# Our 44th President, Barack Hussein Obama

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**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/our-44th-president-barack-hussein-obama/200520 "2008-11-04T20:42:22Z")
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### Author: ![Blackbelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackbelt/32/5998_2.png) [@Blackbelt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blackbelt)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/our-44th-president-barack-hussein-obama/200520/116 "2008-11-06T06:02:17Z")

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> [@FS: Sabres Montreal Tickets 11/16](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-sabres-montreal-tickets-11-16/38603/6):
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> I have read through alot of these posts and it astonishes me that everyone thinks that Obama will be the end of the United States. First realize who appointed him into the position of Presidency… Could it be the overwhelming number of people who voted for him? (No that can’t be it) Maybe it was the people tired of the current situation the U.S. is in? (Try again) Maybe it was for the pointless war we have in the middle east? (I must be crazy?) How about the fact the economy’s in horrible shape?
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> The fact is change will only come if we say it will, can anyone understand that?

Actually Starboy, i agree with a lot of what you say here. But with a few qualifications.  
The most recent vote count was 53% Vs 46%, hardly “overwhelming”. Out of approx 169 million registered voters, 64 million voted for Obama.  
Lot’s of people are tired of the situation the US is in, including the war(me included). One thing that i find disturbing is that several people who played a MAJOR role in the subprime fiasco, which is the major causee of the current financial mess, are getting a pass. Worse than that, they are still in positions of power and can easily cause more mayhem. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd should be removed form office for what they did, but that will never happen. Let’s not be selective in the finger pointing over the economy, there is nore than enough guilt to go around.

I have concerns about what an Obama administration will bring. I have my doubts about many of his promises, including cutting my taxes. I think he will pull a Clinton on me and raise them rather than cut them. But i hope i am wrong. I hope the Republican party, and all Americans, will give this guy a chance to do what he promised when it comes to solving the problems. The Republicans DO have a better track record of bipartisanship than do the Democrats in recent times(do any of you politcal n00bs remember 2001 power sharing?), so i am hoping that it actually happens. The ball is going to be in Obamas court. He needs to be the one to lead by example, to reach out to conservatives, and to reign in Pelosi and Reid. Can he be the great uniter that he promised to be? I don’t know, but i am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. If he is a success, then we should ALL benefit. If he blows it, then he will be gone after one term, provided the Republicans actually field a decent candidate(something that they have failed to do after Reagan)

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