We can live on govm'nt potatoes. In a govm'nt house
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I would like the following to now eat it in their faces:
Albed, and that guy with the Wolf avatar who has Turrets
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No, but I don't even see it as a start. Maybe I'm just too cynical, but I see a website like that and I think the politicians are just trying to placate the masses. Just a ploy to make the people feel like they actually have a say, when behind the scenes it's business as usual. I'd have liked him to not appoint a hawkish chief of staff. If he appoints Ben Bernanke as Secretary of the Treasury, I will be pissed. I hope the new stimulus package he is touting doesn't go to those who don't really need it. I know where he said the stimulus needs to go, but I hope there isn't alot more going to big business. I just don't trust politicians until they prove themselves. We, as a country have been burned by politicians for too long. Even before Bush. We have been lied to by pretty much every president. For a long time they have allowed business to run rampant and worked in their interest to the detriment of the average American. I want real reform, and so far after 3 days it looks to me like more of the same. Maybe not exactly the same, but the fundamentals are too similar. I'll give the guy a chance, but I just think everyone is praising him before he has really changed anything. Unlike Diego, what I expect is a government run by big money, for big money. We'll see if it's any different. Sorry for the rant. I just don't see a government website as a healthy start.
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you couldn't possibly anymore cynical than i...but where you see only a website, i see an instant and refreshing departure from the previous administration. while there is clearly a marketing angle to the change.gov site, there is a also a very clear agenda laid out, complete with policy goals, transition details, etc - a blueprint, if you will, of where the Obama administration would like to take the country. that is a healthy start, if for no other reason then, since he's not actually president yet, it's all he really can do.
edit: if the Bush administration had put out something similar, we would have all been as appalled up front as we are now, because it would have read something like this: 1) consolidate exectutive power to an unprecedented degree, 2) establish the office of VP as a fourth branch of government, 3) purge all departments for ideological purity 4)expand government powers to include spying on citizens, 5) limit habeas corpus and other Consitutional rights...etc etc ad nauseum. |
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