i think it is mor eecomomics than race related On Dec 12, 7:21 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, mike. I would miss me too! And you, as well.//This is > considered a very "safe" neighborhood. Who are these thugs? Obama and > Powell can talk all they want about healing, etc. but the daily crime > sheet tells a very different story of race relations in America. > > On Dec 12, 6:06 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > be carefull rigsy you are a one of a kind lady ! and i would miss you > > if something happened to you . > > > On Dec 12, 7:01 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I feel protected with his snorts, coughs and opinions echoing through > > > my home, mike. Lord knows, I have suffered from worse companions.// > > > Besides, there was another car-jacking, purse snatching crime by two > > > Black men upon an older woman a block away from my home. 8:30 p.m.- > > > same time as the crime last week. Followed late trip to the store for > > > groceries.New hours=dawn-noon for out and about? Will I have to hire a > > > bodyguard/chaperone?//BTW, a man was killed a few days ago via police > > > taser. > > > > On Dec 12, 5:09 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > rush limbaugh is a joke but i do agree powell did indeed lie for bush > > > > at the UN . > > > > > On Dec 12, 5:53 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The damage is too widespread for one individual to stem the ripple > > > > > effect of this recession and Americans have gotten use to instant > > > > > gratification. So far, Obama seems deft at avoiding the splash of > > > > > scandals around him. Maybe he will need to order wings. In fact, his > > > > > message of HOPE may turn to false hope for so many that he may wind up > > > > > like Carter or worse. We just have to wait and see. In the meantime, I > > > > > am tuning into Rush- my new autocrat at the luncheon table for solace- > > > > > despite Colin Powell's silly advice not to listen to him. We should > > > > > not have listened to Powell's lies at the UN. > > > > > > On Dec 12, 2:26 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > the American people are desperate for someone to fix the damage done > > > > > > by bush which is why they going to Obama for answers before he is > > > > > > sworn in . > > > > > > > On Dec 11, 9:50 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Muddy Waters. Bush43 is our president. Obama has highjacked Bush > > > > > > > rather than sticking to "one president at a time". He is acting > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > heir-presumptive.// I think Obama will emulate the Kennedys and > > > > > > > flood > > > > > > > the public with photo-ops- semi-celebrity- while he wallows > > > > > > > through. > > > > > > > > On Dec 10, 6:54 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Back to the original question, who here disapproves of Obama's > > > > > > > > handling of the transition so far, and why? > > > > > > > > > On Dec 9, 8:30 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > WOW! So who is in the other 21% and what are your specific > > > > > > > > > reasons for > > > > > > > > > not approving? > > > > > > > > > ************ > > > > > > > > > > Poll: 79% approve of way Obama is handling transition > > > > > > > > > Story Highlights > > > > > > > > > CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey finds only 18 percent > > > > > > > > > disapprove > > > > > > > > > > Obama's numbers eclipse those of George W. Bush and Bill > > > > > > > > > Clinton in > > > > > > > > > same period > > > > > > > > > > CNN's Schneider: Type of figure seen when nation rallies for > > > > > > > > > leader > > > > > > > > > after disaster > > > > > > > > > > Michelle Obama and Joe Biden also garner favorable opinions > > > > > > > > > in poll > > > > > > > > > > From Paul Steinhauser > > > > > > > > > CNN > > > > > > > > > WASHINGTON (CNN) -- -- With six weeks before taking office, > > > > > > > > > President- > > > > > > > > > elect Barack Obama is having one heck of a honeymoon, a new > > > > > > > > > national > > > > > > > > > poll suggests. > > > > > > > > > > Nearly eight in 10 Americans questioned in a CNN/Opinion > > > > > > > > > Research > > > > > > > > > Corporation survey out Tuesday morning are giving the > > > > > > > > > president-elect > > > > > > > > > the thumbs up when it comes to his handling of the transition. > > > > > > > > > > Seventy-nine percent approve of Obama's performance so far > > > > > > > > > during > > > > > > > > > transition, with 18 percent disapproving. > > > > > > > > > > Obama's approval rating is 14 points higher than the approval > > > > > > > > > rating > > > > > > > > > for President-elect George Bush in 2001 and 17 points higher > > > > > > > > > than > > > > > > > > > President-elect Clinton's rating in 1992, CNN Polling > > > > > > > > > Director Keating > > > > > > > > > Holland said. > > > > > > > > > > Obama's current approval rating is also more than 50 points > > > > > > > > > higher > > > > > > > > > than President Bush's current approval rating, which now > > > > > > > > > stands at 28 > > > > > > > > > percent --- with 71 percent disapproving of the way Bush is > > > > > > > > > handling > > > > > > > > > his job as president. > > > > > > > > > > "An Obama job approval rating of 79 percent -- that's the > > > > > > > > > sort of > > > > > > > > > rating you see when the public rallies around a leader after a > > > > > > > > > national disaster," said Bill Schneider, CNN's senior > > > > > > > > > political > > > > > > > > > analyst. "To many Americans, the Bush administration was a > > > > > > > > > national > > > > > > > > > disaster." > > > > > > > > > > The poll indicates that 79 percent of the public thinks Obama > > > > > > > > > will do > > > > > > > > > a good job as president -- up 4 percentage points from last > > > > > > > > > month. > > > > > > > > > Eighteen percent think Obama will do a poor job as president, > > > > > > > > > down 3 > > > > > > > > > points from November. > > > > > > > > > > And 78 percent of those questioned said they believe Obama > > > > > > > > > will be a > > > > > > > > > uniter -- 20 points higher than those who felt the same way > > > > > > > > > about then > > > > > > > > > President-elect Bush in 2000. Twenty percent say Obama will > > > > > > > > > be a > > > > > > > > > divider, 16 points lower than those who said the same about > > > > > > > > > Bush. > > > > > > > > > > "Bush came in promising to be a uniter, not a divider. That's > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > promise Bush failed to deliver -- as he himself acknowledged > > > > > > > > > last week > > > > > > > > > in an interview with ABC News when he said that one of his big > > > > > > > > > disappointments is that the tone in Washington got worse > > > > > > > > > rather than > > > > > > > > > better," Schneider said. > > > > > > > > > > "Nearly 80 percent describe Obama as a uniter. So far, so > > > > > > > > > good." > > > > > > > > > > Seventy-six percent of those polled have a favorable opinion > > > > > > > > > of Obama. > > > > > > > > > "And the president-elect is not the only one who is popular > > > > > > > > > right now. > > > > > > > > > Sixty-seven percent have a favorable view of Michelle Obama > > > > > > > > > and 56 > > > > > > > > > percent have a positive view of Vice President-elect Joe > > > > > > > > > Biden," added > > > > > > > > > Holland. > > > > > > > > > > The Democratic party continues to be much more popular than > > > > > > > > > the GOP. > > > > > > > > > Six in 10 have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, > > > > > > > > > while a > > > > > > > > > majority have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican party. > > > > > > > > > > The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted > > > > > > > > > December 1-2, > > > > > > > > > with 1,096 adult Americans interviewed by telephone. The > > > > > > > > > survey's > > > > > > > > > sampling error is 3 percentage points. > > > > > > > > > >http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/Obama.poll/index.html?eref=rss... > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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