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ELECTION DAY 2008:........... Barack Obama, the next President of the United States of America
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Originally Posted by eNPHAN
Originally Posted by wawaweewa
x 10 Trillion ( shouts out to the deficit.)
This was an election won by the media. It was funny how all of them were patting themselves on the back last night.
It's sad how people can so easily be persuaded by empty rhetoric when we live in an age where information is widely available.
Ron Paul. Baldwin. Heck even Nader or Kucinich.
i really thought it would end after Obama was elected...
Paul, baldwin, Nader or Kucinich never had a chance...
it was always Obama vs. McCain....
none of those other choices had an honest shot.
with that said, what are ya'll gonna complain for the next four years?
it's funny that people that are anti-Obama are saying "i cant believe you were persuaded by empty rhetoric"
when Bush is elected over a future Nobel Peace Prize winner.......and is then RE-elected....
you act like ANY democrat wouldn't have won this election...
it was only a LANDSLIDE because that democrat was Barack Obama.
You all can't accept that from the beginning of his campaign Barack Obama has spoken directly to a LARGE population of the United States of America, and what he said to them has touched them, and motivated them to elect him the President of the United States of America?
you REALLY can't accept that?
i mean, even us crazy, racist, bigotted liberals came to grips with reality that, hey, ALOT of americans voted for Bush....twice....
You can't accept that no, it wasn't empty rhetoric, race, OR the media that made millions of americans support this great man?
You can't accept that maybe his message and his focus spoke to people personally?
truthfully, Barack Obama had my vote when he stepped out into the national stage and one of the first things he said he was going to do was kick all the lobbiests out of the white house....
he spoke of a structure in washington, much like i always imagined, yet never dreamed a politician would attempt...
which has nothing to do with the color of his skin, the media that's biased FOR or AGAINST him, any of the postive OR negative ads, it doesn't even have anything to do with the thousands of posts on NT and other message boards all over the internet..
it had to do with me and my personal choice to vote for Barack Obama.
and judging by the MASSIVE landslide that occured last night, i'm part of a sweeping majority of Americans....
just answer me this, how long are ya'll gonna be salty? how long are you going to question our president's legitamacy?
, these same dudes gonna stay salty for four years until he runs for re-election?
finally being able to chant "FOUR MORE YEARS" and make ya'll as upset as it made me the past 8.....
Actually bud, I voted Obama yesterday.
I'm much more liberal than conservative - but that doesn't mean I sit here clapping my hands like a ******ed kid because Obama won - he was not myfirst choice for this position, and I don't agree with some stuff he's planning, and i DO believe he was elected by many for the wrong reasons despitethe fact that he may actually have been the best overall candidate.
It's like yeah the right person probably won - but that doesn't mean he won the right way... there is a level of integrity that just seems to bemissing from his win, in my opinion.
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I'm not making it an excuse. But results are results. And quite frankly, things were alot looseraround here when BC was in office. And you can't deny that.
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you should remove that bob marley avy btw
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why?
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All these pessimists are just baffling to me. Let the man actually step foot in the white house before you claim his failure already based on what you THINKhe's going to do. No one in here can see the future and it seems like yall are just salty and want Obama to fail just to prove your misguided point. Idon't care who is in office I always hope for them to do a good job regardless. If we can put up with George Bush for eight years why can't we givethis man a chance? Obama won by a landslide for a reason, he ran the better campaign, he reached out to more than just his parties typical base, and heovercame more hurdles than any other presidential candidate has in HISTORY.
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Originally Posted by eNPHAN
Originally Posted by wawaweewa
x 10 Trillion ( shouts out to the deficit.)
This was an election won by the media. It was funny how all of them were patting themselves on the back last night.
It's sad how people can so easily be persuaded by empty rhetoric when we live in an age where information is widely available.
Ron Paul. Baldwin. Heck even Nader or Kucinich.
i really thought it would end after Obama was elected...
Paul, baldwin, Nader or Kucinich never had a chance...
it was always Obama vs. McCain....
none of those other choices had an honest shot.
with that said, what are ya'll gonna complain for the next four years?
it's funny that people that are anti-Obama are saying "i cant believe you were persuaded by empty rhetoric"
when Bush is elected over a future Nobel Peace Prize winner.......and is then RE-elected....
you act like ANY democrat wouldn't have won this election...
it was only a LANDSLIDE because that democrat was Barack Obama.
You all can't accept that from the beginning of his campaign Barack Obama has spoken directly to a LARGE population of the United States of America, and what he said to them has touched them, and motivated them to elect him the President of the United States of America?
you REALLY can't accept that?
i mean, even us crazy, racist, bigotted liberals came to grips with reality that, hey, ALOT of americans voted for Bush....twice....
You can't accept that no, it wasn't empty rhetoric, race, OR the media that made millions of americans support this great man?
You can't accept that maybe his message and his focus spoke to people personally?
truthfully, Barack Obama had my vote when he stepped out into the national stage and one of the first things he said he was going to do was kick all the lobbiests out of the white house....
he spoke of a structure in washington, much like i always imagined, yet never dreamed a politician would attempt...
which has nothing to do with the color of his skin, the media that's biased FOR or AGAINST him, any of the postive OR negative ads, it doesn't even have anything to do with the thousands of posts on NT and other message boards all over the internet..
it had to do with me and my personal choice to vote for Barack Obama.
and judging by the MASSIVE landslide that occured last night, i'm part of a sweeping majority of Americans....
just answer me this, how long are ya'll gonna be salty? how long are you going to question our president's legitamacy?
, these same dudes gonna stay salty for four years until he runs for re-election?
finally being able to chant "FOUR MORE YEARS" and make ya'll as upset as it made me the past 8.....
I don't understand your gripe?
You're making up non existent arguments just so you can argue against them.
What does Bush have to do with this?
I voted for Kerry in '04.
I know it's difficult to understand but this isn't a left/right thing for me.
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[color= rgb(255, 255, 0)]Me either.[/color]Originally Posted by MyTsharp
I can't wait until he announces his cabinet and his advisor's.
[color= rgb(0, 102, 0)]My-T.[/color]
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For all of you people who would like to think that McCain got "95% of the white vote"... Obama got 30% of the White Evangelical Christian vote inOHIO.... wrap your head around that.
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DAYTONA 5000 wrote:
Me either.Originally Posted by MyTsharp
I can't wait until he announces his cabinet and his advisor's.
My-T.
You have no idea why you are throwing up that "" my man
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Yeah, you right.[/color]
[color= rgb(255, 255, 0)]You have no idea what Malcolm X's struggle meant either.[/color]
[color= rgb(255, 255, 0)]We even now?[/color]
[color= rgb(0, 102, 0)]My-T.[/color]
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No housing bubble or derivatives bubble = less economic trouble today
Just like Bush's war will eventually cost $3+ trillion.
The consequences of a President's actions last far longer than while he's in office.
So in retrospect those "good times" created these "bad times".
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Originally Posted by MyTsharp
DAYTONA 5000 wrote:
Me either.Originally Posted by MyTsharp
I can't wait until he announces his cabinet and his advisor's.
My-T.
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Yeah, you right.[/color]
[color= rgb(255, 255, 0)]You have no idea what Malcolm X's struggle meant either.[/color]
[color= rgb(255, 255, 0)]We even now?[/color]
[color= rgb(0, 102, 0)]My-T.[/color]
I don't know what Malcolm X's struggle meant. Please, since you are more knowledgeable, educate me.
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i tell dude that every time he posts ... maybe he will listen to you ...Originally Posted by wawaweewa
I don't understand your gripe?
You're making up non existent arguments just so you can argue against them.
What does Bush have to do with this?
I voted for Kerry in '04.
I know it's difficult to understand but this isn't a left/right thing for me.
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[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]So are these bad times gonna' create "good times"?[/color]
[color= rgb(255, 255, 0)]I'm not even trying to be smart on this one, I'm generally curious. But you have to admit,alot of you are very cynical.
And Daytona. I'm sure you would love for me to.
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[color= rgb(0, 102, 0)]My-T.[/color]
[color= rgb(255, 255, 0)]I'm not even trying to be smart on this one, I'm generally curious. But you have to admit,alot of you are very cynical.
And Daytona. I'm sure you would love for me to.
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[color= rgb(0, 102, 0)]My-T.[/color]
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Why shouldn't we be cynical? What good have politicians in this country done in the last uh... 100 years? At the end of the day Obama is more one of themthan he is one of "ya'll", who are throwing up
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I don't care if he's one of "us" or one of "them".
[Martin]You just don't get it do you man?[/Martin]
My-T.
[Martin]You just don't get it do you man?[/Martin]
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I just want to make sure everyone understands something:
I am EXTREMELY proud to say I live in a country that has elected a black president despite its horrible history. I think Obama is a personable politician, andreally like the idea of a young family in the white house.
I just don't understand why $250k is the cutoff. People making $500k or less and living in New York are not buying boats and mansions. We are makingenough so our kids can live in a decent house, so we can send them to and pay for a good college education and take vacations once a year. Go after thosethat have millions, those who it doesn't really hurt. $500k in Topeka, Kansas is alot different than $500k in NYFC....that's all I'm saying.
I am EXTREMELY proud to say I live in a country that has elected a black president despite its horrible history. I think Obama is a personable politician, andreally like the idea of a young family in the white house.
I just don't understand why $250k is the cutoff. People making $500k or less and living in New York are not buying boats and mansions. We are makingenough so our kids can live in a decent house, so we can send them to and pay for a good college education and take vacations once a year. Go after thosethat have millions, those who it doesn't really hurt. $500k in Topeka, Kansas is alot different than $500k in NYFC....that's all I'm saying.
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I'll answer that, the "bad times" will create worse times.
But yes, you told me I don't deserve the Malcolm X avy, I'd like to know why
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your just going back to clinton era taxes
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eNPHAN, MyTsharp, and everyone else its good to see that we can change the world.. We stand up for what we believe in when they called us dumb, "drinkingthe political Kool-Aid" (Bill O quote), being bamboozled by "empty rhetoric" that we stood by it and we fought for what we believe in...
57 million people stood up and said we need CHANGE and not CHANGE backed up by empty rhetoric but CHANGE brought by the only viable candidate capable of makingit happen..
And the way it united everyone me being white, MyTsharp being black, asian, hispanic we stood on the same page and voiced our opinion backed up by fact..
I am honored to stand by all yall who voted for Obama or if you didn't and want to actually change this country and help Obama do it. I will be honored tostand by you to, in the hope of getting the change Obama promised and will fight for..
Today is a great day the birds chirp different, people's voice sound more optimistic, and the WORLD as a whole finally can see America was not lying whenwe said anything is possible here and anyone can achieve their dreams. And last night Obama proved that to me..
57 million people stood up and said we need CHANGE and not CHANGE backed up by empty rhetoric but CHANGE brought by the only viable candidate capable of makingit happen..
And the way it united everyone me being white, MyTsharp being black, asian, hispanic we stood on the same page and voiced our opinion backed up by fact..
I am honored to stand by all yall who voted for Obama or if you didn't and want to actually change this country and help Obama do it. I will be honored tostand by you to, in the hope of getting the change Obama promised and will fight for..
Today is a great day the birds chirp different, people's voice sound more optimistic, and the WORLD as a whole finally can see America was not lying whenwe said anything is possible here and anyone can achieve their dreams. And last night Obama proved that to me..
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This thread is outta control now. Instead of the extrem Republicans posting, now all these so call Bill O'Reilly's taken over when they were cheeringfor McCain from the jump. Get the hell outta here with that mess. .
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So you pretty much would've supported any black man getting voted in, no matter what his policies are.
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I hope so.
The reason why Im not optimistic is because in his political career thus far Obama has shown no penchant for "change".
He has advisers and backers such as Rubin (GS), Corzine (GS), Brezinski, and Soros (only goes where he can make money) who are part of the establishmentthat's got us into our present mess of a country.
I'm being serious here when I say that if Obama said that he'd appoint Rev. Wright as Sec. of State or to another post I'd applaud him for that.I'd jumped on the bandwagon faster than Diddy running to a Prison shower room. Seriously.
That would be real change.
Obama has shown me nothing thus far therefore I can only assume that he's spewing a bunch of empty rhetoric. Also, for the msot part that rhetoricdoesn't address fundamental problems and is awfully vague.
