Election Expectations

i like the way the democrats are already getting ready for the downfall of all they have been pumping up the public to expect from their messiah. of course, newsweek, with its stock at or near junk bond status like the mother ship the new york times, it needs to not lose anymore subscriptions and adversitsing dollars because of its careless abdication of duty. newsweek is the king of the hill in reverse. being the weakest of the left's trinity - new york times, time and newsweek, it will be the easiest to fall and go without being missed

High expectations? LOL Lets get over ourselves already, will we? I actually can't wait to see everyones "hopes" get let down. Then maybe they'll start realizing that watching the crap that fox/newscorp is shoveling is all lies and BS. Theres a reason the independants don't get put in the spotlight. Its because theres always one that actually knows what the problems are and how to solve them but since that would require exposing hundreds of thousands of liars and thieves, then that means that they need to be silenced and so there for everyone is only exposed to the two candidates that want to take on the task of being a puppet for the next 4-8 years. When the American public starts thinking for itself and stops denying the writing on the wall then they won't be as let down when the very people who are to protect us just leave us out in the cold again.

By the way, Newsweek, is it really neccessary to shovel us politics in every category? This is health for christs sake, give it a rest.

Just so. Already,diminishment in the rise of the Expected One,is becoming a factor in several areas. Minorities are loudly demanding that Obama fill his cabinet with more black and latino rather than Old White Guys,which is becoming a solid Obamaite staple in the new WH,as even more former Clintonistas are being brought on board.[www.politico.com for more on this trend].
Israelis [the Middle East Peace Question] are scratching their heads on Obamas senior middle east advisory pick,Robert Malley,who Obama downplayed in the campaign period to settle Jewish nerves in battleground states,then immediately reneged on his promise that Malley would not serve in any capacity upon naming him yesterday to become chief Middle East adviser. [Malley,already having problems as being a stooge of HAMAS and the then-Arafat PLO. So much so that Malley even brought the wrath of his boss Bill Clinton down on him].
Todays leftwinged MOTHER JONES and liberal writer David Corn are asking themselves why,when bringing on anti-GLASS-STEAGALL Bob Rubin was bad enough,Obama decided to add to his economic team William Leach,a moderate GOPer who was a portion of the ''Republicans For Obama'' movement during the campaign. You will also find Leachs name here.

The GRAMM -LEACH-BILLEY Act of 1999.[The repeal of GLASS-STEAGALL]. Obamaites now get to explain the irony of actually having one of these guys serving in an Obama administration capacity.

Obama immediately reneged on another campaign promise.[he's moving fast,I will give him this]. That the 700 billion would be more directly aimed at the American people suffering from the threat of foreclosure. If you look to the immediate right of this post,you will find a news box that NEWSWEAK devotes to the Washington Post. In its first story link it says:

''Credit Card,Loan Firms,Eyed For Bailout Program''.

So. Add to Detroit,banks,more banks,and the banks that wish to buy these banks,[as admitted today by Rep. Barney Frank [D-Mass] and these others, let alone the pork, what has our ''700 billion''purchased that is even remotely similar to what Obama promised?

It is unrealistic, just take a look at the global problems, from Iran, and all the dictators from North Korea to China, to Israel. America now ends up with an untested inexperience Commander-in-Chief.

1) People are wired to believe they can achieve in life or not. Those who believe they can create and recreate at-will will experience little letdown after such an election high as they are wired always to create. They are oftentimes realists and know when something fails or succeeds you keep on creating. On the other hand, those who do not believe they can create at-will will experience the low. Oftentimes their upbringing has reinforced the principle that they are powerless to produce anything that will be of importance in the world, so they are trained to lose hope and succumb to helplessness. They don???t know you simply keep creating. What unites people of both mindsets is charismatic leadership, clear and principled, that parents us all into the new vision. 2) The scientific approach to predicting cognitive behavior with a study of how people relate associatively more positively to chocolate than chips/salt are missing the salt/sugar marriage. When I have too much salt, I crave sugar to balance me out and vice versa. So their results may have had more to do with the salt/sugar balance in the body already present at the time of the experiment. 3) Visioning for the future is not new but it has been overlooked for its powerful therapeutic or life-changing effects. Let's face it, we become more comfortable with change when we can see what the new aspects of life will look like and have some semblance of how we will fit into that scenario. 4) The only application I can find for this kind of study is for scientist to provide marketing data to those who would manipulate us, which could include the government, commerce, and quite possibly our well-meaning parents.

Pretty lame article

Dumb article

"ami....": You seem to have projected a future that is yet to occur. Now is real. The future will be. We can affect what becomes if we want to, or we can presume....

It's amazing how many Americans fail to understand how our government truly works. I sit in awe of how many people think one man "the President" can influence and change the direction of the country over night. The truth is its not going to happen! Congress has has the truest form of power when it comes to the government. Congress has the Power of Purse having to decide where the tax money goes and what foreign policy is worth pursuing. If you follow politics you can actually feel the mood of the country change when the power between the Republicans and Democrats change. Nope! There will be no change just high expectations because when you break it down to the facts...A politician is a politician....When you elect them back into office their only job afterwards is to make promises to make sure they get re-elected.

It's odd but I have had the opposite problem. I really wanted him to be president while he was a long shot but as it became clear that he would pull ahead and win against Sen. McCain, I got more and more apprehensive. I found myself switching channels in order to avoid watching him because I knew that all that empty rehetroic that he uses would make me like him less. I felt good on election day, really good, but the whole time I kept thinking, "Wow! He Won! Oh ***, there is now way he can fix all these complicated problems, people are going to hate him so much for getting their expectations up" I totally understand why he did it and I actually respect him for taking the chance of getting ridiculed off the stage to try and use the empty words. But, I always knew that winning this election will be his greatest triumph and that is so profoundly sad! He deserves better, he deserves to be remembered as the greatest president since FDR or Lincoln. But he won't be. I think that his approval ratings will go lower than 30% within the first six months and he doesn't deserve what history will remember him for. An inspiring figure that brought up such great expectations from people but who ultimately failed miserably to change anything. He just doesn't deserve it because he would actually be a lot more qualified than FDR or Regan or even Lincoln and has a better heart than any of the three. Life is just a frickin long greek tragedy.

For those who has an ambitious to be ELECTED in public Office BUT doesn't have the Intellectual smartness brain but do possessed with ability for blatant lies, rallies inciting anger, and even in the face of facts out there continues to lie about all of it. ..Join "REPUBLICAN " party you chances is very High to get elected.

This was such an historic election that Congress should consider passing legislation to make Jan. 20th a NATIONAL HOLIDAY! After all, Jan. 19th is MLK day and they would tie in perfectly. ALL AMERICA CAN CELEBRATE OBAMA's RULE during this four day HOLIDAY. We'll be on an emotional high for four years.