Predictions.........what will the New Admin change FIRST.

[Bobby Headrick]

Col I agree with you, but you cant open closed minds. The thing about narrowing down the war on terror means that we will go after the one who started this , OSAMA BIN LADEN, like we should have, he will get us out of Iraq, we should have never went there in the first place, Bush even admitied that there were no weapons of mass destruction there, Bush should and could be charged with war crimes as he invaded a nation with unjust cause, Bin Laden got what he wanted, they struck the towers, which were a tribute to our finaceal success, the thing the Terrosits despise in us, and it worked, the war in Iraq has helped fuel our countrys money mess, so in turn they won as we are now struggling. Tax cuts to the rich, come on they DO NOT NEED ANY MORE TAX CUTS, Bush made all his friends richer, he almost destroyed this country, due to his greed and stupidness. Regan has rolled over in his grave after seeing what the republican party has become, a party of greed, hate, and self rightgoness, sorry for spelling, whaty I am seeing on this board right now is just shy of racisim and hate from some of you, an dthat is not right, this country is in trouble, and some of you say you love this country, but after seeing some of these posts and the other posts about the inauguration, I truly wonder where your loylity lies. This same narrow mindness is what has propelled this country BACKWARD, yes BACKWARD, now there is a little hope but some will never be happy, and can't due to some will not open their minds to change. We needed this as a country, we need to heal we need to put this stupid race thing aside and let the man do his job as WE ELECTED him to do. It does seem funny that the repub's did more to hurt Mcain than help him, Sarah Palin as VP, really what a Repub blunder, it appears to me that the threw the election when they did this.Some of you are now retired and doing ok, the rest of us need a future to look foward to> Also some of you have served this country in war and peace time and gave a lot for this countr, and I respect you for that in the utmost honor, but now you are going against this country in a way that behoves me. It all boils down to pure RACISM and BIGOTRY. nothing else but hate. That is sad

[GeoFisher]

Col I agree with you, but you cant open closed minds. The thing about narrowing down the war on terror means that we will go after the one who started this , OSAMA BIN LADEN

Bobby, it started a LONG time before OBL.........You forget about Beirut, you forget about Kobar, you forget, about the first WTC bombing, you forget about the Cole bombing, you forget about Gulf War I.......

These Radicals have been itching for a fight for a LONG, LONG time.......and it will not be over during Obama's watch.

You'd just BETTER hope that he doesn't allow it to come to our border again........like Clinton did.

Later,

Geo

[dpage70]

I don't know which will be first but these will be the first 4 things done.

1. He will sign the largest stimulus/bailout in the history of the planet.
2. Say bye bye to Gauntanimo.
3. Some sort of ungodly spending plan for those who have lost their jobs (and deserve it) which will include those people who have never had a job and don't want one (and don't deserve it).
4. An extended outreach to those pathetic countries like France, Spain etc that think everyone in the world owes them, you know, since they saved the world so many times and all.

He won't raise taxes of any kind until the economy starts showing signs of lasting strength. He might be a liberal but he isn't an idiot, he knows that'll cost even more jobs than have already been lost and that taking MORE money out of our pockets will hurt the econmoy that much more.

He won't pull troops out of Iraq for a while to come, at least several more years. Once again, he might be a liberal but he isn't an idiot. He knows that the long term stability of the middle east IS in our best interest and 2 democracies right in the middle of all of it IS the first step toward making that happen.

Abortion laws will remain the same at a minimum until the 2 eldest judges on the Supreme Court retire and even then it's amazingly doubtful that anything will change even then. Most obvious reason for that would be, the liberals like the fact that abortions are legal as they are right now so how would you make them even MORE legal? lol

As said above,
....if he leads according to the polls as liberals tend to do, we're screwed.
.... if he leads according to how the world wants him to, we're screwed.
....if he leads according to how the freak liberal heads of congress want him to, we're screwed on an unimaginable level.
As republicans we need to at a minimum give the man a chance and see how he does. He ran as a moderate democrat and if he actually does the things that he said he would do things may not actually be as bad as we imagine. A lot of what he said he was correct on, not everything by any means but a lot of it.

[BPenrod]

Only in office since around noon and already being refered to as a modern day nevil chamberlain.

[Devils Horse]

It all boils down to pure RACISM and BIGOTRY. nothing else but hate. That is sad

There's prediction number one coming true, and he hasn't even been the President for a full day. I'll tell you what's sad Bobby, you playing the race card starting on day one of Mr. Obama's Presidency. Don't feel too special though, there's gonna be many many more race baiters right in behind you.

I don't care what color the President of the United States' skin is, I'll show him the respect the office deserves, which is a heck of a lot more than the rabid Bush hating name callers have done. I'll also disagree with Mr. Obama or any other politician as often as I want with a clear conscience.

[offdtop]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ninety percent of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling his job after the Sept. 11 attacks, the highest rating for a U.S. president EVER recorded by the Gallup polling group, USA Today and CNN reported on Sunday.

First - for all of us I hope Obama succeeds,
If we judge a president success by approval rating - then when we were under duress his was the highest ever, that showed the support we gave our president during trying times when it directly effected us. I don't care about our presidents race, do care if he follows through on promises, be it I do not approve of some of them and I too will show him the respect of the office that is owed, BUT.... Respect is earned not given so I will with hold my respect for him and his accomplishments until he earns it from me. God bless us all.

[DJD]

Col I agree with you, but you cant open closed minds. The thing about narrowing down the war on terror means that we will go after the one who started this , OSAMA BIN LADEN, like we should have, he will get us out of Iraq, we should have never went there in the first place, Bush even admitied that there were no weapons of mass destruction there, Bush should and could be charged with war crimes as he invaded a nation with unjust cause, Bin Laden got what he wanted, they struck the towers, which were a tribute to our finaceal success, the thing the Terrosits despise in us, and it worked, the war in Iraq has helped fuel our countrys money mess, so in turn they won as we are now struggling. Tax cuts to the rich, come on they DO NOT NEED ANY MORE TAX CUTS, Bush made all his friends richer, he almost destroyed this country, due to his greed and stupidness. Regan has rolled over in his grave after seeing what the republican party has become, a party of greed, hate, and self rightgoness, sorry for spelling, whaty I am seeing on this board right now is just shy of racisim and hate from some of you, an dthat is not right, this country is in trouble, and some of you say you love this country, but after seeing some of these posts and the other posts about the inauguration, I truly wonder where your loylity lies. This same narrow mindness is what has propelled this country BACKWARD, yes BACKWARD, now there is a little hope but some will never be happy, and can't due to some will not open their minds to change. We needed this as a country, we need to heal we need to put this stupid race thing aside and let the man do his job as WE ELECTED him to do. It does seem funny that the repub's did more to hurt Mcain than help him, Sarah Palin as VP, really what a Repub blunder, it appears to me that the threw the election when they did this.Some of you are now retired and doing ok, the rest of us need a future to look foward to> Also some of you have served this country in war and peace time and gave a lot for this countr, and I respect you for that in the utmost honor, but now you are going against this country in a way that behoves me. It all boils down to pure RACISM and BIGOTRY. nothing else but hate. That is sad

Come on Bobby, take a breath. Noone said anything about Racism did they? The hate you speak of is running like wildfire through the Dem party you cannot deny that because we have all heard it over and over. Lets revisit the Jerimiah Wright and Jesse Jackson videos and then see what party started that battle.

I don't believe that Bush was the only one with rich friends. Do you think there were any rich Dems out there? Do you think Barry is rich? John Kerry? Clintons? Joe Biden? Barney Frank? Nancy P? Get my point? Think they enjoyed his tax breaks? Think they denied them? You imply that only rich GOP members get the bennies from tax cuts, not true.

Again who is responsible for the mortgage meltdown? Bush? Nope. You know the answer.

Barry has 4 years to prove himself...I pray and hope and wish he does better than any other President that ever took the office, we need that.

On a personal note I dislike him and what he has done to get where he is. I dislike the secrets and how he gets a free pass on so many issues that should be important to the average voter. I don't agree with his parties beliefs or the socialistic ideas that he and the other party leaders have. The end does not justify the means.

[BarkelyPup]

Abortion will get a small modification. It will go back to tax payers fitting the bill for it to include partial birth and late term.

Affermative Action ended January 20th 2009. Well a Human can hope cant they?

Assault Weapons such as the AR 15 will become a thing of the past. Or at least according to www.whitehouse.gov

I don't think he will pull out of Iraq as he promised during the primarys because he's affraid he will look like an idiot if things go sour after we move out.

One thing that I'm glad of is now no matter what anyone says Conservatives cannot be blamed for a dang thing that happens now because there are none left in Washington. I'm sure the Left will try though.

Ohh I almost forgot. Bit by bit, day by day our Military will be depleated as it was under Clinton.


I pray that this Country prospers like never before under this President. I do though feel that if he succeeds with his Liberal Idiology this country will be set back more than a few years.

And whoever said somthing about "race" we need to look no further than the Reverend Lowery guy who delivered the benidiction today. He said somthing to the effect of "I pray for a day when Blacks no longer have to get in the back, red can get ahead, brown is not held down, mellow can be yellow and White can embrace what's right" Now I might not have hit that word for word but you get the picture. The more things change the more they stay the same. I fear that our Country is so divided that one day we will be no better than the fools in the Middle east.

With all that said may God Bless President Barack H. Obama and May God Bless the United States of America.

[Tom523]

Col I agree with you, but you cant open closed minds. The thing about narrowing down the war on terror means that we will go after the one who started this , OSAMA BIN LADEN, like we should have, he will get us out of Iraq, we should have never went there in the first place, Bush even admitied that there were no weapons of mass destruction there, Bush should and could be charged with war crimes as he invaded a nation with unjust cause, Bin Laden got what he wanted, they struck the towers, which were a tribute to our finaceal success, the thing the Terrosits despise in us, and it worked, the war in Iraq has helped fuel our countrys money mess, so in turn they won as we are now struggling. Tax cuts to the rich, come on they DO NOT NEED ANY MORE TAX CUTS, Bush made all his friends richer, he almost destroyed this country, due to his greed and stupidness. Regan has rolled over in his grave after seeing what the republican party has become, a party of greed, hate, and self rightgoness, sorry for spelling, whaty I am seeing on this board right now is just shy of racisim and hate from some of you, an dthat is not right, this country is in trouble, and some of you say you love this country, but after seeing some of these posts and the other posts about the inauguration, I truly wonder where your loylity lies. This same narrow mindness is what has propelled this country BACKWARD, yes BACKWARD, now there is a little hope but some will never be happy, and can't due to some will not open their minds to change. We needed this as a country, we need to heal we need to put this stupid race thing aside and let the man do his job as WE ELECTED him to do. It does seem funny that the repub's did more to hurt Mcain than help him, Sarah Palin as VP, really what a Repub blunder, it appears to me that the threw the election when they did this.Some of you are now retired and doing ok, the rest of us need a future to look foward to> Also some of you have served this country in war and peace time and gave a lot for this countr, and I respect you for that in the utmost honor, but now you are going against this country in a way that behoves me. It all boils down to pure RACISM and BIGOTRY. nothing else but hate. That is sad

Where have you been? You would probably sing a different tune if your son was in a jet patrolling the no-fly zone and getting shot at every day. There were no less than 17 violations of UN resolutions that the UN would do nothing about. Everyone in the is calling for the U.S. to do something about something everyday. When we do then they say "you shouldn't ought have done that"! Saddam Hussein slaughtered the shiite's in the south with helicopter gunships during the uprising after Desert Storm. The world screamed that we should do something. We did! You throw the word Racism around pretty easily. Is there a new definition? Racism - doing the right thing if it is not politically correct. When there is no legitimate defense accuse the other person of racism. Obama is not the first black president! He is the first mixed race president. Why do people overlook that he is half white also?

[DJD]

Where have you been? You would probably sing a different tune if your son was in a jet patrolling the no-fly zone and getting shot at every day. There were no less than 17 violations of UN resolutions that the UN would do nothing about. Everyone in the is calling for the U.S. to do something about something everyday. When we do then they say "you shouldn't ought have done that"! Saddam Hussein slaughtered the shiite's in the south with helicopter gunships during the uprising after Desert Storm. The world screamed that we should do something. We did! You throw the word Racism around pretty easily. Is there a new definition? Racism - doing the right thing if it is not politically correct. When there is no legitimate defense accuse the other person of racism. Obama is not the first black president! He is the first mixed race president. Why do people overlook that he is half white also?

Great point on the half white issue. To me it's because he has black skin, it's that simple The Black race and the media also need a hero heck, look at Tiger Woods. The first Black man to dominate the sport right? Again, it's hardly ever mentioned his Mother is Asian. Racism is not dead never will be.

Example, I have had people who don't know me start on the Japanese race. I let them talk just to see how far they will go. Sure, I could have crushed their little bitty heads but the look on their face was priceless when I explained how I didn't appreciate their opinions since my Mom is Japanese. Have to admit I got red faced but kept it under control. These were 55-60 year old men! Successful educated business men. Now I know how they really think and they fall all over themselves trying to be nice to me now....whatever.

[wishniwasfishn]

Originally Posted by Col Forbin
Getting rid of the crazy ammount of tax breaks/credits given to the top 5%.

This statement really gets me, the rich still pay taxes, not as much as the middle class, but you look at the amount they make, and what they pay, and its an incredible amount. If the rich keep getting richer, that means they keep paying the working class salaries. The more money my boss gets to keep, the more likely he will keep his employees employed, and paying them good salaries. So I say let the rich keep as much of their money as possible, that way I will still have a job, and if you tax them to death, guess what, they are going to take their ball, and go play somewhere else (Mexico) which leaves me without a job.

[wishniwasfishn]

(Bush even admitied that there were no weapons of mass destruction there, Bush should and could be charged with war crimes as he invaded a nation with unjust cause)

I may be wrong, have been before, but I thought that the United States shipped over 150 tons of weapons of mass destruction to Canada to be destroyed, this was supposedly kept secret so no attacks could be made on it. I read this somewhere just dont remember where, and the Liberal Media never mentioned it because they didnt want to admit that there were actually plenty of WMD in Iraq. Someone here help me out, cause I know I read this somewhere. Devils Horse, I'm sure that if anyone here knows it would be you, seems like you keep up on world events pretty well. I will dig around and try and find the article.