Obama may have bigger worries than skin heads.

Thank you for a more positive note on this.

I agree with you there, and actually--it kinda makes me see things a little differently! I am still proud that I voted for McCain, and I will be forever! I also think that he could have done good for our country. That being said, I'm pretty sure that at this point, any president has their work cut out for them! So actually, it may be a blessing for John McCain to have "lost", he really just won, in the way that he will not be held responsible for the way this is handled. And all of the 52% who support Obama now, well.. I wouldn't be surprised if that rating is whittled down to below Bush's approval rating before all is said and done. Don't get me wrong, I have never been and will never be a member of the George Bush fan club, but I am also not a subscriber to the BS accusations that McCain is anything like Bush. He is not, I mean seriously, a lot of Conservatives didn't want him because he was "too liberal", which is something that could never be said about Bush. And before someone throws in the bull about McCain voting with Bush most the time, well--yea, he kinda had to follow at least somewhat if he wanted to keep republicans with him, I don't think he would have even been able to get the nomination if he had gone against Bush *too* much. Hey.. at least he actually took a position, unlike Obama who voted present and is the most partisan. I really do hope that I am wrong about him, but I'm not holding my breathe. I do hope that he can turn things around, but I think that anyone would be hard pressed to get us out of this mess, and people chose someone least qualified for this. I just hope that he picks some good advisers. I am glad the campaign is over honestly, maybe now people can quit tearing down John McCain, he deserves nothing but respect, and I am still in shock that the exit polls showed that American's are delusional enough to think that McCain was harder on Obama than the other way around. Come on, even if you are an Obama fan you are in denial to think that McCain attacked anyone, and Obama was so rude--even flipping off both Hillary Clinton and John McCain the day before he won the elections. It just shows that he has no class. All I know is, he made a lot of promises--and he can't possibly keep them all. So really, I don't think he really knows what he got himself into. I usually vote democrat, but after seeing the way all of this has gone down, I could not do it--and I can also see that if he does not follow through on his promises, it may be a bigger blow on the democratic party than that of Bush's tarnishing of the republican party. At that I will just say, Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it, and What you see is not necessarily what you get!

No, it's not the full quote. The full quote of that passage is: [i]FULL QUOTE From Dreams From My Father: Whenever I appear before immigrant audiences, I can count on some good-natured ribbing from my staff after my speech; according to them, my remarks always follow a three-part structure: “I am your friend,” “[Fill in the home country] has been a cradle of civilization,” and “You embody the American dream.” They’re right, my message is simple, for what I’ve come to understand is that my mere presence before these newly minted Americans serves notice that they matter, that they are voters critical to my success and full-fledged citizens deserving of respect. Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. [Page 260-261 [/i]

The whole point is that he's going to stand with Muslims if something happens, and not his own country. And we elected him leader of this country, and he's not even patriotic enough to put the American Flag on his plane nor wear a lapel pin like McCain and Palin did.

Kudos to you CherylsPearls...thank you for your post! And you, MysticTomatoes: "How Americans can be so stupid as to elect him is beyond me" ??? That's not the only thing that is beyond you! I am not a "stupid" American, I am an informed individual and I voted for the best man...Don't assume that you know everything because you surely don't! ~G~

From the new al quieda tape on Obama: "The Muslim nation received with extreme bitterness your hypocritical ... stance towards Israel," he said. "You were born to a Muslim father, but you chose to stand with the enemies of Muslims."