On Jan 10, 2008 5:53 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The last 8 years have seen Americans faith in institutions fall to > historical lows: Government, the church, sports, and the economy, if > not political parties themselves.
That's a joke right? How will Obama improve sports morale? The current democratic controlled Legislative Branch is the worst approval ratings in history. Didn't you used to trot out polls every week? The economy is still in great shape. Didn't you concede to that a while back? Political parties? Dems are attaching each other. Reps are mostly still keeping it clean but it's still early. Remember that lady in a wheel chair being pushed down the stairs by Dole. > Further we've had a leader that, whether you agree with his policies > or not, has treated and promoted the idea that his adversaries are his > enemies and attempted to bring back the imperial presidency which, by > its nature, is confrontational with the other 2 branches of > government. That was Clinton. Remember the files? The current Pres is gracious to all ex-presidents even the two that constantly attack him. He's very cordial to all the dems even though the dems foam at the mouth at even the thought of him. He even let Socks Berger off easy. Can you provide a real example to support your claim? > Finally, in my lifetime I've never heard international folk speak > worse of the US (be it policies or in general) and right now with our > foreign policy important, we need our gleam back. Did you notice the countries that hated us the most voted for leaders that support Bush? France, Germany, Britain and Canada? Here are two good articles to read: http://americanthinker.com/2008/01/the_conservative_tide_in_major.html "Since 2004, elections have dramatically [changed] the configuration in the major democracies and since those transformational elections public opinion in Germany, Canada, France and Britain show that pro-American conservative leaders are very popular." http://americanthinker.com/2007/01/europes_antiamerican_blinders.html The fundamental role of anti-Americanism in Europe in general, and particularly among those on the Left, is to absolve themselves of their own moral failings and intellectual errors by heaping them onto the monster scapegoat, the United States of America. For stupidity and bloodshed to vanish from Europe, the U.S. must be identified as the singular threat to democracy (contrary to every lesson of actual history). Thus, during the Cold War, it was dogma among Europeans from Sweden to Sicily, from Athens to Paris, that the "imperialistic" power was America, even though it was the USSR that annexed Eastern Europe, made satellites out of several African countries, and invaded Afghanistan, even though it was the People's Republic of China that marched into Tibet, attacked South Korea, and subjugated three Indochinese countries. A similar dynamic applies today in the war on terror. > So, yes, a young leader who's skin color and international origins > would set history, and who can inspire via some of the most powerful > speeches of any current World leader is EXACTLY what we need and it is > my top issues. You want him because of his skin color? That's shallow. Powerful speech? I thought it was weak. A 26 year old wrote it. I'm sure he'll be available after Obama loses. > Obama simply has no peer when it comes to a candidate that could unite > not just US citizens with each other, but the US with the World. You mean no experience. He's blowing smoke up your ass and you like it too much. Tell me what he'll do to change the world besides be black and give international speeches. > We need it to be morning in America again. Remember that? Do you mean mourning like the Clinton years? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250416 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
