Post by swimstud600 on Nov 5, 2008 13:45:37 GMT -5
Are we out of the frying pan and into the fryer?
I have serious misgivings about the new era. Because that's what it is, a new era. Everything is going to change.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad Obama will be the next president. I think he's what the country, maybe the world needs right now. But I don't agree with the manner in which he was elected.
Before he was even the official nominee, when he and Hillary were still going at it, the message that the Democratic Party was spouting was that you need to help us elect the first African-American or the first female president! And if you don't agree then you don't appreciate diversity and you're either a racist or a sexist or both!
I knew the Democrats were going to win this election. And I knew they were going to win big. I'd known it for the last five to six years. For five to six years, all the media has done has harped on Bush, criticizing every single thing he does and laying the blame for everything on his desk. And a lot of it was deserved, Bush was not a very good president. And although "the buck stops here," the president isn't God, isn't able to right every single wrong in this world. He was bad, but he wasn't as bad as the media says he is. But the stupid people of this world don't know enough for themselves and over six years a singular message has a way of sinking in. The truth is, many people weren't voting for Obama this election, they were voting against a man who wasn't running.
I want to stress again that I like Obama. I think he's who the country needs now. When he opens his mouth to say something I usually like what I hear. When the Democratic Party tries to speak for him however, it tends to piss me off.
I am neither a Democrat or a Republican, and during the election process I've found myself defending both candidates from their opposing sides. My state however, is strongly Democratic so most of my examples put me on the Republican side. I know the Republican Party is just as guilty of bad advertisements and activities, but I see so much more from the Democratic Party.
I'm sick to death of seeing the nearby car dealership coated in signs for Obama and Franken. You're a car dealership, I don't care if you post signs in your own yard but not everyone takes your view. If you have a single Republican employee then its unfair to him. I'd feel the same way if the place was coated in McCain signs. You can't impress your views on your employees, or your customers. These people never stop to think what its like being the lone Republican surrounded by a mob of people spouting hate for their beliefs.
Yesterday I saw several dozens of college students standing on the side of the road holding up "Honk for Obama," signs and screaming. Whenever a car was stopped at a red light and didn't honk they'd run over to the car, start shaking the car and screaming at the driver. I'm sick to death of that kind of crap, I'm sick to death of being surrounded by people on both sides, but mainly overly liberal people since that's mostly what I'm exposed to.
I'm glad that Obama won, but I hate these kinds of people so much that I'd almost be tempted to vote McCain to spite them. But that would be a stupid, stupid thing to do.
Obama won. That's what I wanted. I'm not happy about why he won, or how he won. But he won. Now let's look at the aftershock.
So many Democrats rode into office on Obama's coattails, they didn't even have to campaign. Again, people were voting against Bush. Congress now has a fairly large Democratic majority. On one hand this is good, because we will no longer be deadlocked. We will actually have enough of a majority to pass the necessary laws that the two bickering parties have interfered with. America will no longer be deadlocked gears, the machine will be able to move freely again.
The downside? TOO many Democrats skated into office, the majority is too great. I don't know the official count, but last night there were 56 Democrats in the Senate and 40 Republicans. If the Republicans got the last four seats and it ended up 56-44 then it wouldn't be too bad, still more of a majority then I'd like but not too bad. But we can't count on them getting all four, so the total might end up being 58-42 or even 60-40. What I'm trying to say is that now the Democrats have too much power, they have too much control. All it takes is one super left wing to propose something radical, now that they actually have the votes to pass it.
Thankfully the current Supreme Court is moderate, if a little bit conservative. That's exactly what the government needs right now because if anything too radical is passed into law they can declare it unconstitutional. However, several political scientists have predicted that Obama may get to appoint a judge or two, which could cause the court to swing left and give the Democrats total control of the government.
If I had my way Obama would be president, the Democrats would have a majority in Congress but only a slight one, and the Supreme Court would be composed of either 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats and 1 moderate, or 5 Republicans and 4 Democrats.
With that in mind, I think we're ok for the moment. But that's not taking into account how many state judges, governors and other officials that the Democrats got. It is my fear that the nation may have swung too far to the left. What we need now is a left curve but not so sharp a left that the car flips.
We've broken the political deadlock, one party has regained dominance at long last. But dominance is far different from the level of control I believe the new government may have. I fear for the nation. I fear that this 'change' brought in by Obama may only be a different method of dying, that we've opted to hang, or perhaps taken the guillotine rather than a death by drowning.
I have serious misgivings about the new era. Because that's what it is, a new era. Everything is going to change.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad Obama will be the next president. I think he's what the country, maybe the world needs right now. But I don't agree with the manner in which he was elected.
Before he was even the official nominee, when he and Hillary were still going at it, the message that the Democratic Party was spouting was that you need to help us elect the first African-American or the first female president! And if you don't agree then you don't appreciate diversity and you're either a racist or a sexist or both!
I knew the Democrats were going to win this election. And I knew they were going to win big. I'd known it for the last five to six years. For five to six years, all the media has done has harped on Bush, criticizing every single thing he does and laying the blame for everything on his desk. And a lot of it was deserved, Bush was not a very good president. And although "the buck stops here," the president isn't God, isn't able to right every single wrong in this world. He was bad, but he wasn't as bad as the media says he is. But the stupid people of this world don't know enough for themselves and over six years a singular message has a way of sinking in. The truth is, many people weren't voting for Obama this election, they were voting against a man who wasn't running.
I want to stress again that I like Obama. I think he's who the country needs now. When he opens his mouth to say something I usually like what I hear. When the Democratic Party tries to speak for him however, it tends to piss me off.
I am neither a Democrat or a Republican, and during the election process I've found myself defending both candidates from their opposing sides. My state however, is strongly Democratic so most of my examples put me on the Republican side. I know the Republican Party is just as guilty of bad advertisements and activities, but I see so much more from the Democratic Party.
I'm sick to death of seeing the nearby car dealership coated in signs for Obama and Franken. You're a car dealership, I don't care if you post signs in your own yard but not everyone takes your view. If you have a single Republican employee then its unfair to him. I'd feel the same way if the place was coated in McCain signs. You can't impress your views on your employees, or your customers. These people never stop to think what its like being the lone Republican surrounded by a mob of people spouting hate for their beliefs.
Yesterday I saw several dozens of college students standing on the side of the road holding up "Honk for Obama," signs and screaming. Whenever a car was stopped at a red light and didn't honk they'd run over to the car, start shaking the car and screaming at the driver. I'm sick to death of that kind of crap, I'm sick to death of being surrounded by people on both sides, but mainly overly liberal people since that's mostly what I'm exposed to.
I'm glad that Obama won, but I hate these kinds of people so much that I'd almost be tempted to vote McCain to spite them. But that would be a stupid, stupid thing to do.
Obama won. That's what I wanted. I'm not happy about why he won, or how he won. But he won. Now let's look at the aftershock.
So many Democrats rode into office on Obama's coattails, they didn't even have to campaign. Again, people were voting against Bush. Congress now has a fairly large Democratic majority. On one hand this is good, because we will no longer be deadlocked. We will actually have enough of a majority to pass the necessary laws that the two bickering parties have interfered with. America will no longer be deadlocked gears, the machine will be able to move freely again.
The downside? TOO many Democrats skated into office, the majority is too great. I don't know the official count, but last night there were 56 Democrats in the Senate and 40 Republicans. If the Republicans got the last four seats and it ended up 56-44 then it wouldn't be too bad, still more of a majority then I'd like but not too bad. But we can't count on them getting all four, so the total might end up being 58-42 or even 60-40. What I'm trying to say is that now the Democrats have too much power, they have too much control. All it takes is one super left wing to propose something radical, now that they actually have the votes to pass it.
Thankfully the current Supreme Court is moderate, if a little bit conservative. That's exactly what the government needs right now because if anything too radical is passed into law they can declare it unconstitutional. However, several political scientists have predicted that Obama may get to appoint a judge or two, which could cause the court to swing left and give the Democrats total control of the government.
If I had my way Obama would be president, the Democrats would have a majority in Congress but only a slight one, and the Supreme Court would be composed of either 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats and 1 moderate, or 5 Republicans and 4 Democrats.
With that in mind, I think we're ok for the moment. But that's not taking into account how many state judges, governors and other officials that the Democrats got. It is my fear that the nation may have swung too far to the left. What we need now is a left curve but not so sharp a left that the car flips.
We've broken the political deadlock, one party has regained dominance at long last. But dominance is far different from the level of control I believe the new government may have. I fear for the nation. I fear that this 'change' brought in by Obama may only be a different method of dying, that we've opted to hang, or perhaps taken the guillotine rather than a death by drowning.
