A Bumpy Start

Most of the posters thus far come off like complete idiots...the man hasn't even been inaugurated yet - his term hasn't even STARTED yet, and all these wingnuts are blubbering about the "failure" of his presidency! Amazing. They don't recognize the utter, complete, disasterous failure of the conservative presidency of the last 8 years, WHICH HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, but seem to have a keen eye in seeing the failure of something that hasn't even yet begun. Yes, Obama said we need hope and change, but he NEVER said it was going to be easy to fix the mess made by Dubya & Co. Here's an idea...why don't you naysayers shut up and give the guy a chance before you make your completely uninformed, dogma-bound judgements? If you can't be positive and forward thinking, then just be quiet, and let the rest of us get down to the hard work it will take to try to repair at least some of the damage done by those of your ilk.

BTW....like it or not....Mr Obama's chance begins Jan 20.. so enough on give him a chance. He has one. Now we need Congress to work together for a change and not go on vacation with incomplete business.

You know all things true, the economy has been in the toliet for a while . people are loosing therr jobs , they have no healthcare, and the best you cant do is critciize. Mr Obama for trying to sitmulate the economy by putting money........The one that was running with him said the fundamentals of the economy are sound.........and the one sitting in office is doing nothing, actually it took him a year to realixe that we were even in a recession. I don't know if its racist behavior or what. As far as I can see some people are real stupid to think that this economy will ever correct its self.Obama has a hard job ahead of him . Does anyone know just last month we lost 693,000 jobs is this also Mr Obama,s fault...........I say give the man a chance ...................Mr Bush has 27% approval rate it can't get any worst.

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I have never been a fan of any political leader due to the fact most have their own selfish, greed-driven agendas. They get into office by strectching truths and promising only mirage results; their own agendas are their sole drive in their political efforts. It is only when they are faced with public scrutiny that they try to become more humanitarian in their efforts. I believe this is the main factor that has led to our country's economic deterioration.
In saying this, I also admit I voted for Obama. He was the only candidate that seemed to address the needs of the public as the most important issue facing our country. It does our country no good to address other countries ailments, while our own homeland goes into default. Our own working class are unemployed at outragous levels, companies are being given unprecedented amounts of money to cover the consequences of their greed, and all at the expense of ...the working class. The government is getting their proposed "Bailout" remedy from...the working class tax money. This is an indicator that the working class (more affectionately called.. consumer) is the corner stone of our economy's foundation. So with this in mind, businesses are nothing but a buildings until the working class customer makes business for them. So why are we giving money to businesses instead of the working class consumers that feed our businesses in the economy. These businesses are still going to lay off workers once they get their money in order for them to weather the faultering economy. CEOs are still being wasteful because their are no reprocussions for their indiscretions...other than public scrutiny that was mentioned earlier. America, wake up and see that as long as we jilt the consumer/working class taxpayer, people are going to keep cutting back and the business economy will continue to get worse.
As for the political arena, let's see what Obama has to offer. Give him the necessary tools to do the job we believed he could do when we voted him in to office. Afterall, he was a refreshing change of pace because he realized the same direction for our country was needed.

This discussion just proves the point that a mojority of Americans don't understand Washington politics. In reference to this article, Mr Obama has a challenge ahead of him. The challenge is coming from within his own party. This is not a Black - White thing. This is the typical Washington politics that helped get us into the mess we are in. For example, Mr Obama stated he did not want Burris as senator. Senator Feinstein, felt that she was not consulted on the matter and is backing Burris. Mr. Burris, BTW, is a very capable candidate for senator and should be seated. But this is an example of the kind of Washington politics that Mr. Obama faces. If he is runnning into this kind of challenge of a simple Senate appointment what faces him when the major issues need to be addressed like the stimulus package and national healthcare?

Why is it anyone who has a negative comment on Obama is either Racist or speaking Hate....look...Obama is a low class politican from Chicago....anybody who was dumb enouhg to believe his crap was simply living in the Land of Oz....almost nothing obama promised will happen > 1 they were lies to get elected or 2 they simply cant happen, no matter who promises them...Obama has already i believe found out a few REAL TRUTHs about our economic situation and people....its far worse than anything thats happen so far....if anyone looks at the fact...looks at the combination of things beginning to happen can see things are going to fall apart very soon and no one can stop it....if you let a little wave turn into a Tsuami and its heading for you....all you can do is go to higher ground....brace for the impact and then when the water goes back in the ocean....start over with the few things that survived....

People, stop acting as though race isn't an issue in this country. Just because America voted for Obama doesn't mean that racism and discrimination has stopped. When racism is confronted, those who practice it try and defend their racism by claiming the race card is being played. Great cop out for those who don't support all races and are not fair to all races.

It's 3:00 AM, will somebody please answer the phone?

The Media will now raise their ugly head again. They lost all credibility with American Voters through out the campaign. Did they super promote Obama, in order to generate more stories? Without regard for the well being of the Country? They are going after him like fresh meat in a shark tank. I did not vote for him, although I do feel sorry for him. I really hope people consider what this media did, and remember it in the future. Do your own research and ignore their baseless promotion and tasteless attacks on others. Burn the filthy press!

Let's face it people...we have been fooled again as a nation. Obama ran on HOPE, and now he's Mr. Doom & Gloom (Note: If you don't pass my stimulus plan then we would face double digit unemployment)...hmmm...sounds like something Bush would do. He ran on CHANGE and it looks like we're heading for the status quo. I know he hasn't taken office as yet, but if this is what we see before power is handed over, then I question what we would see when true power is placed in his hands. I pray for us all that things improve, but I'm not going to hold my breath just yet.

Another Democrate commentary. President-elect Obama campaigned on hope, now he is Mr. Negative. Just as I suspected, tell everyone he is the Savior of all and then when the time is right reveal real intentions - Socialism, Massive Debt, Bailouts for all, Government as the only solution (the one that never works). What a disaster!