<p>Then he shouldn't have picked Palin and eliminated the experience issue.</p>
<p>If it was a terrible choice, it will show. McCain switched the debate over to the issues, and possibly reform. If he knows what he's doing, then it should be interesting. If Obama's positions are much stronger than McCain's, Obama will win no problem.</p>
<p>It doesnt matter how much protection Obama has if someone wants to kill him they will eventually.</p>
<p>I haven't thought about this yet (because honestly lol Obama isn't even officially elected yet), but Yeah I can see how this can be a concern...</p>
<p>I'm not really afraid for his safety.</p>
<p>I know, he might be assassinated and it sucks to imagine it. Too much racism. But who knows? Maybe not. I'm sure he knows it too. Why is he taking the risk?! He has a beautiful wife, and two beautiful girls who just looked awesome on TV. Ugh, I hate paradoxes. I don't want him to be president because of his possible death but I do because he seems so promising. Still, I'm sure its etched in his mind somewhere, and if he loves his family and doesn't want to see this ever happening, then he should -not- take the risk.</p>
<p>baller4life and others: you are a morons. </p>
<p>Too much racism? </p>
<p>SERIOUSLY, I would have to say traditional racism is largely extinct in the US. Please don't whine at me about the Jena 6, or whatever, as that case has been largely discredited. If it was a big deal, IT WOULD STILL BE IN THE NEWS.</p>
<p>Increasing ECONOMIC DISPARITY should cause more concern than some last vestiges of racism still present in the US. I believe some 40% of Americans have no net worth at all, and actually owe money, meaning they are debtors. That's something that idiotic Glenn Beck will never mention when he says the top 10% of earners pay 90% of the taxes or whatever.</p>
<p>White supremacists are out to kill obama? </p>
<p>I doubt it, and yes i heard about the meth heads who were plotting to kill him in Denver, but the key is that they were METH HEADS! Imagine Lee Harvey Oswald trying to kill Kennedy while on Meth.</p>
<p>If white supremacists want to do anything to Obama, it should be to do nothing, as Obama has created his own pair of mighty huge shoes to fill. It is unlikely Obama will be able to do much of anything in the next four years, and not much more if given eight. Obama might very well be setting himself up for massive dissapointment after the political honeymoon ends.</p>
<p>ComradeD: Screw you, plain and simple! You stupid head, is that an educated way to respond with something you disagree with, no matter how wrong -you- think it is? Obviously not. You will never be a success in life!</p>
<p>I agree with ComradeD. Obama has set himself up for failure unless he is perfect. According to his supporters, it won't be a problem though: He is, in fact, a god.</p>
<p>No one called him a god Baelor. Though it's true he has mighty shoes to fill which I have no doubt he will.</p>
<p>Please, lighten up. It was an exaggeration of your belief, which is that he will fill the shoes that he put on in the first place, despite the fact that that would mean that he would have done more than any other president in history.</p>
<p>Perhaps literalism should be favored on CC...</p>
<p>despite the fact that that would mean that he would have done more than any other president in history.</p>
<p>Well so far he's done more than any other presidential candidate in history (in terms of his campaign), so I'm sure he can pull off being a great POTUS.</p>
<p>"Well so far he's done more than any other presidential candidate in history (in terms of his campaign), so I'm sure he can pull off being a great POTUS."</p>
<p>Right, but campaigning and being the POTUS are slightly different. I'm sure you've heard this before, and it's totally true.</p>
<p>Also consider that he will be managing a country with a very sharp conservative-liberal divide that he will not be able to heal. His campaign has been focusing on getting Democrats and independents out for him, while as president, he would be dealing with a huge segment of the population that doesn't support him at all.</p>
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^ and coincidentally, Barack will only have 10 years of SS protection, not a LIFETIME like the rest of the presidents (either Bush was the 1st to only have 10 years, or the next president will be the first--it's one of the two).
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That amendment was made before Hussein was even a senator. Cheers. If I was him I wouldn't be afraid...You could always bore someone to death with 'chaaaaange' (anyone watch South Park? :) )</p>
<p>Why such vehemence baller4life? Because it is the truth? Why not point out the specific inadequacies of what I have said. </p>
<p>It appears you did not read beyond the first line, which is partially my fault. I apologize for any harm done.</p>
<p>This is the CC cafe, denoting a certain casual and nonchalant section of the forum. In the words of the famous Stick Stickly, "simmer down."</p>
<p>Instead of replying with the rather crude "screw you," why not a more creative "you silly imbecile quacker"?</p>
<p>I guess I am somewhat of a moron to even come to this thread anyway, but it just seems absurd so many of you think it is almost a certainty Obama will be assasinated. I think it would probably take a nuclear device to kill the president today.</p>
<p>I do not think Obama has done more than any presidential candidate has ever done. What would that be anyway? If anything, it is similar to JFK's run for the white house. Perhaps it isn't even that outstanding. Being a Catholic back then was pretty detrimental for those with national political ambitions outside of the northeast and the west.</p>
<p>Finally, I do notice comparisons between the policies, programs, and legacies, that JFK was responsible for, and what some appear to believe Obama is capable of and plans to do. Many forget there was a single crucial impetus behind American solidarity at that point in time that rivals any binding force today, and that was the drive to isolate the USSR and contain its advancement of communist ideology. However, even that unravled just a few years later.</p>
<p>LoL, I KNEW you were going to say "because its the truth?" in your response, and I wanted to go back to edit my post to say, "I know you're going to say "Why are you mad, just because I'm speaking the truth?"" Even if it is, THAT WASN'T THE POINT I WAS MAKING. The point is that you're skirting around the issue by using the weasel word of "truth" to divert attention away from the real problem at hand: your uneducated and foolish response to something you disagreed with by calling me "moron." I simply stated that Obama might face the possibility--directly or indirectly--of being hit, and racism in this country never dies, so it will always be out there, which can possibly rather than probably be a factor in him being hit. </p>
<p>The reason I said "screw you" was because it was my natural reaction. If someone insults you, are you going to passively do nothing? Or appear silly and say, "oh sshh, you silly ol' crocodile, you?" No, I didn't think so. </p>
<p>Your apology is accepted, but learn to respond with something you disagree with more CONSTRUCTIVELY.</p>
<p>If Obama was seriously for the American people he would want to get rid of the Fed like JFK did and what he was killed for.</p>
<p>Thank You. You are right, I should probably undergo internet use sensitivity training.</p>
<p>However, you should still simmer down child.</p>
<p>Ah, Dr. Horse, we meet again, and I still can't understand your odd perception of reality. JFK wanted to get rid of the Fed?</p>
<p>Hardly. Bay of Pigs, space program, civil rights acts, and the New Frontier domestic policy initiative. Give me a break. It is amazing he was still able to cut taxes though.</p>
<p>Comrade, you may think that I'm overreacting, and one can possibly see why, but I forgot to tell you that when you chose to PM me that message, I got extremely ticked off. If you had just posted it on the board I wouldn't have actually cared, what the heck, people post on here all the time and sometimes we write things down we don't necessarily mean.</p>
<p>OK, I am learning something.</p>
<p>LOL @ the "silly ol' crocodile" thing BTW. . . good one.</p>
<p>I've gotten PM'ed but I didn't get angry, I got scared.</p>
<p>The alert thing just pops out of nowhere.</p>