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RE: Your Expectations - 11/5/2008 6:05:02 PM
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Blackhawkk
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I expect those "Christians" who supported a pro-abortionist to repent.
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/5/2008 7:05:02 PM
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aslouie
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My expectations?
1) People will gloat for a while, and I will shrug it off, because it's human nature. It stinks, but I know of people who have had Bush bumper stickers on their cars for years.
2) African-Americans will be proud, rightfully so, that someone of their ethnic heritage has become president. As a country dealing with racism, we've come very far in the last century!
3) We are now on the unofficial countdown to the end of the "honeymoon period" (the honeymoon period officially starts at inauguration).
4) Sooner or later the MSM will be bored with all the gushing, and start reporting again. Oprah, though, is likely a lost cause...she has been thoroughly assimilated into the borg collective.
5) Campaign promises will be broken. How can they not be? The most interesting to see will be whether or not Obama signs the Freedom of Choice Act as his first act upon becoming president. My guess = not although he will advance the pro-abortion cause as president.
6) Energy prices will go up, and Obama will deliver a fireside chat in a sweater telling us it's our patriotic duty to conserve.
7) The Bush tax cuts will be allowed to expire, and people will finally recognize that their taxes are increasing, although Democrats in Congress, and the President, will argue that they didn't "vote for a tax increase."
8) Obama will have some rude awakenings in the area of foreign relations.
9) People will become increasingly disenchanted as they realize that it was all empty words. And as they realize what it means to have a president and congress with socialist leanings. The rest of us will be in the position of saying "I told you so."
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10) Rush Limbaugh will have a very good time during the next four years playing the role of the "loyal opposition."
The way I look at it, either Obama can go the way of Jimmy Carter's policies (especially those old enough to remember Iranian hostage crisis, the subsequent Desert One debacle, stagflation, price of oil, and possibly the assassination of S. Korean president Park Chung Hee... or perhaps the high-profile, hostage-rescue/counter terrorism era coming from The GSG9 Mogadishu Rescue, the Israeli commando raid on Entebbe, the Dutch Moluccan Train Incident, and yes, even the latter phase of German Autumn, a.k.a. the reign of The Baader-Meinhoff gang),* or perhaps go the centrist, triangulation strategy, like Clinton, which hence, could very well trigger a left-wing backlash against Obama for going pragmatic (see the recent Newsweek article by Jon Meacham, over how the ultra-liberal president elect will have to govern a traditionally center-right America).
*the former of which, I was barely in pre-school when all of this is going on, BUT when I consider the number of grindhouse, sometimes even pornographic films made around my infantile-to-toddler years--which I had the unenviable, firsthand experience of viewing with my Dad or even family   , I'm thinking maybe that's the reason why when I was 3-4 years old, I found myself strangely ecstatic/optimistic about Reagan's sweeping electoral victory!
I supposed it's almost speculative to suggest that smut 'n shock cinema seems to correlate with the disastrous Carter years! But if someone were to counterpoint that there's also the same level of graphically violent/pornographic entertainment during the Reagan 80's, and at least with the Bush Sr. administration, I can always say it's due in part to the same post-60's filmmaking radicals that traumatized me then, are now traumatizing a newer generation of young people--especially if they were to become a potentially newer generation of young conservatives, comme moi! 
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/5/2008 7:37:40 PM
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aslouie
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On a pop cultural tangent (again ), I may look forward to more Biden jokes (from the late night, talk show circuit), a resurgent SNL (now that Obama will have to provide Tina Fey and CO. newer material to tackle)...
...or perhaps the death of mainstream topical (left-leaning) humor, given if what I've heard from the campaign phase of '08, many comedians were too scared to lampoon their own!
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/5/2008 8:20:43 PM
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Evangel70
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'can't help but concur with you--no more differently than expecting government to help out all other domestic affairs other than abortion!
Exactly. How exactly does the government teach people to tell the truth or to pray or to have faith in God or not to have sex before they're married, or to value life (not just pre-born), or to not smoke or not consume alcohol in excess, etc.? Those things are the responsibility of the church.
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/5/2008 8:28:03 PM
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Acts29
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?? I am sorry but I do not understand your comment. It means he wants to work "across the aisle" and forge a very bipartisan government. I expect you will see him invite some Repubs into his administration. The politics of personal destruction was what ran the two Bush campaigns and got him elected. It fosters partisanship and hatred between the parties. I think Obama fully intends to leave that in the past where it belongs.
I am just thrilled that Kay Hagan took Liddy Dole's seat! Woot! Go Kay!
LOL!!!!! Obama has done a lot of talking but I cannot find where has walk the talk..LOL
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/5/2008 8:41:24 PM
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Dancre
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I'm hearing the same thing from Christians from all over the United States and it's just within minutes of each other. God is showing everyone the same exact things. I also do believe we will be persecuted, but God will separate the wheat from the weeds, the sheep from the goats. The wheat will grow strong, while the weeds will grow weaker and die. As in Daniel 3, those who bow down to the idols (Obama) will go free while those who refuse to bow down will be persecuted. But be strong and know God is with us, He will protect us.
I also believe, and I've stated this elsewhere and I'll state it again, That once Obama taxes the super rich, the economy will suffer. But again, know God is OUR supplier, not Obama. He will cocoon you in His hands and you will prosper while the world suffers. As the economy falls, those who trust in Him will be perserved. Let the others run after their new savior, we'll stand strong in Christ Jesus. Just don't let go of Jesus no matter how bumpy the ride gets or no matter how hard they laugh and mock us.
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I am afraid I agree with blackhawkk..
we may in America know what it is like to truly be persecuted
and identify with our Lord in a new way.
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/5/2008 10:13:36 PM
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ManimalX
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Troops home...
Sorry, John. Once Obama gets into office and sees the real situation on the ground, I don't think he will be recalling any troops anytime soon.
Actually, Iraq is a mooot point now. Bush did a 180 after the 2006 midterm losses and started facing reality. The changes in tactics militarily and in working with the Iraqis turned the tide. The agreement with iraq spells out the US levels of troops and Obama will likely let it play out.
Afghanistan is a whole new game as US neglect gave the Taliban the opportunity to regroup. That war has no end in sight.
Some good points, moocow. The Surge worked in Iraq. 3/4 of the provinces are now under Iraqi direction. I am waiting for Obama to take credit for the victory. Mark my words.
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/5/2008 10:24:30 PM
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ManimalX
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therefore, Obama will be the same, He may have some ideas that he may WANT to get accomplished, but reality often proves that may not be the case.
Hey common , Let's be fair now, Obama has a great record for accomplishing things!
I mean look at what he has accomplished so far!!
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Again, I'm looking for the positives in all this.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! That was classic. 
I would like to say that the guy starts with a clean slate, but the truth is that he has a lot of marks against him already. I give him a C- currently, due to some pretty mediocre past assignments. We'll see if he can pull that up to an A in four years. I hope so, but am not expecting it.
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/6/2008 9:37:56 AM
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its_GO_time
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Also, I will expect President Obama, as the Consitiutional expert, he has been touted as, to veto any legislation, that does not wash in the filter, of the afformentioned document.
HA!
Thanks for the laugh! 
I expect stamper_ben to laugh... and just about anyone, but the true diciples, of our President-elect, to join in the laughter.
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/6/2008 2:10:22 PM
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its_GO_time
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Edited to correct my thinking: Okay...now I see where you're going. Whew...I was worried...that didn't sound like you! But I still stand by my first statement up there...it's just be amended in my mind to not include you. Mea culpa, its_GO_time!
No problem. I didn't get to vote for my savior... he was appointed; See Eph 1:20-23.
I also expect President Obama, to let us keep our guns... unless of course, he now has enough votes in Congress.
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RE: Your Expectations - 11/7/2008 9:44:48 AM
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its_GO_time
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I expect that the RePO group(Reid Pelosi Obama), will introduce spending programs, "for the children"(of course), that will only cost the taxpayer "a few dollars a week", as opposed to the "millions, billions, trillions, gadzillions", that the Republican tax cuts cost the precious government.
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