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Old 11-19-2008, 01:50 PM
 
Location: S.Florida
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I think he is walking into such a dire mess that he needs old gun fighters who know the ropes and have been around.

He is still in charge he calls the shots but he needs their experience. Its to much of a mess to walk in without experience to help you.
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Texas
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After the past 8 years, appointing experienced and competent people to positions of power is drastic "change"!

Just a thought.

I have a hunch that Obama will be injecting some new blood into his administration. I also get the impression that he's interested in surrounding himself with the best people, regardless of their personal ideologies. Given the bucket of guts that Bush is leaving behind, he'll need the best to help him clean up the mess.

I think he'll do well.
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:18 PM
 
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I have a hunch that Obama will be injecting some new blood into his administration. I also get the impression that he's interested in surrounding himself with the best people, regardless of their personal ideologies. Given the bucket of guts that Bush is leaving behind, he'll need the best to help him clean up the mess.

I think he'll do well.
Well stated and ITA
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Old 11-19-2008, 03:53 PM
 
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people just want to complain about something, him appointing any Clinton people.. GOOD! If he was appointing people nobody knew they would be complaining too. bunch of cry babies!
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Old 11-19-2008, 04:08 PM
 
Location: The Coldest Place
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Change and hope were what Obammy ran on. To run back to same old is kind of silly.

Just another thought! Aren't thoughts grand? I think my cat is has slimmer hips than that cow Michelle Obama. Just thought I'd share.
Did you know that one of Palin's phrases she used when running for Mayor was "Change"?

I've seen 100s of politicians use it.
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Old 11-19-2008, 04:09 PM
 
Location: The Coldest Place
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people just want to complain about something, him appointing any Clinton people.. GOOD! If he was appointing people nobody knew they would be complaining too. bunch of cry babies!
At this point, it's patently obvious that they are going to complain no matter what.

Sniveling sore losers.
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Old 11-19-2008, 04:10 PM
 
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One thing is for sure we are getting change. The last 8 years have been a disaster. This kind of change looks great to me! Times were good under Clinton. I am glad he may be appointing people with experience under an administration that didn't put us trillions in debt and sink the economy or start 2 massive wars, an admin that we had the longest economic boom this country has ever seen.... oh yes, sounds good to me.
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Old 11-19-2008, 04:15 PM
 
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At this point, it's patently obvious that they are going to complain no matter what.

Sniveling sore losers.
Exactly and I think its very sad.
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Old 11-19-2008, 06:16 PM
 
Location: Turn Left at Greenland
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Yep. Richard Lugar's figured it out and Hillary might not take the SOS. I'm glad to see Goodwin has been accepted back as a commentator. Love her books.
I'm hoping Lee Hamilton will take the post ... he's got nothing to lose and he has street cred from both sides of the aisle.
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Old 11-19-2008, 07:20 PM
 
Location: Irvine, CA to Keller, TX
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After the past 8 years, appointing experienced and competent people to positions of power is drastic "change"!

Just a thought.
I have to admit I am enjoying this tremendously. I have read many oped pieces by Obama supporters asking if this is the kind of change Obama voters were expecting. It is too funny. With all the animosity between Hillary supporters and Obama supporters and the want/need to put the Clinton era behind the Democrat party this is just too perfect.

All I can say is baa, baa, baa little sheep.

An attorney general Eric Holder that pushed through Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich bypassing the normal procedures. Yep that is the change Obama promised.

Rich, of course, was the commodities trader who fled the country in 1983 to escape prosecution for tax evasion, racketeering, and trading with the enemy. Rich’s attorneys circumvented normal procedures, took the pardon to the White House attorneys, and gained pardon for their client, whose wife just happened to be a friend and major donor to the Clinton library, the Democratic Party, and Clinton’s legal defense fund. A firestorm ensued as did congressional investigations in which Democrats as well as Republicans excoriated the Clintons’ conduct.

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obamas-new-advisor-stained-by-clinton-pardon-scandal/

Tom Daschle, yep that sure is change.

Sorry if I am having fun at the expense of you poor Obama sheep but I can't resist. The guy is not even President yet, amazing! This is going to be a fun 4 years, at least for the non-sheep.

One more thing. I wonder how you Obama supporters feel about your hero being called the house negro by Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri. Of course James David Manning has been saying this for a while now.


YouTube - Obama is a Good House Negro


Don't click on the above link if you are easily offended. I don't condone this at all but it is what we have to look forward to for the next 4 years.
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