Accepting A Fact
To the Readers' Forum:
Although greatly saddened and somewhat disappointed, have rather reluctantly accepted that the next president shall be Barack Obama as was decreed by the majority of voters and the Electoral College on November 4, 2008. We are to be led by two trained lawyers who have never held any job in their whole lives which was not involved with politics; neither has ever met a payroll nor done anything of note other that talk for long periods of time about what they want you or others to do. It should be quite interesting to say the least.
On Jan. 20, 2009 these two gentlemen will take the oath of office as defined in Article II of the United States Constitution. The oath: ''I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President (Vice) of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.'' - it is an oath which must be taken seriously by our Commander in Chief and his Vice President. It is questionable based on both senator's prior statements whether they will actually preserve, protect and defend this governing document as it is written; our recently elected 44th president has been very clear in his prior positions in the Illinois legislature and in the U.S. Senate that he does not hold this document in high esteem. So will his oath be a mere formality which he will then ignore or will he take the responsibilities seriously.
Of course, we already have a great example from the 2000 election when a certain junior senator promised to deliver 200,000 jobs to Western New York; we're still waiting for that one! Are we to similarly disappointed with the presidential choice of 2008? He will soon find that ''not present'' and ''above my pay grade'' do not hack it anymore; he is present 24/7 and the buck stops at the Oval Office. There will be no one to blame - just ask George. Even his in-the-bag media friends cannot cover a failure at this level for very long. We can only wait and pray that he realizes the gravity of upholding the Constitution as written and approved by the voters.
Mike Aaron
Lakewood
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Brent1
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11-16-08 1:06 PM
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Macthulhu said, "I expect everyone to hold the dems to the same standard they held Bush to". Im pretty sure that obama will be treated just as bush was...NEVER PRAISE. and endless whining about trivial garbage..
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Brent1
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11-16-08 12:22 PM
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recycler, try to remenber that Germany didnt do anything to us in WW2 either... wise up..
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Brent1
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11-16-08 12:14 PM
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I have never heard a Christian say they were better than anyone else... Only Crats say that..
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Hammond
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11-16-08 12:05 AM
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Recycler you need to give it a rest with that same argument about that commandment. You need to read the whole Bible, get the big picture and put everything in context before you can say stuff like that. If killing evil people in a war is wrong according to that commandment, then that means God broke his own commandment several times. You need to dig deeper, sometimes it's not as simple as pulling out a verse and thinking you know what it means.
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Brent1
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11-15-08 5:45 PM
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If Bush did "anything" wrong/illegal, the crats would have hung him...Why havnt they? All accusations... Wheres the BEEF..
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recycler
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11-15-08 1:27 PM
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If I remember my history right, Americans despise change. They didn't like Supermarkets (I still don't) when they started coming in, and there are a lot of people who are opposed to Wal Marts coming in (they too have changed our infrastructure, a lot of local businesses dried up when Wally World came into play).
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recycler
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11-15-08 1:24 PM
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Hey Aaron1, isn't this what most Christians do with their belief system: They use their belief system to fit their devices..? IE, the sixth commandment says THOU SHALT NOT MURDER, but we're at war with people that didn't do anything to us in the first place.
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Brent1
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11-15-08 12:14 PM
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Do you really think that obama will get different treatment than was given to bush? fun fun fun.. now the tide will turn.. get ready..
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Macthulhu
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11-14-08 9:55 PM
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Well, I was concerned with some constitutional issues in the last 8 years, and I still am. I'm curious to see how many of Bush's illegally grabbed powers are given up after the inauguration.
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cncsawman
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11-14-08 7:10 PM
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Two things come mind: Citing constitutional concerns to Democrats taking over on the heels of the criminal Cheney/Bush Administration is beyond irony, with no corner of said document left unshredded, just like our world wide reputation. Secondly, the approximately eighty years since the Republican Great Depression, almost evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats - the former have a composite .4% annual economic growth rate while the Democrats average 8.9%. A Republican will always do more harm to the workers and regular folks on purpose than a Democrat will by accident. Conservatism has repeatedly failed and the voters are just starting to notice.
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Monkeyboy
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11-14-08 5:03 PM
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In spite of the statement by the author of this letter-to-the-editor that he has reluctantly accepted the fact that Obama is the 44th president, his letter doesn't say that at all. It's just more whining and criticism of Obama. Deal with it! Obama won.
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thelast8havebeenhell
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11-14-08 11:50 AM
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Well said, Macthulhu .
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Macthulhu
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11-14-08 11:46 AM
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Apparently any word with the letters u c and k get censored... In this case it started with an s. As in "deal with it".
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Macthulhu
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11-14-08 11:45 AM
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This is not addressed to anyone in particular, just a general comment... If republicans want to get back in the game, they need to do two things. The first is to ditch the loony religious right and moronic "neo-cons". The second thing they need to do is focus on differences in policies, not bogus complaints about race, religion, acquaintances, etc. True conservatives are being sidetracked by the circus freaks that have taken over the republican party. Until they are purged, they will not be a viable choice for leadership. The people voted, according to the rules laid out by the founders.*****it up and offer productive ideas, not endless whining about trivial garbage. At the same time, I expect everyone to hold the dems to the same standard they held Bush to.
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thelast8havebeenhell
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11-14-08 11:00 AM
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Who is Barack Obama? obamascrapbook****/index.htm
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thelast8havebeenhell
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11-14-08 10:38 AM
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Who is President Barack Obama? See for yourself: *******obamascrapbook****/index.htm
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aerodynamic
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11-14-08 10:29 AM
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So you must use the new math, Aaron1, because according to the old math, our President Elect has worked 7 years as an Illinois State senator and 12 years teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. Nice work with the mis-information. Why don't you write another letter calling Obama a traitorous anti-American Muslim? I'm betting you're working on that this afternoon.
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thelast8havebeenhell
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11-14-08 9:38 AM
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Show me the quote... in context.
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Aaron1
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11-14-08 9:35 AM
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The O-man may have taught Constitutional law but in his books he stated quite clearly that he did not believe it needed to be followed. So if you take the man's words to mean anything at all, he will interpret the Constitution to fit his devices. And you can bet on that! The man has never stayed at any job he has held for more than 3 years.
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thelast8havebeenhell
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11-14-08 8:31 AM
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I wrote a letter to the editor of The Post-Journal concering an effigy of a hanging black man from a tree up the raod from a polling place in Frewsburg on election day morning. It was in full veiw of students on a school bus. I doubt it will be printed. They probably won't touch it with a 3 foot rope.
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thelast8havebeenhell
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11-14-08 8:12 AM
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Mike wrote: "It is questionable based on both senator's prior statements whether they will actually preserve, protect and defend this governing document as it is written; our recently elected 44th president has been very clear in his prior positions in the Illinois legislature and in the U.S. Senate that he does not hold this document in high esteem." The man taught Constitutional Law! He could have been a high priced lawyer, but instead decided to work with folks in Chicago who lost their jobs. Finally, the American people come off as being intelligent. The world is with us!
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