| My policy, since I started writing seriously, in August, | | | | was his self-confidence...with a "can-do" attitude! He |
| 2006 has been not to write about politics or religion. I | | | | looks like he's very confident about his abilities, and I |
| made an exception this time with this piece, because | | | | think he WOWed Americans and people around the |
| of the extraordinary circumstances in the political arena | | | | world with his positive attitude, etc. Take a look at this |
| that have unfolded in recent years. | | | | fact...the Clinton's ruled and owned the Democratic |
| I have to admit, that I do not follow politics as I should, | | | | Party for years...and Barrack Obama rolled over them, |
| because I've been turned off by the scandals and | | | | and left them in the dust, as he went on to win the |
| corruption in politics, etc. And, of all the self-serving | | | | Presidency! |
| politicians that have let me down over the years, was | | | | Q. The issue of experience for Barrack Obama? |
| Richard Nixon, when I voted for him in 1972. | | | | A. My only answer to the experience factor, is that |
| "Politics...when I'm in it...makes me sick." William Howard | | | | George W. was given a second term by the |
| Taft | | | | American people, and look what happened...a paltry |
| Recently, I read an article that said...YES...we will have a | | | | 22% approval rating by the American people at the |
| woman President of the United States...and it will come | | | | end of his second term, etc. At this point, George W. |
| about because of the Internet. It will allow her to raise | | | | had already had four years as President of the United |
| the kind of money she will need to run for President of | | | | States...and look what happened...the lowest approval |
| the United States. The article made no mention of a | | | | rating in history! |
| Black-American President. | | | | Q. So, who is responsible for the mess at hand? |
| Barrack Obama, must have read the same article, | | | | A. The American people (who voted for George W.) |
| because I think a big reason why he won the | | | | have to share responsibility, because they have him a |
| Presidency, was the wise and effective use of the | | | | second term. It can be no other way. |
| Internet to raise money he needed to stay in the race, | | | | Unlike the 60's, when American's raised hell all over the |
| etc. | | | | place,..there was not a whisper out of the American |
| "America can be described in one word...freedom!" | | | | public in 2007-2009 when everything began to fall |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | | | | apart, etc. Experience (or lack thereof) will always be |
| On the other hand, Hillary Clinton went after corporate | | | | a factor in politics for certain...but Barrack Obama is |
| donations, which have a cap, and she quickly ran out | | | | smart and educated! He also has enormous |
| of money! She had to loan herself millions of dollars to | | | | confidence in himself,etc. |
| stay in the race. I think several reasons why Hillary | | | | "You can fool all of the people some of the time and |
| Clinton lost the race are as follows; | | | | you can fool some of the people all of the time, but |
| 1) I saw an interview of her in late 2007, whereby, in | | | | you can't fool all of the people all of the time." |
| her arrogance, she proclaimed that the race would be | | | | Abraham Lincoln |
| over by the middle of February, 2008. That was about | | | | I think what his confidence shows is...HOPE for the |
| the time of the Super Tuesday, whereby more than a | | | | American people! Hope for a better tomorrow! |
| dozen states hold their primaries...and she said she | | | | American's have not had a lot of hope in the last few |
| didn't have to prepare for after that date, because the | | | | years. And, with the ratings of the do-nothing U.S. |
| race would be over! | | | | Congress at an all-time low in history, so many |
| 2) All along the way, Bill Clinton, has put his "foot in his | | | | American's have been lacking in hope for the future. |
| mouth" several times during the campaign, and this has | | | | Of course, only time will tell, how Barrack Obama |
| helped her to lose the race. I think she would have | | | | handles his Presidency. But, if he handles the |
| done better without him. | | | | Presidency like he handled his campaign...he could be |
| 3) In-fighting in the campaign, in which several high-level | | | | one of America's great Presidents! |
| people left the campaign. This is not good for | | | | * * * |
| organizational purposes and the morale of the | | | | January 23, 2009: The first report card in in for |
| volunteers/employees, etc. | | | | Barrack Obama in his first week as President, and the |
| 4) Because Hillary Clinton is a former first lady and Bill | | | | approval rate by the American people is at 68%, |
| Clinton is a former President, I really believe they | | | | which is 4 points shy of mark of President Kennedy, |
| thought they could dance right into the White House | | | | but higher than the other Presidents since that time. |
| for another term! The American people said, "NO!" | | | | This is the honeymoon season, and the honeymoon |
| "He who serves his party best...serves his country | | | | will be over soon! |
| best." Rutheford B. Hayes | | | | OBSERVATION(S) It is said that a picture is worth |
| It was the wise and effective use of the Internet, that | | | | 1,000 words, and I got a sneak-peek at the first |
| propelled Barrack Obama to victory...collecting small | | | | Cabinet meeting of Barrack Obama, and it showed |
| amounts of money from millions of people on the | | | | many faces sitting around the table. There were looks |
| Internet, which allowed him to stay in the race, and | | | | of surprise; uncertainty; doubt; resentment; amazement; |
| eventually win it. During the primaries, he collected | | | | disdain; nervousness; curious and so forth. It's now a |
| record-braking amounts of money, and he did it one | | | | reversal of things, as White folks have to take orders |
| dollar at a time via the Internet! | | | | from a Black man, etc. For those of us who |
| I remember several years ago, Elizabeth Dole ran for | | | | remember the turbulent and violent 1960's, where |
| the Presidency and she soon ran out of money, and | | | | Blacks were repressed and beaten...this picture I saw |
| had to drop out of the race. If Elizabeth Dole and Hillary | | | | of the Cabinet, was certainly awkward! Change |
| Clinton had used the Internet in an effective way, the | | | | doesn't come easy...but Barrack Obama got the |
| way Barrack Obama did, their campaigns might have | | | | mandate from the American people, and that's all that |
| been more successful. | | | | matters. |
| Coming out of obscurity from the state of Illinois, | | | | My advice to American's everywhere, is to put your |
| Barrack Obama used the Internet to his advantage to, | | | | pettiness aside (if any); put your hatred aside (if |
| not only raise an incredible amount of money, but to | | | | any)...and ALL American's have to work together. |
| get known by the American people, and to get his | | | | Republicans; Democrats; Whites; Blacks; Hispanics; |
| message across, etc. | | | | Asians; Native American's...and ALL other PROUD |
| "The only thing we have to fear...is fear itself." Franklin | | | | Americans...because if the financial melt-down is as |
| D. Roosevelt | | | | serious as I think it is...the Great Depression will seem |
| Most of us have not been familiar with Barrack | | | | like small potatoes! |
| Obama, and one of the first things I noticed about him | | | | |