Obama never defined "Change" he just threw an empty undefined phrase out there & let everybody assume Change for the better. Evereyone was so wrapped up in Obamamania & his "coolness" no one really asked. From his comments in his books, appiontments of self admitted Communists & Socialists to high level jobs, ect his Change is to take the Country in an anti-Capitalist direction. Maybe the recession is a good thing inthat it has slowed his agenda.
There's a rumor that the Winter Oplympic Commitee is going to offer a slot to Obama, seems he's going downhill faster than any skier on the team.
I'm not going to disagree with you on this. However, I would appreciate a voice to offer a differing opinion, one that meets yours in agreement but that takes a different trail to get there.
MR. (or President, capital "P" when used in conjunction with his name) Obama--he is still entitled to the proper title as our CIC, in my opinion and according to the oath I personally took 20 yeas ago--was not necessarily elected due to his ability to convince anyone that he was a better choice than his running mate, Senator John McCain.
The decision as to the political party offering an acceptance speech was a given due to events on Mr. Bush's watch - events that he most likely could not have foreseen, but that he undoubtedly dealt with much more poorly than any free nation ruler should have. He failed to recognized where his limitations and popularity superseded his ability to make law that affected every American. Unconstitutional laws. And he sent us to war in a very unpopular place that, invariably, was bound for nothing but disapproval ratings from the get-go: why the hell are we chasing Al-Queda in IRAQ?
The HSA was all that was needed to make Americans quit their anger at being attacked and turn it to a domestic anger. The deficit soared while the economy began its collapse. And individual rights, the very decree of the Republican, Conservative platform, dissipated under the Liberal concept of "needs of the masses."
While these issues were bad, they were solidified as the losing end of the polls when our government attempted to justify what was clearly not justifiable.
In year 6 of Mr. Bush's term of presidency, the Democrats and Liberal lobbyists solidified their platform's now-guaranteed victory.
The previous election had nothing at all to do with Mr. Obama.
It had everything to do with anyone OTHER than a Republican, another Mr. Bush; and the topping on the cake was the glass ceiling of racial divide in its most powerful fruition of destruction. Sarah Palin, the puppet meant to combat this tactic, simply could not get away from the (R) moniker to espouse her true, Conservative values. Not that she had the experience to fully conduct her duties in office, anyway, but that is yet again another thread for another time.
The result of this?
Simple:
As was foreseen, the Democratic Party got control of the Congress (and, in return, the Senate Seat majority and House Floor) for two years to pass their agendas under the noses of the people. And they knew that President Obama was destined to fail - he could not, cannot and never will be the "change" the average idiot voted for. His popularity decreases as his status as a pawn on the political chessboard becomes more and more obvious.
That Mr. Obama was used is quite in evidence. He has been, albeit subtly, already thrown under the bus. The true benefactors are the Cabinet members establishing ever-expanding harnesses of personal power to increase personal wealth.
Mr. Bush got the same.
And we voted it all into perfectly acceptable machinations of a government we trust without question.
The shame isn't on any president. It is on us.