Comments on: Obama's Vague Promise Of Change

National Review Online: Democrat Is Inspiring, But How He Would Govern Remains Unknown

[erichsh]

skyk, you say we can''t cut spending. So what''s your solution? What do you think Obama''s solution is? Tax the rich and those greedy corporations?

The cost of the Iraq war is but a a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of all the expanded social programs you would like to see. There wasn''t universal healthcare before the war, there were still poor people before the war, etc., so don''t blame Iraq for what you perceive as a lack of sufficient government programs.

There simply are not enough rich people to pay the bills for all these welfare-state programs. And those greedy corporations are the ones providing tax-paying jobs - not the government. For everyone who only grouses about how evil Bush is, how the poor are getting screwed etc., but never propose economically viable solutions, I can only suspect you secretly hate capitalism itself and would prefer to see it replaced with a socialist or communist government.

[bluestardad]

OBVIOUSLY OBAMA HAS NOT SOLD OUT TO THE STAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR EVER CROWD!

THIS PRO ISRAELI RAG HATES HIM!

AMERICA STAND UP OR SHUT UP!

[skyk-2009]

I don''t know who will come out on top for the Democrats. It is truly, after all I''ve seen in my lifetime, exciting to see a woman and a black fighting for the right to become the President of this nation. One thing though is perfectly clear we MUST make the change NOW. Waiting and HOPING that somehow the insanity of "Trickle Down" will work is only making the job more difficult. We hear the same tired old things out of the Republican''s... we''ll cut your taxes, cut spending and balance the budget. WHO in their right mind, at this stage, actually BELIEVES that? Cut WHERE? With the cost of the NEEDLESS War in Iraq, the way our roads and necessary services are falling apart, a failed and worthless Health Care System, the boomers going into Social Security, and the loss of ALL the good jobs in this nation exactly what are they planning on cutting? What spending can they cut that can even come close to making up that kind of gap? When a Party takes a Balanced Budget and a Surplus and rolls the dice on MORE "Trickle Down" just to have the dice turn up snake eyes, there is no "Stay the Course" possible. There''s no one left for Republican''s to blame. There''s no excuse left. They have not just failed, they have completely and totally failed in every aspect PERIOD!

[quatrops]

Hillary supporters, you just don''t get it !

As she is all too willing to point out, she has been part of the Democratic "experienced establishment" in Washington far longer than Obama.

Now, look at the "approval ratings" of the Democratic-controlled congress (since 2006). Those ratings are MULTIPLE PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW the historically low ratings of Bush!

American voters aren''t stupid. They KNOW that congress has had a difficult time because of actual or threatened vetoes by Bush. But they still answer "NO" on approval.

So here it is for you, ladies and gents, in full caps: THE AMERICAN VOTERS WANT A PRESIDENT WITH THE LEAST WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT EXPERIENCE!

Get it?

[karen362]

I just read some of the opinions here and just what i am afraid of is what is happening. By the time November rolls around if Obama is the front guy, most people would simply vote for McCain because the glaze would have worn off by then and the reality that he is a black young, inexperienced guy will set it. Don''t get it wrong, I am young and black too but female. I am not saying Clinton is better because she is a woman, she has earned her keep and has years of experience during the other Clinton era. Did we do that poorly when Clinton was in power, of course not. Americans need to pay attention, we are being sucked in again by the great campaign strategies of the other side. Just the same we were driven by fear during the last election so we could vote once again for the Republicans, they used the threat of terrorist to keep the people under their thumb. Not only am i afraid of a Bush re-run with McCain, I think he is more of a war monger than Bush is. He has been a prisoner of war, he has a chip on is shoulder just the same Bush had a score to settle for his dad and look where we are today, stuck in Iraq. AMERICA....wake up!!!

[karen362]

What''s wrong with America? Are we paying attention? McCain means more time in war for the soldiers. I am a soldier and i sure do not want more of the same and more wars. Obama is too inexperienced for leadership of this country. If we put Obama out there in the front, between now and the elections the other side is going to swing the people''s opinions and before you know it we have another Republican in the white house. What are we doing? Hillary is the best choice out there. The media is poisoning the country against her. We are setting ourselves up for failure if we don''t start paying attention. Is anyone concerned about the slipping of the U.S. dollar? I live in Europe and Americans look like fools in the eyes of the Europeans. What''s going on?

[user168-2009]

"I would simply be uncomfortable being in a campaign that would be inevitably attacking Barack Obama," said McCain adviser Mark McKinnon in an interview with NPR''s "All Things Considered." "I think it would be uncomfortable for me, and I think it would be bad for the McCain campaign."

That said.

OBAMA WILL BEAT CLINTON AND McCAIN BECAUSE NO EDUCATED PERSON WANTS TO ATTACK HIM.

"Only once in a very long time does politics become more than politics, that is something more than partisan struggle, vote bartering, or arena of ambition...

... on rare occasion, old arrangements and conventional wisdom come unstuck. This happens in periods of rapid if not revolutionary change. We find ourselves now in one of those periods. The forces of globalization, information, eroding sovereignties, and transformation of war ensure that traditional leaders and conventional politics can only muddle through at best and fail badly at worst."

"Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics."

"There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands."

So let it be that our YOUTH sees HOPE in UNIVERSAL TRUTH:

"Love, or we shall perish."

"LIVE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD."

GO! OBAMA!

[jamurphy4]

This was copied from the CNN website .. By Roland S. Martin .. CNN Contributor
(CNN) -- NAACP Chairman Julian Bond''s decision to weigh in on the Democratic Party''s conundrum when it comes to seating delegates from Michigan and Florida has created a firestorm of discussion on blogs and talk shows, and frankly, I''m still unclear as to what his intent was.

Gee Roland, I think his intent is to see that all the people of the USA have their votes counted.. Just because your a very vocal supporter of Obama, doesn''t mean that all Black''s have to follow your lead.. Some have supported Hillary Clinton all along, and will help put her in the White House.. The DNC must seat both States, or pay to hold another Election.

[sophielhu]

For many of us, Obama has those qualifications. And, for many of us, you KNOW where you can put those "experienced" Washington insiders. And if not there, they can go sit in a retired Cheney''''s den with him . . . cigar in hand, counting his Halliburton millions, and with his usual smirk, laughing about what fools he made of the American people.
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[irliberal]

McCain is just a Bush rerun. Obama isn''t ready to be President. Perhaps vice. GO HILLARY 2008! You are the only one with the guts, stamina, know-how and drive to be our President, and Obama could help you, if you want to let him. GO HILLARY 2008! WOOHOO!