Obama Loves the 90s

Yeah. the 90's were awesome. Hopefully these retreads will enjoy another perfect storm like we had with the fall of communism, globalization, a reduction in labor costs, the apogee of the information revolution and the resultant productivity gains brought about by huge advances in supply chain management.

Suddenly experience is important. what about Obama, clearly he's on the job training. The stock market is tanking because of his coming economic policies, besides dems have been declaring war on the investor class since even before the elections, so there you have it!
I hope the blind Obama supporters will do some research other than listening to the mainstream media that clearly adores Obama and helps him pass the Kool-Aid hence your brainwashed, canned answers and attacks to us who don't agree with you.

Our people are losing that faith, not only in government itself but in the ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shapers of our democracy. As a people we know our past and we are proud of it. Our progress has been part of the living history of America, even the world. We always believed that we were part of a great movement of humanity itself called democracy, involved in the search for freedom, and that belief has always strengthened us in our purpose. But just as we are losing our confidence in the future, we are also beginning to close the door on our past.

In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we’ve discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We’ve learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.

The symptoms of this crisis of the American spirit are all around us. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote. The productivity of American workers is actually dropping, and the willingness of Americans to save for the future has fallen below that of all other people in the Western world.

As you know, there is a growing disrespect for government and for churches and for schools, the news media, and other institutions. This is not a message of happiness or reassurance, but it is the truth and it is a warning.

American Spirits. Yeah.

Is that why the 90's were so much better?

I think many of you are missing Jake's point. There is nothing wrong with picking experienced Washington hands. Just as there is nothing wrong with picking people who have lobbied in Washington. It makes perfect sense and both parties do that when they win the White House. BUT the point is, Obama made a big deal of the fact that he was going to be different, that he wanted a change from not only the Bush years but the Clintons as well, that he had no room for lobbyists, that he wanted to bring in fresh faces. When he said it, there were those of us who said it was unrealistic of him to make such claims, that when he got elected, if he did, he would need to change his tune. He keeps doing that-- saying one thing to get elected and doing something else in order to govern effectively. maybe some of us just wish he'd admit that he was mistaken in the past and that he is deliberately moving in a different direction. It is not what he's doing now that is the problem, it's what he said in the past that contradicts what he is doing now.

"I don't know where you have been hiding, but Pres. 0bama equate the Clinton administration to that of the G. W. Bush's administration, and he wanted to "turn the page" of the Clinton's."

He was speaking about leaving the partisan battles of the 90's behind.

And I think his magnanimity with Joementum and his meeting with McCain shows that.

Eric Holder, Susan Rice, Creg Craig etc...were all Obama advisers during the primaries, not Clinton's. The change Obama ran on was also theirs. I hope Susan Rice will be the National Security Adviser.

TV,

I don't know where you have been hiding, but Pres. 0bama equate the Clinton administration to that of the G. W. Bush's administration, and he wanted to "turn the page" of the Clinton's.

He was lying all along, or he realized his shortcomings to be qualified to be the president now. Whatever it is, he relies on the Clintons to save his behind since the convention.

Only the Clintons can save the economy. It's another 400 points today! S.O.S., Please, Please answer the call, Hillary.

Yeah the 90's had cheap gas and economic prosperity.Obama knows that and will bring in people that know how to make that happen.If you listen to the debate from 2007 Barack said he'd hope to have Hillary advising him too.The worst the Clinton's had was scandals. What did the Bush administration give us? Obama is doing fine with me.Stop trying to find fault.Uh duh, Clinton administration operatives are a "change" from the bush administration.

Jake,

I thought the punditry consensus was that the Obama Admin. was supposed to come in and "hit the ground running"?

Do you expect them to hire people from state governments or private industry to posts in key agencies who would have to spend 2-3 months acclimating themselves to a completely new organization?

Should they bring in political neophytes?

Will no-names instill confidence in the markets and electorate?

Should Obama turn the government over to a bunch of lackeys from Arkansas or Texas with no Washington experience and enjoy how they stumble and bumble along for a few months or a year? Seems like we tried that and what did we get?

The Arkansas crowd ushered in 12 years of GOP Congressional rule.

The Texas crowd created the greatest succession of colossal blunders in our nation's history. From:

-letting Enron et.al game the electricity markets,

-ignoring memos that read “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S..”,

-Katrina,

-Iraq WMD lies and fiasco,

-complete fiscal mismanagement,

-creating and allowing conditions to send oil prices thru the roof

-appointing and keeping in office every possible incompetant

-driving the economy into the ground

-etc., etc.

I don't know about you, but I'd prefer people with a proven record and an air of competence. Like those who had a hand in creating economic growth, increasing household income, reducing poverty, lowering unemployment, reducing crime, etc.

You know, like all the stuff that happened in the 90s.

Or, should we call Sarah Palin to see if any of her high school friends from Wasilla are still out of work?

Come to think of it, it could be a real genius move for Obama to put someone with real "main street" experience in drafting wills and filling in quit claim deed templates as our next Attorney General. Hey, if it worked for Sarah, what could go wrong?

I'll put up a "help wanted" notice on the City of Wasilla's online job board right now.

"The same names from the 90's who brought down the economy,"

ROFLMAO.

Interesting alternate universe right wingers live in where the Clinton economy was bad and Bush protected us from terrorists.

The same names from the 90's who brought down the economy, Fantastic! He really IS trying to be the next Jimmy Carter!!!

"Smells like Teen Spirit..." Nirvana was way better than Billy Pumpkin.

yeah? JPT where are you?

Is Jake ok today? He hasn't posted anything today, or am I not seeing them?

oh god,

alan keyes and ralph nader need to start their campaign bids for president,

on the moon.

i wish they would just go away,
thanks ralph for your service to the consumers of this country.

alan keyes? just go away

Hey if Obama likes the Clinton's and their staff so much, why doesn't he just ask Bill to take back his old job....then the picture would be complete.

To Obama, competence is a high value, in contrast to the crony capitalism of the current Administration.

Cronies are cronies....Obama can't put his own in power, so he using Clinton's!

To Obama, competence is a high value, in contrast to the crony capitalism of the current Administration.

The '90s were a great time. I'm down for another eight years of peace and prospertiy.