If only this would be shown and explained to those who are blind in thought.

Cheers !

I guess we should help Obama as much as the left helped George Bush.

But I want it happen because he is wildly successful legislating his program. I want him to fail with absolutely no help from the Republican Party.

If he simply fails legislatively because we’re able to block or water down legislation (which I don’t think we’ll be able to do), then he can point a finger and say “It was THEMMMMMMMMM…”

If it takes a depression and terrorist attacks on US soil, so be it. Those are short term problems that can be dealt with. If he passes his legislative agenda and we don’t have a major meltdown Republicans will never be able to turn the government around.

The quicker the better.
And, I’m going to be very patriotic and express my dissent as often and as loud as possible.
I’m willing to give him respect, about as much respect as Nancy, Harry, and the minions have given George the last 8 years.
I do not hold ONE common principle with that race-baiting Chicago street thug. No need for me to support him, his policies, or his presidency. A pox on them all.

We have Clinton redux on our hands. Of course, Slick Willie could do no wrong in the eyes of the media, so “We The People” got four planes hijacked and three building blown up.

I dony want him to fail. I know he will fail. Left wing poltiics are for failures. He promised more han he can deliver. Now, its only a matter of the media propping up this failure and allcoating the blame on other people.

If you mean, succeed by governing from the center, sure. It’s not perfect, but it’s probably better than having him fail by governing from the very far left.

But, Jonah Goldberg already made that point, I think.

Well, what we need to do is look for policies that we have in common that we can support him on and wish him well. Then we can unite and heal the country.
Let’s see.
Military policy, cut spending by 25% and cut and run in Iraq and let it desecnd into chaos. I don’t think I can support that.
Economic policy, increase taxes on the people that generate all the jobs and invest in the growth of the country to redistribute that money to others that haven’t earned it. Hmmm… don’t think I can support that either.
Judicial policy, replace judges with ‘empathetic’ judges who will take into account a persons class in society in determinig what a ‘fair’ judgement should be. I’m sorry, a thief is a thief wether he’s a poor kid or a rich kid. I don’t think I can support this policy either.
Well, I will support and wish good luck for Dear Leader in all of the policies he and I agree on. NONE!

I do NOT want the country to lapse deeper into a recession/depression. It would be incredibly shallow, thoughtless and idiotic to wish such pain on the country just so we can win again in 2010 (not that that’s what you’re writing, Ken). So from at least one perspective, we have to hope that the country succeeds in the next 2-4 years. The problem with this is that H will get the credit for it, similar to Clinton getting the credit for what GHWB put in motion at the end of his term (and for a technology bonanza and resulting market bubble that Clinton had zero to do with, Gore’s invention of the Internet notwithstanding).

I will support him when I think he’s right and oppose him when I think he’s wrong. It’s not complicated.

Since he is (by present appearances) much farther to the left than I am, I suspect I’ll be opposing him far more than supporting him. And come election time, I anticipate my opposition reaching a kind of critical mass.

Here’s what I will especially NOT do:

Adopt the viewpoints and parrot the propaganda of the enemies of the United States should Barack Obama attempt to defend the people and interests of the United States against said enemies. That is a red line that we, unlike the Democrats, should refuse to cross.

I don’t foresee ever voting for the guy, but I’m not about to start belittling him, our armed forces, or our national interests because of what they’re saying on the BBC, in the UN, or on the Arab street, even if there’s political advantage to be had by doing so.

I want my country succeed. If that means that Obama succeeds as well, so be it. I’m not going to be like the Democrats who cheered every single bad thing that happened to the USA over the past few years because it was helping them politically.

Of course, do I think the country succeeding and Obama succeeding lines cross very often…not so much. However, I still hold out hope that we all do well.

I want him to succeed in implementing some of his policies. Elections have consequences. If the President wins the elections he should be able to implement his policies. I believe his policies are bad for the country, and I believe voters will turn him out of office if his policies are bad for the economy.

I really get tired of government officials not being able to implement their agenda. I live here in Virginia, and every election cycle the candidate for governor promises to do something about transportation. His policies just die in the general assembly, while we votes just sit in traffic. If he has the votes I hope some of President-elect Obama’s policies pass. It would be nice for voters to see that the policies do not work rather then have them keep voting for them every election cycle. Nixon, Ford, and Carter help kill liberal economic policies for a generation, when Reagan policies were implement and voters were able to see which policies worked.

We have a generation that needs to understand that liberal economic policies do not work. Some of this crap President-elect Obama was talking about liberals have been calling for since FDR. Here’s hoping he gives us a little taste. Of course, his policies that would be difficult to undue should be strongly resisted, but his tax policies. I hope he gets them passed. I look forward to the repeal of cap and trade. Democrats will probably repeal that themselves once their constituents get a look at the electric bills.

Fail, EPIC FAIL, suck, blow up, screw up, slime up, you name it.

I will never, EVER say the words ‘President’ and ‘Obama’ back to back. Not once, not ever. I realize that Jan 20 he will become my president. But he stands for things I despise. He is an ingenue who does not deserve, by virtue of experience or quality, what has been given him. His desires and goals for this great republic would, if completely enacted, DESTROY this great republic.

So no quarter asked, none given.

…were incapable of uttering puerilities about wishing Obama to succeed– but experience has taught me otherwise.

No, we should not wish that Obama succeed in stealing our money and killing unborn babies. The proper reaction is to forgive him and pray for his conversion, much as Catholics of an earlier generation used to pray each day for the conversion of Russia.

Most of them were all cocky and giddy in this thread (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/17/32910/857/934/662152) but one idiot decided to post this under the title “So Let’s Remember Reagan a sec”

If I grasp the history right, the end of the Carter term was said to be a “malaise.” A kind of weariness. Gas lines, shortages, an embassy full of hostages held for over a year. Feelings of national helplessness and weakness.

Enter Ronnie on a white horse. In his own weird way, he was an orator able to get most people all teary eyed and weepy, preaching a kind of robust nationalism. Yes, he said, America could return back to its greatness.

All the evils we were experiencing were pinned on bleeding heart liberals afraid of their own shadows, America haters, and if we just unleashed the tools of business and enterprise, why, things would be hunky dory again.

Through luck and fate and good timing, we had a boom and people were getting jobs and the Soviet Union was collapsing, and so a lot of people figured he had something to do with all that, because they overlooked his Iran Contra funding for death squads, our failure in the middle east, skyrocketing deficit spending, and bizarre social policy.

*The lesson here is important to remember: We cannot give them an opening like that again. Obama has got to be a successful president and we have to pull together and help him. The republican challenger in 2012 cannot be allowed to point at a string of Democratic failures or excesses. We need a record of solid leadership Americans won’t want to change. *

So yes, let’s hope Obama fails.

…is if he keeps our country free from terror attacks as GWB has for seven years and fails to implement any of the inane class warfare and nanny state promises he made during his campaign.

Both of those results would be good for the country and would constitute a successful presidency.

I want the pilot to be successful. I want him (or her) to be successful at taking off and landing. I want them to be able to land without landing gear and to fly without fuel. If someone shoots at the plane I’m on, I want them to shoot back, and never miss. And I never, ever want them to forget who owns the airplane, who they’re working for, and the fact that my ticket will always be for a destination of my choice, not theirs.

…as of the inauguration, do we flick some mental switch and cease supporting our Commander in Chief in time of war?

Failure abroad would damage his administration. But it would also damage America and its standing in the world. In hoping for success or failure for our new president, be very, very careful what you wish for.

Whether the economy turn around or not, it does not hurt Obama in anyway. If economy continue to falter, he can continue to blame Bush and all the ‘smart’ people he has appointed. He is VERY good at shifting the blame. Just look at Fannie and Freddie donations issue which he so easily escaped unscathed. Look at when ACORN was getting all the heat, he was virtually untouched.

Of course if the economy is turned around slightly, they will trumpet him as big victory.

He talk economy but only talk because people like to hear but that will never be his real objective because he has never got an comprehensible plan before except criticising his opponent’s plan or link the failed Bush’s failure with the economy puncture. His real aim is to change the colour of the states and local judiciaries.

This is what make him truely dangerous to the world’s largest economy.

Whether a politician rises or falls is irrelevent.

I dont recall the Dems too interested in whether Tom Delay, Dick Cheney or Newt Gingrich would ‘succeed’.

What we should want is the COUNTRY to succeed, and for the country to succeed, freedom must succeed.

Do you hope that someone who steals your car at gunpoint drives safely so that when you pick it up at the impound lot you don’t have a big repair bill? Or do you hope that police take him down as quickly and forcefully as possible? I’m convinced that the Democrat party stole this election, in part through voter fraud (ACORN), in part through voter intimidation (new Black Panther party), in part through using racism to pressure undecided voters whom otherwise would have gravitated to the Conservative candidate, and largely through the overt and subtle complicity of the liberal MSM. Why is the Republican party taking this lying down? Why has there been no legal challenge to the legitimacy of this subversion of the electoral process? W may be a neutered executive at this point but we still have the Courts, though if B. Hussein Obama has his way we won’t for much longer. Can’t we and shouldn’t we fight the Obamination with every tool in our arsenal?

help him be successful on our terms.

Our terms as the loyal opposition here in

Part One

Part Two later this week will spell out how we do this in foreign and domestic policy.

I certainly want the country to thrive, as I think we all really do. I’m not that hopeful, however if he proposes something with which I agree I’ll support it.

If he implements his negative policies & signs on to the negative policies that are sure to come from the Democrats in congressiona leadership, that will not be good for any of us. I will strongly oppose those things with which I disagree.