The voting public has spoken and chose the most unqualified person imaginable for President of the United States. Then again, the voters were ripe for the winds of change and would have voted for Pol Pot if he were the Dem’s presidential candidate.
We are now have front row seats to the spectacular failure that will define the Obama presidency. Of course, all abject failures of this regime..er..presidency will be blamed on Bush administration, the main stream media will concur, until they can’t hide the inadequacy of this new administration.
I’m disappointed that the nation will have to endure this quisling-in-chief for four long years. This could have been avoided, but maybe it IS a good thing. Obama may be revered by low information voters; but they are in for the mother of all buyer’s remorse when they realize that Obama will not direct rays from heaven to erase their mortgage payment and provide them with an O-nation gas card.
This administration will not be the end of the United States, it will do its damn best to change the fundamental character of the United States and fail – magnificently.
Today the Dow sank below 400 erasing gains, yesterday hamas rocketed Israel and a chill wind blew in an overcast, rainy day in Philly. A sign of things to come?
Steve Den Best makes some prediction, and I have tacked on to the list some of my own (7-10).
1. Obama’s “hold out your hand to everyone” foreign policy is going to be a catastrophe. They’ll love it in Europe. They’re probably laughing their heads off about it in the middle east already.
2. The US hasn’t suffered a terrorist attack by al Qaeda since 9/11, but we’ll get at least one during Obama’s term.
3. We’re going to lose in Afghanistan.
4. Iran will get nuclear weapons. There will be nuclear war between Iran and Israel.
5. There will eventually be a press backlash against Obama which will make their treatment of Bush look mild. Partly that’s going to be because Obama is going to disappoint them just as much as all his other supporters. Partly it will be the MSM desperately trying to regain its own credibility, by trying to show that they’re not in his tank any longer.
6. Obama will not be re-elected in 2012.
7. The nation of Georgia is toast, Ukraine and Poland should be very, very concerned. The US will boycott the Olympic Games in protest of the occupation of these nations
8. Myself, along with the posse over at Flopping Aces are looking forward to his coming failures and will point out at every opportunity how his future comments regarding foreign policy are identical to President Bush’s.
9. Obama is NOT the Anti-Christ. The Anti-Christ has an actual plan and millions of years of experience to call upon. Obama the President can claim NONE of these qualities.
10. Change is not such a bad thing. Today I crossed over into the light, changing my party registration to Republican.
Four years of an Obama administration should provide much entertainment, in two short years, midterm elections will begin to turn this nation back from the precipice. In the meantime, life will go on, peace movements will have members charged with assault, winter soldiers will continue to smear the reputation of their fellow soldiers, and a new stronger conservative base will rise.
I’m just wondering which one of his policies he’ll push through the easy-pass Democratic Congress first.
All of them?
The ignorance of the average American must be lower than I first thought. The term “To Hell in a handbasket” comes to mind. This is not going to be fun.
The way I see it, President Hussein’s in a bit of a pickle now. When he selects his cabinet, who will he choose? Will he have Republicans to try to seem like he’s a centrist? Or will he appoint people like Nancy Pelosi (God forbid!)? If he shifts off a little to the right, he may lose face when it comes to his own party…his reputation of being the most liberal will diminish if he tries to include Republicans. Those who revered him as a true Democrat will ponder just what the hell he’s thinking…
And on the other hand, if he picks a far-left cabinet and tries to take full advantage of the Democratic majority and the “honeymoon” period, the Republicans of the nation (and in the Congress) will be more outraged, if they aren’t already.
What will he do?
he will fall flat on his face, yay. i am gald you changed to republican skye, you always seemed to be more on that coarse anyway. love the list, hopefully the nuke thing will not happen.
“There will be nuclear war between Iran and Israel.”
You are forgetting one, Skye. Ahmanejidad and his goons are shouting: “Death to Israel. Death to America”
Don’t forget America. They hate us just as much as they hate Israel if not more.
You will have another attack like the one on the WTC within a month of Obama’s presidency. And it will be from inside of your country of course. Obama accepts illegal immigration and even wants to grant them with driving license, why not pilot licenses also; it will make it easier to crash planes in buildings.
Boy, you are in deep shit. And Fit Fit and all his alike idiots are enjoying it.
Wow. I’m reading this in dismay. For “Patriotic Americans” to wish failure on their President and their country after the nation has spoken in a landslide victory. And the right accused the the left of being sore losers four years ago, after a very narrow win. He’s our President now – accept and respect it, as you insisted we must for the past eight years.
He will only pick dems. (from what i remember he said he will fill the cabinet with the color of Americas future, big surprise there) If hes got any brain at all he will offer John McCain a seat in the cabinet for National Security/Defense. OMGHESPRESIDENTBama seems to like “Yes” men, ppl opposing him seem to have there lives ruined. He needs an in your face Republican for national defense/security.
I’m gonna say they hate Israel more. Either way though they will go for the weaker target. That being said even in the piss poor state we are in now, we still aren’t the weaker. In my opinion I can honestly see Israel finally taking the offensive (for once) and attack Iran before Bush is fully out of office, thereby pulling us in before Obama can “change” our ally list.
We already know that he is going to give the Chicago Machine its bone with Rahm Emanuel (spelling?) And definitely not the last Chicago machine appointment. And he will definitely push thru his Global Poverty Act that will cripple our economy. Also the Feedom of Choice bill that will pretty much take away the Right’s of States to have any say on Abortion.
Get ready for pay to play also. Definitely one of Chicago’s favorite past times.
Woo it is going to be a fun 4 years blogging the failures and outright naivety of the Oabama Presidency.
I posted this on another thread, but after Craig’s comment, it seems appropriate here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiijFOjaydM
Medvedev is poking at us already – http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,447204,00.html
They will love him, even through his failures. Bush will get the first 2 years of blame, and the last 2 years he will rhetoric excuses away the rest with his Jedi mind trick powers. So when the next president sits down… opens his book of secrets and goes “holy shit”. (Meaning he’s getting the blame for the latent problems that were “hid”)
@Cary: If you’ve kept up with this blogsite, you’d know the reasons why we oppose Obama and why we’re frustrated. Democrats were frustrated at the election of Bush – heck, they demonized him from the day he took office.
And it wasn’t a landslide victory.
I’ve said it before – no way I can ever support any of his over-the-top liberal policies. He may be the president, but I didn’t vote for him. He’s not MY president. He doesn’t have my respect.
Greg: That’s scary.
AMERICA BALANCES THE FREE WORLD BY WHIM
Barack Obama was elected 44e President of the United States.
At the era of anything, whereas the Occident takes the water of all shares, America placed at the head of the free world an young man having achieved 270 days as senator of the United States. No military service. No activity of company. No management of board of directors. In short, the American people placed at the head of the executive of a nation of 300 million hearts a man who does not know what is an executive.
It is the “post-racial” man but his race, paradoxically, made of this day an historical event. It is a “rassemblor” whom the preserving half of the country does not accept and will never accept. It is a “visionary” who forever have vision nor of recognized work. But in our nations in full shipwreck, it does not matter what you known as, provided that walk the windmill.
America is not with its first attempt. In 1960, she elected an ambitious young person of Irish origin. A historical election, the man being catholic. He was called John F. Kennedy. For a generation, it caused a hysterical worship which one believed held in potentates of the Kremlin. Its food, its residences, its office, its haircut, its wife… The nice Kennedy, the beautiful Kennedy, the charismatic Kennedy…
And the Kennedy President? You known as…?
In the shade of the covers of the gazettes, fifteen hundred exiled cuban fights about it against the Fidel Castro dictator would die massacred on the beach of Bay of the Pigs, off Cuba, because Kennedy had deprived them of air support. Indeed, the US president estimated that Castro was an “attractive” character although it installed a Communist regime with some encablures of the United States. We were in the middle of the cold war, the new planetary conflict declared by Marxist totalitarianism, and our future was concerned, but the President places from there made fun about it passionately. The Cubans paid the full price of it.
In 1962, benefitting from the quasi morbid naivety of Kennedy, the Soviets sent intercontinental missiles on the island. Their nuclear warheads pointed the US coasts. Between the forces Soviets and the people of the world, there was only one democratic President, elected by chance and supported by a generation of irresponsible. By one énième backing which prolonged twenty years the cold war, Kennedy managed to be extracted from a crisis which it had created. You imagine? We were at the edge of a nuclear war which could have erased Europe of the sphere, the men missed atomizing the ones the other, but the prosperity preserved Kennedy and his blow-dries.
Today, very tired America pay the free world by whim. She proposes to us worse than Kennedy, and the Israelis, Géorgiens, the Afghans and the Iraqis will be the first victims of this choice.
Barack Hussein Obama makes fun completely of the importance of its load and its supporters is not of it more aware. They are there for the festival and the plays of handle.
They do not deserve this gift of God who is called America, a country which was not created for people like them. But we live at one time when the history does not give any more lessons.
Most difficult, for us all, will be to observe President Hussein exert her power. And to hear, all over the world, the cries of all the innocent ones which it will send to the massacre during four years. They will be numerous.
http://qc.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&url=http%3A%2F%2Fleblogdrzz.over-blog.com%2Farticle-24433707.html&lp=fr_en
@Leah: Yes it is.
The perceived weakness some countries see in the us could end up being the thousand pound gorilla in the room, not the economy, not the associations.
Maybe it’s the perfect storm.
Let’s hope that what some are saying is true … that we see him shift center. I hate to be negative but I doubt it.
Can I buy shares in this website? 😉
We are screwed ’08-12
Stix – add on LOST and Kyoto and we all will be living in caves by 2012.
Leah,
I really enjoyed your video.
Greg,
This is not surprising. Obama’s weakness and inexperience will attract aggressors. Even Joe Biden, the clown knew this. And, this is only the beginning. What a perfect timing for countries who hates America. Obama and the financial crises are real bargains for them. But poor little Cary(comment #17), do not see that, do not know that and do not believe that… lol
@Skye: I forgot about those.
That is why we need to start now in getting a conservative nominated as the candidate for the GOP. Not a “Compassionate Conservative” or a Moderate
And I see you changed your affiliation, welcome to the good side.
Um… Leah…. are you an American? Yes, he is your President. You may not have voted for him or even respect him, be we don’t get personal leaders, we elect them for the whole country (Constitution 101) I didn’t like it at all, but Bush has been my President for the past 8 years. I dealt with it.
And perhaps we’re splitting hairs, but I’d call 349 Electoral votes a landslide victory. A much greater margin than the last two times. Both men in this race deserve our respect.
I had a comment for you Craig, but what’s the point?
November 12, 2006 Chicago Sun-Times
This is not the change I remember.
http://www.eandppub.com/2008/11/fox-news-palin.html
It’s that blasted liberal media.
@wondergoat: Ah yes then good old unnamed sources. Tell me when they actually have a name to put the quotes to.
Caves, nah. Mutual destruction.
Worlds gotta remember one thing about America. We show extreme restraint till we are pissed.
Stix,
If it was about Obama you’d swallow it hook, line and sinker.
Hypocrite!
@wondergoat: No I wold want to know who said it, Especially after she told them to pond sand for ruining the campaign. The handlers were a big part of the destruction of McCain’s campaign, especially when it came to Palin.
Are these the same idiots that are saying shebought he own clothes. It is impossible, she was in a deposition at the time the clothes were bought here in St Louis.
Never believe people that will not dicloe their names
Hey dumb dumb Watergoat, did you know that Obama didn’t know how many States the USA have? Speaking of dummies, nobody can beat Obama.
Cary #20. Why do I suspect that if you were around in 2000 or 2004, you were calling for the demise of the Electoral College? That is until, of course, it goes your way. Now don’t you think it’s a wonderful thing to use to label a “landslide”? LOL
Notice none of this side is calling for changing the Constitution to suit our desires… despite our loss. That’s the difference between your side and mine.
But INRE you comment:
What part about 52-53% of the entire voting population constitutes “landslide” in your Jimi Hendrix vision of the world?
Funny… I see it as 47-48% of voting Americans (which does not, of course, include those who boycotted the vote) that *didn’t* agree with Obama’s visions for America.
In fact, this nation traditionally is 50/50. In fact, Mr. Popular, Teflon Bill Clinton, never even reached the 50% mark.
Some unity…. bozo. But you think with 2% over half of Americans, we should change our views to yours?
Keep dreaming.
Leah;
Oh hey that’s brilliant! If Pelosi has a cabinet position… Hm won’t really change the damage his administration could do by much… Yet the effect on our legislation? So we go for the Brer Rabbit bramble patch approach:
“Oh pulease Brer Obama, U can do anyting u wan to us, but pulease don’ put Pelosi, Frank, Dodd and Reid in cabinet positions. Dat would be absolutely terribal! I don’t know what us po’ McCain-Palin backers would do if that happened. It would be ‘orrible.”
Mata,
Be careful about assuming things about people you don’t know. I was actually one of the people pointing out that in the entire history of the USA, only twice has the popular vote surpassed the electoral. Therefore, I saw no urgent need to change it.
But given the fact that we elect Presidents based on Electoral votes, I will hold to my view that it was indeed a landslide.
And no… I absolutely do not think you should change your views to match mine. I think the right should hold on to the same view they’ve held for the past eight years – that our President deserves the respect his office deserves. Those have not been my own views, but what I’ve heard for the last two terms from those on the right. I’m just holding you to your own philosophy.
Furthermore, everyone who has responded to me has completely skipped over my point that I find it alarming that you’re wishing failure for your President and our country.
(I don’t know why, but the comment I left before this, in response to yours, is “awaiting moderation” – I’m not being abusive or off topic, so if you don’t want a discussion with someone who disagrees with you, just say so.)
@Cary: I am not wishing anything of the sort. I am just a realist when we have to come up with $4.3 trillion to get all of Obama’s goodies to everyone. We are not going to get any tax cut, it is not going to happen, I am still waiting for Clinton’s tax cut. Everyone’s taxes will go up, because when you tax a business, it goes on to the consumer, not the business. We are in for some hard times, I am not wishing it, I am just saying waht is going to happen
@Cary: Yes, I AM American. However it may be that the president was elected, it’s not always the smartest choice. Why? Because more than half the electorate don’t know squat about the issues. Ask any average voter about the issues and see whether they’re wrong or right in their answer. Ask any young person why he/she’s supported Obama and not McCain. Ask any black person why they support Obama and not McCain. Then come back and tell me what you get as answers.
More than half the electorate aren’t well-educated on politics and the issues, therefore they make decisions based on what they hear. I had a lot of people tell me “McCain who?” after McCain become the Republican nominee. I saw with my very own eyes those who support Obama register Hispanic people to vote – people who didn’t know possibly a word of English outside of what they were supposed to study for the Naturalization test. And I saw with my own eyes all of them registered as “Democrat” because that was the only thing around them – along with Obama’s name. You forget that there are relatively few number of what they call “extremists” who actually have already picked a side and vote regularly because they know the issues well – others just go by what they hear around them. Quite frankly, I don’t call that the best choice.
And if you want Constitution and Framing 101, it was our Founding Forefathers who didn’t want a popularly elected president for the very reason that a popular candidate, not the one that makes a good leader, would be able to sway public opinion and get into office.
Furthermore, despite your disagreements, you can possibly do well by acknowledging what Bush has done. He wasn’t a horrible president – if he was, according to what you say, people wouldn’t have elected him for a second term. He mishandled things, that’s true, but he stood up to it and reacted to his best abilities to the unforeseen events that befell his administration. And with a Democratic Congress and media against him, he can only be perceived as doing so well.
Obama may have won, but he won’t have my support or respect. And you’re not going to be the one to change that.
Cary, you have not heard me one time say I wished failure for this country, or this President. In fact, I’m hoping the man breaks every campaign promise and does the right thing afterall. I could care less about his legacy. I care about this country and it’s future.
Interesting and convenient concept about “landslide” and Electoral College. In your same tunnel minded view of “landslide”, that means that Teflon Bill had a “landslide” in 1996 with 379 electoral votes, but only 49% of the popular vote.
Mind you, I separate the two most distinctly in my mind. The Constitution set up the Electoral College for balance reasons, and I agree most wholeheartedly with that.
However I reserve the word “landslide” until I see the popular vote with notable support.
i.e. in the world of Electoral Colleges, Obama’s 349 electoral votes pales to Clintons 379 in 1996… but that wasn’t a “landslide”
Both pale to Reagan’s 525 electoral votes in 1984, with just shy of 59% of the popular vote.
All in all…compared to Reagan and Clinton, Obama is no landslide. You are disingenuous on either analysis.
BTW, Cary… would you mind pointing out where any of the FA authors, or the commenters have wished for “failure” of the Country or Obama? I must be missing that thread. Or perhaps my “reading between the lines” abilities are faulty this eve.
Anticipating failure of Obama… if one wishes to believe he tells the truth… is not outrageous. However that is not to be construed as wishing for failure for this country, or him.
Thank you Stix and Leah for responding with well thought out responses, rather than personal attacks, which I’m frankly accustomed to.
To be honest, I do not think Bush is a good President. I have no problem with him as a man, but I think he’s left us with a horrible mess on many fronts. Although, I will admit, that I have found myself defending him from some ill informed fellow lefties. It is exactly your point, which I completely agree with, that too many American voters (on both sides) are poorly informed, which I credit to his reelection, along with the fact that we Democrats did indeed make a poor choice with John Kerry. It is John McCain I credit with the current tactical success in Iraq, and sincerely hope that Obama will seek his counsel, as he said he would. No matter which candidate we chose in this election, I do think we will be better off than we have been for the past eight years, once we get on our feet. But for all of the issues together, I stand with and I put my trust in Obama. And yes, I will hold him to delivering as much as any of you here.
Mata,
I’m reading sentiments from some that seem to suggest that “when” Obama fails, the Conservative movement will be back in full force. Perhaps I am reading into things by interpreting that as a wish, so thank you for clarifying.
As far as the landslide (which I’ve always, and still, viewed Reagan’s to be the biggest in my lifetime), it would indeed seem that we are splitting hairs, and it really doesn’t matter – he’s our President, like it or not (and I happen to be one who does).
As far as the “right” thing, I think that’s all a matter of point of view. I happened to think his stances on most of the issues are the right thing, but I can totally respect why others wouldn’t on some. But, of course, we’d have to approach each issue individually – which I’d be glad to do in time (not tonight, it’s late!)
“To be honest, I do not think Bush is a good President. I have no problem with him as a man, but I think he’s left us with a horrible mess on many fronts.” (Cary)
What horrible mess? The financial crisis? Sorry, but that was Carter and Clinton who made laws to push subprime companies to lend money to people who couldn’t afford it.
Or maybe you meant Iraq? The Iraqis are happy today and do not regret their dictator Hussein. The Surge worked and now you are getting slowly out of Iraq with victory and dignity.
So what else? Bush did more for Africa than all the other past Presidents.
Bush kept you safe after the 9/11 attacks. So what is that horrible mess that you think he left you with?
Bush got a real raw deal when he assumed the presidency. A lot of left over garbage fell into his lap. Frankly, I’m surprised it went as well as it did.
Cary:
And thank you for admitting you are filling in your own interpretation that you think we “wish” for a failure of country and the POTUS… all for a political agenda. Ugh… what an ugly thought.
Frankly, considering as much as Obama’s lied on the campaign trail, I’m thinking we ought to sit back and watch him renege on his campaign promises before passing too much judgment. He already warned his faithful of that in his “victory” speech. So I’ll grant you, we are premature in our judgment because we think he’ supposed to be telling the truth about what he wants to do. Our mistake. We’ve already caught him in a pack of lies already. Silly no?
And me? (plus most of us here)… we would be happier than pigs in pokes to have him do the right (or would that be “right”) thing. We don’t care if Obama campaigned on a DNC ticket. But if he behaved Reaganesque and grew the economy, expanded business opportunity, and was a formidable and strong commander in chief… hang, we’d make him the “new face” of the conservative party.
Unfortunately, he just spent the two years of his very brief Senate serivce and his entire presidential campaign doing the opposite. And for now, we must take him at his word. We do *not* want the nation he promised to his followers. We do not want his unaffordable budget.
No one here said he *wasn’t* our President, Cary. That’s a regular habit distinctive to the left when they talk about George Bush.
What we suggest is he *is* our President, and if he does what he promises, we’ll fight him tooth and nail. But everyone of us here (US citizens, that is) that I’ve seen has said he is “our President’…. along with a “spit” on the side, of course. LOL Sorry. Just not that socialist/utopian in my political nature, I guess.
As far as “splitting hairs”. Nope… can’t and will not allow you to get away with that one, Cary. You spoke out of turn, and incorrectly. Just admit it, and get past it.
I repeat: Obama’s 349 electoral votes/52% popular vote is no more a landslide than Clinton’s 379 electoral votes/49% popular vote was in 1996. Reagan’s was the closest to a landslide with the 525 electoral votes.
That’s one big arse “hair” of 176 electoral votes. Hang, that’s more than halfway to the presidency, guy! “splitting hairs”, indeed…
But when you look at it in terms of American citizens popular votes, even Reagan was just shy of 60% of the population. That means that 40% (not a small amount) didn’t like him.
So no… there is no Obama landslide. Say it here again, and I’ll be happy to repeat the facts for you. But I’m sure the HuffPo people and DailyKOs would just eat it up if you wander over there.
Naw… wouldn’t have guessed that from you, guy! LOL
(Off topic)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ElectoralCollege1984-Large.png
Reagan, they don’t make’m like him anymore. God i miss 1980s.
Craig, I’m sorry that you don’t know what I’m writing of, and that we have some differing views on the issues you mention. Like I said, I’m in NY and it’s 2:05 am, and I may not get to this again soon to fully give you my stance on each issue, as much as I’d like to.
Instead, I will give you a link with an opinion article I read today in the Daily News. I don’t agree 100% with each point, but Mr. Goodwin and I share the same “gist”:
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/columnists/goodwin/
Also keep in mind that both candidates saw a need for change in the way our country is heading, they just disagreed on how to do it. McCain himself tried very hard to distance himself from Bush – and with good reason.
I’m sorry, I wish I could continue this with you guys, but I’ll have to let you all get your final words and bash me to your hearts content. But I honestly see a brighter future for America now, and believe that you all will benefit as much as I will. Let’s hope I’m right!
Craig #39… *very* good there, guy.
“No one here said he *wasn’t* our President, Cary. That’s a regular habit distinctive to the left when they talk about George Bush.”
Yeah, someone did. Scroll back up.
Good night.
Goodness… if this debate is Cary’s idea of “bashing”, he’s one thin skinned guy, group. Be sure and tread lightly around him. He’s obviously fragile! LOL
Yeah, I guess it’s a conditioned response. You’ve actually been quite nice, thank you.
So, one last time… good night!
Wow. I’m reading this in dismay. For “Patriotic Americans” to wish failure on their President and their country after the nation has spoken in a landslide victory. And the right accused the the left of being sore losers four years ago, after a very narrow win. He’s our President now – accept and respect it, as you insisted we must for the past eight years.
Is this another “do as I say, not as I do” moment? The left to this day has never accepted Bush as president. Obama’s rule: rules are for suckers. Just look at his campaign shenigans. Don’t expect us to respect someone who arrogantly pushed aside and tried to destroy anything or anybody that stood in his way.
Barbara, it is not a wish, it is an inevitability that obama will make a dismal president. We will be here to document it all.
Uhh…small problem with point #7
Poland is a NATO member. Russians will never risk a war with the entire North Atlantic Alliance, no matter how limp-wristed the US President may be.