Obama's empty promises

I am so tired of hearing Obama promise to give money for this and start a fund for that. He's not the only one, but he seems to be the worst one. Where does he suppose he's going to get this money? Possibly he's found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but I'm guessing he's all words with no possibility of action in the future should he actually take the Presidency.

We have a huge federal deficit. We have problems with Social Security and tons of other things that need fixed. Right now Obama has a Global Poverty bill(S. 2433) out being fast-tracked through the process that could cost the US billions and billions of dollars.

Where is all this "magic" money supposed to come from? What makes Obama think the Congress is going to let some wet-behind-the-ears upstart do whatever he wants just because he's President? That's why there is separation of powers, and if Obama thinks his charisma will work on Congress, he is much mistaken.

We're all familiar with campaign promises and if we're smart we understand promises seldom are kept. If we add up all the promises and cash promises of Obama, we come up with a candidate that is all talk with little hope of action in the future.

One of us is dumb. Either he is dumb enough to believe his own hype, or I'm too dumb to see how he can pull it off. This guy has no business running for President at this time in his career, but evidently America doesn't care. Many seem to want to get in on the "feel-good" hype and overblown promises of a charismatic character with questionable religious and patriotic background.

We need to look below the charisma to the real man to see what he really is. For some reason, we're not getting a clear picture from the press, so it behooves us, as voters who care about our country to do our research, not just on Obama, but on ALL the candidates. Look below the promises to the reality as you prepare to cast your vote.

Zzzzzz just finished reading the debate transcript. . .

Yikes, I just finished wasting my time reading the debate between Sen. Clinton and Jr. Sen Obama. I'm afraid it's same ol' same ol there. The only differences between the two are semantics and not substance. I personally don't think either one of them are ready to be Commander and Chief of the US. Jr. Sen. Obama comes across as a dewey eyed, wet-behind-the-ears kid who is tilting at windmills. Clinton comes across as already defeated, and that makes me sad. I am not for either one of them, but I'd rather the Democrat nomination be handed to Clinton, because should the tragic happen and a dem win, I'd much rather it be Hillary. Uck, ptchew, Sorry, that left a bad taste in my mouth.

No, not a fan, in fact I fear the future should either one become President. I just never thought the day would come when I would ever take up for Clinton. What a sad, sad day this has become.

Clinton at the very least promises to be a candidate of persperation, while Obama promises to be a candidate of inspiration. Inspiration is all well and good, but it doesn't get a lot done. Maybe McCain will find a way to provide both and pull himself into the job. But until then. . . .

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NYT vs. McCain

Ah, the gloves have come off and the former fave is now open for attack. I doubt if anyone is surprised at the New York Times attack on McCain. They did support him until he became the front-runner for the Republican nomination, but now we're getting down to an us vs. them free for all. You know such a liberal leaning paper is NOT going to support a Republican, not even one who has been favored as a "maverick" in the past.

Conspiracy theories are bouncing off the walls of the internet, but I think I favor this one: McCain has been courting the true conservatives and saying things like "no new taxes". Maybe as he attempts to court those of us who think he's too liberal to be a real conservative has caused the NYT and it's ilk to believe this guy could actually pull off getting elected president. They sure can't have that!

They wanted him for our Republican nominee, but why? Did they think McCain would never pull the right into his web? Maybe the reverse is true. Maybe they wanted to shove McCain into the good graces of the right? After all, an attack in the NYT is tantamount to saying he's too conservative for them.

Who knows, and really, who cares. McCain will come out of this just fine, maybe even better off. NYT will go on doing what they've always done, and none of us will be surprised: politics as usual.

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