Good grief.  Once again, this from the guy accusing me of hyperbole.

That is an entirely different kettle of fish to point blank refusing to support the President Elect on a Party basis, which seems to be the case with some... those who refuse to swallow or spit out the sour grapes and work together for the common good of the nation, rather than Party.

So sure, IF Barack Obama suddenly came up with the idea of invading Iran or Nth Korea (though he's NOT likely to) I would expect/want there to be a groundswell of vehement opposition to the proposal.

With that said, I really hope the American people will become as one again and give Barack Obama a chance to fix what needs fixing... because a divided. politically fragmented USA that does not support its President will have Worldwide repercussions/consequences,  from Europe, Asia, Africa (um, that's a continent ) through to Australia.

 

We're are in heaven over here in assie arent we starkers?...........  the lucky country rocks........  thank fuck the yank election is over.........ive had a gut full of it from day one... im glad obama was elected.

first black president.............  cool.

When do you think the American people were ever as one?  (With the possible exception of mid World Wars of course.)   Being a united people really isn't our style and never has been.  I think the 24/7 world of cable news has just made it all more obvious and force fed the constant political tensions into to us all without pause.

Yeah Starkers..I have to agree with Kenwas...The American people are hardly ever "one" and are becoming even less "one" with all the immigration pouring into this country. I wouldn't be surprised if we had another civil war here. It takes hardly anything for a riot to break out for stupid shit...but when something like 911 happens...yeah...we rally like there's no tomorrow...for a few days...well...that is as long as it doesn't interrupt our TV viewing or some other mindless thing they have people distracted with. Hell...look how long it took bush to get his ass back to Washington when the planes hit.

Then of course you have the Radical Left/Right/Middle/Conservative/Liberal/ConservativeLiberal/LiberalConservative/LeftWingConservative/RigthWingConservative/NeoFascistCapucinoRightWings/DecafRightWingWithASplashOfCream or whatever other stupid titles they've come up with lately to divide us even further...and that doesn't even include all the fanatical religious group labels. Americans are about as divided as you can get. You can't tell who is who without a playbill anymore. It's no wonder half the country is on prozac or something. 

Or did not?  The country united, the democrats still carped.  The stupid ones.  The smart ones did take advantage of it.

Actually in none of them.  He may in time, but right now (unless newspeak has already started), Chararcter does not mean waffling on your stated ideals, strong body is not one where you smoke, and mind?  Have you found those other 10 states yet?

 

Yea, it kind of shows the Aussie racism - when is the first Aboriginal PM going to be elected?

Seems our house is in better order than the one down under.

Hi Kitty, long time no see!  And yeah, we are in heaven here in Oz... especially when you read things like: "When do you think the American people were ever as one" "Being a united people really isn't our style"

Yup, the lucky country rocks orright: "We are one, but we are many, and from all the lands on Earth we come ... we share the dream and sing with one voice, I am, you are, we ARE Australian."

That pretty nuch sums it up, hey!  Maybe the Yanks could learn something from us after all.  We are united as a nation regardless of race, colour or creed... except for State of Origin time...

Then it's: "Go the Mighty Maroons...stomp those Cockroaches into the Lang Park Turf."

*For those that don't know: State of Origin is a State against State rugby league contest (best of 3) between Queensland and New South Wales... it's all out war for 80 minutes on the park, and afterwards they all have a few beers together as mates.... as Australians*

Anyhow, he mightn't be a popular choice with some, but yeah, I'm glad that Barack Obama won the US Presidential race as well... he will prove himself and do a good job, given the chance.

No one is going to convince anyone of anything. Can't we just stop and change the discussion to something less controversial, say,  religion?  

I for one will always think of George W Bush as a great, strong president and a man of character, I'd drink a beer with him anytime.

 

Now, I am not saying you are wrong. I just don't understand that perspective. Bush was a multi- failure as a businessman prior to becoming a politician. Help me to understand why you feel he is great. He had alot of shit to deal with, he could not possibly come out looking good. But still.... great?

Well, I believe that mistakes aside, bad information aside, he's done a great job in taking the fight to the enemy, with conviction, no matter how low opinion polls got, he has stayed the course as he says, I believe that the decisions he has made have been from the heart.

The economy, well, thats been the fault of both sides, thats washington, wall street and any number of other influences, I'm not going to blame one man for it.

All i know, is I am safe, my kids are safe, and were not starving.... it could be vastly worse.. lets not forget that.

for sure starkers!! GO THE MAROONS!! UP THE BLUES..........    I have a cousin who plays for the cowboys.....im rather rowdy on the nights they play.........hee hee!!  Miss you too, give my luv to yr missus,

 

...when one decides to ? none have stepped up to the plate.......

Just to be clear here, I happen to think that is our greatest strength, not a weakness!  We get it together when the need arises however as shown by the fact that you are still an independant country.  (WW2) How quickly they forget.