Talk shows are continually pounding on Barack Obama’s lack of judgement because of his previous associations with Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and a host of others who have terroristic or sketchy backgrounds. Ayers was brought on Good Morning America this past week and questioned about his associations with Obama and about his feelings toward the past acts of the Weather Underground. This past Friday, The “Ladies of the Factor” were substituting for Bill O’Reilly on his “Radio Factor” show and they spend a full hour discussing Bill Ayres’ and Barack O’Bama’s relationship. Callers to other radio talk shows won’t give it up either — insisting that Barack Obama lacks the judgement to be President of the United States, may not even be a citizen of the United States and will run this country into the ground.
Why can’t these idiots understand that not only is it too late for these kind of accusations and this kind of examination of Barack Obama’s qualifications but its counter productive. Barack Hussein Obama, for all intents and purposes, IS the 44th President of the United States. What we should be concentrating on now, is what he is saying now and what he is doing now.
No matter who you voted for or wished for or voted against, its time to get together and actually root for Obama, hope he makes the right decisions, hope that he picks a cabinet that will help him make those decisions, make positive suggestions about the directions that our country should move in and maintain optimism that we, as a nation, will will not only survive our economic, social, political and international problems but be made stronger because of them.
As little as I care about what foreign governments think of us, it only makes sense not to give them ammunition to use against us. If China, Russia, Iran and all the other countries with failed or failing political systems see us uniting around our new president and, yes, “rooting him on” they are less likely throw those “tests” at us — those tests that VP-elect Biden correctly warned us about. On that subject let me say that, by giving the American public those warnings, Joe Biden stood up and did a very brave thing — the right thing — and he was probably privately scolded for doing it. That one act makes it a lot easier for me to accept Joe Biden as the next Vice President of the United States.
After January 20th, Barack Obama will no doubt do things and say things that we will not like! Every president has opposition to every move he makes and we should not hesitate to oppose him if we feel he is wrong — but we must constitute a loyal opposition not a destructive one. Oppose him yes but don’t demonize him. If we attempt to destroy the President of the United States we make our country weaker and take a chance on destroying the United States itself.
News Links:
CBC News (Canada): Nice job, Mr. Obama. What now?
Baltimore Sun: Words to the wise
Blog Links:
The Quakers’ Colonel: The Obama Optimism
Poll Tracker: Pew Poll Finds Mood of Optimism About Obama and High Expectations
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackRoot for Obama……NEVER! I’m sick of these liberal a-holes trying to dictate what they deem is the correct direction for our country to move in. I also think every single day that it is getting harder to deal with them. It’s as if they think they have somehow been granted some unknown power over anyone who disagrees with their warped ideas and values.
I have been patient, but it’s wearing thin. No matter what O’bammy does or says, I will not support him. He has no right to the Oval Office…..and not because of the freekin’ race thing. He hasn’t done anything in his whole life to deserve the position. Don’t trust him, don’t like him, his wife, his ”acquaintances”, his ideas, his teleprompter speeches, his jive turkey way of talkin’ to his elders….he’s just disrespectful and there is no way I can support some one of his ilk. 2012 can not get here soon enough…..and i think that the American people will be ready, by then, for some REAL change.
killroy6. Likewise. An individual must earn my trust. Too many follow because it seems politically correct.
“He hasn’t done anything in his whole life to deserve the position”
Well he did one thing; he got elected by a majority of American voters — it isn’t his fault that McCain was the best thing the Republicans had to offer.
I just think that we’d better hope for the best from a bad situation. Our country is at stake!
Out of 300 million plus people in our country we still elect convicted felons (like Ted Stevens) and people like McCain and Obama. Do people in our country have to be in politics so long as to become corrupt before they can get elected to a Federal office? If Obama or McCain are citizens or not they both still buy into special interests and earmarks and do whats right for their wallets not whats right for the American public. If this is the best we can do, then our country is doomed and we will all be surfs to our masters (our elected officials). I for one voted for all non-encumbants this year to send a message. If you think your representative is ok and everyone else is corrupt then you have your head in the sand too.
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