Political stuff

[isabelladangelo]

Well, needless to say I'm disappointed. The country has just voted in the most partisan, the most liberal member of the senate who has never even written up a bill or taken a lead on anything. He's president because he can speak pretty and he looks pretty. Oh sure, he says he'll be bipartisan but does his record show that? Nope. Oh sure, he says he'll fix healthcare, work on the economy, and do all these other things that sound great but does his record show that? Nope.

So what will happen next? First, he'll conduct drastic cuts in spending which will sound lovely but actually hurt us far far more. Those cuts will include the DoD (the military), Counterterrorism, and probably the State department. This will mean thousands of jobs. This will also mean further problems in trying to predict the next attack and thwart the next attack. Yes, there will be more spending on domestic issues, eventually, but domestic issues don't mean much when there are 11~20 guys in this country that want to fly planes into buildings. We've been extremely lucky so far. I know that not everyone realizes it because, unfortunately, not all the stories make it to the news. Fort Dix and Lackawanna are just a couple of examples out of hundreds. People want to kill us and you can't talk a suicide/homicide bomber from blowing you to smithereens (well, maybe if you show them bacon. That's worked before.).

So Joe Biden will get his wish ("This guy will be tested in the first six months of office") because Obama will cut spending in key sectors. The economy will stall (sorry, but Socialism has always been proven again and again not to work well), the unemployment rate will be up and we'll see more homeless vets again....

But there is hope. Two years from now the American people will be fed up with Obama's carelessness. The Republicans will take back the Senate. Two years after that? Rudy for President!

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[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

But there is hope. Two years from now the American people will be fed up with Obama's carelessness. The Republicans will take back the Senate. Two years after that? Rudy for President!

Now that is real hope. You know, hope with actual content. :P

quit drinking the kool-aid

[trystbat.livejournal.com]

Cut a few thousand redundant govt. jobs & add 5 million in renewable energy. Pretty nice kick-start to the economy there, just for starters.

And the 'most partisan, most liberal' crack is so entirely untrue you clearly haven't read a single thing about Obama's record. He's as centrist as they come. I'm a far-left liberal with actual socialist beliefs, & Obama's platform is nothing like that.

Re: quit drinking the kool-aid

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Wow. Being insulting really won't help. I hope I haven't been like that in your blog. If I have, I do apologize.

I have read a great deal. I actually took a look at the voting record when I heard that he had voted "present" x number of times just to see what was there. I read, I analysis, and I dijest the information before voting. You can take a look at some of what I looked at to at:
http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=9490
http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/

He's not a centrist at all. He hasn't crossed the aisle to work with anyone on anything. Now, granted, as far as you are probably concerned, I'm a member of the religious right wing conspiracy; and happily so. But I do do my research prior to any vote.

Re: quit drinking the kool-aid

[trystbat.livejournal.com]

Parroting party rhetoric doesn't make you sound like you've done any research. And I didn't insult you -- simply pointed out the truth of things. If you find truth insulting, that's your problem, not mine.

You haven't seen from insults if you thot simply being contrary to your POV was insulting. Puh-leez.

Re: quit drinking the kool-aid

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to write research papers in this blog. I do enough of that at work. ;-)Saying that I "drank the kool-aid" and haven't conducted research is insulting. It's not truth. I have no problem with people being contray to my point of view, and I hope that I have shown that in the past. I do have a problem with the assumption that a contrary view is only contrary because of a lack of research.

Re: quit drinking the kool-aid

[pepperbeast.livejournal.com]

Only in America can Senator Obama's ideas be called "far-left".

[sstormwatch.livejournal.com]

We shall see what happens, and you are right, if he doesn't improve the country, people will have their chance to vote in others to make other changes.

And thank you for having shared your perspective in my LJ. I did and do appreciate it.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

I'm glad. :-) I do enjoy hearing what other people think even when they don't agree. It's what makes the world an interesting place!