The Bush team has left a Wrecked Financial Battlefield that resembles a graveyard for poor Obama to dig us out of. I’m sure the Right will blame Obama for the results of the Bush legacy.
But if Mccain had been elected his sensescence and uninformed nature, that led to his statement that the ‘Fundamentals of the Economy are Strong’, would have left us in much, much worse shape ..if that’s possible. I also don’t find a quality of ‘good sportsmanship’ in the comments here about the Obama win. But one thing is sure we cannot get out of this crisis with gunboat diplomacy or a war as we did at the end of the 30s…that would be suicidal since the players would certainly include the U.S. and Russia. End of the cold war my eye.
That was a fatuous Reagan daydream.
We bankrupted Russia with arms spending and now we’ve bankrupted ourselves with lack of financial oversight and the unnecessary war in Iraq. But wallstreet is still siphoning off their bonuses from taxpayer bailout money…while the bailout dynamic in Europe calls for the executives who turned the world economy into a casino not to get Bonuses if their firms required bailout funds. And often results in the executives being fired. We should follow that example. We should also have conditions for these companies getting bailed out. I see that Paulson doesn’t think the automakers should be bailed out if they don’t have viable business plans. I’m sure he wants them to go into bankruptcy so that they can screw the Union Workers out of their contracts in reorganization. But one condition of bailing out the auto industry should be very stark calibrated increases in fuel efficiency standards over the next 10 years.

On the other hand, McCain was born in Panama. Panama is not (and was not) a part of the US. He had no right to be Prez, according to the Constitution.

I was not 100% behind McCain, but I did vote for him, mainly because, like Brian I am Jewish and I knew McCain was tight with Israel and would not let Israel down if it came to a tough position. Obama, now I’m not really sure where he stands.

I am optimistic though and will keep an optimistic outlook towards our future.

I am disappointed and disgusted by America’s choice. Some people’s idea of change is having an African-American in office as President. To me that will not help our country in any way. Obama does not have America’s best interest. He sure did paint a pretty picture for many voters through his deception of making America a much “better” place to live. It will be difficult for me to call such a man like Obama President. If I could, I would pack up and take my family with me out of this country soon before he gets into the White House.”

Not a little racist are we?

Most folks don’t recognize the amount of economic catastrophe having so many illegal aliens in this country causes. And Dems historically – and currently – are taking a very self-preserving route to immigration reform that will do little more than bring more illegals into this country and send more money out.

Overall, I don’t suspect Obama and the other Dems will do a bad job, but having so many Dems in power is no better than having so many GOP-ers in power at the same time.

Oh well, he won fair and square and now its time to unite behind our new president.

…I hope he proves me completely wrong. If that happens, I may vote for him next time if he runs for a 2nd term.

I feel exactly the same way. It’s not the government or policies that will get us out of trouble. It’s people working harder, smarter, being creative, and creating opportunities for themselves.

-Andrew