I've made it pretty clear that I'm not an Obama fan. Not even a little bit. But I really gotta laugh at the ignorant knee-jerk reactions I've been reading here. It's both hilarious, and pathetic. The election is over, the results are in. Your only option is to learn to live with it. How you do that is up to you, but if you don't want to be, or be perceived by others to be, a grumpy senile old fart wacko, you'd do well to actually do a litle research into what happened, and why.
Has no one taken a close look at what's going on, analyzed who voted and why, and taken in the reactions from people around the world, both peasants and leaders, both praise and concerns, over what must happen next with Obama and the country? Has no one really taken a look at the reactions here in this country? Or are you just content with burying your head in the sand while you pound sand?
The far left and the far right are, by all accounts, fanatical zealots who generally fail at critical thinking and reasoning. It's the independents, the center of the country, the moderates both left and right of center, that are generally the most intelligent, well reasoned and least emotional about issues. And it's those same independents and moderates that turned towards Obama, in droves. You really, really need to figure out why that is. I know it's easier to wallow in your own self pity and keep on bіtching, griping, moaning and whining like someone рee'd in you Cheerios, but if you don't figure out what happened, and why, then while you're crying in your Cheerios, then whatever it is that you fear most is likely to happen before you even know it.
Incidentally, Obama is a Socialist, not a Marxist. Anyone who has studied Marxism for 20 years would know that in an instant. Me thinks thou doth protest too much, <nameless, but you know who you are>, as you keep on posting essentially the same message over and over in nearly every thread you participate in of late. One could make an argument that it's SPAM, and another argument could be made for mental instability. Another argument could be made that it's a way to disguise pure racism under the moniker of Marxism, as the spewed-forth hatred we read here about Marxism, is the same as that of racism.
In any case, does no one here understand how world politics operate in the 21st century? The grand conspiracy theories are entertaning, but they fall apart when closely examined under the bright lights of reality. In order for Socialism, and certainly Marxism to be employed in this country would necessitate many things that cannot, or certainly will not happen, like the complete dismantling of the three branches of government for starters. Obama may be able to be a Socialist as a State Senator, and as a US Sentator, but if he tries to govern as a US President as a Socialist he will fail, utterly, both here and on the world stage. Not only will We the People not allow that, neither will the rest of the world, as they have too much at stake to let it happen.
The US isn't as powerful as it used to be, but it is still quite powerful, and if we're in trouble, so is the rest of the world, something the rest of the world is very well aware of. The world doesn't revolve around us, not like it used to, and you guys had better realize that. Everything we do here, everything Obama does as President, will have ramifications both here and abroad. Everything. And the world is watching. You have no idea how close the world is watching.
Obama will have to govern left of center, far more moderately than he has ever voted, if he is to be any kind of success at all. And he knows that. No question that he will introduce some Socialist programs, same as any liberal Democrat would, and some will work and some won't, but don't kid yourself for a second if you think he has the power, or the following, to completely reconceptualize, rebuild from the ground up, a new Marxist State in the pure form of Marxism. It's never been done before, every. Why people think Obama can pull it off under the constraints of checks and balances and under the very watchful eye of an armed populace (irrational fears notwithstanding), I have no idea.
You can't have Marxism and have a president at the same time. Can't be done. He'd have to completely tear down all three branches of government, including the presidency itself, as well as the entire concept of individual states that are based upon anything other than worker productivity, as that is one of the basic tenets of Marxism. Yes, Marxism is a version of Socialism, but it's a very advanced and far more brutal form. Obama feels that capitalism concentrates wealth (and power) into too few hands, and thus wants to redistribute that wealth, which is nearly the textbook definition of Modern Socialism.
I'm about as big a fan of Socialism as I am Obama. But I can at least look at things pragmatically, objectively, and I can at least make the attempt to see things from the perspective of the big picture and how it all fits into the world at large, and it fits in with what needs to happen to this country to get it back up and running. And I can look at his Socialist agenda and see how he will be thoroughly unable to implement it as he would probably like to, and recognize the reasons that he can't.
Or, I could just sit back, whine, maybe make a few tough-sounding but hollow sophomoric threats, and let the world roll over me, all the while deluding myself into thinking that I know what happened.
