Comments on: Inaugurating presidential disappointment

By: Spinoza

Spinoza — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:30:14 +0000

“I suppose Peter and Paul both told us … ”

And apparently their relationship was even less cordial than Clinton and Carter:

“When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.”

Paul in Galations 2:11

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By: NitroBob

NitroBob — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:36:19 +0000

Good post Kennethos; the way we interact with each other (even former presidents) is what matters. I suppose Peter and Paul both told us to submit to authority since in the realm of the eternal, such matters of state and civil governance are trivial.

Mr. Bradley, were all learning as we move along with this presidency. Regardless of the shenanigans in Washington, we came a long way last November when we elected a man of color; though I voted against him. I hate abortion, yet the actions of President Obama and Congress on this issue are bringing to light its evil. I hate debt, yet the actions of the American people and our insistence that we “have it our way” have driven our national debt more than anything. The President, his staff and Congress can ignore the American people (who perhaps are starting to realize just how lost we have been under both Democratic and Republican administrations), but through it all, God’s will is done. He always works things for good; regardless of one ruler’s intentions.

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By: Kennethos

Kennethos — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:56:21 +0000

Anthony, thank you for sharing. I trust you learned a great deal when you were in D.C. Astonishing how power and politics can change and alter familial relationships, isn’t it? Disappointing, also.

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By: John M.

John M. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:08:36 +0000

But see, the approval NUMBERS aren’t important. The people who disapproved of Bush were all enlightened citizens, but the people who disapprove of Obama are all benighted racist rubes. They should be ignored and denied enfranchisement. It’s quality, not quantity, that counts. After all, this is a mediorcracy, not a republic.

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By: Chas

Chas — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:33:24 +0000

One thing has remained the same:
Neither Bush nor Obama seemed to realize that we have already run out of money.
It just isn’t there anymore. There is no such thing as 1.2 TRILLION DOLLARS!

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By: DJ

DJ — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:24:59 +0000

Business as usual is not acceptable in a time of economic crisis. Neither is irresponsible spending. Obama does seem more focused on upending our healthcare system to satisfy his far left supporters than in implementing policies to resolve our economic problems.

In the meantime, our big businesses who are deemed “too big to fail”, are only getting bigger and bigger. And I seriously doubt Repubs will repeal the worst of the legislation or institute regulations when they regain power. They have their own agenda too; and it usually involves pandering to big business. There’s nothing new under the sun.

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By: doulos8

doulos8 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:32:29 +0000

I find this an interesting criticism coming from a conservative point of view.

As several have pointed out, there have been a sobering number of significant changes since Mr. Obama was elected (some beginning before the inauguration. Most of these have been negative changes, in the view from the right. On the other hand, changes that conservatives would have appreciated – true transparency, reduction of earmarks, elimination of cronyism – have NOT occurred.

But the type of change that Mr. Bradley discusses as not having happened are the changes that we conservatives have dug in our heels to fight. In those areas, the lack of change actually represents a victory for the right! But the view from my liberal friends and correspondents is the same as I had 8 years ago when then-President Bush was trying to make significant changes: “You [liberals] lost the election. Bush could make a difference if you’d just accept that and get out of the way.”

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:12:41 +0000

“Friends, the Obama honeymoon is over”

It’s to bad we can’t get an “ANNULMENT or a DIVORCE” - He hasn’t lived up to the transparency he promised, the OPPOSITE has been the case – SOCIALISM and more ,………….!

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:35 +0000

Bradley

“What does this mean? Friends, the Obama honeymoon is over and most people, with the exception of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, are realizing that President Obama is a regular politician. No change, just Washington politics as usual.”

It most certainly DOES NOT MEAN politics as usual –

“NO CHANGE”? – this president has put America in a terrible financial position. He does what he wishes, he does not allow the Republicans to be involved in the health bill, they are NOT included in the White House meetings –

“NO CHANGE”? – this president is determined to include abortion in the health bill, and then there is the ‘end of life’ death portion –

“NO CHANGE”? – this presidents dismissal of the Republican’s involvement OR the VOICE of the PEOPLE of this country is blatant – he has ignored what the majority choose.

THE CHANGE will come when Obama packs up and moves out of the White House, that will be the “CHANGE we can all BELIEVE IN”

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By: Buzzy

Buzzy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:15:19 +0000

Anthony, I think Reader has a point, and that your analysis mixes two distinct things: the Europeans are unhappy because Obama’s foreign policy, while more dovish than Bush’s, did not represent as sharp a turn to the left as they would have preferred. That is distinct from his domestic policy (which Europeans understandably care much less about), which does reflect a sharp Left turn. The “change” at home — toward socialism and an accelerating national debt — is going too fast for many Americans, which is why Obama’s popularity is suffering.

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