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My thoughts on the elections: 1. I'm fairly convinced that America did not vote for Obama. They simply voted against George Bush. And not as decisively as the electorial college vote might suggest. - the popular vote may pan out to show that very nearly half of Americans did not vote for Obama.
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2. Obama's main support came from a young sector who simply thought Obama is "cool" (much like the young demographic who elected Bill Clinton on the basis of his playing his saxaphone on MTV) and voted for his platform of change - a platform many young people could not define, other than point #1 above. The other segment of Obama's support came from those who desired change based on factors which in reality are have little direct impact by the office of the Presidency. In the final analysis, both points 1 and 2 above say the same thing - that a good number of American people want change so badly they would have voted for just about anyone giving them a glimmer of hope that change would happen. And that's exactly what happened.
Quote: Originally Posted by save_alkaline exactly! i like obama and have been pulling for him since his fight with hillary (of whom i can't stand and i would not have voted if she had won the primaries). but bush.. come on. i'm so beyond grateful to see his term finally come to an end. it was so bad that even the republican party didn't want him present throughout the campaign. I have but three issues with President Bush:
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1. He campaigned on revamping Social Security, and had a plan for diverting the dollars that folks my age are paying into SS into something that was 401k like. Since it's questionable that I'll ever see a dime of Social Security, I was very much for that planned. He failed to implement it, or make any changes to SS whatsover. 2. It's possible that the decision to invade Iraq was made with bad information from the intelligence community. It's also very possible that the WMD in Iraq were hidden/moved so that we would not discover them. 3. He has not found Bin Laden. Outside of these issues, I have no complaints with the Bush Administration. I think Bush has been the scapegoat for issues and problems which really lie outside the purview of the purview of the office of the US Presidency. When the economy is good, the President takes credit. When it's bad, the President is blamed. But the US economy is a mighty big ship - when the President acts in those limited areas where the President impacts the economy, the effects aren't often seen for several quarters, and in many cases not until after their term of office. But most people don't realize that. Bill Clinton took a lot of credit for an economy that he did little to create, and Bush is being blamed in much the same way. Quote: in addition, i hardly concerned myself with mccain after he chose palin.