Comments on: President Obama

By: smith9898

smith9898 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:46:07 +0000

Well said Jane,but after all the shouting and partying we must come down to earth and look at the US situation in a realistic way. In other words we must participate as never before. We must transform our country in a way that everyone benefits period. You as well as other progressives must form an alliance in which we make sure our agenda is passed. The only question is how do we do that and that the reason for the alliance. The alliance must have a plan to confront the congress even Obama himself get my drift. I would hope you and your partner would hold a summit of all of the progressive bloggers to formulate an agenda to move forward.

By: masaccio

masaccio — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:35:24 +0000

Jane, your post is the kind of thing that brings me here and keeps me here.

By: ilovethorn

ilovethorn — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:12:38 +0000

I did not vote for President Obama, but he is the President now and I will respect that. I wish the best for this country and for the President. He has a tough job ahead of him and hopefully will be able to do it without all the criticism and hatred that President Bush had to deal with. President Obama talks about being one nation, but how can we be one nation when we are always tearing each other apart. This article is about President Obama,it is his day why are we discussing what President Bush did or did not do. President Bush kept as safe for 7 years and the military wants to finish the job. We will become one nation when people learn respect no matter what party, race, religion & gender you are. God bless America.

By: jogger

jogger — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:49:16 +0000

My hat’s off to you Jane Hamsher.

Nicely put.

By: NealDeesit

NealDeesit — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:02:31 +0000

They mentioned Laura Bush has been scrubbing down the WH for the new family. For some reason, I felt she may have been disposing of evidence of some kind.

Sure, biological evidence of Jeff Gannon’s many visits to the White House.

By: brantl

brantl — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:31:31 +0000

Grow up.

[Mod Note: how about we just try to enjoy this special day?]

By: brantl

brantl — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:28:09 +0000

If you don’t like what I have to say, say something meaningful. I don’t owe someone respect just because YOU think I do. Good luck with that.

By: brantl

brantl — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:24:35 +0000

He’s welcome to earn my respect with some reasoned argument, I didn’t see any.

By: ChicagoTodd

ChicagoTodd — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:51:54 +0000

The one thing that I thought of when Obama referred to sacrifice and charity — that a man would cut his hours to save another man’s job — has this ever been asked of the high rolling executives that received undue compensation in government bailout money for destroying the very banks that employed them? And more importantly, will it be asked?

It seems the ones that are being asked to sacrifice are the ones that already sacrificed the most under the Bush Administration. With bailout money to Wall Street while totally ignoring the autoworker, Obama will have to fight a Congress who are predominantly very wealthy and can not even begin to understand the sacrifices already made by the middle class and poor.

And my apologies for turning a joyous occasion into a downer of a post, but I hope fervently, that the words spoken will apply to all incomes — from the wealthiest amongst us who did very well these last eight years to the poorest who are worried where the next meal is coming from.

By: DWBartoo

DWBartoo — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:50:49 +0000

It was wonderful to ’see’ you again, MrsK8.

Please return whenever you can. You are missed.