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Obama team taking shape

Wow, so much for change.

Emmanuel has mob ties. So much for cleaning up the corruption in government!

This is a 'Black' week in American history. I can't believe there are so many gullible Americans who really believe Comrade Obama is going to make a change for the better. He reminds me of Tony Blair (left-wing UK Prime Minister from 1997-2007). His smooth talking and promises got him elected and we have just seen the worst 10 years in British society, particularly with regard to moral issues, which have been mainly due to the left-wing policies introduced by the Labour Party. America has just made the same mistake that the UK made in '97. Obama IS far left and will cause further division among the citizens of America by giving unfair and unjustified power to minorities!!! Obama's supporters will cry foul about comments like these, but, like the mainstream liberal media in America, they will not tell you the whole truth about Comrade Obama.

Barak Obama is a dead end for our country. He will be assasinated before the end of his first term.

Comrade? Assassinated? Mob Ties? You guys are pathetic. Time to figure out that the way to win an election is no longer with tired hyperbole, fear mongering or character issues that either don't exist or no one cares about. Focus on real issues and the right might resonate with people again.

America spoke and they spoke loud and clear. The Republican party as it is at this time is completely irrelevant. No longer will people stand for a government open to white males at the top. Barack Obama is an intelligent, charismatic inclusive leader who ran a campaign that brought more excitement and greater commitment than has ever been seen in recent history. The whole world is celebrating and America is being seen in a better light already. I couldn't be prouder. If this country is to continue with a two party system. The Republican party must undergo some serious change.

President Bush and the Republican Party are Christian redneck terrorists who still believe in slavery.

Don't you all get it yet! It's 2008 and we've all moved on to a more transparent world. You are only kidding yourself, get over it the BEST man won on the day.

Obams's acceptance speech was about unity and most people, including my family, really liked it. But when I heard he had appointed Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff I new Obama was lying. "Words, just words." Emanuel is one of the most ultra-left wing liberal, most partisan, deceitful, lying, demagogues in the history of our country. As chief of staff he will have tremendous input about the choice of judges. What Obama is rings so loudly in my ears that is impossible to hear what he is saying. "Pastor" Wright may indeed get his wish. At least partially. Obama and Emanuel et al will damn America. Yes that will be a change from Pres. Bush who asked God to bless America.

Maybe you would rather have a dead Mac and a idiot palin presidency?

I thought Obama said that he was for bipartisanship? Hmmmm???

Being a true blue patriotic American and staunchly conservative, we must give the president elect his due respect. He won the election!

We as conservative Americans must support him when he agrees with our positions, vigorously but respectfully oppose him when we disagree and pray that he governs from the center since America is essentially split down the middle in political ideologies.

The pendulum will swing the other direction if President Obama and the expanded Democratic congress rule from the far left with a heavy hand. The 2010 congressional elections will be a thermometer of the next two years.

Hmmm? Rahm Emanuel's father was part of the Irgun militant group for Palestine. Just another connection to anti-American groups, if you know what I mean.

"Great start not", "GK from England" and "Political Prohet", do you plan to stay bitter for all four years or can we expect you to grow-up anytime soon.

Wasn't President Bush criticized for cronyism? With every person mentioned being from Chicago/Illinois or being a Harvard buddy, sounds like the cronyism is getting worse. So much for change.

Political Prophet: what a terrible thing to even joke about. And you weren't joking.

Isn't nice to exchange the fear of the Bush years, for the hope of a new president. Let's see if the curmudgeonly conservatives can let go of their resentment and regain some of the optimism that makes America admired around the globe.

With every speech and podium touting change, the first choice in his inner circle of leadership is a Bill Clinton disciple. Oh, how we have been deceived. I believe America will reap its harvest of broken promises much sooner than it expects. We need to keep this unprepared president-elect's feet to the fire along with his almost veto-proof congress and senate.

So much for this organizations policy prohibiting "abusive, offensive an misrepresentative" comments. The first three comments on this story included each.

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His celebration and revival election party reminded me of a black church meeting. Everyone jumping up and down and feeling the �Spirit�. But the good feelings ended quickly when the world markets began looking into this new presidents desires for tax and spend and American isolation on the World Trade markets and NAFTA. Also his desires to withdraw American forces from Iraq and whatever else he plans to do in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Remember: �I will do whatever it takes to get Bin Laden.� When the market dropped almost �500′ points I knew then that we don�t have to worry about a Democrat controlled Congress or a Black president. The world is now out of any presidents or Congressional control, ask Bush. And those poor black people that were crying and weeping for joy will wake up to the harsh reality that Mr. Obama is no Messiah or Moses, he will not �fill their gas tanks and make their mortgage payments,� because the World Trade Markets wont let him, go ask Barney Frank and Chris Dodd.

So now all the doom and gloomers come out with all their fear mongering. Look you bozos, you have been listening to too much talk radio, and other proponents of the extreme right. You�re sounding like McCarthyist. It�s about time you started doing your own thinking. Do some reading; listen to the facts (from both sides). I am a Utah Conservative Republican and voted for McCain. But the election is over. Now is the time for ALL Americans to put their passions to bed, stand up and be counted as true red blooded patriots and stand behind our president elect. Mr. Obama has been elected by the majority of the people of this country. He has made some pretty strong commitments. Let�s give him a change to prove it. You know, when he starts being updated with what is really going on in the White House (Briefings, intelligence reports, etc.) you will begin to see a different man. I will support this President on the issues I agree with, and express my dismay on the ones I don�t. Until then let�s help this country heal the division created by a hotly contested election. God Bless American.

President Elect Obama & "HIS" TEAM will cause this as well. What many people outside of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia may not realize is that coal is one of the two main fuels we use to create electricity in this country (the other is natural gas). Thus, when Obama drives the coal industry into bankruptcy through taxes to save an environment that is not as fragile as it is worshipped, we will suffer and suffer immensely. Obama knows this is so. Therefore, prior to his election he warned consumers that if his anti-coal policies were to be implemented electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. What happened to all the love for financially burdened middle-class Obama campaigned on?. Our Founders loved nature but they did not worship it. Yet today, lovers of nature often turn out to be worshipers of it as well. While Obama is by no means the first person to hold this exaggerated view of nature, it is understandable that he does, particularly because environmentalism has long provided cover for Marxists and Socialists the world over. We cannot worship nature and remain free, we can only worship nature or remain free.

Mark my "WORD'S."

It's true.

Re: USMC Retired - 6:46 a.m. Nov. 6, 2008

"Taxpayer's first!."

Obama's "TEAM" Platform ?

"support the full inclusion of all families, including same-sex couples, in the life of our nation, and support equal responsibility, benefits, and protections."
"oppose the Defense of Marriage Act"
"reproductive health care"
"reaffirm our support for the Equal Rights Amendment, recommit to enforcing Title IX, and urge passage of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women."
universal "comprehensive healthcare"
"vigorously oppose 'Right-to-Work' Laws and 'paycheck protection' efforts"
"expand the Family and Medical Leave Act and make leave paid."
"an economy-wide cap and trade program"
"a world-class education, from early childhood through college"
"early childhood care and education available to every American child from the day he or she is born"
"bilingual education"
"the first $4,000 of a college education is completely free for most Americans"
"lift the current Administration's ban on using federal funding for embryonic stem cells"
"need stronger international institutions"
"a free, quality, basic education for every child in the world."
"reduce oil consumption by at least 35 percent, or ten million barrels per day, by 2030."
"defeat the epochal, man-made threat to the planet: climate change."