I don't like him. During the election he wouldn't be for something then 2 weeks later he was all for it. I do know some people who voted for him JUST because he was "black" well I hate to burst there bubble the man is NOT BLACK! His dad was arabic/black and his mom white. So IMO we do not have the FIRST black president we have the FIRST mixed president!!! But this is a touchy subject and im sure will get locked soon but thats just my two cents! I was going to vote for that old guy and the hot librarian...:th_laugh-lol3::th_laugh-lol3:
And McCain didn't??? I followed this election closer than I've ever followed any election, and I followed the Bush vs Gore election really really close. I hated Bush and I hated Kerry so that election I didn't care about. John McCain was by far the WORST flip flopper in the entire election. That goes for every single person that ran, including Stephen Colbert, who to be honest I think would make a great President. Everything McCain stood for before he started his campaign, and there was a lot, he completely went the other way in the election and tried to be more "democratic."
Obama played the "change" card like no other. In his debates at times he didn't even debate, just said we need change. However, he did not flip flop that much. Truly, what really put the nail in the coffin was the halftime show where he talked about changing the BCS system to a playoff system in College Football. McCain said they needed to rid steroids in Baseball. Baseball is doing it's job in ridding them. It's actors, actresses, and WWE Wrestlers that need to have the testing done.
Nobody knows what Obama really is. If he's not from this country, who cares? Is he really Christian? He could be Muslim. I don't care! Just get the job done. He actually appointed a good cabinet, so if they do all the work for him I'd be happy with that. I still wish he could have got Warren Buffet on the tab though.
**** Republicans! What happened to the separation of Church and State? They preach God like no other! So people want to say that Blacks voted for Obama because he was Black. Many did, and he aimed for that. Great campaign move, but what about the Republicans who hardcore push for the Religious people? Mainly Catholics! Whats the difference if Christians, who make up roughly 14% of the voting population, equal to the 14% of Black Americans that voted, only voted for McCain because he was Baptist, or Episcopalian, or Catholic? Oh wait... no one knew what religion he was. He wouldn't tell anyone. The Catholics thought he was Catholic. The Episcopalians thought he was Episcopalian, and the Baptists thought he was Baptist. He played the same damn cards just not in a race fashion.
Republicans preach God and Murder entire countries for prehistoric bull****!
By the way, the Bush Administration didn't send this country into a recession. They only helped. The country did get out of a 3 trillion dollar debt over an 8 year span under the Clinton Administration, however Clinton happened to look great because of the dot com boom!. The recession is because the Clinton Administration wanted everyone to live the American Dream. Families making under $50,000 a year could get loans to buy $500,000 homes. The Bush Administration didn't do that, but they did help throw money away. The first year of Bush's term we were back in debt by 3 trillion, again!!! We were in debt since the Cold War, a legit debt to get into. We got out of debt, and went right back in it. The Iraq War is the first war in the history of the United States that we didn't make money off of. Why? Because we didn't expand technology. They claimed they did, but our troops are running around with ****ty M16's that jam all the time on them. They give them crappy Kevlar. They were not taken care of, and it shows. They claim they use M4's now, and some do, but most don't. Why is the American Oil Driller in Iraq making $10,000 a day and the troops guarding him making less than minimum wage? US Military also houses and gives food to the Oil Drillers. What is this money really being spent on?
Seriously, no President is going to be perfect. No Congress, no House, no Cabinet will be either. It's a little over 100 days in. This world has so many issues and it will take a lot of time to fix, if it ever gets fixed. Whether or not you agree or disagree with the way the Administration is handling GM, Chrysler, AIG, etc. we are still moving in the right direction. We may go down more, but we eventually will go up. There will be many new American jobs while this Administration is in office. I just hope people don't make their final decision on who they're electing next over the first 100 days of mayhem.