News Flash!

[billh58]

June 7, 2008 – The Democratic Primary campaigns are over, and
Senator Barack Obama has been elected as the Democratic
nominee for president of the United States. Senator Obama’s
nomination was officially recognized at the August, 2008
Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.

November 4, 2008 – The Democratic presidential nominee,
Senator Barack Obama, defeated Senator John McCain and was
elected to the office of President of the United States by a
margin of 365 electoral votes to McCain’s 173. A joint session
of Congress tallied and verified this electoral vote count on
January 8, 2009.

January 20, 2009 – President-elect Barack Obama took the oath
of office to become the 44th President of the United States of
America.

The above information is just a reminder to all of the PUMAs,
anti-Obama Far-Left “Progressives,” and other non-Democrats
who incessantly post derogatory anti-Democratic material on
DU. It is a reminder that we Democrats selected a viable
presidential candidate, and went on to sweep him into office,
along with Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress.

Candidate Obama was candid throughout his campaign, and did
not “promise” to cure all of the nation’s myriad ills in the
first week, first month, or first year of his presidency.
Hell, he did not even promise to clean up the entire
decades-in-the-making neoconservative mess during his first
term. What candidate Obama did promise, was to attempt to heal
the Republican-caused partisan divisions in this country, to
immediately address the economic crisis he inherited, and to
call upon the Congress and the People to work with him to
restore this country to its former position of respect as a
world leader.

Most Middle Americans are fiscally Conservative – to a degree,
and socially Liberal – to a degree, and the “degrees” of the
differences are where we rationally agree to disagree. The
“fringe” groups, on the other hand, are the partisan “all or
nothing” extremists who hate the very idea of majority rule.
Both the Far-Right, and the Far-Left, use similar methods to
promote their pet causes. Their tactics include: half-truths,
outright lies, deceit, and the general promotion of distrust
and hatred while widening national divides. Both radical
extremes consider the rest of us (the majority) somehow
morally inferior for not agreeing with them.

And no, this is not a call for "total obedience" to
the Party line, nor turning a blind eye to the actions of the
POTUS. What it is, is a call for unity, constructive
criticism, and stepping up to the plate to help President
Obama and the Democratic Party complete the work begun by FDR,
JFK, and others who desire to make the Constitution work for
ALL Americans.

[lapfog_1]

1. Agree with what you said, up to a point...

let me know when you find a moderate republican we can work with and find common ground to make progress.

So far, what I've seen (with my own eyes at my local town hall event), is even MORE partisan divide and vitriolic hatred, aimed at President Obama and anything he tries to do.

The sooner we (and he) accepts that, the sooner we can all move on.

I mean for cripes sake, Obama is doing a "good thing" and making a short address to our nations school children on the subject of working hard and staying in school and owning their own education. Have you seen what the whack job nut bags are doing on this? We can't work with these idiots.

[billh58]

5. You are correct

about Republican (and a few Democratic) politicians, but I am thinking about my neighbors, co-workers, friends, and those who I meet on the street everyday, who identify themselves as Republicans: Middle Americans.

I believe that Congressional term-limits would eventually weed out the super-partisan, and basically un-American, professional politicians who cause both Parties so much grief.

[LiberalAndProud]

2. Thanks for this.

Is this ideology vs. pragmatism? Maybe Bush was right, maybe we need benevolent dictators. One man, one mind, one agenda. Stuff would get done, as it did under Bush. No guarantee about getting good stuff done, as evidenced by the fruits of Bush's labors, but we'd surely get stuff done.

[RandomThoughts]

3. I think some people would say I am progressive.

And healing the divides between the 1% and the 99% also sounds like a good thing to me. Lets start by equal systems of justice, better systems to moderate inadequate economic distribution systems, diversity in information dispersal systems, and thoughts on what is the better way for a society to exist.

I also do not see alot of deception from progressives I respect, there may be some, but personally I try to be honest as I can. If I have presented any thing not true I would appreciate someone pointing out what that might be with a valid argument.

[Kaleko]

4. You're calling for a lucid sobriety

that extremists on either side of the aisle can't reach because, by definition, they're too far out of balance.

I've learned to ignore the utopians who will never be satisfied with anything less than their narrow visions and concentrate my efforts on supporting whatever I find worthy of encouragement.

This way I don't turn into a fear-and-hate-monger myself. It's important to maintain our own sanity during this transition from an adolescent to a more mature society.