S.C. wonders: What next?
Area residents, lawmakers have high hopes for the new commander in chief's actions
By Robert Behre
WASHINGTON — As the days-long inaugural party came to an end here Wednesday, people began wondering now that Barack Obama is president, what exactly will change.
Sarah Eble, a Wando High graduate attended the Grits & Granite Inaugural Ball on Tuesday in Arlington, Va.
And South Carolinians who either work here or who traveled here for the festivities have a lot of specific hopes.
Rachel Collier of Summerville graduated from the College of Charleston last year but had trouble finding a job and had to borrow to make ends meet. She hopes Obama can turn around the economy soon.
"I'm treading water now financially. It's the same story with all the folks who graduated with me in May," she said. "I have a three-year plan to get out of the debt that I'm in. It's just going to take some time."
During his inaugural address, Obama called for "a new era of responsibility." Marlene Johnson of the College of Charleston said Obama's message has been that he can't do it all himself.
"He's really energized the youth. A lot of the change he's calling for will not come about by government," Johnson said. "It has to be individual effort. If they don't do anything about it, change will not come about."
Sarah Eble, 21, a senior at American University and a 2005 Wando High School graduate, spent the last several days attending inaugural events. Eble said she's hopeful that the policy decisions by the Obama administration and the president's support of congressional actions designed to cure the country's ailments will turn things around.
Superintendent of Education Jim Rex attended the Grits & Granite Inaugural Ball on Tuesday in Arlington, Va.
Longtime journalist and Southern historian Jack Bass of Charleston said Obama indicated during his inaugural speech that notable change could take a few years. The country has moved from pessimism to hope, Bass said.
Jared Esselman, who interned in the Bush White House and serves as president of the College of Charleston's political science club, said his hope is that Obama can rescue the tumbling housing market and the nation's credit crisis. But Esselman also said Obama needs a little luck in the form of no fresh crisis while he focuses on the current ones.
"He cannot afford a Katrina. He cannot afford a 9/11," Esselman said, "but he can't control that."
Longtime Democrat and College of Charleston political science professor Tom Chorlton hopes Obama will advance the gay rights agenda but hopes even more that he will close Guantanamo Bay prison. "I think that is fundamentally central for our relationship with the world," Chorlton said.
South Carolina's congressional delegation also has its own set of hopes.
While U.S. Rep. Henry Brown is a Lowcountry Republican, he hopes Obama can break down the political barriers of which he often speaks. "I'm hoping with a new face and a new voice somehow we can find unity," Brown said.
State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex said South Carolina provided, at the administration's request, a list of "shovel-ready (school) projects" that could be part of the recovery package being drafted in Congress. The list includes replacing J.V. Martin Junior High School, the crumbling Dillon school where Obama campaigned, and Rex noted there also are local referendums in place to help pay the cost.
U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said the argument should not be over how big or small government is but whether it works. The country must use its best minds to figure out how to put Americans to work, he said.
A key to moving forward is managing expectations, Clyburn said. "We have to be patient."
Yvonne Wenger contributed to this report.
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postman01 (anonymous) says...
Why weren't these kinds of questions asked by these very same people not just before the inaugural but also before the election?
January 22, 2009 at 3:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
And, as a Poltical Science major from the College of Charleston, I laugh at and ridicule Chorlton's absurd contention that closing Guantanamo "...is fundamentally central to our relationship with the world". This is the rant of a LEFT WING SIMPLETON and our young people deserve better than having him or anything like him filling their heads with retarded garbage.
January 22, 2009 at 4:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ballachulish (anonymous) says...
Poli Sci major, hahaha!
How's that working out for you?
Little jealous that Chorlton's a professor and you're.......
January 22, 2009 at 4:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrymouth (anonymous) says...
Keep in mind that the people that Obama Hussein wants to release from Gitmo are the same people who planned 9/11. Being worried about world opinion is foolish in the face of our national security. The rest of the world is NOT our friends. These same people danced and cheered when thousands of Americans died when these same detainees executed their plan of terrorism on 9/11.
January 22, 2009 at 5:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
moonpie (anonymous) says...
You can mark it down today, we will be attacked under this administration. With left Obama leading the way and Leon Panetta with no experience as CIA director, it's almost a given.
Hey blue-eye the world has hated us through out time. The muslims hate all infidels you idiot. Even you... Our citizens were in Iran were captured and ehld hostage under Carter, Reagan had to stop that non-sense, under Clinton our ships were attacked so this isn't a world hates the republican presidents more type thing. The world just knows a republican used to mean security at any price. DON'T FRET THE DEMS TIME IN THE SUN IS COMING SOON.
January 22, 2009 at 6:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
moonpie (anonymous) says...
Breaking down the political barriers is something they all say. Your soon to see what "a new era of responsibility" requires. Your new diplomas hopefully will allow you to make income in which the Obama administration will soon be taking a good 40% to 50% of! When the libs talk about responsibility that doesn't mean all people just the employed.
January 22, 2009 at 6:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eatmorecollards (anonymous) says...
Blue_eyes, I hope your not using all the respect that was gained by world opinion from the Carter and Clinton administration as a gauge for how well democrats will perform.
January 22, 2009 at 6:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
theronce (anonymous) says...
The only time that this country has enjoyed any real respect in the world community is when it has put its blood on the line for the rest of the world, regardless of the political party in power. The ingrates still do not realize that our blood is still on the line keeping Western Civilization in the world safe. However, the enemies of our culture and freedoms do recognize this.
January 22, 2009 at 7:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
islandbenzbc (anonymous) says...
Close Gitmo after we bury everyone being held there...
January 22, 2009 at 7:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
majorjohnson (anonymous) says...
Barack said in his speech what he wants to do. He wants us to sacrifice so that government can prosper. We're to work hard and make paychecks for government to take and spend. If you think our free education system is expensive and mediocre, just wait till we get free health care.
January 22, 2009 at 7:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
theronce (anonymous) says...
You know, it's soooo tacky to have your photograph taken with a drink in your hand.
January 22, 2009 at 8:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AFWally (anonymous) says...
major, and free Gubmint cheese and baloney
blue eyes, illegal policies have been conducted since George Washington when he did the will of his masonic brothers in England, Clinton did the will of his Demolay brothers and Bush did the Skull and bastards proud, now Obama will make his friends @ the CFR proud, nothing new.
January 22, 2009 at 8:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
flacko (anonymous) says...
blue eyes explain to us why 911 was planned all during Clintons term when the world loved us . or did they, bumb bumb bumb bumb!!!
January 22, 2009 at 9:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
blue_eyes: 'The world hates us because of Bush's illegal policies'
You really should do some research. Last time I looked, Bush was not in office when US barracks were bombed in Lebanon. Khomeini's reign was before Bush. North Korea's distaste for the US is long before Bush. There are many more. We have and will always be infidels to the radical Muslim way of thinking. Our friendship with Israel is just but one reason that elevates the hate. Their hate is no different than if you knew someone was hanging around with someone you despised. You would despise them too. Other countries hate us because we TRY to impress human rights where their culture provides them with an environment that we condemn. Cuba's hate towards us began long before Bush.
You also allude to Bush and his Republicans ignoring the issues concerning the economy. Then why would Bill Clinton put blame on his own party's failure to enact regulation legislation to keep financial groups in check. Bill Clinton knew this was coming and his tenure let it slide. Then the Demos had control of congress and NEVER allowed legislation to prevent or at least try to reduce it. There is enough blame to go around for everyone yet the liberal media and people like you have blinders on which prevent you from seeing everything. Brainwashed ranting liberals should clear their mind and move to the center where they can focus on reality. The best way to keep stuff like this from happening in the future is TERM LIMITS. It has been proven time and again that long term politicians have increased participation in corrupted politics. These economic issues did not take place in the last 8 years. It has been festering for many years; and just kept growing to the pustule popped.
In the article: 'But Esselman also said Obama needs a little luck in the form of no fresh crisis while he focuses on the current ones.'
Hmm like 911 and Katrina following 911 and then the economy following Katrina. You mean these same distractions to keep a President from managing the country better.
Too Obama's credit, he sure jumped out of the styles fast. His executive order banning lobbying, forcing cabinet members to sever ties, freezing pay and the big one of stopping Biden's partisan attacks shows he may be on to something. Partisanship is what helped put this country in the current situation and he will have his biggest challenge fighting the likes of Pelosi and Reid. Unfortunately for him, some of his cabinet picks have bad baggage being published. The picks are also starting to show the signs of old school (Clinton mainly) and not change. Remember, Clinton's policy may have left us with a balance budget and surplus of money in the bank, but he also left office leaving us with a 6 trillion dollar national debt. Ya gotta pay da bills bubba.
January 22, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
No, Ballachulish, I am not jealous. I don't like seeing my Alma Mater teaching impressible young minds such an obvious absurdity. There is FAR, FAR more to our "relationship" than just Guantanamo. This is an ideologue with a confused agenda. He should be teaching his students to think critically, not attempting to indoctrinate them.
My Poli Sci degree has worked really well and definitely gives me an enormous leg up on many though not all of the posters here, including the knowledge base to pinpoint just how bizarre this man's thinking really is. Of course, I was extremely well educated, not indoctrinated. One of the two best professors I had there was clearly a liberal (I knew this from one-on-one discussions with him, since he was one of my two advisors) and he kept his personal politics OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. He might still be there. His name was David Mann. I'm one of the very few who aced him. He was very tough and demanding as a professor.
January 22, 2009 at 10:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ballachulish (anonymous) says...
Moonpie,
Reagan sure showed those Muslims, right.
Tell that to the 200+ dead Marines who were killed in Lebanon on his watch.
January 22, 2009 at 10:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ballachulish (anonymous) says...
Postal,
"extremely well" educated is redundant, guess you didn't ace English 101, and just how enormous are your legs up?
January 22, 2009 at 10:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltgrunt (anonymous) says...
Just a tip, guys, but claiming that everyone who disagrees with you is just brainwashed by the liberal media is a cheap and intellectually bankrupt shot.
Simply because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean that they're wrong or that they have been brainwashed by one of various outlets for acquiring learning and information. All the same, if you're willing to take the cheap shot of saying someone is wrong because they follow a biased media source then you open yourself up to the same criticism, because your own chosen media outlet could be just as biased toward the other extreme.
The supposedly liberal media is in reality a great deal more objective than most "independent" news outlets who have no oversight and take no responsibility or accountability for their journalism. At least the "liberal" media plays at fairness and presents both sides, even if they either subtly or not-so-subtly prefer one side or the other. In many cases, such as one of McCain's appearances on a talk show, the alleged liberal bias of the media only comes into play when the politician being interviews uses that excuse to dodge or evade questions. Still, presenting points of view and giving them time for expression is at least a play at objectivity, which is leagues beyond the smear tactics and slander of online rags and misanthropic blogs.
January 22, 2009 at 10:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Get_seriousHELP (anonymous) says...
"He cannot afford a Katrina. He cannot afford a 9/11," Esselman said, "but he can't control that."
Oh, but Bush could have...? flippin nut jobs.
January 22, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Get_seriousHELP (anonymous) says...
blue_eyes is starting to remind me of an ole nutbag named newt that was deleted.
January 22, 2009 at 10:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
flacko (anonymous) says...
Dixie, I didnt know freedom was an idealogy , I think its a human right. but if you say so , just a note the U.S lets more legal immigrants in this country than every country in the world combined ,(following along here) I think that says more about those countries you speak of than you obviously know. Just a note not blaming clinton just saying it dosnt matter who it is they hate us all......
January 22, 2009 at 11:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
Ballachulish, it is "enormous enough" to dissect and dismiss your poor and incorrect assessment of English grammar. First, "extremely" is an adverb modifying the adverb "well" which modifies and clarifies the verb "educated". It is not "redundant". The word you are reaching for is "tautologous", which means unnecessary use of a word, phrase, or clause because it is REPEATING something already said. Sraight As in 300 level English classes just blew you away.
January 22, 2009 at 11:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
Itgrunt: Perhaps you do not see where the mainstream media demonstrates bias, but many people do...& not just conservatives. I know a number of liberals who are either observant, objective, or honest enough to acknowledge that there is a definitive & significant media bias which usually leans to the left.
A good friend in California who is a yellow dog liberal & a Hillary supporter was very disturbed over the media treatment of her, & finally in discussions over this admitted that this bias naturally becomes noticeable when it is one's favorite candidate that is getting bashed & that is why she probably never really noticed or cared about this type of thing happening to conservatives.
I am not a Hillary fan but, even so, it was clear to me that the media had a favorite for the democratic nominee, & it was not Hillary. I was not pulling for any of the democrats but I mentioned to a number of people-conservatives & liberals-that the media treatment of Hillary was pretty outrageous.
Sometimes the bias is not in the form of bashing, but rather in the form of ignoring or pretty much giving zero coverage to a major candidate. Sometimes it came in the placement of the candidates on stage for a debate. Sometimes it came in the form of how many questions & what type of questions were given to a candidate.
Seems to me that one has to employ a certain amount of willful blindness to be able to state that media bias is subtle or insignificant.
January 22, 2009 at 12:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Funky_Winkerbean (anonymous) says...
Don't know what SC wonders what's next? I would just like to know why this (AH) was seated in the VIP Section...? How undignified can you get. Is this what OB is going to surround himself with? I'm still waiting on my ticket? H'm?
I guess it's not who you know, but who you [E'er-Um-Uh?] Well {{ }} it rhymes with *KNOW*
!!!!! Caution: to those who are sensitive to rough language
From Fox News: Really sad state of affairs
http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.ht...
Funky-Winkerbean (circa 1670)
January 22, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
Here's some advice to Rachel Collier who said this,""I have a three-year plan to get out of the debt that I'm in. It's just going to take some time." ADVICE FROM CAPT.OBVIOUS : It's not the govts responsibility to pay your damn debt! How about stop spending your time/money on inaugural parties and cute dresses and get an fn job.
January 22, 2009 at 12:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AFWally (anonymous) says...
coolfreaknbeans...lol....but so true! What get a job, why? :)
January 22, 2009 at 12:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
theronce (anonymous) says...
Whistlin', add in Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson since the current rebirth of Israel who supported Israel. The true count is 6 reps and 5 dems; since I try to think the best of people, I will reject that you pick and choose your stats to suit your stand. I prefer to believe that you don't know what you are talking about. Also, can you tell me what the name of the muslim country is that we have forced our ideology on "for decades". All those muslim countries that were muslim at the end of WWII are still muslim. Actually, thanks to us, there are more muslim countries in the world now than at the end of WWII. Our cold war victory over the USSR, for example, provided the opportunity for the creation of several muslim countries. Don't take my word for it; go check the map. Even now, the Pax Americana in Europe is allowing France to commit cultural and (in their case non-religious) suicide by becoming another muslim country in a few years thanks to their unrestrained immigration policies.
January 22, 2009 at 12:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
UrGatorbait (anonymous) says...
Wow some angry folk on here, ops normal.
January 22, 2009 at 12:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
scrisn (anonymous) says...
OK budgets. For Obama's security at the day long inaugural events it cost us tax payers an extra 30 million dollars for that one day. That was just for security.
Isreal is attacked by Gaza several days in a row with rockets, but Isreal is the ones to blame for all the destruction and death in Gaza. Isreal is looked down on, but yet it is ok to launch rockets from the top of apartment buildings into Isreal without them fighting back?
Of the 128 people released from Gitmo so far 63 have been involved with other terriorist activities again. They say that water boarding is torture. Part of a Navy S.E.A.Ls training is being water boarded. No complaints there.
People complain of torture, just look at McCains scars from his time being a POW. That was torture and scars.
Look at what happened to Daniel Pearl for the world to see live. They beheaded him with a dull machete. Where is the uproar over that? Civil rights groups for that?
Until we as a nation wake up and realize that the poeple we are fighting, fight dirty, don't play by the rules then we will always be victimized.
The next time they fly a plane into a building and kill a few thousand people just remember we could have stopped it but didn't so don't blame anyone else other than who we elected.
January 22, 2009 at 1:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Valkyrie (anonymous) says...
More loved for the terrorists that threaten the US from Mr. Obama and the democrats, and screw the families that were victims of 9-11 -
9/11 Families Outraged by Obama Call to Suspend Guantanamo War Crimes Trials
Families of victims of terrorist attacks say they are outraged by President Obama's call to halt the trials of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Family members of people killed on September 11, 2001, and in other terror attacks say they are outraged by President Obama's draft order calling for the suspension of war crimes trials of prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay.
"To me it's beyond comprehension that they would take the side of the terrorists," said Peter Gadiel, whose son, James, was killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11. "Many of these people have been released and been right back killing, right back at their terrorist work again."
Obama's request on the first full day of his presidency came as a draft order was being prepared ordering the closing of the Guantanamo prison within a year. A judge responded by halting the case against a Canadian detainee accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, issuing a 120-day continuance in the case.
"I see no reason why we should delay these proceedings. Let justice be served," said Jefferson Crowther, whose 24-year-old son, Welles, was killed in the Twin Towers after he saved the lives of several others."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/...
January 22, 2009 at 3:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
Hey, Folks, Obama just said he is committed to Israels security and outlined a logical--on paper--plan to solve the Gaza crisis. I'm NO SUPPORTER of Obama and am extremely wary of him. Nevertheless, we need to be fair in our judgments and, as long as some of his rhetoric is matched by ACTIONS, we have to grudgingly give him credit and be glad that our worst nightmares are misplaced. LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER but don't be too ideological. There is a balance here and we have to be aware of it. Just because left wing ideologues are incapable of this doesn't mean right thinking (pardon the pun) people are.
January 22, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seneca264 (anonymous) says...
If you really have to wonder whats next, then you must be stupid or ignorant. One only has to read the statement made by Robert Reich, Husseins close advisor and labor secretary. Now stay with me on this. Remember that Hussein told "all" of us that the "bailout" money will be used to rebuild and improve the infrastructure and to stimulate the enconmy. He forgot to tell you he was going to also use this money to pay for abortions in African nations, but I digress. Also keep in mind that Reich is a very close confident of Husseins. Here is a quote from one of Reich's recent pressers: "the billions of dollars in the proposed economic stimulus plan should be allocated with social issues in mind, to make sure the money doesn't go to just "white male construction workers" or the highly skilled." I am not taking this quote out of context. Actually, the rest of the article reveals more insidious crap against the "white male". Hussein is nothing but a dyed in the wool pure closet racist. If the ol' Rev. Wright did not convince you, maybe this will. Oh, I almost forgot about that pig Rev. Lowery's outright racist remarks that he spewed while giving the benediction. It made me sick watching Hussein smile while this pig was making his racist remarks. That is all I had to witness. Here is a link to the story. I am sure you can find the actual video of the speech if you google it.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.ph...
January 22, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Get_seriousHELP (anonymous) says...
Heres what is next LMAO -
Obama adviser: White males need not apply
Robert Reich tells House panel stimulus package should emphasize 'social return' over worker skill
Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under President Clinton, was speaking to the House Steering and Policy Committee Jan. 7 about funding infrastructure projects across the nation.
"It seems to me that infrastructure spending is a very important and good way of stimulating the economy. The challenge will be to do it quickly, to find projects that can be done that will have a high social return, that also can be done with the greatest speed possible," Reich said.
"I am concerned, as I'm sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high skilled people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers," he said.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxuUj...
January 22, 2009 at 3:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Get_seriousHELP (anonymous) says...
seneca264, dang you beat me to it!
January 22, 2009 at 3:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seneca264 (anonymous) says...
Blue_eyes: If you just read these posts and do the research you might learn something. To post such moronic statements only proves you are stupid. My post did not "quote Worldnet daily" The quote was fromReich. I even included a link to the story so that you could read it. GETserioushelp was kind enough to dig up the link to the actual video. STOP BEING STUPID. I am not the message, I am just the messenger sport.
January 22, 2009 at 5:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Chicago_Thug (anonymous) says...
As I posted in another thread; It appears as the blue_yeys is more interested in stirring the pot (or maybe smoking it) than an actual discussion based on reality and not liberal talking points.
Some may call that trolling.
January 22, 2009 at 5:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
So, blue_eyes, read my latest post and tell me I am "predictable".
The bottom line is that some of us are capable of processing information accurately, without distortion or concealment.
You are not, apparently, and are very unlikely to qualify for menbership in this club.
Seneca264, has it occurred to you that "Hussein" was laughing at Lowery's abject stupidity? Again, I stress that I oppose Obama, barring massive and unquestionably demonstrated reasons to even begin to think otherwise.
January 22, 2009 at 5:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
I also will chime in & say that while I have numerous concerns about Obabma's policies on most everything, I do like what he has done in regard to lobbyists.
January 22, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
greyman (anonymous) says...
These crazy Jihadist will only be happy when we are all dead. If you are an infadel they want you dead. It does not matter what we do. If you don't like the USA get out. Go to France and hang out with those loosers. You can log on and complain form there. Of course all muslims don't think this way, but there are enough that do. If Obama is dumb enough to let our guard down, and take us off the offensive we will pay. They are everywhere right now trying to further idiology. They are in Africa, the P.I., Asia, and all over Europe. You liberal pinheads make me sick. Like the ones on the news after 911 saying it is all our falt. Or the wacko's following around the military funerals spouting out there garbage. I wish they would go to one of the SEAL's funneral's that has died in Iraq. It would probably be the last one. I really hope Obama does good. There is no magic fix for our muslim terrorist problem. I really don't think it has been any presidents fault. They hate everything about us. Anyway just be happy some people are willing to go out and provide you with you're nice warm blanket of freedom. Without it you couldn't have the president you voted for or you're liberal ideas. You get to sit on here and complain....
January 22, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
omarro1974 (anonymous) says...
Yeah, yeah, we're all supposed to bipartisan now. We're supposed to reach across the aisle and work together. That's what Obama wants. Democrats may have the presidency, the Congress, and the support of most of the country, but we gotta make sure that Republicans are loved, too. Like the deformed kid in the wheelchair at the Thanksgiving table.
January 22, 2009 at 7:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seneca264 (anonymous) says...
omarro1974: You appear to be a real sicko.....not unusual for the folks from the Marxist left.
January 22, 2009 at 7:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AFWally (anonymous) says...
blue eyes has got to be a card carrying member of the ACLU (American Communist Labor Union)
January 22, 2009 at 7:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
omarro1974 (anonymous) says...
Why do Obama haters insist that people who voted for him and wish him well are 'Obama Worshipers?' You haters sarcastically refer to him as the 'Messiah.' I voted for Obama, as did many of my friends, but none of us pray to Obama or believe he is a deity. Yes, we are impressed with the man's brain, his personality, his calm, his cool, his humble beginnings, his way with words, his steady methodical approach to problem solving, his willingness to surround himself with smart people, his non-ideological practicality and his commitment to American values like NO TORTURE, but we do not worship him or believe he is a god. He is a talented man, maybe one of the most talented in our nation's history. Our country is in serious trouble. If you consider yourself patriotic, please get behind Obama and support his efforts.
January 22, 2009 at 9:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
ommarro1974, you need to learn the difference between "haters" and people who process information accurately without distortion and concealment and therefore notice CONTRADICTIONS. The difference between an advanced intelligence correctly assessing others as "worshipping" and engaging in the primitive and destructive emotion of "hate" is enormous. You can claim that you do not worship him and I am willing to believe you. I can also correctly assess that you are very likely swept up in an emtional tide and also that many Obama supporters do in fact "worship" him.
In fact, your characterization of those who correctly detect "worship" suggests that you are worshipper too and cringe before an intelligent examination/analysis. I am giving you the benefit of the doubt because I don't know you, a kindness I do not expect you to reciprocate.
January 22, 2009 at 10:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AFWally (anonymous) says...
Torture is not going to stop because of Obama.....we've been torturing for decades, nothing new and nothing will change, it's not going to stop, go ahead and close Gitmo it doesn't make a sheet.
January 23, 2009 at 1:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
greyman (anonymous) says...
We torture .......
OK lets look at what other countries do. Like what happens when you get captured in Iraq or Afghanistan. They torture you and kill you. What happened in Vietnam torture. I am sure the Germans did it. Japs yep. We are one of the few countries that treat prisoners of war the way they should be treated. I'm sure it has happened but for the most part we are saints compared to everyone else. I just can't wait to see what all these obama supporters say when we have another 911. Or when the economy keeps going down the tubes, and he can't fix it. I wounnder how quickly they will turn on him.
January 23, 2009 at 8:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
Under Sadaam's rule they were known to parade recently decapitated heads on sticks through the streets. But if we play sh itty music for hours it's considered torture. LOL
January 23, 2009 at 9:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AFWally (anonymous) says...
Yeah Sadaam got that idea from Victor Charles, a head on a stick gets your attention, especially if it was your buddy sleeping next to you the night before, it's all in the psyops.
January 23, 2009 at 10:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AFWally (anonymous) says...
Obama Hussein is nothing more than a CFR/Bilderberg puppet, taking orders from the Rockefellers and Rothschilds.... giving you the illusion of this so called "new day"
January 23, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Longtime Democrat and College of Charleston political science professor Tom Chorlton hopes Obama will advance the gay rights agenda but hopes even more that he will close Guantanamo Bay prison. "I think that is fundamentally central for our relationship with the world," Chorlton said.
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No small wonder so many CofC students are twisted to the left.
Political science professor, read political officer or school minister of propaganda.
January 23, 2009 at 10:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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