[quote]Scrotus wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
I am going to go way out on a limb and say that I am beginning to allow for the possibility that President Obama may grow quite a bit in office.
I’m being serious.
I am far far from any conclusions and I can’t believe he could ever transform into somebody I could vote for, but I am beginning to see a hint of adult responsibility from this guy that was nowhere to be found during the campaign.
If he were to adopt sane policies, which means more conservative policies, than he has thus far in his life espoused and wind up actually governing from the center I would gain considerable respect for a man who put his country before ideology at least to that degree.
All of this remains to be seen and a best case scenario would not make him what I want in a president. However, it would indicate that when push came to shove he was willing to be pragmatic.
We’ll see.
The problem with that is Barack is going to do what Barack thinks is best for the USA, that is according to his own values and ideology. He probably isn’t going to do things that he thinks are wrong for the country, regardless if they are or not. He may, however, do things so that he can get four more years in next election. He may see some of these things as wrong, but would try to alter or correct them next term if he is elected. Unless he is just out to help Barack get ahead. Prestige, power etc.
The problem with utopian idealists is that they think they are right, and it is the most pragmatic, best, {whatever synony} way. If someone thinks a communist “utopia” or what have you is doomed to failure, but still suports it and wants to have one, then they have to be either insane, retarded(literally in a literal sense) or just want to fuck everything up. [/quote]
I do believe most communist utopians, of which Obama has definitely been one, are convinced that their ideology is the key to a better world. I further believe that they explain it’s universal failure in terms of them not being the ones in charge at the time. This is the mindset that Obama carried through the campaign to anybody with an ounce of discernment.
The point of my post is that I sense their may be cracks forming in that communist armor. Call it a hunch and nothing more. Something I may be completely in error about. I am imagining these meetings with some of his somewhat centrist new friends, telling him that if he goes forward with what he talked about in the campaign that essentially the catastrophe that conservatives were warning about is a real possibility.
I see a marked difference in his demeanor and rhetoric since the election. The [quote]“I have the world by the nads”[/quote] Obama, is now the [quote]“WTF have I gotten myself into”[/quote] Obama. He is now privy to information as President elect that he was not before.
The cabinet he is assembling, while far far more liberal than I would like, do not necessarily represent his blatantly anti American off the charts leftist past.
In an attempt to be positive I’m hoping as he looks himself in the mirror better judgment is seeping through and he is recognizing that the starry eyed marxist bullshit he has embraced his whole life may not be the answer after all.
I foresee a merciless tug o war with congress on one arm and his cabinet on the other with the country scowling in his face, arms crossed, just wanting the economy to improve and not having to worry about being blown up.
If he veers to the right for the good of the country, or even his own future, which for now is the same thing, I will have gained some respect for him as a man. If not then he’ll be every bit the abominable disaster I thought he would. Of course potential court appointments are still the greatest concern.