Comments on: The Day After http://geekyweekly.com/2008/the-day-after My life as a computer / photo / sound / video game / music / movie / gun geek Sat, 19 May 2012 02:55:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20717 By: Judy http://geekyweekly.com/2008/the-day-after#comment-16989 Judy Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:30:36 +0000 http://geekyweekly.com/?p=619#comment-16989 I read an article in the LA Times yesterday that attributed the large black voter turnout for the passage of Prop 8. How about that! I read an article in the LA Times yesterday that attributed the large black voter turnout for the passage of Prop 8. How about that!

]]> By: nathan118 http://geekyweekly.com/2008/the-day-after#comment-16980 nathan118 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:58:59 +0000 http://geekyweekly.com/?p=619#comment-16980 I'll get to a post-election post soon. I need to let it settle a little. While it's an historic occasion, the commentators were driving me nuts. Even Shep on foxnews was acting like this was the second coming. I wonder how long it will take for the black community to realize that Obama won't fix the problems that group of people faces like out of wedlock births and high crime rates. I also heard an interesting exit poll that the people who reported race to be a significant issue overwhelming voted for Obama. The people that didn't say it was important, voted for McCain. I’ll get to a post-election post soon. I need to let it settle a little.

While it’s an historic occasion, the commentators were driving me nuts. Even Shep on foxnews was acting like this was the second coming.

I wonder how long it will take for the black community to realize that Obama won’t fix the problems that group of people faces like out of wedlock births and high crime rates.

I also heard an interesting exit poll that the people who reported race to be a significant issue overwhelming voted for Obama. The people that didn’t say it was important, voted for McCain.

]]> By: Angelo Alberico http://geekyweekly.com/2008/the-day-after#comment-16978 Angelo Alberico Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:21:34 +0000 http://geekyweekly.com/?p=619#comment-16978 It's ok, people are so excited and proud (to be American) right now because they did the right thing! Most just wanted something different and that difference is obviously CHANGE! No matter what this CHANGE is or will become it's something else, so that's good. People obviously voted emotionally in order to feel good and others voted out some strange guilt to right past wrongs they had NOTHING to do with. But as long as everyone's happy with their choice for the next 5 minutes I guess they made the right choice. Forget looking at qualifications or actual experience! The excitement and newness will fade and people will begin to realize he was just a well groomed person, who could deliver speeches well, ran a good (pandering) campaign that was able to wow people with little substance. Or maybe they'll just realize that he's not going to pay for their gas or mortgages and most of his Utopian promises will not be possible. I'm very tired of the *news* and their over use of "the first black president" yes it's historic but if that's the only reason why he was elected (and we're excited) that's kind of scary! I also HOPE this election will finally SHUT UP the Sharptons and Jacksons. I think it's obvious now that AMERICA is not racist (though the media likes to stoak the fire) and obviously the glass ceiling has been shattered now! While it's not the outcome I would have liked, I'm really not mad. The situation is what it is and now and we have to deal with it and hunker down for the winter ahead. I really hope he stays centrist, reaches across party lines (not always align with Pelosi, because she's SCARY) doesn't do anything too radical to prove some kind of point and doesn't drag us into a DEEP recession. So it's his turn to prove me wrong (by bettering the country and delivering on all his fantastic ideas) and I'll happily eat my words and vote for him next time. In the end, he's not the chose one and merely just another Laywer-Politician who's become president! It’s ok, people are so excited and proud (to be American) right now because they did the right thing! Most just wanted something different and that difference is obviously CHANGE! No matter what this CHANGE is or will become it’s something else, so that’s good.

People obviously voted emotionally in order to feel good and others voted out some strange guilt to right past wrongs they had NOTHING to do with. But as long as everyone’s happy with their choice for the next 5 minutes I guess they made the right choice. Forget looking at qualifications or actual experience!

The excitement and newness will fade and people will begin to realize he was just a well groomed person, who could deliver speeches well, ran a good (pandering) campaign that was able to wow people with little substance. Or maybe they’ll just realize that he’s not going to pay for their gas or mortgages and most of his Utopian promises will not be possible.

I’m very tired of the *news* and their over use of “the first black president” yes it’s historic but if that’s the only reason why he was elected (and we’re excited) that’s kind of scary!

I also HOPE this election will finally SHUT UP the Sharptons and Jacksons. I think it’s obvious now that AMERICA is not racist (though the media likes to stoak the fire) and obviously the glass ceiling has been shattered now!

While it’s not the outcome I would have liked, I’m really not mad. The situation is what it is and now and we have to deal with it and hunker down for the winter ahead.

I really hope he stays centrist, reaches across party lines (not always align with Pelosi, because she’s SCARY) doesn’t do anything too radical to prove some kind of point and doesn’t drag us into a DEEP recession.

So it’s his turn to prove me wrong (by bettering the country and delivering on all his fantastic ideas) and I’ll happily eat my words and vote for him next time.

In the end, he’s not the chose one and merely just another Laywer-Politician who’s become president!

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