Posted on 11/02/2009 2:55:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
Pauline McAreavy voted for President Obama. From the moment she first saw him two years ago, she was smitten by his speeches and sold on his promise of change. She switched parties to support him in the Iowa caucuses, donated money and opened her home to a pair of young campaign workers.
But by the time she received a fund-raising letter last month from the Democratic National Committee, a sense of disappointment had set in. She returned the solicitation with a handwritten note, saying: “Until I see some progress and he lives up to his promises in Iowa, we will not give one penny.”
“I’m afraid I wasn’t realistic,” Ms. McAreavy, 76, a retired school nurse, said on a recent morning on the deck of her home here in east-central Iowa.
“I really thought there would be immediate change,” she said. “Sometimes the Republicans are just as bad as Democrats. But it’s politics as usual, and that’s what I voted against.”
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Sounds like this gal is saying Obama is insufficiently left wing to suit her.
Maybe she would've voted for him, too.
If the Dems past health care,you’ll see some immediate changes if you get sick,granny!
Reading the thoughts and musings of these foolish people just verifies for me a reading from the Bible I received while praying on election night when Obozo was put into office. They turned away from God and were deceived and now He is punishing them for their error:
Jeremiah 17:5-13
5Thus says the Lord:
Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals
and make mere flesh their strength,
whose hearts turn away from the Lord.
6They shall be like a shrub in the desert,
and shall not see when relief comes.
They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness,
in an uninhabited salt land.
7Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
8They shall be like a tree planted by water,
sending out its roots by the stream.
It shall not fear when heat comes,
and its leaves shall stay green;
in the year of drought it is not anxious,
and it does not cease to bear fruit.
9The heart is devious above all else;
it is perverse—
who can understand it?
10I the Lord test the mind
and search the heart,
to give to all according to their ways,
according to the fruit of their doings.
11Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay,
so are all who amass wealth unjustly;
in mid-life it will leave them,
and at their end they will prove to be fools.
12O glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,
shrine of our sanctuary!
13O hope of Israel! O Lord!
All who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you* shall be recorded in the underworld,*
for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, the Lord.
“I’m afraid I wasn’t realistic,” Ms. McAreavy, 76, a retired school nurse, said on a recent morning on the deck of her home here in east-central Iowa.
“I really thought there would be immediate change,” she said. “Sometimes the Republicans are just as bad as Democrats. But it’s politics as usual, and that’s what I voted against.”
I think a lot of folks are feeling that way. It’s understandable. Things were pretty bad last year. The economy stunk, the Iraq War was going nowhere, Bush’s approval was in the 20s, people had had it with the GOP in Congress and in power. They wanted something new. And Obama was smooth and had all the pizzazz aand media backing and all the money. He seduced a lot of people. He told them what they wanted to hear. Like a guy who’s been at the bar all night getting rejected and all of a sudden this young thing starts whispering in his ear.
I don’t necessarily blame them.
But now people are waking up.
It starts tomorrow.
On that score no one should be disappointed.
“A campaign for the history books, filled with a sky-high sense of possibility for Mr. Obama not just among legions of loyal Democrats but also among converts from outside the party, has descended to an unfamiliar plateau for a president whose political rise was as rapid as it was charmed.”
I like that line. If we consider his ‘rise’ took about 2 years and we consider where hes at now,hes probably sinking faster than he went up.
Of all my friends who were going to vote for him I always asked “What Change” and “What Hope” - they never gave a coherent answer - now they’re saying hmmmm .....
They're starting to do the right thing for the wrong reasons. If I'm right, no message the Repubs come up with, particularly a conservative one, is likely to resonate with them.
The retired nurse is stupid.
Gee, Pauline, ya THINK!!??? Next time you decide to vote . . . . DON'T!! We can't afford your ignorance!
Sounds like buyer’s remorse. We tried to warn them......
Idiots.
I consider anyone who voted for Obomba, who is over the age of 50, to be either STUPID or IGNORANT....not sure which...
LOL.
Things were far better one year ago than they are today.
In today’s technological age there is no excuse for ignorance. There is way too much information available for people to remain ignorant.
They chose/choose to. Therefore, they’re STUPID!
SZ
In sympathy with all the conned huddled masses that fell for the Zeros rhetoric, I say “HA ha. Now learn from your mistake and don’t screw up again.”
It seems that speeches are the only thing the democrats can deliver. Notice that all the MSM can say about JFK was "Ask not yadda, yadda, yadda." The coverage of Ted's funeral noted his one or two speeches at the conventions. Dems must really be swept of their feet by smoooth talkers...
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