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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
I was watching the news this morning covering the preparations for President Obama's inaguration. The comment was made that a huge majority of Americans were looking forward to the new political leadership in Washington. People interviewed demonstrated a warmth, enthusiasm and hope for whatever changes will result. Several said they had never been more proud to be an American.
But there are some who anticipate nothing but bad things in the next four years. It's too bad that they choose not to join in the feelings of most Americans. How sad that everyone won't share in the uplifting emotions of this time.
In almost all respects--fiscal, social, domestic and international, the new President will begin his term with problems on every front that are unprecedented. Bad things have already happened. He has a huge and complicated agenda, far moreso than anything anticipated during the campaign.
The new President will need the support, confidence, prayers and patience of all Americans that he and his team make the right decisions in the right sequence to make things better for all of us. He has mine.
There will be plenty of time in two or three years to begin to determine what the plans and programs of the new administration are working. Plenty of time to determine whether our confidence has been fulfilled.
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The exact same phenomenon occurred in 2001. A very significant majority were tired of the Clintons and wanted to move on. Yet, there was also a very significant minority who thought Bush "stole" the election and refused to move from that theme. They then proceeded to take every negative thing that happened during the last 8 years as proof that they were right and that Bush was the worst president ever. How sad (for both them and the country) that these people chose to spend the last 8 years in an effort to undermine Bush and help cripple his presidency. Even to this day they can't talk about the future without taking a pot shot at Bush.
All I can say to these people is that if you
truly are concerned about the future and if you
truly want the nation to be supportive of Obama, you should stop the negative attacks on Bush. These attacks do nothing but personalize the issues and strengthen the resolve of those predisposed to be wary of Obama to vocalize their negative perceptions. Most people will agree that Bush made some significant mistakes and I, for one, am looking forward to a new administration. However, an honest reflection of his presidency will also show that he has been blamed for a lot of things that were outside his control and also not given credit for a lot of things that have gone right but have been under-reported by the media.