Obama/McCain - Would you change your vote now?

Nope... very happy with my Obama vote, which is why I still have his sticker in my car

Just curious - if Obama had not won - would you still have the sticker on your car???

I once heard some wag say that we should test the glue on the the candidates' stickers. The one with the stronger glue will be the winner, since the winner's stickers seem to stay on cars so much longer than the loser.

I didn't vote for either one; my guy wasn't going to win, no matter what. But I personally had great hope for Obama. He held so much promise. I have to say at this point the jury is still out, and probably will be until about next November. I think the Democrats have planted the seeds of a real disaster for them in 2010, unless things go much better for the next 12 months.

I wouldn't change my vote, but I'm not displeased with how the election came out.

I am extremely proud of my decision. Okay, given that Joe Biden is a bit of a meathead at times (then again, who isn't?!), I still like both of them immensely. However, if it were between one of them and Hilary, I would've voted for Hilary. I think that she would've been the BEST choice for this country, given the state of our nation when they entered office.....

I do not have a sticker on my car because I do not contaminate my beautiful ride with bullshits...
I got a free sticker and still didn't put it on..And to talk about spending money on a bumper sticker, that I would NEVER do in a million years If the candidate wants me to take up space on my personal vehicle to advertise his/her candidacy, I better be the one being paid not the other way around...

I also received this email from my extremists republican friends - evidently it was deleted as the junk email that IMO it is.

Goldenkitty45: I don't quite understand the point of your question, BUT: If he didn't win and I had the feeling he was going to run again, then yes, the sticker would be in my car - probably along with a few others, something like this: "America, what the heck were you thinking?"

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hummm.... I don't think campaigning is BS...

Quite frankly, I think it was written by a redneck republican, who is off the charts right wing - therefore, junk.

And something else: A LOT that is in those emails are interpretations and opinions, NOT facts.

Oh so this professor here is trying to challenge the constitution? Trying to challenge out electoral voting system that represent such true democracy as created by out founding fathers? Doesn't that seem too un american for you patriots???


Lol as long as I don't have to pay out of pocket yes. But, I still like my car too much the way it is

Well how about you create a list of Bush's accomplishments in the last 8 years of office, then we compare it to Obama's 7 months and see who wins ?

lol that would be funny

I voted for Obama and stand by my decision. Obama has a lot on his plate considering he has to clean up Little Shrubbies mess. When 9/11 happened Bush asked, if there was a way to tie the attacks to Iraq all he wanted was their oil!!! So he started a war and let our soliders take it upon their shoulders. With that whole disrespecting the queen and all that stuff, did you ever think that Obama did those things as a way to be more personable with those people? He is trying something new. Dont get me wrong there are issues I dont quite agree with Obama on. But assuming that most dems who voted for Obama were welfare junkies, is quite insulting to me, I am a democrat and voted for BO and I work damn well hard for the money i earn and am a full time student. Dont ever compare me to people who abuse our system......

Watch this clip, it is only abpout 100 days into his term but i thought it was interesting. I want to get that book Accountable because id love to keep track of what Obama promised and actually does.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4977050n

Really?! That sounds like sarcasm to me. Just looking for an argument. If you do a google search, you will find TONS of news articles stating his MANY positive accomplishments thus far (you have to take into consideration he's been in office for less than a year). You have an extremely negative outlook on this country's future. I'm sorry you feel this way, it must be sad for you to think like this all the time . And BTW, those are NOT all true facts.

Carolina, this is something I can agree with you on. I know we've had our differences in the past, but this I really do support. You were spot on with this probably being written by some redneck republican just looking for the negativity in life.

What proof do we have that it wasn't written by a redneck republican?????

That would be a great idea!!! We all know that Bush didn't do any better than Obama so far...

Here is a list of some of his POSITIVE environmental accomplishments just within his first 100 days (which in my opinion is one of the most important topics that need to be addressed immediately in this country):

--Worked with Congress to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a $787 billion economic stimulus package that includes nearly $100 billion in green spending to help get the economy back on track and to create millions of clean-energy jobs.

--Outlined a "clean energy" vision for America.

--Appointed an outstanding “green team†of top advisors, federal officials and cabinet secretaries.

--Sent Congress a proposed budget that makes clean energy and the environment top priorities and includes funding for energy and environmental programs throughout the federal government.

--Declared carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a threat to public health and welfare, setting the stage for regulating greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming if Congress fails to pass legislation to address the issue.

--Protected more than 2 million acres of wilderness land and several rivers with the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009.

--Re-established the United States as a leader in international climate negotiations.

--Restored critical protections under the Endangered Species Act, which had been removed by a last-minute rule change in the final days of the Bush administration.

--Ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its decision to deny California a waiver under the Clean Air Act, which would have enabled California and 17 other states to impose stricter-than-federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.

--Reversed the Bush rule that opened the door to mountaintop removal coal mining and canceled several individual mountaintop mining permits.

--Put offshore drilling and oil shale exploration on hold and restored protections for public lands.

--Announced a new initiative to lease U.S. coastal waters for the purpose of generating electricity from wind and ocean currents.

--Repeatedly reaffirmed science and the rule of law as the standards by which federal environmental decisions shall be made.

Taken from: http://environment.about.com/od/envi...t-100-days.htm

Sooooo, now people that quote statistics are called "extremists", gee, you sound just like Barack and Pelosi talking about the American public.

No debating the post Dusty's Mom made, just blow it off. I guess there is no defense of Barack.

I have defended Barack, so don't say things like that. If you would pay attention, you would've noticed that. Read a few posts up, it's about the environment and some are highlighted in red (just so you NOTICE that someone IS defending him against such rude remarks).

She quoted statistics, how are voting statistics "interpretations and opinions"?


Prove her wrong then, look up the stats on the Obama-McCain election results.

Really? Where is all this alleged Iraqi oil that we supposedly went to war for? Oh right - it's in the Iraqi's hands. We didn't get any of it. Considering Bush was the one who negotiated the initial pull-out dates with the Iraqi government, you'd think he would have made some kind of oil stipulation in there somewhere if that really was his only reason for going into Iraq.



Yup, lots of news articles by news agencies who campaigned heavily for Obama and can't sing his praises long or hard enough. Whoopie.

Extremely negative outlook on this country's future? Seriously, where were you for the last 6-8 years? I don't even know how many posts in this forum were the "America is lost...Bush is going to anoint himself King...Bush has destroyed this country". Overstated? Yes, definitely. Especially since those were reactions to policies that had definite termination dates (or re-up dates at the very least). Many of Obama's "changes" enacted thus far and what he's trying for now (healthcare) will not and cannot be undone for decades at least. He IS changing the fabric of America and how much power the government has in every person's life, and if you don't think that is a scary thought then you must not have a whole lot of experience with government.

And oh yes, btw, what in that list isn't true?

I do recall there was another thread recently where you were complaining about "liberal bashing" or something like that as the only bashing you've seen. I guess saying that anyone who would put together a list like this is just a "redneck republican just looking for the negativity in life" isn't bashing or anything.

Once again, a real non-partisan look.

I wouldn't call the "stimulus" bill a real accomplishment. It isn't stimulating...if it were they would have put more than 4% of it into the economy thus far when the economy is floundering. It's basically selling our country off to the Chinese since it's really their money we're spending. It's not ours. It is a grand government expansion bill passed without our legislators even reading the bill and voting under pressure of the new President to "save the economy" with a lot of rhetoric and panic-stricken language, i.e. without it unemployment would reach *gasp* 8% by the end of the year, and we need to save or create 500,000 jobs! Oops, it's at 9.5% and the national marketplace has lost well over 2 million jobs since it was passed. Guess that "stimulus" didn't do a whole lot of immediate "stimulating", did it?

What has Obama done? He's expanded government more than any time since the Great Depression in less than 3 months in office with that so-called "stimulus" bill, he's over doubled the annual deficit spending in less than 6 months is office (something he immediately bashed Bush on when he took office, expanding the deficit), he's quietly continued many of the programs started by Bush (i.e. telephone surveillance).

I didn't have to Google anything to come up with that list. Can you do the same? Can you come up with what he HAS done, that HAS been accomplished (not proposed)?

There is not one single accomplishment in that list, it is all talk and rhetoric and some of it is down right dangerous in this economy

If you noticed I was quoting carolinalima, but thank you for your input.

I voted in the poll that I didn't vote - obviousely being a kiwi but I'm an Obama supporter.