Excellent post. I agree wholeheartedly...m,

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After the Bush years, he is a welcome change, in all ways.  Americans have to grow up about race issues, and I'm a white middle-aged woman who believes Obama may be our greatest president since FDR and JFK.  As you say, he brings no sense of partisanship, but he also talks of the Constitution, that it needs to be reinstated into our government.  Remember the Constitution?  Would be great to do away with the Patriotic Act and all of the criminal policies that King George would like to have in place permantently, like wiretapping, torture.  It is my opinion that if Obama is not elected, the middle class will be in a world of hurt. 

Here is what the very best police force can do for you:

1.  Come to the scene of the crime and draw a nice chalk outline around your body.

2.  Investigate the crime and maybe make an arrest.

3.  Go to a prosecutor and see if s/he wants to try the case.  If it seems a slam-dunk, they might.

4.  Go to court and have every thought, deed and act of the entire investigation and arrest microscopically dissected by the defense.

5.  Wait for a verdict by a jury of the perp's peers.

6.  If the offender is convicted, follow the appeals process.  You may or may not even be notified or asked to testify in an appeal. 

7.  Go draw another chalk outline around his newest victim if he wins his appeal, or when he is released after 'rehabilitation.'

IT IS BETTER TO BE JUDGED BY 12 THAN TO BE CARRIED BY 6.  However, remember the guy in Illinois who was exonerated for a self-defense shooting, but convicted for illegal possession of a firearm in the state, and Obama refused to support a change in that law.  This is a really catch-22 for those of us who don't want to be dead, but also don't want to be in prison.  (And I'm just too pretty to go to jail!)

the Constitution at all when running (not walking) into Iraq.  In fact, there are a multitude of things he didn't consider.  It seems the ONLY thing he considered was his potential legacy as a *great leader* and he *needed* a war to be seen as a war-time *Commander in Chief.*

As far as an article being left leaning, in case you hadn't noticed, you are posting on a predominantly left-leaning board. 

As more facts concerning this President's outrageous behavior begin to surface, I believe the true character of this man will be revealed to those who are willing to see the truth.

Have a great evening. 

with booting them out.

We need new blood in there that are not tainted by money and lobbyists. We need representatives that ask 1 question when a bill comes up for vote: "What do my constituents think of this?"

We need the government to be "by the people, for the people". Not "by the government, for Wall Street." 

I couldn't agree more with everything you wrote.  I hope you keep writing posts like this.  It's one of the reasons I keep visiting this board.

Hope is something that's been lost for some of us for almost a decade now. 

I admit that I'd lost mine, but now I do somewhat have it back.  I want to keep it, and that depends on MY actions and the actions of other Americans who also believe in hope.

I think yesterday's plane wreck in New York into the Hudson River is an excellent example of what truly patriotic Americans do when faced with a deadly situation, and it makes me seriously wonder what some on this board would have done if faced with the same situation.

WE need to change this country if we want change.  We will soon have a President who actually knows "we" exist and that not all Americans are billionaires.  We will have a President who can easily tell you how many homes he owns.  We will have a President who will treat the rest of the world as if they are human beings, certainly something they haven't felt in the last eight years and the main reason why the USA was so hated under Bush. 

It was "us" who voted Obama into office.  I'm (hesitantly) hopeful and happy, and I'm glad I was one of "us," because from what I read on this board, being one of "them" must be a very sad and dreary existence.

Either way, we are ALL Americans, so we can all either get together and help make this country a better place, or some of us can just continue to moan and groan and complain about how bad things will be under a President who has yet to even be sworn in.

I never complained about Bush until he did things to deserve it.  The same with Clinton (and, yes, I DID complain a lot about Clinton's actions which I felt were very disrespectful to the Office of the President).  I will not complain about Obama UNTIL I truly have something to complain about.

He will be the first black American President, and as such, he has a much higher burden to haul than any white guy if there is ever to be a second black American President. 

I'm willing to give him the chance. 

You nailed it again!!! 

"Insults in, insults out."  You nailed it.

Earlier today, I finally got sick and tired of all the insults, and I started firing back.

Then I realized that I had sunk down to their slimy level and became someone I normally am not.

I think if religion is removed from the Politics Board and is put where it belongs, on the Faith Board, this might be a more meaningful place to discuss political ideas.

However, for me, it's become too toxic of a place.  I can't believe these self-described "Christians" harbor so much hatred and rage.  It's really quite frightening at times because I'm not sure there's a limit to what they are willing to do to get their way and overturn the will of the American people.

I think I'm much better off leaving this board for a while and letting the goodness and happiness of life flow back into me because each time I visit here, it really brings me down.

I feel sorry for these people.  I hope they someday can look into their hearts and souls and feel some happiness and joy.  You are right that their hatred isn't contagious, but neither is joy and happiness.  That has to come from within, and I suppose, with all the rage and hate they possess, there just isn't enough room for goodness and light to enter.

Your posts are great.  Please keep posting.  As for me, I just can't take this hatred any more and need (at least) a break. 

Fear and ignorance.  The only way Bush knows how to lead.

Liberals run in tolerant circles.  The thought of others letting them *get away* with their own personal freedom of speech doesn't even occur to them.  They don't demand that every single American follow in step and say the *right* words...or else.  They promote truth and honesty and detest dirty tricks and lies that are designed to benefit the rich, while the poor work harder and get poorer.

I remember once upon a time when people like that were called Americans!

And 100% accurate.  I was reading the same posts you were reading.  Anything -- and I mean ANYTHING -- they could do to obstruct, they did, just as the Congressional Republicans are doing now.

Obama has kept his word about bipartisanship and has tried to include the Republicans -- meeting with them several times -- but it's a waste of time because they're more interested in obstructing everything Obama does instead of working together with him.

It seems as if some Republican governors are at least giving Obama a chance and trying to work together with him, or at least the Republican governors who care about the citizens they govern do.  I think most people can see the pathetic tantrums thrown by Congressional Republicans for what it is.

As far as Bush, I never voted for him, but I wasn't against him, either, at first.  In fact, the day he stood in that rubble at "Ground Zero" with that megaphone, I actually began to respect him.

However, that was short lived because once I realized that he was incapable of telling the truth, I lost any trust for him that I had had.  It was his ACTIONS that made me feel that way, not his party affiliation.

The PALPABLE hatred for Obama is overwhelming on this board and has been since well before the election.

(Obama now has the same powers that Bush had.  Perhaps THAT'S the problem!)