I'm just worried what's going to happen to the economy now, I hope it turns out well.

Heretic wrote:
I shall also be calling Rock "Brock Obama" from now on.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

I'm proud to have voiced my opinion, I am proud of everyone who went out and did so for either canidate. If you don't like the way the country is going then you have every right to complain is you voted. Once you refuse to make your voice heard you lose all right to complain about the country and the government. You can stay here, but sit down and be quiet while the adults discuss the issues.

Politics aside as long as president elect Obama does what right for the country long term instead of short term political agenda I will have no problem with the guy.

Some things I would change about our election process:

1)Election day would be a national holiday. Literally besides esential emergency services the country would shut down. This would eliminate the need for early voting and promote a higher voter turnout. No excuses

2)Eliminate the electoral college. Having a degree in history I recognize the reasons for it's origins. However in this day in age there is no reason not to use a popular vote.

3)Don't announce the results until the next day at a specified time. This would keep news stations from calling the election for one particular candidate prior to the polls closing in western states. I literally heard of people that left voting lines last night once they heard that Obama had won Ohio and Pennsylvania.

4)Put a low cap on campaign spending. Any amount raised over the cap could go to charity or pay off the national debt or something. This would do a couple of things. First would keep special interests out of the election because their money does buy anything extra. Second I would open the political process to third party candidates because they would all be working with the same budget. Think of it like a salary cap in football, or like equipment restrictions in NASCAR. Third it would keep any one political party from "buying" the election.

5)Require news networks to have more than 2 candidates in their debates. Having debates open to the top 5 candidates in the polls would allow for a stronger third party showing in the general election.

6)Require all states to have the top 5 cadidates in the polls on their ballots. I understand that their is a write in but it is not the same psychologically to the voter. If the top 5 in the polls were at all the debates and are on all the ballots we would see a stronger third party showing.

7)No campaining on election day. This could either mean zero what-so-ever or not with-in a 1 mile radius of polling stations. Whatever would be more logical as I understand enforcing such a rule would be difficult.

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Alas none of this will ever happen because both Democratic and Republican parties want to keep a strangle hold on their majorities. And because their are the ones in office they make the rules for themselves. Doesnt seem quite right to me.

I pretty much agree with everything you wrote there Yeti

Rock wrote:
I pretty much agree with everything you wrote there Yeti

same here, especially on caompain spending, the democratic party spent as much as a Formula 1 team would spend on Cars and research.


This is how i see it, being the way that Barack Obama won the presidential election.

First of all he started extremely early, getting a head start on newly inaugurated voters.

Secondly, He is one of the most amazing public speakers i have ever listened to. Literally i wanted to believe everything that came out of his mouth because he speaks with such authoritativeness and decisiveness that people overlook the substance of which he is speaking about and the focus on the way he delivers his words.

Thirdly, he is an extremely likable guy (which goes into my fourth point) which allows voters to connect with him easier.

and Lastly, he is a celebrity. The media loved this man because he was an african american candidate and pronounced the vague concept of CHANGE. what is exactly what people are going to be left with after the tax increase. people voted for the person, not his politics. They were blinded by his image and words that they never really investigated in what he was planning to do.



I have gone over the political debates and his speaches and this is all the change that i could find

1. Higher taxes
2. Shutting down of coal plants (OMG he even actually won ohio after saying this to their faces :O)
3. Socialism
4. No Foreign policy
5. Universal health care (Canadiansniper probably could tell his moms story better than i can)
6. take from rich and give to the poor






All i can say is wow, and im extremely dissapointed on what america has voted for

all i can do is hope he is not the man i predict he is going to be