demo said:
LOL, what is it about all of the real-life depressives on this board reacting with such fear and loathing to a candidate who personifies success, vigour, and optimism? Oh I know, it's because he is the counterpoint to their entire diminished worldview and life expectations. It's the same on Manwe as well, the usual suspects reacting with fear and an undercurrent of bitterness and the more well-adjusted characters either relaxed about, or supportive, of Obama. I'll give Iavas credit though, he did manage to put all of the gibberish espoused about Obama into one single reply revealing in the process how little research he's actually done on the man's life and record.
Demo I appreciate your insights into politics, and I started this thread to talk about politics and whatnot....not talk about messageboards and/or posters on messageboards.
Iavas, as for Obama's utopianism, I just see it as idealism. Nothing wrong with a healthy dose of idealism....in fact I'd say a healthy dose is healthy. But at the same time, a healthy dose of cynicism is probably healthy....but for me, it's alot smaller in dosage than idealism to be healthy.
What America needs is some good old-fashioned idealism. Just a little. I'm not talking a naive revolution, just some leadership for the cause of good.
I also started this topic to hear from "conservatives"....but I guess b77 isn't the place for that.
To me the term "conservatives" is not appropriate for labeling right-wings. Conservative should be used in relation to the conservation of good things: like the environment, the welfare of the people as a whole. Conserving was is in the American spirit...freedom. Not enslavement, or bureaucracy.