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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:55 AM Original message |
When the President talked about "change", what did you think he meant? |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. I didn't think anything. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. I was hoping that "change" meant the WH would represent the people... |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. My thoughts. The change would be that intelligent adults |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. 3 quarters, 2 dimes and a nickel. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. I expected we'd have the fight of our lives and that's what is happening. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. i took him at his word |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. +1 |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Just exactly what he's doing: pushing for health care reform, turning |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. I just wanted a fighter |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. I simply thought that extermist screamers would no longer drive the agenda |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. ^^ and this |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yeh, what happened with that? |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Only when they are repugs... |
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jeffbr (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. The way a wife beater promises change |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. A meaningless slogan. Nothing more. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Change IS much slower than we would like & one man can't do it. The election was the start |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. that he was full of sh*t, and that nothing would actually change |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. I expected little or nothing to change |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. I "hoped" for a "genuine" effort. I hoped that promises would be kept. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. He meant "I'm not George W. Bush" |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. I had hoped Obama would close the kangaroo courts... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. This not a "stumper" question in the slightest. I can tell you exactly what we expected. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Points taken. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Right on |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's not lack of change, its that Obama is actively making things worse. |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. you won't get flamed by me |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. No flames from me. nt |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. I never believed we'd have real change. |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Texas Rangers --> Chicago White Sox |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. I don't care WHAT he meant. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Outstanding pic! |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. I had hoped he meant: On every issue he would put himself in the |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. Chump change |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well let's see. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. I thought it was a marketing slogan. n/t |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Exactly what it was and nothing more. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Just like "New and Improved!" and "Now With 50% More ___!" n/t |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. I thought it was a campaign slogan, and a pretty common one at that. nt |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. BC ran on "Hope and Change" in 1992. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. didn't expect much of anything, and even so, am sorely disappointed, for reasons that |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
39. I thought it was a political slogan preying on the desperation and goodness of the American people. |
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