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Depends on what you mean by that phrase. If you mean that we should allow him to implement any policy that he asks without question. Then you are and dangerous.

If you mean we should be civil. I agree. There is such a thing as civil disagreement and it is a method of argument that we should practice. Even though we were never given the same courtesy from his (your?) side…..

Here, let me list my doubts.

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He gets the benefit of every one of them.

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Thought maybe he was having second thoughts and would just announce that he couldn’t do it, he just couldn’t do it. But then he went ahead and had himself crowned King Doofus and that was the end of my forbearance. Given the things he has done in the past 24 hours, that 10 minutes was the absolute pinnacle of generosity.

He gets no quarter.

by trusting him as far as I can throw him as opposed to the expression of “I don’t trust him as far as I can throw him”…

That said…I won’t trust him beyond that!

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

But I will not be persuaded to abide policies that threaten to destroy America, or merely throw a bone to the hand-holding pansies who think we should all just shut up and surrender.

I will not call President Obama names, or behave like a rager on PCP when he does something I don’t like, but it’s for d**n sure you’ll know EXACTLY how I feel about what’s going on.

If Bill Clinton hadn’t committed a felony, there would have been no reason to impeach him. Or is perjury not a felony where you come from?

Oh, and I think you’ll find that the vast majority of people here put their country first, no matter who the President is. Heck, *our* candidate ran with that as his theme. When the other side takes up that theme as well, we’ll support them– but don’t get your hopes up on that one.

Just simply . . . NO!

• Given the people that he’s nominated for cabinet positions – NONE of which would have passed a half year ago.
• Given that within the fourth paragraph of his inaugural address he claims to be “faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents.” . . . . . WHAT??
• Given that his first act on the White House web site was to cry for repealing of the Defense of Marriage Act.
• Then he follows that with an executive order to allow Federal funds to pay for overseas abortions. . .

I believe that after just this small list of the damage that he has ALREADY brought to our nation, I have no more benefit to extend.

means opposing him at every turn and fighting every initiative. The worst thing for America is a second term. As for soiling the office, he did that the second he stepped into the race and running like a beauty queen rather than a candidate. The Office of the President is indeed the most difficult, and important job in the world, it’s not a f’n trophy to put on your mantle. Lastly I have to agree with Finrod- Clinton brought it all on himself and every and all responses to that were completely merited. I’m only sad that we didn’t have the votes to toss him out on his *ss. Then we could have seen a year of Gore’s failed Presidency as well and we wouldn’t have to tolerate his unending sanctimony.

How can you already refer to him as a “great President” on his first day in office? “…even if he is a great President, there …”

He hasn’t proven anything yet, so perhaps you should have used even if he becomes a great President…but I doubt he will and if he heads the wrong direction, I will not given him any benefit.

“We’ve seen the effects of unnecessary assholery. We can’t suffer it again. The Republicans did it in the 1990s, when President Clinton should have been focusing on Iraq and bin Laden. Instead, he was mired in impeachment hearings.”

So President Clinton was minding his own business (!), committing sexual harassment of a barely-legal intern, and it’s the Republicans’ fault that he didn’t have his head in the game?!

Oh, puh-leeeeeze. Except when an election was involved, Bill let his little brain do all the thinking.

His legacy is that of a man who kept the world safe from Sudanese aspirin. That’s about it.

If he wasn’t such a pro-abortion socialist, and if he had some qualifications, and if he had some class, and some humlilty, then I’d consider giving him the benefit of the doubt. But at this point, I’d rather have Hillary in the White House than this man.

…is to let Obama actions speak for themselves rather than the assume motive in advance.

And so far, his actions are conforming very closely to the left-wing extremist that we’ve feared. Thus there may not be much doubt left very soon…

That is, I will endeavor to avoid falling into OBS (Obama Derangement Syndrome). If I objected to this regarding the left for the past eight years, then I can’t consistently adopt the same approach myself.

Unlike those taking the reins of power in Washington, hypocrisy and truth do have meaning to me.

Doing so is equivelant to give this guy a free pass. After what he has been trying to pull today, I am not in the mood. Take your “bi-partisan” and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine.

This is why the new President needs to focus and do his best. He can’t have griping on his mind. We’ve seen the effects of unnecessary assholery. We can’t suffer it again.

Ar you refering to the legions of leftists who viciously harassed Presiden Bush? The ones who wrote books and plays about his assisination? Theones who relentlessly mocked his family? I didn’t think so. They were just trying to help out with teh war effort no doubt.

The Republicans did it in the 1990s, when President Clinton should have been focusing on Iraq and bin Laden. Instead, he was mired in impeachment hearings.

You use clinton as an example? An impeached, disbarred, accused rapist to tar the Republicans as a distraction?

WTF is wrong with you? You want us to wish obama success when that very succes is anathema to everything this country was founded upon? Thye man is an avowed leftist with peronal ties to terrorists who openly hate this country.
I will respect the office as is my obligation and duty as a citizen – the man is a meglomaniac with a god-complex supported by sycophants who wish to coerce the people of this country to bend to thier vision of utopia. Remember 50 million people voted against obama.
Benefit of the doubt? What part of his agenda are you in question about?

…and slowly back away. Keep those hands out where we can see them.

The new President deserves to be treated just like the out going President was treated.

OMG you are KILLING me!

Appears he likes Barry enough for the both of us

President Skroob: Ahhhhh, Planet Druidia and 10,000 years of fresh air.
Dark Helmet (as an aside to Colonel Sandurz): “The way he runs things, it won’t last a hundred.”

©1987 Brooksfilms, Inc.

Cheers !

In case you hadn’t noticed, the new president has a majority in both houses of congress. They’ve taken control during an economic crisis that *they* caused (can you say “Reichstag Fire”?), they’ve already used that crisis to nationalize the banking and auto industries, and they have the health care and energy industries in their sights. The new president is on record as saying that the Warren court failed because it didn’t ignore the constitution and institute redistribution of property, that the constitution itself is flawed because it doesn’t enumerate entitlements, and that we need a new Declaration of Independence. He wants to create a “domestic security force” for unstated reasons. He’s pledged to halt all weapons development, surrender in a war that we’re winning, provide foreign terrorists with Miranda rights, and negotiate with people who believe God will reward them in the next life for killing us. In a few weeks he’s hoping to sign a bill that will give corrupt unions free reign to intimidate workers, and another that will take away the rights of health care providers to refuse to perform abortions.

In the midst of this, the press has been acting like a 12 year-old girl at a Hanna Montana concert, the one person who asked the candidate a difficult question was investigated by several government agencies, and there’s a cult of personality that would make the “president” of North Korea blush.

And now you have the nerve to tell the “loyal opposition” that WE are the ones who are a danger to the country?

Screw that. There’s not a single policy this president has that I want to see succeed. If I have my way come 2012, the only presidential accomplishment he’ll be able to claim will be that he’s never been seen in public with mismatched socks. But even that will be a boost to his resume; it’s the longest he’ll have ever held a job.

Give me a break.

In the course of two days the true Obama has shown his self to world. This is the Obama I doubted 18 months ago and I was right. Obama is in retreat and is ready for defeat. What purpose does closing Gitmo accomplish? All he is doing is rewarding his leftist base with goodies. Closing Gitmo will be a HUGE mistake. Of course Obama will never admit it will be a mistake if even 20,000 or 200,000 Americans ge killed because of it. He is rewarding bad behavior and has a flawed decision making process that will make America a poorer and more dangerous place to live.

You are both just wasting oxygen.

politcal reasons, but he removes all doubt by the hour that we must oppose most of his policies.