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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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by The Real American

Created on: May 21, 2010   Last Updated: May 22, 2010

President Barak Hussein Obama is undoubtedly one of the most charismatic leaders of our time. He is an intelligent, articulate, well-educated, and ethnically diverse leader at a time when America is truly desirous of those much-needed personal qualities. Moreover, he knows the precise words to say to the masses - of millions of disenfranchised Americans – in order to climb the ladder of political authority and power! This is how he: not only got himself elected, but achieved a certain “Rock Star Status” in [factually] doing so.

And yet, from the very beginning, there were politically troubling signs surrounding his political campaign. For instance, he came out of relative political obscurity. Having been a one time Senator, and having not even completed that very first term.

Why should that be a consideration? No one, even his followers, had any idea of his true reliability – regarding, any of his numerous and highly beneficial promises. Or, to put it more plainly, would he actually keep any of those wonderful words? Who knew? We had to merely trust him and thankfully pray for the best!

In the meantime, McCain was our only other [media endorsed] choice – for the presidency… and it was obviously apparent to everyone, that McCain represented four more years of ever increasing American Fascism – under the Neo-Conservative banner offered up to us by George Bush. Such constitutional infringements as “The Patriot Act” were justifiably intolerable under our laws and America was seething under its surface.

Of [almost] equal political importance, the apparent Republican need for an ever-increasing necessity to fight nebulous and rumor driven wars – as an excuse for heightened international political involvement – was driving us crazy… even those of us, who are [quite naturally] a product of a rightward leaning ideology and nature!

All of us, Americans, are reticent to excessive and undue military involvements and entanglements for numerous equally shared and commonly held values. If “We The People” can agree on nothing else, then we can all agree upon: “Protecting our sons and daughters, from unnecessary instances of physical harm!”    

Meanwhile, with Ron Paul’s failure in the media – being, largely, a lack of personal charisma – we chose amongst the [honestly perceived] “Lesser Of Two Evils,” yet again. It’s not

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