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  • Posted By: 40YearR @ 11/08/2008 3:23:59 PM



    "AlexHart": It wasn't that he needed to distinguish himself from Obama. He needed to distinguish himself from Bush, which he could not do.

    It was not the liberal press that caused me to vote for Obama.

    A 40 year republican

  • Posted By: 40YearR @ 11/08/2008 3:23:55 PM



    "AlexHart": It wasn't that he needed to distinguish himself from Obama. He needed to distinguish himself from Bush, which he could not do.

    It was not the liberal press that caused me to vote for Obama.

    A 40 year republican

  • Posted By: callirhoe123 @ 11/08/2008 2:37:13 PM

    Excellent article. Obama is not so much a "northern" president as he is a midwesterner and from a humble background.. As such he is intelligent and pragmatic and, equally important, is able to talk to people in all walks of life with understanding rather than condescention. This trait, more than any other, allowed him to avoid the fate of Gore and Kerry. Hope he keeps it up.

  • Posted By: callirhoe123 @ 11/08/2008 2:33:14 PM

    Excellent article. Obama is not so much a "northern" president as he is a midwesterner and from a humble background. He is intelligent and pragmatic and able to talk to people across the country with understanding rather than condescention. Thus, he avoided the fate of Gore and Kerry. Hope he keeps it up

  • Posted By: yaofengchen @ 11/08/2008 12:36:19 PM

    Yes. Isn't this wondeful? I still cringe over the prospect of Joe six-pack potentially in the White House for the next four years.

  • Posted By: tyrgarrett @ 11/07/2008 4:46:36 PM

    Sadly I am afraid weak minds that are easily infulenced are back...

    • Posted By: 40YearR @ 11/08/2008 12:05:39 PM



      Right on "tyrgarrett"! Give me back those neocon 'intellectuals'! And, how 'bout some of that ol' time religion? You know, the kind that thinks that is sure the Constitution ensured that religion is supposed to be part of our government? Or believes in talking snakes? Or how about the legions who kept repeating debunked anonymous smears, and continue to do so? Or who continue to use Obama's middle name as a pejorative?

  • Posted By: ariziowa @ 11/07/2008 7:05:48 PM

    Interesting article, Mr. Hirsh. I am a white man, 54 years of age, and I did not vote for Obama! I have no brain.
    How many black people do you know that can't utter a sentence - or if they do, i't's always MF or F every other word. Well, you are in your little "ivory castle"

    • Posted By: Doc Howl @ 11/08/2008 9:31:58 AM

      HAR HAR! Another racist for McCain.

      • Posted By: 40YearR @ 11/08/2008 11:45:44 AM


        "Ariziowa": "How many black people do you know that can't utter a sentence?" I know quite a few whites "who" can't. I know a black who can: Obama. Or is that his white part? How about Colin Powell? 'Course, he had to leave the Bush administration because he chose to ignorantly rely on the neocon pseuo-intellectual fantasies.

    • Posted By: nixxnaxx @ 11/08/2008 6:51:20 AM

      Where do you live? Who are the people that you surround yourself with? Where I come from I see black doctors and nurses with children getting full scholarships to Ivy League universities. I see politicians, professors, teachers, postal workers, sanitation workers ... It is never "always MF or F every other word." Oh my dear ignorant ariziowa, you just have no idea. And that is why you will be constantly surprised by how "articulate" we sometimes are

    • Posted By: bluebloodedLV @ 11/07/2008 7:42:28 PM

      I know of a white woman who ran for VP and couldn't compose a structured sentence even though she has a college degree in journalism. The article isn't about race or bigotry, but your comments just made a compelling connection between bigotry and ignorance.

    • Posted By: bluebloodedLV @ 11/07/2008 7:33:49 PM

      Come one now, everyone has a brain! But, as in your case, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

    • Posted By: buzzboyd @ 11/07/2008 7:18:54 PM

      You're out of line

  • Posted By: 2gofer @ 11/07/2008 3:53:43 PM

    Folks, I just finished reading the text of Obama's press conference held this afternoon addressing the economy. Two pages of oratory result in the following: (1) there is a economic downturn (2) I can't do anything while Bush is in office (3) I don't know what to do but rest assured that it will be done in all haste. I must admit that it took considerable brains to speak so eloquently and extensively while saying nothing of value. I feel inspired to the point of becoming ill.

    • Posted By: buzzboyd @ 11/07/2008 3:58:07 PM

      Good, so when there is something really important to say, he'll actually be able to form the words to say something about it. I guess you must think ignorance is bliss.

      • Posted By: 2gofer @ 11/07/2008 4:40:18 PM

        Well actually, I appreciated the unwelcome message and recommendation that Paulson and Bernake succinctly delivered. At least I wasn't left in ignorance or decieved. However, I do see your point. I just don't see that anything of substance has ever come or will come from this source.

        • Posted By: buzzboyd @ 11/07/2008 8:44:03 PM

          I hope you find what you're looking for. I still think that someone who can at least communicate a vision has a better chance of leading this country to some form of consensus. Dissect the words as much as you want to. At least there will be more words to work with.

          • Posted By: 2gofer @ 11/08/2008 10:08:06 AM

            Great, we have established some common ground. Obama wil provide more words to ponder.

    • Posted By: chris s. @ 11/07/2008 4:14:50 PM

      Looks like the republicans are a little nervous that they may be getting a little taste of their own medicine from the past eight looong years, It was so much nicer being in the drivers' seat, right? Most of you are not wishing Obama well. Rather, just waiting and hoping for that first, of what you hope will be one of many, missteps. Then you'll pounce with great glee. After Bush, it's pretty hard to set the bar very high; however , that is exactly what will be expected of Obama. Such hypocrisy!

      • Posted By: 2gofer @ 11/07/2008 5:55:47 PM

        Well, when Clinton was president, his productive proposals such as NAFTA were supported while penchants for growing government were not. That is as it should be. If Obama ever comes up with a specific proposal, it will be evaluated and given the benefit of the doubt. The needs of the nation outweigh the political ambitions of the individual.

    • Posted By: adclose @ 11/07/2008 4:22:38 PM

      So you expect Mr. Obama to immediately start spouting cures to our current crisis? You clearly did not ready a single word of the article that Mr. Hirsh wrote here - he states that one of Mr. Obama's refreshing qualities is that he gives careful thought to issues before reaching a decision on the approach to take. Emphasis on the word "thought".

      • Posted By: 2gofer @ 11/07/2008 5:42:36 PM

        Actually, I read the entire article because it is quite amusing. Hirsh is quite typical of the Liberal media mentality regarding people who don't share their philosophy.

  • Posted By: BloodofPatriots @ 11/08/2008 12:28:13 AM

    I'm wondering how long it is until we can call Republicans cry babies for shouting that the end is nigh because of Obama's election. After all, that's what they started howling at Democrats after the 2000 election.

    • Posted By: Doc Howl @ 11/08/2008 9:29:33 AM

      I've already started.

  • Posted By: svengali @ 11/08/2008 12:21:22 AM

    That the Taliban would ever want to negotiate is one of the dumbest ideas going, it springs from complete ignorance of their mindset and is the residual legacy of an outgoing administration .Remember they allowed Afghanistan to be bombed back to the Stone Age rather than give up Osama Bin Laden. Fortunately, Obama has a clearer idea of the task that lies ahead

  • Posted By: underdog @ 11/07/2008 2:40:32 PM

    "For two days now Americans have celebrated the idea that we may have atoned finally for our nation's original sin, slavery, along with its long legacy of racism" Is that why people voted for Barak? Not because he was the better candidate, but instead we were atoning for the past? White guilt? I prefer to think he won because he was the better candidate. We should be celebrating for the best choice for the job, with the color of his skin being at the bottom of the list of reasons to vote for him. To say you are voting to correct past wrongs is like saying he wasn't quite good enough for the job but I you feel so much better voting for him.

    Why can't you just say " The best candidate won".

    • Posted By: Krohn @ 11/07/2008 11:55:07 PM

      The Best Candidate did not win. The one with the most money did. Money talks and everything else walks. McCain lost the general election but the bigger loser is going to be America!

  • Posted By: vstillwell @ 11/07/2008 11:16:20 PM

    Oh please. Bush is a moron. He made moronic decisions that made this country weak. What's better barry x, bold and stupid or carefull and calculating? Look around you. Are you deaf dumb and blind?

  • Posted By: Clint2727 @ 11/07/2008 4:44:45 PM

    TiberNV, I think it's a combination of both.

    • Posted By: TiberNV @ 11/07/2008 10:58:55 PM

      Interesting. It appears you understand neither. Killing innocent people is always immoral.

  • Posted By: sawdustking @ 11/07/2008 10:58:14 PM

    Sorry for the repost, I had to register and didn't think it posted the first time. Didn't want you to think I was st-st-stoopid!

  • Posted By: sawdustking @ 11/07/2008 10:42:59 PM

    Sarah Palin thought Africa was country? Barak Obama thought there were 57 states and thought that his grandmother who was born in 1922 lived through World War I. Then there's Joe Biden who thought that FDR was president in 1929 and went on television to tell America that the stock market had crashed. Are we talking about intellectualism or arrogance?

  • Posted By: sawdustking @ 11/07/2008 10:38:08 PM

    Yes, Sarah Palin thought Africa is a country(?), but Barak Obama thought there were 57 states and thought that his grandmother who was born in 1922 lived through the first world war. And let's not forget that Joe Biden thought that Franklin D. Roosevelt was president in 1929 and went on TV to tell America what happened. Intellectualism? More like arrogance if you ask me.

  • Posted By: scottkinfw @ 11/07/2008 8:37:23 PM

    Your article captured my feelings exactly! I am breathing a sigh of relief as the yolk of oppression of the last eight years is lifted, and America can once again be a beacon of hope and goodness.

  • Posted By: RO in Reno @ 11/07/2008 8:31:53 PM

    Mr Hirsh you hit the nail on the head, I see from some of the posts not everyone agrees but then like the man said "the truth sometimes hurts"

  • Posted By: JesseO @ 11/07/2008 8:16:39 PM

    Finally....! Someone who has said and said it perfectly! Bravo

  • Posted By: tyrgarrett @ 11/07/2008 4:43:49 PM

    You are an intellectual moron if you even believe 1/10 of this article. The ideals you speak of are only worked out to half of their logical end. Further more you site unsubstantiated facts about Obama's election opponents. I feel the entire article is not very becoming of someone who works for a major news source to be so far off base from reality. You are also probably one of those people who went around saying "Bush isn't my president..." yet now with a very close general population vote count will expect everyone who doesn't agree with Obama to get on board. It never ceases to amaze me how if you don't agree with someone or their ideals, you refuse to tolerate them, and sink to the level of name calling. In this article you careful call any and all who may think that you are off base stupid, by insisting that only smart people know that the last eight years have been defined by anti-intellectualism. It is a great achievement for Pres elect Obama for sure and I commend him as much as anyone and truly hope he experiences success for the sake of our country. But it is a sad day when someone like President Bush is ridiculed to the point of calling him stupid
    (which he clearly is smarter than you are, why aren't you president?) for governing from a point of character rather than popularity polls.

    • Posted By: buzzboyd @ 11/07/2008 7:16:21 PM

      Character is not the same as stubborn resolve toward ideology. Bush made his bed for all to see. His low popularity is the result of some very real short comings. Many of which are outlined in this article and many of the comments. One can always try praying for a better legacy for him. I will not waste any energy on that.

    • Posted By: Hannah B @ 11/07/2008 6:39:00 PM

      Perhaps there are other possibilities to consider. One may recognize that GWB was their president, but just not very proud of his choices and actions. Perhaps one may have been disappointed when he couldn't think of a single mistake he made when asked for an example. Just who wasn't tolerated and was the victim of namecalling when one was called unpatriotic when DISAGREEING with their decisions. Let's hope the right gives the other side better than they gave.

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