#25 TGC, look around at the comments on many if not most of the threads on here since Tuesday. Defeat, predictions of horrible things, extreme animosity towards those who voted for Obama etc. It’s beyond not giving him a chance for y’all, you don’t want him to succeed in anything. Not all of you, some are intelligent and rational.

The funny thing about history Dave, is that it shows what works and what doesnt. Obamas proposals have all been tried before, and they always fail. Rationality requires not doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.

But if Barack Obama turns out to be an effective president who makes liberal ideas work better than we expect

The problem is, Social Security worked great for years, socialized medicine worked at first in those countries where it was tried, even giving home loans to those who couldnt afford them “worked well” for years. That is, some liberal policies fail outright, others take generations to destroy. Should we congratulate him for policies that appear to work but are doomed to fail? Hardly.

We need to end this stupid knee-jerk impeachment culture.

Agreed, but you do realize that the majority of American presidents have had impeachment proceedings against them, including our first.

Even if Barack Obama happens to fulfill our worst nightmares with respect to policy decisions, he probably will not commit an impeachable offense.

hmm. You give him more credit than I do. I am fairly certain, based on past behavior, and the sheer size of his ego, that he will. He comes from the most corrupt political machine in America and it shows. Forget Rezko, ACORN and his past campaign shennaningans, I seriously doubt he was unaware that his campaign was egregiously breaking campaign finance law, he was certainly involved in attempts to use the Justice Department to silence critics, and even now he has established an illegal .gov website for the non-existant “office of the president elect” which appears to be raising funds and collecting data for future campaigns.

I will be shocked if he doesn’t commit several impeachable offenses. The question is, will Republicans have the balls to do anything about it.

Even if Barack Obama happens to fulfill our worst nightmares with respect to policy decisions, he probably will not commit an impeachable offense. I’m not saying he’ll commit one and get away with it. I’m saying I doubt he’ll even commit one. We as conservatives and as Republicans need to be protagonists, not antagonists. We need to beat them on ideas, not petty politics. We need to hope that Barack Obama has a successful presidency, for we as Americans reap what the President sows. There is a good chance he will fail as president, and then, yes, we need to be ready with a better vision and a better plan in 2012, not to mention congressional races in 2010. But if Barack Obama turns out to be an effective president who makes liberal ideas work better than we expect and who leads in a more centrist way than we expect, well, I doubt that will happen, but let’s at least wait and be magnaminous until we have reason to be otherwise. Let’s try to outrun our competitors, not trip them. Our country will be the better for it.

We should be the loyal opposition, that will call our congress critters, visit their offices and speak loud!

Not even going to give things a chance, huh?

Do you even read before taking a huge dump on here?

A preferred vilification of the outgoing president was that he supposedly resembled a chimp – in demeanor as well as looks. But tag Obama with anything like that…. and you’ll be tagged as something that begins with “R” and ends with “T” (and it’s not “right”)!

Some of you juvenile conservative Tolkien fans might appreciate this.

And speaking of t shirts, V, you really oughta make that Death Star into a t shirt, its hilarious.

Tick, tock, tick, tock,…