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Do Obama's ideas signal new hope or are they the same old Democratic ideas in a different package?

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What will the Obama administration bring? Will it be a return to Camelot, that fictional fantasy land envisioned at the time of King Arthur, as many would like?

His appointments lead us to believe that his administration will be anything but Camelot.
US president-elect Barack Obama's so-called "climate czar" Carol Browner has been exposed as being a member of Socialist International, a highly influential group that advocates the implementation of global government.

Links of Browner to Socialist International have been removed from their site, but an earlier version shows her membership to the organization. Browner also ran the EPA during the Clinton administration from 1993-2001, the longest-serving Administrator in the agency's history.

Socialist International calls for the institution of "democratic forms of global governance as the foundation for building a peaceful and sustainable world society overall." The group's charter of principles also states that "A principal task of new global governance must be to ensure that the benefits of global economic growth and the opportunities for economic development are distributed fairly".

Eric Holder, his nominee for attorney General is the same Eric Holder that pardoned Marc Rich and the FARC terrorists under the Clinton administration. He also defended a corporation that supported terrorism in South America and doesn't know the definition of terrorism. Do we need this?

The Secretary of Treasury nominee forgot to pay taxes for several years, hired illegial immigrants and never paid taxes on them.

From all indications during and after the campaign he intends to silence all critics, eliminate talk radio. They are for free speech only if one agrees with them. When a local TV station in Orlando asked smiling Joe Biden a question he thought inappropriate, the station was banned from further interviews.

Our 2nd amendment rights would also be eliminated if he has his way, as with every liberal politician they feel we have no right to defend ourselves. I don't know about you but I have no desire to live in a country where only criminals and crooked politicians have guns.

The bailouts will continue, people are lining up in droves for free money. There is even a move to bail out the porn industry! How Absurd!People don't really realize how much of their income goes to pay taxes, instead of the taxes being withdrawn automatically every American should have to write a check every week to the government, then it would sink in how much is being paid.The government is even paying for converter boxes to switch to digital TV, why? Obama and the democrats have criticized and called Bush stupid for his tax cuts, now Obama is suggesting tax cuts, he also says we can't withdrawal from Iraq immediately, he is doing some of the same things Bush either did or wanted to do. In my view if you think someone is stupid and then turn around and do what they do, that makes you double stupid.From all indications there is no change , just the same old worn out politicians we have put up with for 8 years of the Clinton and in some instances the Carter administration.Corruption and scandals are running rampant, and he isn't even sworn in yet! If we survive this is could turn out to be quite amusing, kind of like a three ring circus, certainly not Camelot.

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Do Obama's ideas signal new hope or are they the same old Democratic ideas in a different package?

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    Since 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his "New Deal," the Democratic Party has stood for redistribution of power

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