Obama hysteria

rayer · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:01

OK, so everyone is going crazy over this guy for the next few days, yes I know he is black, yes I know he is the first non white president etc etc ( this is all the coverage seems to be about ), but the underlying question is, is he any good at doing this job ?

Dont really give a toss about the colour of his skin, makes no odds to me.

Will he be a good president and I hope he was elected because of this reason.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:04

He'd have to **** up something shocking to be worse than Bush.

rayer · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:05

Is there anything left to **** up though. Seems like he is on a winner already.

sbi5ar · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:05

rayer said:
Will he be a good president and I hope he was elected because of this reason.

He was elected because of his skin color, sorry to say, no media coverage that i have seen has been based on policies, just YEAHHHH MR BLACK IN DA HOUSE etc....

He will be better than what is in power at present

strudey · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:06

I reckon it's just excitement that someone who seems more together than Bush will be taking the reigns. I don't begrudge them some optimism.

sbi5ar said:
He was elected because of his skin color, sorry to say, no media coverage that i have seen has been based on policies, just YEAHHHH MR BLACK IN DA HOUSE etc....

He will be better than what is in power at present

That's not how I've seen it at all.

Ricochet J · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:07

Unfortunately, he has to do good if another black president is to be elected in the future.

sbi5ar · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:08

strudey said:
That's not how I've seen it at all.

then sir, i can conclude we have seen different things

Mattus · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:09

sbi5ar said:
He was elected because of his skin color, sorry to say, no media coverage that i have seen has been based on policies, just YEAHHHH MR BLACK IN DA HOUSE etc....

Media coverage doesn't equal votes, though, does it?

Obama was a good candidate, but the Republicans have such a huge image problem at present that pretty much any generic Democrat would have won the election.

Azagoth · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:10

Can't wait for tomorrow when the limousine stops and out steps Obama, dressed in Crips colours, bandanna and a '9' tucked into his waistband. Only to then Crip walk to the podium, loose a few caps into the air and proclaim with a mighty shout "'sup ******?"

That would make my day!

Burnsy2023 · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:10

sbi5ar said:
then sir, i can conclude we have seen different things

Have you not seen his "Change" campaign? He got elected because he is seen as different in both approach and ethnicity.

strudey · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:10

sbi5ar said:
then sir, i can conclude we have seen different things

Yeah

to be fair my main media source on the campaign was The Daily Show.

dangerstat · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:13

It's a good point. In terms of experience, he is not the right choice to be leading the US, he lacks (or lacked) knowledge of economics and defense (which are pretty important at the moment!). I think people in the US wanted a change from Bush more than anything, he could just have 2 GCSE's and he'd probably still have won because of the desire for change and his chirisma (sp?). Saying that isn't he a law grad from Harvard so he can't be that much of a retard

Mattus · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:18

dangerstat said:
It's a good point. In terms of experience, he is not the right choice to be leading the US, he lacks (or lacked) knowledge of economics and defense (which are pretty important at the moment!).

Be glad that we don't have John McCain, who apparently openly admitted that he 'doesn't really understand economics'!

RDM · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:20

He may make a difference to America, he probably won't make a difference to American Foreign Policy.

Vulcan · 19 Jan 2009 at 20:11

sbi5ar said:
He was elected because of his skin color, sorry to say, no media coverage that i have seen has been based on policies, just YEAHHHH MR BLACK IN DA HOUSE etc....

He will be better than what is in power at present

He was elected because it was either him, or grampa, I mean McCain.

sbi5ar · 19 Jan 2009 at 20:11

Longbow said:
He was elected because it was either him, or grampa, I mean McCain.

so basically, your saying the black guy or the old dude

Chimerical · 19 Jan 2009 at 20:13

strudey said:
Yeah to be fair my main media source on the campaign was The Daily Show.

Good program that.

timmothy · 19 Jan 2009 at 20:14

Longbow said:
He was elected because it was either him, or grampa, I mean McCain.

he was elected because of his skin colour, thats all there is to it

Burnsy2023 · 19 Jan 2009 at 20:15

timmothy said:
he was elected because of his skin colour, thats all there is to it

You're wrong. That may have played a part, but it's not 'all there is to it'.

Greenlizard0 · 19 Jan 2009 at 20:17

Burnsy2023 said:
You're wrong. That may have played a part, but it's not 'all there is to it'.

Agreed, the fact that he was a democrat and somebody with a different view point compared to Bush would have had a huge influence.