I’m not unhappy at all. Obama is a good man who ran a good campaign. I look on the bright side. One way or another, we needed change, and I believe Obama is going to bring it. I think he’s too worldly wise to turn into another Carter, and he’ll be far better than Bush (Actually, now that I think about it, Carter was far better than Bush, too.). Maybe this will be what inspires a conservative split so that we can get rid of the freepers and other dregs that we’ve pandered to for far too long.
And speaking of the freepers, reading their comments this morning as they wail and gnash their teeth is worth anyone in the White House just for the entertainment value alone.
I am disappointed but not surprised. Obama made it the “cool” thing to vote for him. I think many people voted for him simply because he was different, and not because they really knew that much about him. People are so disheartened by the shape of things in the country that they took hold of the CHANGE phrase and wouldn’t let go. I imagine that many people decided to vote for him from the beginning, before hearing the issues, because he isn’t an old white guy
I don’t agree with Obama on much of anything, I am pretty conservative, and I don’t that he is the most qualified man or woman for the job. I think that a good number of Obama supporters are going to change their minds down the road, when the rabid “You have to vote Obama or you are a racist and don’t know anything!” feelings have died down.
Only time will tell, neither Obama or any other candidate will make a drastic change anytime soon, there is just too much wrong with our government to fix things overnight.
My family is on the bottom rung of this struggling economy, and I worry about our future under any president. We need our government to be on our side, so we shall wait, pray and see.
I agree. With all the expectations that have been placed on O, I think it’s pretty much inevitable that a lot of people are going to end up disappointed.
Conservatives will find plenty of things to get outraged and energized from over the next couple of years and come back strong in 2010.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the difference between the two parties is what they lie about. I suppose it can be said that I supported McCain, but primarily because he told me the lies I wanted to hear rather than the ones I didn’t. Well, that and the fact that I knew he didn’t have a chance so there was no risk involved (and to tweak the noses of various screeching liberals).
I knew months ago that B.O. would win (I had money riding on him, in fact) so there’s no surprise or disappointment.
I believe he’ll be a weak president so I’m not scared for the fate of our nation in his hands (congress is a different matter). I suspect they together will attack the those tatters of the Constitution that haven’t been trampled in the past 7 years, but maybe they’ll tape back together some other parts and we’ll have no net loss.
Supportive? Not at all. Just like everyone else for the past 16 years, he has to prove himself before I’ll support him. The office of the president and the men occupying it have not been worthy of respect in longer than I care to admit, imho. If someone brings respect back I’ll be deeply impressed, but I’m not expecting it any more than I would if the other side won.
8 years ago McCain could have made a difference, but we got Dubya and now we’re paying the price for it.
I never get too upset about this stuff. Worst case scenario, he’ll be a bad president. Big deal – we’ve survived bad presidents before. That’s the nice thing about our system – in 4 years we can vote him out if he turns out to suck. Even in the worst, worst case scenario – he sucks but still gets elected to a second term – he’s still out in 8 years. And eight years isn’t enough to wreck us.
And maybe he’ll be a great president – anyway, he’s what over half the country wanted, so he’s what we’ve got. I didn’t vote for him, but he’s my president (elect) now and I’ll support him.
The above is my standard feelings about having a guy I voted against win, BTW. I have a few extra thoughts specific to this guy and this election. Specifically:
Even though I voted against him, it was impossible for me not to be moved and excited about the fact that Obama won. It’s history-making, you know, and I always enjoy seeing history made. Also, even though the record-breaking voter turnout led to my guy losing, I still think it was absolutely awesome to see long lines at the polling places, with people waiting patiently and politely (in the rain in my case) for their chance to vote. Americans are (usually and mostly) decent people and this election, despite the result not being exactly what I desired, made me feel good about us.
The pendulum swings left and it swings right. I would personally rather see it settle somewhere in the middle, but that’s not likely to happen in my lifetime. He will make choices that I approve of and those that I don’t. The same would have been said of McCain. In four years we will have the benefit of hindsight to judge our decision and him by. Palin will be but a footnote and we will have a new cast of players upon the stage with which to begin the show anew.
McCain was not my first choice. Frankly, I’m surprised we ran him; there were so many more qualified people available.
But we screwed up and now we’re going to have to suffer for four years as a result. We better start prepping a new candidate now. Thompson, Hunter, Romney, any one of a good sized list.
That’s assuming we still have a country to have an election in four years from now.
I feel quite devastated. I liked McCain, but he certainly wouldn’t have been in my top 5 choices.
Obama represents everything contemptible about the U.S. as it is today: Self-entitled, lacking understanding of the principles of individualism and risk vs. reward that made this a country to be proud of.
I genuinely feel that I watched my country commit suicide last night, and that it will end up just another eurosocialist backwater by the time it’s all said and done.
Obama will fail, and he will fail spectacularly. Unlike some who oppose him, I don’t look forward to that with glee. I look toward it with dread.
America has always been the place people run to to escape collectivism, tyranny, enforced mediocrity and the oppression of ideas that were counter to the majority. Now I fear it’s about to become another place to run from, and there’s nowhere left to go.
I’m not a McCain supporter but my father was, big time. He’s pretty philosophical. He says the two-party system is how things are supposed to work; we (Republicans) have had the White House for eight years and have not done a great job with it – a major concession for my dad; and he doesn’t object to the Democrats giving it a whirl.
He knew who he personally felt was the better man for the job, but obviously a majority of his fellow-citizens disagreed, and their wishes carried because that’s the way the system works. He will be respectful of the President because he respects the office of the Presidency, and hearing young whippersnappers of my generation or the generation behind m refer to the current president as “Bush” pisses him off.
Ditto. I’m a little disappointed, but not really surprised. Not angry or afraid, worst case is that he will suck and we vote someone else into office in four years. Maybe he will be awesome and usher in a golden age, but whatever happens we will be fine in the end. He’s the President (elect), and I’ll support him same as I would McCain.
I hope the US becomes another Eurosocialist backwater. Plane tickets to Europe are expensive, and it would be so much easier to take the ferry to Seattle to get there!
I’m already on record here as saying what my reaction would be & it is.
Some resignation. Our side didn’t run a great campaign. We had a good Pres candidate who bungled the campaign. We had a mediocre VP candidate who was still have a promising future, but she has to work at it. And we were up against Mr. Charisma.
Some hope. I think Obama is a good & honorable man, a faithful Christian, a devoted husband (more consistently than McCain has been) & father, who really wants to do the best for America. And yeah, I’m glad that the racial barrier to President has been broken. I always thought it would be a Republican that did it, though. Oh well, maybe we can have the first woman President.
A bit of dread. If Obama goes too far on wealth redistribution, abortion rights, union power, gun control, and gay rights, the struggle is on.
