Obama at the Oval

"One executive order Obama plans to sign provides government tax dollars to be used of for abortions in other countries. As a catholic who strongly opposes abortion I am outraged and I hope other Catholics are as well!"

The Mexico City gag rule was wrong when Reagan instituted it and it was wrong when Bush revived it.

One executive order Obama plans to sign provides government tax dollars to be used of for abortions in other countries. As a catholic who strongly opposes abortion I am outraged and I hope other Catholics are as well!

"Bush began his presidency with approval ratings near 50%."

"President-elect Barack Obama comes away from Election Day with a 68% "favorable rating," the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows."

"following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Bush enjoyed approval ratings of greater than 85%, maintaining 80–90% approval for four months after the attacks. Since then, his approval ratings and approval of handling of domestic and foreign policy issues have steadily dropped."

President Bush had over 90% of the American people supporting him for the Iraq war. He was the most popular president at the time. He had much more support than Obama now, or any other president in US history.

Is it just me or does VP Biden look PO'd?????
Give the new man a change and ask again in 4 years."Am I a better of now or 4 years ago".

"The George and Laura are a lot classier than Bill and Hillary were durning the 2000-2001 transition.

The "O"'s will be left on the keyboards and the Bush family won't walk off with the White House China."

The first lie of the Bush administration lives on thru deluded right wingers!

GAO disproved the White House vandalism BS over 6 years ago.

But the lie lives on in the right wing mind!

Hillary should finally get a major committee chairmanship, perhaps the Homeland Security one.

Kerry for Sec of State

"First-Lady-In-Waiting" is very offensive.

Cut it out.

No, I don't think I want a job at the White House, Jake. I would rather do research for Bill Maher. Do you know him? I'm very cheap:)

Hey, we need to stop worrying about why we got into the Iraq war and come up with a way out that does not throw the Muddled East into chaos. There are more terrorists there now than before the war.

Gobama! Gobama! Go, My man, Obama!

I think Hillary would be the biggest asset to him in the Senate. Although I would like her to be part of his administration.

I would hope he would offer a position to Hillary Clinton, but doubt that's coming since there's been nothing heard to that effect.

I want to see who he is going to appoint as secretary of state. He should offer it Hillary even if she turns it down, but he will probably reward Bill Richardson who went against the will of his constituents in New Mexico and endorsed Obama. I am gonna try and keep an open mind after all I ended up voting for him after some long agonizing minutes in the voting booth.

I cannot wait until Obama takes office!

What a dark place America has entered during the time of the current administration.

As much as the current reality looks very daunting - an economy in complete crisis, government deficits at all-time records, massive unemployment, jobs outsourced to foreign countries . . . and on and on and on . . . there is always hope if we have a clear vision of a more positive future.

One thing seems certain, the greedy consumerism that is consuming the planet is going to have to change. People are going to have to find satisfaction in something other than a wasteful consumer society.

As we've known for a while, it's time to look to our own consuming habits and start to behave like angels instead of pigs.

Yes both sides did a great deal of name calling. And BOTH parties are partly responsible for the financial problems that our country is facing.

I do NOT believe President Bush is the evil man that some do. I believe he made poor choices. I believe he made them with the best of intentions. To say he went to war with Iraq to "avenge" his father is ridiculous (and I'm not saying you said that - I've just seen it posted here!) 9/11 caused a domino reaction. To say President Bush doesn't love our country is as insane as saying President-elect Obama is a muslim, etc. It's just crazy.

II don't think ANY of the negative campaigning was "right". I am NOT a fan of it PERIOD. There is a right way and a wrong way. I don't care if it was Sarah Palin or Barack Obama.

Posted by: Doris | Nov 10, 2008 12:15:48 PM

I still want to know the real reason we went into Iraq but I am sure we will never find out. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 so it's beyond me what the real reason was as to why we went in there.

I believe Bush does love this country, but he allowed himself to be surrounded with the likes of people like Cheyney, Rumsfeld and Rove. Do I hate Bush, no. Do I dislike some of the stuff he has done, yes.

Like I said, this is a new generation taking the torch and we need to make the best of it whether we are Republican or Democrat.

These are serious times we are living and in and the only way to get our country back on track is to work as ONE. To keep on this divisive road is going to be the demise of this country.

As far as the negative campaigning, I don't think people in the future are going to tolerate it any more, on either side.

I didn't vote for Obama in the primaries, I voted for Hillary. In fact I said I would never vote for him. He ran a disciplined campaign and I think we will see that is how he will run the country.

Doris,

Your posts are right on!! Keep up the good work, maybe you will get through to some of those dems.

J Wench - What I know is that Bush has been very busy lately creating a number of final executive orders. It's my understanding that Obama plans on quickly nullifying what he can. I'm happy to see he's handling the transition as efficiently as his campaigning.

Posted by: kat | Nov 10, 2008 12:07:25 PM

I am impressed with his approach to taking over the reigns. He's not wasting any time before he takes office.I think we are going to see a bipartisan administration and I truly believe he will try and work with the Republicans.

John McCain and Hillary Clinton will be instrumental in getting things done in the Senate. What two better people to have in there for that.

For the sake of the country they ALL need to learn to put the petty,partisan bickering aside.

Jwench posted:
It was not one Party's fault. It was both( the economy). If I remember correctly both sides did quite a bit of name calling.

Do you think Sarah Palin was right for saying Obama palled around with terrorists and some of the other hateful thing said? Do you think the robocalls from the GOP calling Obama a baby killer was the right thing to do? I certainly don't think it was.

I don't think anyone can say Bush's Presidency was a model Presidency. Two wars, an economy on the brink of collapse, hatred around the world for this country. (The economy is not all Bush's fault, but he helped contribute to it).

When a President tramples the Constitution like he has, invades a country that was not a threat to us, why would anybody not dislike the guy?

Yes both sides did a great deal of name calling. And BOTH parties are partly responsible for the financial problems that our country is facing.

I do NOT believe President Bush is the evil man that some do. I believe he made poor choices. I believe he made them with the best of intentions. To say he went to war with Iraq to "avenge" his father is ridiculous (and I'm not saying you said that - I've just seen it posted here!) 9/11 caused a domino reaction. To say President Bush doesn't love our country is as insane as saying President-elect Obama is a muslim, etc. It's just crazy.

II don't think ANY of the negative campaigning was "right". I am NOT a fan of it PERIOD. There is a right way and a wrong way. I don't care if it was Sarah Palin or Barack Obama.

J Wench - What I know is that Bush has been very busy lately creating a number of final executive orders. It's my understanding that Obama plans on quickly nullifying what he can. I'm happy to see he's handling the transition as efficiently as his campaigning.

Domestic drilling for oil and natural gas was the second one.