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Originally Posted by transjen
GEE sounds like everybody misses W, If so you can all suport the female verson of W named Sarah or you can all back another Bush named Jeb granted he's a little smarter then W but rest assured he is just as sneaky and as dishonest as his brother and just as quick to point his finger at someone else and say not my fault  Jennifer |
Just for the record, Jen, as I stated in a post above, I think most Americans DO want to root on their new President...as I said before, most Americans DON'T want their newest President to turn out to be a total schlub...so I have no problem giving Obama a chance. As you noted in your other post here, there's no question that Obama certain inherited a lot of problems.
That said, the same is true of ALL Presidents inheriting things from their predecessor. We're talking about the most powerful nation in the world, the economic engine that likewise drives the world economy. So saying Obama inherited a lot of problems was certainly true of Bush, TOO. Lest we all forget out history, GW inherited a recession from Clinton that we likewise had to pull ourselves out of. Not to mention the Clinton years were the time when Al Qaeda first tried to topple the World Trade Center using a van bomb, after which they regrouped, they acquired their funding, they entered the country illegally, they took their flight school training (all of which happened under the radar screen of Clinton) and then once Bush was in office only 8 or so months...when he was the new guy on the job...he was faced with the consequences of the 9/11 attacks.
So, I can appreciate the magnitude of what Obama is facing AS President of the United States. The weight on his shoulders is more incredible than most could ever bear, and there's a definite reason every President -- even if they only serve one term -- goes in looking vigorous and full of life, and then comes out looking haggard with stress lines all over their face, their hair now completely gray.
For the record, my personal gripe with Obama is that I just felt the Left...and certainly the Left-leaning media...did SUCH a pile-on whenever it came to Bush, which started from the day he did win Florida and he did legitimately beat Gore (and yes, for those on the Left, regardless of the Supreme Court hearings, they ultimately DID go back and recount ALL of the Florida ballots, which only served to prove that Bush DID win the state. In fact, once the full recount was done, Bush's margin of victory actually TRIPLED over Gore. Don't believe me? Feel free to Google it.) So, to my mind, that's where much of this animosity began. It began in an election where the Left was SO angry that Gore lost, and they only became even MORE embittered when Bush beat Kerry -- and let the record show that Bush won BOTH the electoral college AND the popular vote there, so there was NO disputing that he had fairly won.
My problem with Obama goes to a phrase that I believe Michelle Malkin, a conservative blogger, gets credit for creating. Namely, the Obama years are now about a "Savior based economy", where somehow Obama is going to "save us" from ourselves -- which frankly, is a presumptuous and arrogant attitude that I wouldn't tolerate from ANY politician or ANY party. There's nothing I hate more than any politician who feels they know what's better for you than you do, or that they know how to spend your money better than you do. Which is why you see so many of us groaning about Obama because these attitudes were the CORE of his campaign while running, which many bought into. Hell, they obviously bought into the sales pitch -- that's how he got the votes and won. And frankly THAT'S what actually TERRIFIES me about Obama. An elected politician is just that -- he's an elected person. He'll run the clock and then be out of office. But the bottom line is that he's just a MAN, not a sainted "savior". And the fact that Obama labeled himself "The One" makes me raise an eyebrow about an ego run amuck.
And here's another reason you'll see many of us bitching. As it's been often noted in this thread, currently HALF of the country does NOT pay taxes AT ALL. Seriously, stop and think about that -- for all the griping that people always do about their taxes and whatnot, you literally have a 50-50 shot -- the next time someone bitches to you about their taxes -- of turning to them and saying, "Wait a minute. Did you actually PAY anything?" and havign them turn to you and answer, "Uh...no, actually I didn't have to pay anything at all."
So what we're REALLY seeing at work here...what's FINALLY being played out on a national level and ripping us (as a country) even further apart...is a true class warfare battle. Those on the Left like to label it a war of "The haves versus the have-nots" to make it sound more humanistic. Meanwhile, those on the Right like to label it "Those who work hard versus those who are expecting a free hand out."
So, its not that people necessarily wish that W was back in power. For crying out loud, he DID piss off many of us on the Right for how much he DID spend himself. And THAT'S why you're seeing so many of us bitching even LOUDER now. Because it's all about the money we're spending and where it's going. When it comes down to that, I almost do wish Bush was back in office simply because W creating a $900 Billion deficit isn't even in the same league as Obama creating a $3 TRILLION deficit for this year alone -- not to mention he and the Democrats in Congress have ALSO committed us to deficits projected to be $1-1.5 TRILLION for each of the next 10 years TOO. And let me repeat that: that's what they project them to be, which given the way our government usually fouls things up and the way they can never add up a column of numbers doing basic math, that means the deficits will likely be MUCH HIGHER.
So again, it's not that I want Bush back, but for crying out loud given the choice between a guy who had a cowboy way of walking and talking and who served up $900 Billion in debt
VERSUS a slick talking Harvard lawyer who now is trying to mandate how everyone will have to live their lives, who in comparison is serving up a $13 TRILLION debt (or more) all to accomplish his personal visions about social engineering -- gee, this one really isn't TOO hard for me to pick between.