EdelBrock wrote: Commie is proving that the expectations of Obama are too high. With things as they are, chances are slim that any of Obama's promises will be kept, simply because they can't be kept (not because he doesn't desire them not to be kept).
If expectations were "too high," then the public, Commie included, would be saying we expect Obama to solve all of this country's problems immediately, as Cambo argues. Instead, the polls show both extraordinarily high ratings for Obama, and extraordinary patience in expecting results. Most Americans, as indicated by the polls, know that it's going to take time to solve our problems. I would hardly characterize that as "too high expectations."
EdelBrock wrote: Troops movement isn't going to change much. He'll lessen the troop level to 30,000 (about the amount in Afganistan), and then increase levels in Afganistan to Iraq levels. In the eyes of the troops and thier families, not much difference.
Perhaps. But the fact is, we got sidetracked from our mission of hunting down and destroying the Taliban and Al Qaeda with a pointless invasion of Iraq. Shifting troops from Iraq to Afghanistan gets us back on track to hunting down and destroying the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
EdelBrock wrote: Health care isn't going to get handled or even touched upon in four years, it might get a half-arsed batting around, but no real progress towards anything.
Obama has appointed a White House health care czar, who is also his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Health Care Czar position is new, created by Obama, and signifies that he does intend to address the health care crisis during his first term. The fact that he's also realistic about how long it will take to pass health care legislation given the current economic and fiscal realities doesn't mean that it won't be dealt with. If anything, the fact that people are losing their access to health care as this economy sheds jobs will act as a stimulus to pass health care legislation.
EdelBrock wrote: Obama won't do anything for the economy, because it really has no bearing on the president (other than for him to calm the masses). It will return, because that is what the economy would do regardless.
Well, first, I think you meant that the President has no bearing on the economy (rather than "the economy has no bearing on the President.).
And that, of course, is just plain wrong. Government spending stimulates the economy, and Obama proposes a massive spending program on "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects. It's up to Congress to pass legislation, but is there any doubt that Congress will pass an economic stimulus act, or that Obama will sign the act? The only worrisome criticism out there is that Obama is being too conservative, proposing to spend about a third of what is actually needed to quickly turn the economy around. He is aware that it's less than recommended, but he's trying to balance the economic stimulus against the negative affects of a ballooning federal deficit.
EdelBrock wrote: He'll close the Cuban jail, but will transfer the inmates to another country (not our own), so in essence nothing will have changed except location.
The issues with Gitmo are (1) torture of detainees, and (2) lack of due process for detainees. Transferring the detainees to another country does not address either of those issues; it's just a mass "extraordinary rendition," and I seriously doubt Obama is going to increase the scale of the Bush legal abuses through a mass extraordinary rendition. I think it's far more likely that (1) torture of detainees will cease, and (2) detainees will either be put on trial, or be released.
But who knows? Only time will tell.
EdelBrock wrote: Alot of the Amercan population will either be dismayed (but that's not saying much as everyone always thinks "I could do it better") while a few starry-eyed followers (like Commie) will defend everything he does as acceptable.
In a nutshell, not much change will take place.
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I can think of rather a lot of times the UN went against both countries, and can recall no threats or even noises about leaving. Yet a certain OTHER country has made all sorts of noises about leaving because everyone wouldn't come help them wipe out a load of....what is it the US Army call them?,,,,ah yes, Sand N*s. Also have you seen how the UN is generally portrayed in the US media suddenly? OMG it's like Blair politics....using the media to scare people for months so when the time comes for you to do something truly unspeakable, nobody bats an eyelid.
