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Originally Posted by chelsea24
Yoda, I respectfully disagree with you. Our past has always been and will always be relevant. What is it they say? Something like, "Those that do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it."
It is always important to look backwards at past Presidents, past battles, past empires and so on... this is the only way to learn and move forward. History cannot be swept under the carpet. Past mistakes will always come back to bite you. So, I will mention Bush and Reagan and Clinton and Lincoln and whoever. They are part of the fabric that has made up the United States of America. Good or bad... they are interwoven. Again, I say, both the good and bad. Would you throw away the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence? After all, they are just old pieces of paper. Aren't they still relevant in how we see things and make judgments?
As we evolve as a society, so many of the good things are falling by the wayside, like clear logic, simplicity, respect, caring for our fellow man and just good old-fashioned courtesy. And above all, these are the things we should hang on to. Hold on very tight... because they breath life into our humanity.
BTW, I don't feel weak at all and I'm not sure what my "ilk" is, but I won't apologize for my beliefs as I wouldn't expect you to apologize for yours. So, you can call me all the names you all want to and make snide remarks, if it makes you feel better -- but it doesn't, for one minute, shake my faith and belief in President Obama. They are my personal beliefs and I have a right to them.
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JUST FROM THIS MORNINGS HEADLINES...it does not include any discussion about how TARP helped the financial situation but the "stimulus" bill was basically an
unread pork bill, which our President promised would NEVER happen
"It is lovely to feature in other people's dreams. The problem comes when they wake up. Barack Obama is an eloquent, brainy and likeable man with a fascinating biography. He is not George Bush. Those are great qualities. But they are not enough to lead America, let alone the world. "
"The man who has run nothing more demanding than the Harvard Law Review is beginning to look out of his depth in the world's top job. His credibility is seeping away, and it will require concrete achievements rather than more soaring oratory to recover it."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...his-depth.html
This is from a very well respected man who writes for the Economist and was anything but a fan of Bush as you can tell from the first quote.
THEN, there are a number of stories connected to the ACORN group and how the media just plain ignored it until they could not any longer.
I assure you that there is MUCH MUCH MORE to come on this and once they "follow the money" it will really get interesting. Why do you think THIS President was asked about this group that has been around since the 70's ?
Then we have the President appearing on ABC having a bit of "discussion" with George Stephanopoulos and denying the "tax" to be levied with the health proposal he is hawking...
"President Obama didn't make much news on his round of five Sunday talk shows yesterday, with one notable exception. The President revealed a great deal about his philosophy of government and how he defines a tax increase. It turns out the President thinks a health-care tax is not a tax if he thinks the tax is for your own good."
He has mislead, and misinformed so much on this debate on health care, which is not to say that those opposed have not done so also, but he is the President and it is HIS proposal, and HE ran on a platform that flies in the face of his actions !
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj
I actually agree with much of what you say in your post, but how can you continue to support a man who is doing what he is doing which is
NOT what he is saying ?
I think that you were correct in finding fault with him during the primary and while you are correct you have the right to your feelings, they changed dramatically and continue despite so much evidence that this President is everything you hated about Bush PLUS !