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Great expectations : Comments

By Benjamin Teicher, published 21/1/2009

People have begun to worry that Barack Obama's presidency will fail to meet the mounting expectations.

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Dear Foxy,

I am sure you did a similar post, in defence of Rudd, about a year ago.

Well many of us now know what he was good for, this bloke will be no different.

Sorry.
Posted by Hasbeen, Thursday, 22 January 2009 11:13:22 AM
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I agree with you, Foxy. Many need to read the full transcript of Obama's inauguration speech. Some are saying what Obama cannot do. I have followed Obama's speeches and read and reread his inauguration address. I don't recall hearing him say what "he" will do or can do. His conviction is about what WE can do or rather, what YOU can do. He has repeatedly said, "It's not about me, it's about you!" His effort has been to unite a divided country and to seek cooperation of all. To those who understand his soaring, eloquent speeches, failure or success will be a result of what WE do or don't do! At this point, Obama has made the whole world feel a little better. Now it is up to us to actually make it better.
Posted by Joe in the U.S., Friday, 23 January 2009 6:01:55 PM
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One of the joys of a swing in the political pendulum is the opportunity of the defenders of the Republicans to go on the offensive regarding a Democrat President.

Although, I suspect their natural restraint and good manners will ensure they never stoop to the viciousness of Democrat supporters.

So, the days of Bush bateing are over.

A new era dawns and for the next few years we will see how well this man survives the rigors of his office.

I am happy to wait and see, just as we have seen with Krudd, the promise of the election campaign can be ignored when talking about what is actually being delivered
Posted by Col Rouge, Saturday, 24 January 2009 7:49:56 AM
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Foxy

Spot on.

Look how they tore down George Bush ... and now only the weaklings with the deformed weeds of oratory remain.

Ozrandy

Obama is already proving to be a weakling.

Look he's closed Gitmo ... next year!

A man of true courage and intregity wouldn't have backslid so easily and so quickly. He would have done as he said ... closed it today. He would have sent all prisoners to US military prisons in the US, allowed them free representation by every human rights shuffling lawyer in the US, allowed the courts to dismiss all charges, then let them go free into US society to continue to kill westerners and to destroy our society.

Obama's a weakling ... and a mouthy idiot. There is so much worse to come after this initial debacle.
Posted by keith, Saturday, 24 January 2009 5:08:21 PM
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Ozlandy

'Sadly, the harder he pushes the more chance of assassination. That could *really* mess things up.'

Never a truer word spoken ... Joe Biden would become President.

Now that is really very very scary.
Posted by keith, Saturday, 24 January 2009 5:14:27 PM
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It didn't take long for Barack Obama to make the first mistake of his presidency.

In the third sentence of his inaugural speech Tuesday, the newly sworn-in president said, "Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath."

While there have been 44 presidential administrations, there have been only 43 presidents; Grover Cleveland served two nonconsecutive terms in the late 1800s.

For a President big on Presidential history, his faux pas will now show up on all future Obama memorials.

OBAMA IS EVIL AND RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE.
OBAMA BRINGS IN ILLEGAL MEXICANS WHO FORM GANGS AND KILL BLACK PEOPLE.
Posted by KrissDonaldtheVictimofRacism, Saturday, 24 January 2009 5:36:26 PM
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