"with new faces like Rahm Emanuel, John Podesta, Larry Summers, Madeleine Albright, Ron Klain, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, James Steinberg"

Clintonista re-treads.

Now, that's Change.

If anyone believes that the change Obama is referring to his him filling his cabinet with a bunch of high school grads fresh out of Mr. Smith's government 101 you will be disappointed. I believe the change is not about who you surround yourself with but rather how you use those people to benefit all Americans.

At this point, all "change" needs to be is a departure from the policies and offenses of the Bush Administration.

It is immediately clear that Obama duped over half the voting population with his "change" mantra.

Clinton years were prosperous for the USA. What is so wrong with that? At least people were working and we were at peace. And the country had a+ in the finances instead of a gigantic deficit.

The whole package scares me to death

So, Obama's critics before the election said he'd "convert" America to socialism, and now they're saying he'll govern in a way that's too traditional? What a bunch of grumpy old grandpas. Thank god your time is over.

If I remember correctly, Obama's civilian service plan would be voluntary, in exchange for college tuition credits. That makes your scary "cut and paste" post about "forced labor camps" and a universal draft just more right wing prognostication. You guys should give it a rest. Your predictions haven't been very accurate for the last eight years.

"Here's how it would work. Young people will know that between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, the nation will enlist them for three months of civilian service.....”

We did exactly similar three months training before starting college in the communist China (the time just after cultural revolution, they may dropped such program now). It is also quite interesting to see that the new government will bailout car industry. In the pst 3 decades during the economic reform in China, Chinese government let those state-run manufactories to go bankrupts in order to stimulate private enterprise, competition and free marketing mechanism. That's a big reason China has achieved a great development in economy. Now, in the US, the new government will just take an opposite way...

5. There are a few campaign promises that may not be so bad to ignore for a very long while.
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I hope my $1000 is not among them.

It is immediately clear that Obama duped over half the voting population with his "change" mantra.

Posted by: tina | Nov 13, 2008 10:01:41 AM

How so Tina. He hasn't even taken office yet. Besides, getting the republicans out of the white house is the change we needed.

"Clinton years were prosperous for the USA. What is so wrong with that? At least people were working and we were at peace. And the country had a+ in the finances instead of a gigantic deficit."

That's not a problem to have those Clinton people on service since they are good. The problem is that these are something (“old Washington politics”) Obama criticized when he ran against Hillary. Is he very much like an opportunist? Or he just does not care if he can keep his words?

The speculation about the U.S. losing its AAA credit rating has morphed from a blog story to a CNBC story. Sorry, but in this environment, we won't get anything new and will lose a lot of spending we've come to take for granted.

If our rating is downgraded, it may well signal the beginning of the death of the U.S.

Its that big - much bigger than some guys in a cave, bigger than who won what election, and would be potentially the worst development in the history of the nation since at least when the Brits burned down our capital city.

Where is this guy? Since he got elected the stock market has been in a freefall and he's nowhere to be found. Here's what he's done so far:

-Named Rahmbo his Chief of Staff
-Went out on a date
-held one ridiculous press conference where he looked scared, insulted Nancy Reagan, avoided answering any direct questions and generally sounded lost
-had a meeting with President Bush after which the details were immediately leaked to the press
-put out an online job application for his administration that highlights the fact that he wouldn't even be able to pass the background test to work for his own administration.

Will you still raise taxes on the highest income earners? I will uhh cut ahh taxes for ahh 95% of uhh working families.

I am, however, very interested to see how a populist who got elected by making impossible promises to gullible people will reconcile his campaign promises with the realities of the office. He has never made a decision that has actual consequences aside from potentially damaging a campaign or his image.

Our lives are now in his hands.

The President can't vote present.

WWwwwooooooo.....;;;;;

Do something about the stockmarket....

More than 1800 points down since last Tuesday.....

Are we talking about the same Clinton? The one I remember is the one that cost the tax payers in the millions for the investagation into his personel life at the oval office. Those who agree with his leadership for the country are those who live for themselves only. They lie every time their lips move. The thought of having the Clinton era over again in this new administration is nothing short of a nightmare. Wake up America.

In my opion, the reason for Obama choosing former Clinton's administration people is because he lacks the experience in politics and foreign policy and need people that worked for a president to train him for the presidency. Clinton had a good administration but didn't need training because he was a former governor. Obama ran for the senate twice, won the second time and won the presidency. Obama had been planning to do this for a long period of time, reading books on MLK, JFK and RFK. He certainly did dupe the people of this country and they will learn to regret it later on when he becomes a ruler rather than a president. Rep. Broun is right in what he said and I said it months back. There is a sound in all his speeches like dictatorship and I could read him like a book without the cover. After he is sworn in all the voters will then get a taste of him and his policies. A key advisor stated on Tuesday, that higher taxes is on the way. I believe Obama lied on the tax deal. We are all going to pay the price of the tax increase. I agree with Joe the plumber who caught Obama off guard. What I would like to know is are the senators going to pay higher taxes or is it just for the public alone. Obama is a very slick wheeler dealer person and learned it all from Rezko. In my estimation, he is not trustable and the majority of the people in this country were eaten up by his words.

Marx My Words: You are absolutely right in what you just said. I said the same thing weeks ago. I didn't vote for him and I don't regret it even if McCain lost. I feel I did the right thing. And I would do it over again. Obama fooled the majority of the American people by his fake speeches and promises. This generation of young college students fell overboard to elect him in and they will certainly get a taste of it later. He will become a ruler and will dictate what he wants and doesn't want. Rep. Broun said the right words and he shouldn't be sorry for saying what I already knew.

d: And getting a democrat like him for president is a nightmare. And you will live to regret it later on after he is sworn in. The real Obama will step forward and he will dictate what he wants done and doesn't want done. Emanuel does not like Hamas and Obama is good friends with Hamas and always was. Evidently you were not aware of the fact he was friends with him before he ran for president. I can't wait to hear about the explosion between Emanuel and Hamas.

Charlie,
its too late, the bad dream continues.