I've still yet to see so much as a glimmer of "bi-partisanship" that was so touted about his future cabinet picks. While he has elected experienced people, he's managed to choose some of the most left-wing extremists in the political game. None of these folks are least bit moderate.Everything that was said about his partisanship before election is holding true in this regard. He has surrounded himself with nothing other than like-minded individuals - some of the most liberal politicians he could scrounge up. Once the economy clears back up, I'm afraid we're going to see even more big government and spend, spend, spend, all in the name of hope and change.I wish the best for his success (America's as a whole depends on it), but I have a feeling those who value small, efficient government and their constitutional liberties are going to have a rough 4 years under these folks. This "more of the same" has got Washington in a stranglehold.[Edited on November 21, 2008 at 12:10 PM. Reason : I own page 5 w00t]
11/21/2008 12:10:34 PM
David Brooks speaks highly of Obama's cabinet so far. Not bad coming from the NY Times token conservative.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/opinion/21brooks.html
11/21/2008 12:58:57 PM
^^the most radical left? are you kidding? next you're going to tell me the clinton administration was radical left.
11/21/2008 1:28:03 PM
Nation Guard troops back on the Border? http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMQiPMv3T9j7YOSryRsqwq7FPfZAD94JFC7O0
11/21/2008 1:50:39 PM
I'm not sure if I understand your position correctly. Are you...are you saying that you don't think the National Guard should be used to...to guard the nation???
11/21/2008 1:59:09 PM
yeah, cause we're totally at war with Mexico and shit.
11/21/2008 2:02:47 PM
I can imagine the folks in the towns that border Mexico would say just that. You could say that cheap Mexican labor was just another cog in the wheel of the housing bubble. Without all that cheap labor, how could the supply of homes shoot up so rapidly?
11/21/2008 2:05:52 PM
ok. move this to another thread if it's not dealing with obama's likely cabinet and their positions. we could have (and have had) LONG immigration discussions in this forum before.
11/21/2008 2:08:34 PM
11/21/2008 2:55:42 PM
Stocks rally after indications that Obama will select Timothy Geithner as his Treasury secretary. I did a little research and he looks like a solid choice.
11/21/2008 5:12:30 PM
Don't think that's why the stocks rallied, this has been talked about before. A late afternoon rally today was fairly predictable, the market has had a lot of them lately. A few days of beat down, followed by a strong surge upwards. Yeah, I know some analysts say that the news of the pick is why, but you can find an analyst to say just about anything honestly. Not a bad pick though.
11/21/2008 5:15:42 PM
CNN seems to think otherwise:
11/21/2008 5:22:28 PM
Oh, you mean like how I said you can find an analyst to say anything. Sorry if I don't but into it. These types of talking head analysts have been so wrong in so many ways the past years. The fact is, they don't know why the Market rallied, they are speculating, and it would be illogical to think that the market gained, what, around 5% in 2 hours due to a new Treasury Secretary.
11/21/2008 6:48:17 PM
Seems fairly logical to me.The announcement of a qualified new treasury secretary with extensive bank executive experience can only be perceived as good news for the market. The rally coincided pretty much directly with the rumors of his selection. No coincidence there.
11/21/2008 6:52:58 PM
500 / 8000 isnt that big a deal.it just signals that investors are happy that someone is working on a plan.
11/21/2008 8:18:57 PM
11/21/2008 10:11:43 PM
11/21/2008 10:48:03 PM
A MAC USER????shit. i wish i'da knowed that 3 weeks ago
11/22/2008 12:12:44 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_el_pr/obama_1
11/22/2008 1:51:52 AM
Your boy lost, ok? Time to grow up and get over it. No amount of whining and crying in this threads is going to change that fact. You supported washed up military vet with a bimbo for a running mate. I don't know if you noticed, but the story you posted was in no way a segue to your stupid little made up anecdote. Why don't you CHANGE your underwear?You're joking right? You aren't this lame are you?
11/22/2008 9:20:53 AM
yeah, that ^^ was pretty stupid. i think i lost a couple IQ points just reading it
11/22/2008 1:06:22 PM
yeah, that ^^ was pretty stupid. i feel like i lost braincells just reading it.
11/22/2008 1:07:06 PM
c'mon, guys, you can't accept the fact that Obama has to rely on Clinton to run the countryyou don't think that's a little weak?
11/22/2008 1:30:13 PM
Yes, it is pretty hard for me to come to the realization that Obama is picking some folks that were associated with one of the more stable and prosperous times in recent US memory.I'm shell shocked actually. I'm regretting my vote.[Edited on November 22, 2008 at 1:45 PM. Reason : .]
11/22/2008 1:45:09 PM
Ok, the thing is he isn't just picking "some folks" almost his entire cabinet so far ties strongly to Clinton. I guess we know what him and Bill talked about last spring/early summer when they met. Guess Obama sold his soul for the election.
11/22/2008 1:57:22 PM
11/22/2008 1:58:40 PM
by any metric, the Clinton years were some of the most prosperous in modern history. by the same metrics, GWB years were some of the least.so yes, obama is about change. change from the current trajectory we're on, as set by GWB. i'd be pretty damn skeptical if his recipe for change DIDN'T include former Clinton officials, who have spent the past 8 years honing their skills in the private and/or civil arena.
11/22/2008 5:31:32 PM
11/22/2008 7:48:30 PM
Press Secretary - Robert GibbsNC State alumnusAuburn tigers fan...what a loser[Edited on November 22, 2008 at 8:21 PM. Reason : Auburn]
11/22/2008 8:20:49 PM
It will be cool if you were just a partisan hack, but you're annoying as hell about it and relatively content free.
11/22/2008 8:57:49 PM
11/23/2008 4:24:09 PM
11/23/2008 4:59:04 PM
11/23/2008 9:11:47 PM
Oh look, he met with Saddam back in the 80's. The point was he was just as respected as the majority of Obama's picks will be. There wasn't the massive hate and loathing for him as there is now.
11/24/2008 3:28:54 AM
i agreeRumsfeld in early 2001 was, by most moderate accounts, a seemingly reasonable choice.He was not generally despised until after the focus of the Iraq War proved him to be both a neocon asskisser AND horribly incompetent.
11/24/2008 3:58:57 AM
Obama's economic team is about to be awesome...decidedly centrist, intelligent as fuck, just in time..we may dodge another great depression -- we definitely dodged a bullet when McCain & The Queen of Retards went down in flames.watching Austan Goolsbee on CNBC now[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 8:53 AM. Reason : ]
11/24/2008 8:50:41 AM
11/25/2008 1:38:03 AM
^ I'm about as "extreme" liberal as they come (at least I imagine I'd be in your eyes), and I'm very happy to see his selections to be centrist in nature. I would expect nothing less. I voted for Obama knowing he tended towards the middle. I disagree with him on a number of issues but he is by far the best fit, much better than the road McCain would have taken us down.I love seeing you gripe though. It's great to see after 8 years of your guys ruling as if they had a mandate and totally screwing up the country. Now it's time for you to sit back and shut up while the other side comes in an cleans up the mess of 8 years of incompetent, hard-headed rule.
11/25/2008 7:10:26 AM
^^ oh, quit making shit up. no one is "pissed off." you can't show one credible person or group who is "pissed off" at Obama's cabinet selections seriously: you show me someone who is "pissed off" and I'll show you a crackpot extremist who probably voted for Nader, anyhow.
11/25/2008 10:36:12 AM
I like Obama's most recent selections.But
11/25/2008 11:46:12 AM
office of the president-elect? ... now hes making up offices before any oathwow .. im looking forward to this man's 4 year power trip
11/25/2008 1:46:45 PM
good lord, you're such a shill. how about looking shit up, perhaps? for once? is it TOO HARD TO ASK?
11/25/2008 1:57:23 PM
11/25/2008 2:34:51 PM
hes the only president that i can remember to use that garbage as a propjust like having the presidential seal on the podium during the campaign
11/25/2008 2:39:01 PM
It's a shame we will never know what erios and the like would be babbling about right now if McCain had won the election....... I somehow doubt he would "shut up and let the man prepare to do his job."
11/25/2008 3:07:36 PM
^^+[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 3:09 PM. Reason : -]
11/25/2008 3:08:25 PM
11/25/2008 3:10:10 PM
hes helping the economy by doing this too ...the dow drops daily because of this foondartand hes not even in office yet ... sorry, the real officefolks are bailing because of what he might do .. and we have nothing to go on with this guy .. who knows what hes going to do ... theres more uncertainty now than ever[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 3:34 PM. Reason : ]
11/25/2008 3:32:52 PM
The Clinton band is back together
11/25/2008 3:35:21 PM
11/25/2008 3:36:35 PM