obama? is he what we really need?????

so you are perfectly ok with Obama continuing many of the unconstitutional things Bush did?

Some of the policies of the Bush must stay in place for the time being. I think they will be eventually phase out for new policies. I don't like as much as the next person but that how politics work.

so jb, then you have no problem with Obama continuing many of the same unconstitutional things Bush did? Do you, as a U.K. citizen truly understand the issues many of us Americans have with Obama?

Well, then please add your site to the argument. But please something else than just applause. I'd like to see some real arguments as to why what Obama did is great and why what Bush did is wrong. Just saying so doesn't really cut it. There are only a few people here taking up for Obama, and half of them do criticize at least some of his policies like anniepa. If you think that your position is not properly represented, you have to do something about it other than complain. If you can't do that, if I were you, I'd wonder if the position I think I'm in is really as great as it is made out to be.

well I'd planned to keep out of discussions about american politics since i don't live there. I just stuck that comment in because there seemed to be a lot of anti obama discussions going and not much dissent. anyway i approve of what obama seems to be doing or planning to do for the environment and i think shutting down g-bay was fairly brave. But as i said i don't want to get particularly involved in these discussions and it really goes against the grain to say anything nice about a politician...

okay so since i got kicked off when i was saying what i was saying before. my main point i'm going to try to make here is every one gripes so much about the shape that we are in, but yet look who they are sending into office. WE( general public) vote for these people to be in there and vote for us and find good cause for us. so I ask this question- has it gotten bad enough for someone to stand up for what is going on in washington? yes I think it has, and although Obama may not be the brightest, and he might not be the smartest person as far as commen sense, atleast he's attempting to try to fix the problem which if i recall clinton done pretty good at that. why do you think there is still a clinton in the whitehouse. Grant it it's not the bill Clinton we expected but I think hillary clinton would have made a great president. I've also believed for a long time since obama got in that they just put obama in to clean it up a little and then Clinton come in a take over and fix it. I mean that's usually what the woman ends up having to do anyways. Am I right girls?? What's that saying: behind every good man there's a good woman. Who do you think was making the decisions in that family when clinton was in the whitehouse. Why do you think Clinton was put in the position she is in now. Everything is put in place for a reason. Every thing has it season as well. Regardless of how you feel about one side or the other, it's ultimately up to us to vote the right people in there to begin with. Now whether you think that OBAMA was the right choice or not, he's in there. I know someone compared him to ADOLF Hitler and I don't think that it was truly a fair comparison. I think maybe on the part of the way that people listend to obama and fled his way every time he spoke may have had some baring, but I think the general population need to realize that it's a different day and time than it was when the natzi's ruled and whether you want to believe it or not, you can't blame obama for the war the bush started, and you can't sit there and claim that mccain would have done better. one of the comments made was that mccain was too old and i agree, I mean I liked palen as far as that she was a woman and stood behind her beliefs. But we needed someone who was strong and knew his education and knew his historical facts and knew his political correctness all for the simple fact that you can't be weak and run the country. well I guess some people think that you don't need to know all that. i mean he's seeing as he actually sees the situation for being inside the white house that he can't do everything he promised all at once but rather sees what needs to be dealt ith first then go down the list. and if i'm not mistaken the first elsction bush ran in there was 19 candidates on the ballot including Ross perot. Who If I would have been an adult I would have voted for. i just think that if you whether you see this as a personal hit or not, you - in general- should do something about and put your self in a position to change laws and change ways that things are supposed to be done so that the right people will be put in there.

Indeed, Obama is finding the reality of his job far different than the campaign trail. Were I ever to run, I would make VERY limited campaign promises, promising only to restore a constitutional government. I am actualy already in the process of exploring a run for represenative in my state house. I think this is where we need to begin making changes, in our state governments, our states need to stand up for themselves and take this country back at the state level, our states created the federal government, it didn't create the states, we own it, we are the superior authority over it and it's time we started reasserting that authority. I don't nessesarily buy in to the comparison of Adolf hitler to Obama, I think that is a it much, BUT there are a few notable things there, the encroaching government control of industry, and the cult of peronality that follows him, we are setting a dangerous precident when we begin worshiping and idolizing public figures. Though Obama is no Hitler, in setting up this mentality, we are ensuring that down the road, when a hitler DOES come along, we will unwittingly open the door and roll out a red carpet for him/her with out ever even realizing it. Hitler didn't come charging in to power on a tank, he was elected as a very popular figure and was indeed welcomed with a red carpet. I think Hillary may have been slightly less damaging and far less progressive, but still the same general direction, the two party stranglhold must be broken, I am an avid 3rd party voter and supporter and will in all likelyhood continue to do so. Yes, we keep sending them there, we the voters keep putting the same two parties in office year after year and call it "change". Isn't insanity defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? It is why I support 3rd parties. I think 2010 is going to see a very different congress, a large number of people are waking up to this fact and I think you will see a number of independants and alternate parties sent to congress, it will be a good start. thanks for your long and well thought out comment to my response.

"Of course he is, would you rather have John McCain?" No, absolutely no difference between him and Obama. So what about the other 4 candidates that ran in the elections? "The whole world would go down in shambles" You mean as aposed to the eutopia it is now? "a guy that might die in office and then we would have the ding bat Palin as a president" You should meet his mother. "We all know you have to spend money to make money, so he has spent ALOT of money" yes, as long as you HAVE money to spend, not monopoly oney you print when you need it, learn something about economics, and I don't mean the propaganda crap they are teaching you in highschool right now. " but the stocks are going up." and down....and up....and down (see above statement) "Stocks are near 9000 again ( 8750.00 " closed at around 8600 (see statement 2 lines up) " Obama is doing great! " could you be more specific? What "great things" has he done and how have they specificly effected what things and how hve they fit with in the frame of the constitution (cite text please) " and plus he is another thing, he is making and breaking som many records" yes, he has spent more than any other president in U.S. history, in fact, he has spent more than ALL OF THEM COMBINED in the few short months he has been in office.(see statement 4 lines up) "And another thing, of course obama didnt start thus war, Bush did." Yep, so your OK with Obama keeping 50,000 troups there indefinately? "Why are we focusing in IRAQ?" I don't know, ask Obama and the pentagon "is OSAMA BIN LADEN in IRAQ? no AFGANISTAN... so why dont we puy more troops in AFGANISTAN!" I don't know, why don't you ask Obama and the pentagon.