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Marie McHarry wrote:
>  On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net> wrote:
> > I can get you the quotes from interviews from folks on the streets
> > back when he first tossed his hat in the ring.  In fact, words
> > similar to that were used on this list.
> >
>  I've never met an actual person who ever thought Obama was godlike.

Perhaps that is because you are from his state where people had a more 
realistic view.  Plus, Marie, I'd imagine that most people you meet are 
as least as intelligent as you are.  I've only driven through your neck 
of the woods, but I don't recall seeing a lot of minorities there, and 
it was the minority faction that mostly were referring to him as their 
Savior, with the capital S.  Those factions would include people of 
color, of course, but also immigrants, the gay and lesbian community, 
and to some extent, new vets and those disenchanted with the justice 
system, notably, prisoners.  I do recall seeing a huge prison, but that 
was in southern IL, and I doubt you would have much dealing with 
prisoners anyway.  :)
>  He's been about what I expected although I'm more than a little
>  pissed off that he hasn't gotten rid of the Patriot Act. OTOH, it's
>  always a big temptation of the power of the presidency to grab
>  everything that the people are willing to cede. Plus, I think that
>  hiring the villains who brought us the current financial disaster to
>  continue running the financial show will possibly be the one thing
>  that brings him down.
Well, there are still guys in orange down in Gitmo...we still have 
solders in Iraq...gay marriage is still illegal in my state... the 
Muslim world still hates us...etc. etc.
I really don't see that his presidency has brought us any more respect 
in the international world-it was supposed to...
I really don't see am era of healing between the races that his 
presidency was supposed to usher in..
I really don't see any improvement in the economy, just bigger 
government ready to remove even more of my freedom.(President Obama 
surely doesn't have the patent on making the government larger and more 
powerful, he is just the latest joker to do so "for the people".

I'm actually rather amazed that he hasn't sent troops to Darfur, 
Somalia, or other places in Africa.  Of course, there are 3 years left 
in his reign.  I tell ya though, people here think he is a one term 
President, but I know I live in a Blue State.  Sometimes, when one is so 
totally surrounded by one view, it is hard to see things from a 
different perspective.  Thankfully, we have the internet, and I can talk 
to all of you who see things from a different perspective.  Believe it 
or not, I am STILL trying to find the silver lining in all of this...I 
really did hope he would have a spine and some class and tell Pelosi and 
Co. to back off.

>  OTOH, any idiot could see that the mess that the previous four
>  presidents left us would take a couple of generations to fix.
The problem with this argument is that President Obama is not going in 
the right direction.  He hasn't even dropped the sails and anchor to 
slow the boat down.  He continues down the same path as his 
predecessors, even speeding up our country's demise with overspending.  
Check out the first chart on this page to see what I mean.  The 
projections are through 2012.  Interestingly, looking at data on this 
chart puts Obama in the same class as Reagan and the Bush family when it 
comes to spending.  It actually makes Clinton look good!  Clinton seems 
to have slowed the boat, even after 20 years of Republican spending(not 
counting Carter, who, as we all know, was ineffective in most things).


>  Here's a lecture by Rick Perlstein that gives an opinion on why
>  Obama's presidency has been a disappointment:

I can't wait to look at it.  Thankfully, I can now...I've been online 
more than usual today, so I am close to the threshold max.  I'll wait 
until 2 am when there is no speed limit on Hughesnet.  Still loving it, 
though.
Anyway, there's no shame in being disappointed in someone you had hoped 
would do well.  I did not vote for Bush, but was disappointed in him 
just like the millions who did.  I don't know how the United States of 
America will pull itself out of this mess.

--
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are 
willing to work and give to those who would not.      Thomas Jefferson