What Will You Do If Obama is Elected President? (votes, interview, Republicans)

[Awesomo.2000]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Those in the know on economics and our economy fear Obama's policies.

What, are you a finance major? Did you take econ 101 at your local community college?

Share to us your expertise please.

[stan4]

Originally Posted by denverian

Because 8 years of Republican rule have brought us Peace, Prosperity, and Security? Having a moron Republican in charge didn't work out so well for us. Why would we try that model again?

Seemed ok until Dem congress voted in 2 years ago.

[LML]

I will say a prayer of thanks and then I will pray; "Now I lay me down before I go to sleep
In this troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep,
Keep hatred from the mighty, and the mighty from the small
Heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, heaven help us all "

There has been so much hatred in our country and I want so much for President Obama to begin the long overdue healing process so that we can finally TRULY become the UNITED people in the UNITED States of America.

[ZGACK]

'Other' - start working for his ouster in 2012!

[WinterinAmerica]

I think that my first reaction will be to cry...

Back in my "black militant" days, I used to look at my grandfather with a jaundiced eye when he would go to the bank or the grocery store and marvel at the number of African American employees. At the time I couldn't see the marvelousness of it all, African Americans working in minimum wage jobs just didn't move me much.

A bit later and a bit less militant, I sat down with my grandfather conducted a series of interviews with him. Here was a man who left rural Louisiana when he was 19 years old and moved to New Orleans where he found a job in a cotton gin for 95 cents a day. Needless to say, he wasn't thrilled with the work or the pay. Eventually he found a job with the Illinois Central railroad and in 1929, with the help of his brothers organized the first local union for "colored" railroad workers. He spoke about the threats, the murders of union members, the first black firemen being shot, literally off of their locomotives. That's when I learned to really appreciate real black militancy.

When Obama is elected, I will think about my grandfather who would have been 100 when Obama will be inaugurated, and he will be inaugurated, and how he would have marveled that in a country where his grandfather was a slave, and how he had lived through the worst days of Jim Crow and lynching, the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the assassination of Edgar Evers, Emmet Till, four girls in a Birmingham Church, Martin Luther King would see Americans, of all races and hues, elect an African American to the highest office in the land.

And, I will cry for the sorry arsed individuals like Sarah Palin and her ilk who don't see how such an event represents not a danger to America but instead one more step towards America realizing one of its greatest ideals finally being realized.

[Barbie1964]

Originally Posted by Rosinante

They say that time heals all wounds, and judging by the results on the CNN quick vote, it looks like the consensus is that TIME is the only thing that will fix the democratic plunder of the financial system. My guess is 5 years. Unless NOsama grows a conscience and resigns mid-term.

Are you delusional? We have had a Republican in the WH for 8 years, and had a Republican congress up until two years ago, for 12 years, and you are saying it is the Dems fault??

Your boy JOHNNY started deregulating in the early 90s, remember CAPITALISM... Free markets...

Maybe we can count on you leaving the country if Obama wins.

[Barbie1964]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Those in the know on economics and our economy fear Obama's policies.

Well Arctic I am in the know on economics, so tell me why you fear his policies?
And what do you contribute this fiasco we are in right now to?

[mackinac81]

I was just thinking about this today. I'd feel a ton of different things.

1. Relief that our quadrennial civil war is finally done...till next time
2. Excitement that I'm living through such a historic moment
3. Fear of Obama's economic and foreign policies. I think he's in over his head.
4. Consolation that at least Bush is gone.

The first thing I'd do is smile, (at watching history), pray that he'll have the wisdom to lead us (he'll really need it). Then I'd call all my liberal friends and congratulate them. Then I'd say to myself that he is now my president and will hope for the best. After that, I'll hold on for dear life for the next four years!

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by WinterinAmerica

I think that my first reaction will be to cry...

Back in my "black militant" days, I used to look at my grandfather with a jaundiced eye when he would go to the bank or the grocery store and marvel at the number of African American employees. At the time I couldn't see the marvelousness of it all, African Americans working in minimum wage jobs just didn't move me much.

A bit later and a bit less militant, I sat down with my grandfather conducted a series of interviews with him. Here was a man who left rural Louisiana when he was 19 years old and moved to New Orleans where he found a job in a cotton gin for 95 cents a day. Needless to say, he wasn't thrilled with the work or the pay. Eventually he found a job with the Illinois Central railroad and in 1929, with the help of his brothers organized the first local union for "colored" railroad workers. He spoke about the threats, the murders of union members, the first black firemen being shot, literally off of their locomotives. That's when I learned to really appreciate real black militancy.

When Obama is elected, I will think about my grandfather who would have been 100 when Obama will be inaugurated, and he will be inaugurated, and how he would have marveled that in a country where his grandfather was a slave, and how he had lived through the worst days of Jim Crow and lynching, the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the assassination of Edgar Evers, Emmet Till, four girls in a Birmingham Church, Martin Luther King would see Americans, of all races and hues, elect an African American to the highest office in the land.

And, I will cry for the sorry arsed individuals like Sarah Palin and her ilk who don't see how such an event represents not a danger to America but instead one more step towards America realizing one of its greatest ideals finally being realized.

There isn't an >AWESTRUCK< icon in here, WinterinAmerica, but there should be one for this post.

[mrsbrad04]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

I have heard several theories that investors are selling stock because they fear an Obama win, which will mean capital gains taxes go up. If Obama wins we may see a huge crash in the stock market like we haven't seen so far.

Unbelievable, you are like a criminal working on his defense while I am putting the handcuffs on. So, let me get this straight, you are saying that if the stock market crashes, it's Obama's fault? You need to stop listening to McCain and Palin's desparate scare tactics.