tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post2770576571626369782..comments2024-02-02T10:29:34.789+00:00Comments on A Conservative's blog: Barack Obama: The recovery starts today!Benedict Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-59777685898208008222010-01-07T23:02:36.304+00:002010-01-07T23:02:36.304+00:00Let's hope for a fresh-faced Republican resurg...Let's hope for a fresh-faced Republican resurgence in 2010.Sam Swannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523284653643666439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-79835575302172030622010-01-07T23:00:32.988+00:002010-01-07T23:00:32.988+00:00Indeed, Obama was able to offer inspiration to an ...Indeed, Obama was able to offer inspiration to an America who was looking for a change of personnel in the White House. Sadly, many of us allowed this to eclipse a rather empty agenda on policy, one that has taken the US in a rather more Leftward direction than we expected would actually happen.Sam Swannhttp://samswannconvictions.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-85843304622982277172009-10-25T22:12:08.078+00:002009-10-25T22:12:08.078+00:00A great orator, does not a great leader make!
I r...A great orator, does not a great leader make!<br /><br />I regret that all the qualities that are needed for a candidate to win a modern U.S. election, may be the same qualities that prevent them from ever being a great leader.<br /><br />His campaign was based upon "Change" and "Hope". What kind of "change"? He never said. I can think of a few leaders that based their bid for election on vague promises for change. As it turned out, the change wasn't so good. <br /><br />McCain didn't tell people "what they wanted to hear". He was truthful about his position on each issue. I'd much rather have a candidate that I might disagree with on a few issues, providing I know where she/he really stands on all the issues. Instead of a candidate that is vague or panders to the press and the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-19410057640156125502009-01-20T10:25:00.000+00:002009-01-20T10:25:00.000+00:00Obama is a fine orator.In fact, I'm watching his B...Obama is a fine orator.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I'm watching his Boston 2004 speech on France 24 right now and watching it with the benefit of hindsight is hair-on-arm stimulating! <BR/><BR/>READ THE BLOG:<BR/>www.craigdylan.blogspot.comCraig Dylan - The Abstract Gauchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774176200596904019noreply@blogger.com