amazing. Childlike mentality.

If someone disagrees with you and you cannot convince them you're the one in the right and they are wrong, you belittle and hassle them.

Get over it, not everyone thinks things are peachy with the new regime. We are AMERICANS we are ALLOWED our opinions, and contrary to your belief, we are ALLOWED to voice them and don't HAVE to subscribe to YOUR opinions!

never mind..

Yeah McCain speech were pretty darn good.

That it was, John McCain stood like a man and accepted defeat graciously, with dignity and honour... I admire and respect him for that, the fact that he asked everyone to support the President Elect and help unite the nation and grow as one.  That is the mark of a true man and a patriot.

Good on you John McCain... now hopefully your supporters will accept the result as graciously as you did and move away from the party politics that now serve noone.

I suspect Republicans will treat Obama with far more respect and open mindedness than Democrats showed for Bush.

Brad,

We treated Bush like crap AFTER he (insert extremely long list of things to ruin our nation).  There is no sense in comparing everyone's reaction AFTER Bush to BEFORE Obama.  

As for me, I hope EVERYONE will put the Clinton/Bush years behind us and give the new guy a chance.  The nation needs men like John McCain (who sounded like the McCain of 2000 last night) and President-elect Barack Obama to work together, for all of us, now.

I think we can all move onto discussing something much less divisive...say religion perhaps? 

heck , why not step it up and discuss Mac vs PC.

Firstly: Bush brought the disdain upon himself for Iraq (amonst other things) and commands little respect from anyone anymore thus comparing Obama to Bush is like comparing chalk to cheese.  Secondly: Bush does not possess the positive body language, facial expression or mental alertness, whereas Obama commands respect because he is strong of body, mind and character, something Bush is not.

However, I paid a sincere compliment to John McCain and has been politicized because it was/is hoped that his supporters will accept the result as graciously as he did and help unite the nation as John McCain himself asked.

How people perceive Bush now is totally irrelevant to the depoliticizing a nation long enough so it can work together for the common good...nor is it relevant to a President Elect who has yet not served his country in that capacity.  It's like putting the cart before the horse and thus the matter is moot.

unforunately in too often a case, their mind is so open their brains fell out.

Exactly!

Oh man! Now see...there's a good example! Before the religion comment I had nothing but respect for Excalpius...but then he went into religion and screwed it all up.

His party lost when they nominated him.  But it was a nice contrast to the last 2 concession speeches.  I will hand McCain that.

Exactly - Wrong.  The contempt came on January 20, 2001.  And only let up for a few months after 9-11.  You dont have to take my word for it.  Google is your friend.

Exactly - Right. That is if you think for yourself and not some google. He lost me when he started sending in troops based on lies...and from there it just went down hill faster than a speeding bullet. Period. But I'm sure those in the google nation are correct...since google knows me better than me.

Sorry Dr Guy...you missed it too. November 8, 2000....BUSH STOLE THE ELECTION! that was the point at which they got behind and pushed....aiming for the nearst cliff

Bush didn't steal the election. He won it in a court battle.

http://www.last.fm/music/John+Mayer/_/Belief

Then don't bitch when people are skeptical or unhappy about Obama being elected. Sheesh. You sit there oblivious to how partisan you really are.

I *liked* Bush.  I'm a pretty intelligent guy I think. Bush has a strong body, mind and character.

You just don't AGREE with his political positions or executive decisions -- which is certainly your right. But don't sit here and whine that those who disagree with your views also have problems with Obama's STATED political intentions.

At least, unlike you clearly, most of us are willing to simply worry that Obama is bad for the country based on policy as opposed to saying that Obama is a bad man or doesn't deserve respect.

Exactly so.  I will certainly respect the office of the President.  But his election does not suddenly make me lose my concern that he will gut the intelligence services and the military like the last two democratic presidents did.  I will not suddenly believe that raising taxes on many small businesses and the upper income entrepeneurs will help the job market.  I will not suddenly believe that "speading the wealth" will do anything other satisfy a well crafted class warfare election strategy.  I will hope for the best and hope that he will be tempered by a reality check when he is finally in office.  There is nothing in his voting record either in the Illinois senate ot the US Senate to give me this hope however.  No one can seriously expect those who voted against him for policy reasons will suddenly be over whelmed with joy at his election.  I will however give him the benefit of the doubt and wait and see what he actually does.  Certainly, that is a reasonable position to those that voted for Obama.

As for the historical point of the election of the first black President, that is a fine thing just as I thought it was a fine think when Bush appointed Condie Rice and Colan Powell to their first ever positions.  In the final analysis however, it is what a candidate proposes and waht the winner does, that get my support or lack thereof.  I submit that it would be just as racist to support Obama soley because he is black as it would be to deny him support for the same reason.

Using Google:

http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob1.htm

Looks like bush had a pretty poor approval rating to begin with, then in the wake of 9/11 he had a great rally of support, then from there it slowly tapered off (assuming this page's data is accurate).

One could make the presumption people were uncomfortable at first with him as a leader, after 9/11 thought he showed strong leadership qualities and felt he could lead the nation down the path it needed, then slowly lost faith in him as the war dragged on and solutions weren't as immediate as they would've hoped.

I think that seems to sum up a lot of people's opinions.

I support some of Obama's ideals, but dislike others.  The same went for McCain.  It's amazing to see some of the "Gloom & Doom end of the world" posts out there on the web, and conversely all of the "Obama is president!  We will all eat rainbows and shit ice cream now!".

Hopefully it will fall somewhere inbetween, being neither a great or a poor presidency...Although I would love for it to beat all expectations for the sake of future generations.

Mea Culpa - I was referring to the "as president".  Not as president elect.

Thank you for proving the point.

So why wait for Obama to screw up?  Avoid the rush and start the harping now.

You mean like the Dems  did when the country united after 9/11 ?

You must REALLY love Obama now then.  Cause Barack trumps Bush in every category you list. 

It's nice to see a lot of conservatives flipping over today, from Fox News on the Palin vetting stories yesterday, to Elizabeth Hasselbeck on The View today, everyone is making it clear they were just doing the job they were paid for.  Like Peggy Noonan made clear a few weeks ago, the spin was their jobs, paid to support even an ignoramous like Palin.  Now that the election is over, they're all joining the new wave of reconcilliation. I hope the rest of the disaffected conservatives will close rank as well.

I'm very excited to see this happening and I hope we can all get down to work.