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06/11/2008 11:23:25
 
 
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06/11/2008 10:42:06
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Politics
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>>>>>Just came from home, watching people of Chikago celebrating last night;
>>>>>I was deeply moved by all that emotion, feeling of hope and happiness expressed by hundreds of thousands of ordinary people who gathered there to wellcome new President.
>>>>>
>>>>>You should be proud of yourselves. You finally got President you deserve.
>>>>>One everybody can and have to respect. My sincere congratulations to all of you.
>>>>>
>>>>>God Bless You & All the Best :)
>>>>
>>>>Let's hope the pie in the sky thinking he has been selling to young voters isn't all BS.
>>>
>>>Hi strikes me as more sincere person then any other US president in a long long time. Since Kennedy perhaps.
>>>Campaign is one thing and real politics another. We will see. Cross fingers / hope for the best is all you can do now.
>>
>>You really bought the campaign line.
>>
>>It's kind of humorous in a pathetic sort of way that his campaign people started telling people to downplay their expectations of what he was going to do as the election came down to the wire.They didn't want to add reality to his public appearences or the debates.
>
>Again, Obama has been saying all along that solutions will take time. Nothing will happen immediately. How many of W's campaign promises came true?

Not true. You might want to listen to more of his speeches over the duration of his campaign before making a blanket statemen like that. For an example, go back to March for one of the first adjustments:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/03/08/2008-03-08_barack_obamas_aide_suggested_renege_on_i.html

He was booed in Fayetteville when spoke in front of the military promising all soldiers would return with 16 months. After that his future speeches started hinting at beginning withdrawal at 16 months and it changed again after that.

Then look at July 08 September 07:

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/08/nation/na-obamaplans8

"Saying all along" is not accurate.

An interesting reflection:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/04/obamas-promises-vision-to-collide-with-reality/

None of that is unusual during a campaign. I just think that the same criteria for every candidate and newly elected president should hold. Obama was no exception to other candidates throughout history when it came to changing positions on the issues during the campaign and adjusting timelines.
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