The Obama Delusion

To Eddie,

No, he isn't the voice of most Americans. He is rather devisive of the American people for a Presidential candidate, and would be much more as the President. However, American citizens are not by nature devisive, we are independent, which is why, whenever we are left alone by government, Americans solve their own problems. We always have. No people in history have overcome as much as we have, and then turned around and blessed the world with our individual accomplishments, self-created wealth, and spirit of hope for a better tomorrow--all without recognition or thanks. We have a lot to be proud of as Americans, but I don't think Obama shares my opinion of America. His marketing plan to become president hasn't touched me. I'm voting for McCain.

Consider that isn't always good for politicians to get together and agree on anything. 99.9% of the time, that spells less freedom, more taxes. When they aren't "coming together" to lower your taxes, they are "coming together" to increase your taxes. Divisivness and partisanship between politicians protects American citizens.

I belive that any one once becomes a presedent of US will face to all issues of United America. It would be imposible to satisfy all Americans and things will be learn along the way. We all knew president Bush and his ???quantities??? before to vote for him. What I know that a good president stands for most America and his team will find the ways along. Obama apparently are the voice for most Americans, if he is able to use ???his powerful rhetoric ??? to unit Americans that would be a best thing of a president wouldn???t he? Specially Americans are very divisive on so many things today.

OK .
If Obama has no plan, he's an empty suit. If he has a plan, he's Hillary.
If you don't like his plan, you're a conservative.
I get it

To view any of the major players in this electoral race by the promises made to an expectant public is an exercise in filling up the pages for the Editor. Rhetoric is part of all campaigns and this one is no exception. Certainly Mr. Obama cannot give us every detail of how we will communicate our needs to him in the future but we, as a homogeneous group, have made our desires clear at the polls. I understand the need to publish papers and how things are often done by the media to incite the public. The SF Chronical published a story outlining its own increased reporting of crime even as statistics dropped. Is this all you can achieve or do you even care?


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Agree!

Voters must be voting for the person instead of the issues again. We often make that mistake and never seem to learn. Barak has basically said me too on every issue. It is a confidence issue; I am confident Hillary will continue to lead on the issues important to me and confident Barak will continue to talk about leadership.
For the first time in a long time I can vote for someone instead of against the lesser of two bad choices. I have with Hillary the best person to lead America - The person most competent to lead us on the issues.
I am disappointed not to see the sea-change in momentum that would tell me people are beginning to vote with their minds instead of manipulated feelings.

I want a win in November and
I want UNIVERSAL health care
- Obama will deliver neither!
I think republicans are salivating at the prospect of Obama over Clinton, but are holding their cards close to the vest. Bashing Hillary serves two purposes: weakening her and diverting attention from the issue of Barak???s lack of experience and gravitas that McCain will exploit. I laugh at republicans on TV saying they will be energized against Hillary, as if we have not seen a year of apathy and dejection over the prospect. I visualize McCain holding his breath, fearing people will catch on that Obama is his best hope of winning. Nothing will unite with the right like the prospect of retaining the White House.
But, of course now is not the optimal time to reveal just how Barak will be diminished and made to look less than presidential. McCain would love democrats to get rid of the strongest candidate! Without Clinton universal health care as an issue will be minimal, she trounces McCain on economic issues and Hillary will not be tagged as weak and naive on international affairs and terrorism.

If health care is not mandated the legislation will fail. Republicans will argue a cost cutting alternative knowing partisan politics and compromise will gut any plan once the principle of universality is relinquished.
They might just steal the issue on the idea they could lower costs without raising taxes. Clinton is the only one standing strong on Universal health care and the only one who can drive it through.
The young, college educated and upper-class that support Obama seem not to care or do not realize this affects us all.

Who is going to be swayed across party lines if UHC looks DOA, Obama is challenged on economic plus national affairs experience and McCain takes the commander in chief mantle (as his ads are already doing).
Sen. Clinton is ready for McCain: She is inoculated against questions about inexperience; no can call her a naive liberal. Most of all, she did not, would not, deny a President the ability to strike a target we were told in a State of the Union Address was seeking nuclear ability and might already have ???dirty bomb??? material to give Osama Bin Laden.
PS What happened the news of 900+ bits of information (erroneous, but presented as fact) supporting the need to strike? It is too big a story to be suppressed forever. What happens when Barak's one-hit-wonder on Iraq runs out of fuel?

We could have had Al Gore instead of Bush if competency was the issue! Let???s not make that mistake again.

The points you have raised are so commonsensical it is shocking that the MSM is not asking them more vociferously. In their desire to cut Hillary to size, the media has forgotten that it has a duty to substantively discuss Obama's policies, not just swoon. We are reaching a point where we all have to pray for Obama's success as President merely because his failure will have a devastating effect on all these passionate kids who have been audacious in their hope that Obama can bring in the nebulous change that he has been promising. Obama has been clever enough to say the changes he is promising will be brought about not by him but by the people. It will easier for him to disown any later failure and conveniently pass the buck on to "people". His failure would result in a generation cynics that would be beyond any hope. I believe it is too late for Hillary. So let us all pray for a successful and 'transformative' Obama presidency.

THANK YOU!! Someone who has not been drinking the Kool Aid--how refreshing!!

The last time we elected a young, inexperienced senator we got the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall and the Viet Nam War. That last time we elected a smiling "just trust me, I'll never lie to you." democrat we got stagflation from a former peanut farmer who's much better at teaching sunday school than he was at leading a country. Obama sure looks like more of the same.

The guy is an admitted pothead and cokehead. He partied and chased girls.....admitted he was a complete slacker. Are you kidding me? How am I supposed to explain to my young kids that all of that is ok to do and don't worry as long as you can bs your way and be a smooth talker you can become president of the US. What a disgrace the democrats are putting forth.

I am very nervous about Sen. Obama, I agree that we know the worst and the best of Sen.Clinton and McCain, we no nothing about Obama. This reminds me of some type of SCI-FI movie. Where did he come from???? He has very little history, he seems to either concede to issues when Clinton gives an answer, or he says very little. I am very upset with his relationship to Farrakhan and also with his own Minister. Why isn't this discussed in the media, what is going on.......................

I agree with all. I am very nervous about Obama, he seems to wait and see what Sen. Clinton has to say and then he either "concedes" which allows him not to say anything or he says very little. I am nervous about his relationship with Farrakhan and his church. I wish we could ferrett more out of his history before he is nominated.