How much lower can my expectations go?

He and his party predicted this economic downturn while making these promises for a minimum wage pay increase every year, to balance the budget, lower taxes for 95% of Americans, provide broadband, trillions in new programs, and free health care for everyone, etc.  How can the media use this excuse that things are worse than they thought when this is exactly what he ran on? There are so many soundbites out there of his predicting doom and gloom even worse than things currently are while promising these things!

There is a comprehensive list out there of every one of his campaign promises and I don't have any faith that conservatives will hold his feet to the fire for making those promises that he has no intentions of keeping.  If only I had the time I would put up a website with this list and the status of each of his promises- broken, ignored, or fulfilled for everyone to track along with his lame excuses of why he hasnt done it.  Even if conservatives were to call him on his promises the media will never report it- say whatever it takes to get elected by the gullible voters and then move to the left is the mantra they use every time.  He pulled a Newt Gingrich with the contract for America...except no one will ever hold him accountable.  No reputable conservative candidate had the guts to stand up and say we are spending too much and government is the problem not the solution!

Meanwhile, the press will continue to blame President Bush for the next 20 years as the reason these promises cannot be accomplished and no one except maybe Ms. Coulter or Dennis Miller will actually challenge that premise.

When John McCain started competing with Democrats by promising government handouts in return for votes is when I realized all hope is lost for conservatives. 

I guess I am just a bit upset by the whole mess

Personally, I don't think my expectations from Obama could be any lower.  He has consistantly met my expectations since he began campaigning for POTUS.  He's vain, underqualified and pompous.  It remains to be seen whether or not the media will continue to cover for him over the next four years.  If they do, it's going to be a rough campaign in 2012.  But, if like Rush says, he over-reaches himself, the media may actually have to start telling the truth.  I won't hold my breath until that happens.

Pre-election:

• "Yes, we can!"
• "Change we can believe in."
• "McCain = Bush's third term."

Post-inauguration:

• "No, I guess we won't."
• "Change you shouldn't have believed in."
• "Even a third Bush term couldn't possibly have been this bad!"

The moment that I am looking forward too is when Obama announces that the non-taxpayer will not be getting their $2000.00 check. They will have a hard time believing that it is Geoge Bush fault that they are not going to get it.

He pulled the same crap with Deval Patrick in MA.  His three key campaign commitments, along with "Yes We Can" were: 1) remove toll booths on the MA Pike; 2) add 1000 police in Boston and other suburbs; and 3) reduce property taxexs.  He had the electorate in the same state of euphoria, as The One; smooth talking; nothing he couldn't do; MA was ready for change.

Fast forward one year and where are we: tolls are not only stay but being increased; not only no new cops, but less cops; property tax reductions - forget about it; reduce Government spending - in your dreams - he wants $1 Billion in bailouts. 

 You might not be able to connect the dots, but trust me on this, the liberal press no only run interference for The One, they will refuse to get in his face on anything he's committed to and not delivered.  You'll be able to watch it up front and personal with their coverage of the Afghanistan War - if they remember to report on it.

While the world awaits action in the next four years, Obama will surely be 'present'.

D

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Look, I don't want to argue that things are the same today as they were 8 years ago, but I would argue that when President Bush inherited an economy in steep reversal in 2001 that most of the world was in serious crisis in one way or another. Much is the same - much is different. The economy is worse - much of that is because the financial crisis from 2000 was not resolved. Bush won some - lost some. But in the end, Obama should indeed be asking Bush for advice.

The Last Transition (kind of like the Last Supper). When Bush came in… 

• We were in a historic economic bubble crash – Started March, 2000 - millions would loose their jobs and fortunes.
• Every leading economic indicator had sharply reversed course in the year [2000] preceding the transition.
• Congress was talking recession – and looking at stimulus options.
• The media was lecturing Bush/Cheney for talking down the economy – this time around the media was cheerleading/leading the effort in taking down the economy.
• Millions were starting to loose their jobs
• Thousands of companies (some 3,000+ NASDAQ corp.’s would be de-listed) were going out of business – it would trickle down .. all the way down.
• The economic hit was going to wipe out all of the so called $5 Trillion in projected budget surpluses – a fairy tale. The only question on the table was whether or not it would be much worse under Gore or under Bush. Bush did not destroy the surplus. It did not actually exist. He may have made the deficits worse, or better as compared to what Gore would have done. Have a crystal ball?
• Economists, like the noted liberal Dean Baker, of CEPR, were calling the financial leadership under Clinton, the worst since Herbert Hoover. These widely loved experts are in the news every week – and they still say that the roots of this crisis were laid during the Clinton era – but our media does not quote that part of the view.
• New HUD direction had set the stage for fueling the next economic crisis - the housing bubble
• the Mideast was in the middle of a violent Intafada  - the peace talks had collapsed.
• Clinton had just passed Plan Colombia - a lot of covert military op's – anti-drug and to protect Gore's Occidental Petroleum interests - Bush enforced it - it worked quite well.
• The US had private contractors (like Blackwater) working with the Colombia Military - bombed a village, Santo Domingo in 1998 - 11 civilians killed (one will note in this LA Times 2002 piece about a 1998 tragedy, that  Bush is mentioned - then sitting Pres. Clinton is not)
• We had turned our back on HIV/Aids and Malaria in Africa - 10 million + more would die before Bush stepped up to the plate and historically led the fight.
• 3 1/2 million had just died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - numerous genocides. "Never Again," actually mean "Again and Again."
• Africa had just suffered thru the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Angola tragedies - 100,000's were murdered in horror or chopped.
• Liberia was falling into chaos
• Darfur was heating back up again
• North Korea had reigned on it's deal and was processing plutonium for it first nuclear bombs, and a million North Koreans had just died in a famine - and a corrupt government
• Russia was at war in Chechnya
• Kosovo – We’d learned that the war was sold [hyped] by the Clinton admin. on the basis of another massive genocide taking place – was not the case. 150,000+ suddenly was only perhaps 6,000.... maybe.
• The Chinese were clamping down for the final push against Tibet - Clinton had refused to meet the Dalai Lama officially, and had led the support for the Olympics in China - so we protested against Bush for that, also. 
• The Taliban had taken over Afghanistan - the final failure of the world to act to save them.
• Bin Laden had declared a holy war two times in the late 90's against the US
• Attacks against the US had been escalating by Bin Laden – the two African Embassy bombings, the Cole – the LAX bombing plan.
• Iraq was in a state of chaos - we had been bombing them from time to time in massive "shock and awe's for punishment". We had pulled the inspectors out in 1998. The bombing from 1998 to the end of 2000 was escalating into daily events. The world's leftists wanted to end the sanctions against Iraq, because they had resulted in a million deaths. Under Bush the chant from the left would quickly change to, "The sanctions are working - no war." ..fair weather friends.
• China and the US were playing spy games in the air over the Taiwan Straight – resulted in a mid-air collision and US  serviceman and women being held hostage by the Chinese just after Bush took office.
• Political - campaign corruption in the White House was at a peak - with many of Bill Clinton's, and Hillary's close associates getting convicted all around them. JAMES RIADY PLEADS GUILTY WILL PAY LARGEST FINE IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE HISTORY FOR VIOLATING FEDERAL ELECTION LAW
• California was in the middle of an energy crisis - Bush would end it - Clinton had done nothing (so testified Gov. Gray Davis of CA).
• The country was in the midst of an historic round of high profile corporate and accounting fraud cases (Enron, Adelphia, WorldCom, GlobalCrossing, Anderson Cooper, etc).
• US pollution had suddenly been rising, above the demographic range, again after 20 years of improvement
• We had not reformed immigration
• We had not reformed SS
• We had not added Prescription drugs to Medicare, yet
• We had not opened the door to Cuba
• Chavez was becoming a threat
• Clinton and Blair were convicted for crimes against humanity by the Belgium Courts
• Kyoto had been tabled by Clinton (not that I care)
• We did not have relations with Iran - we were not conducting diplomacy with them.

Thanks for taking the time to delineate what George Bush walked into.  This country's electorate has the memory of an ant, and fails to recognize what exactly was taking place when he walked thru the doors of the White House.  It's not going to make any difference; The One is already be given credit for solving all the worlds woes, by simply showing up; time will tell.  And as usual, reality will set in pretty quickly.

Are you smarter than Obama?

The last election proved it's really easy to make idiot voters out of ignorant people. And the gubbermint school system supplies ignorants in prodigious quantity for that purpose.

So the 'magic Negro' is out of magic beans, that's what all the racist huff over a parody song is really about. Obama never had any magic, but he is real good at jive talking you.

The reason our Savior Obamaone cannot reveal the true post-inaugural  agenda is simple. He must insure that the EvilBush actually leaves office. He knows he can't trust Cheney to simply walk away from his puppet, he might declare a state of emergency or insurrection. So, until then the Big O will keep promising manna from heaven for all. With such high levels of support for Obama, Bush will leave. Then The One can reveal that all he said is Bulls**t, tell the the truth about what is possible, and admit the sea is not rising, the world is not hotter, and if he is as good as Bush was, we will not be attacked for another seven years.

America will be begging for Sarah in two years. But we will never know without papers. News Busters may even be gone with no news to bust.