what did Barack Obama see as the future of America?
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because you care enough to ask.\nhttp://www.philipdru.com\nhttp://weekendinterviewshow.com\nhttp://thestressblog.com\nhttp://www.un.org/\nhttp://www.antiwar.com\nhttp://www.kaos959.com
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Yes i think we will someday. i think the first step however has to be a Vice Presifent of a different race. i dont think that our country will make that big of a jump from all white presidents to a president of a different race. from what i have read so far Obama seems to be the best bet he is young and doesnt seem to take much shit. i dont know if the big money in government will allow him to make that far but i sure hope he tries.
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Obama in '08! Keep your fingers crossed! He's got my vote!
669117
at this point, I'm just hoping for someone who can read and write, maybe even speak in public ... that's just taking baby steps up though. Barak Obama (Illinois)
139822
I like Obama, but he is still new on the national level, and a lot of pressure is being placed on him.\n\nStill, I would like to think this would happen within 20 years...but I am prepared to be disappointed...
1071970
The future of the United States is bright, indeed.  I had doubts a short while back, but people are remembering how to speak up.\nWe will always be powerful, perhaps the top superpower, but we will never try to stop someone from being more successful if they have their people's interests at heart.  Oh, we'll protect our interests, but we have always cheered the success of other countries who serve their people first and their ideology last.   Should everyone be a capitalist, a representative democratic republic?  I don't think so, but there are going to be more, and we'll have to compete with them, and I'll love every second of it.  Competition that isn't based on the slavery of a people (like China is close to) is to be commended and encouraged.\n\nIf there is another superpower that grows above us, I suspect that we'll have a hand in making it that way.  After all, we've been helping all our "older brothers" (older countries) for some time now.  It would be nice if they could do it on their own so we could enjoy our youth and riches a bit more.  \n\nEuropean Union?  Go for it!  China getting more democratic and keeping it's power?  We're with you!  Russia regaining world attention but remaining a people-first state?  Great!\n\nWe'll be there, probably contentedly resting on our laurels until we're woken again.  For now, we're awake and stomping our feet on the one's who woke us up unjustly.  After they're dust, we'll go back to slumber and do business as usual, but we'll never be less than a giant.
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I think that Obama is very smart, atractive and has caused enough of a stir to make him a viable candidate. He might have a tough time getting the nomination against Hillary Clinton due to her money raising ability.  I also like Joe Biden the senior senator from Deleware. He has a vast experience in foreign relations which is something we need at this time.
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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"\n\nEleanor Roosevelt
993152
In my opinion he is!\nHe was a so-so president in his first term, but now he is worse, he knows there is no being elected again for him, so he has given up trying to do good for America. And I fear the next president we get, will not do any better.
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Very doubtful today, what with the Patriot act, Homeland Security, Governments fear of new and alternative life styles, things, and people striving for need or greed in general everyday life. If we tried to be Utopian, Washington would shut us down. I know, I know I am a paranoid, but look around your world.
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I hope Barack Obama becomes president some day, and I'm pretty sure he will.  But he doesn't have enough experience to run in 2008.  By then he will only have had 4 years at the national level.  But I do hope he becomes president in 2012, 2016, 2020, or whenever.  He's still young, he has plenty of time.
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god man, i really hope it's barack obama.\n\nhttp://obama.senate.gov/
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I don't know.  I think its distant future is glorious, but the near future looks shaky.  I had great hopes when Khatami got in, but the current president makes me as nervous as our current president (I'm American).  I'm hoping that we will all stick to saber-rattling and not actual war until we learn to settle down and get along.
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Yes , I Look forward to \n\nSurrender America to the Terrorists!\n-- Raise taxes through the roof!\n-- Give you Soviet-style health care!\n-- Abort as many babies as possible!\n-- Require Gay Marriage!\n-- Open the prisons & let the most dangerous thugs free!\n-- Expand the welfare rolls as much as possible ! (Especially lazy ghetto types.)\n-- Confiscate all your guns!\n-- Flood America with porn!\n-- Make NAMBLA a Cabinet agency!
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Jackson is a throwback - he's a Martin Luther King protege and, true to that past, still views issues from an Us vs. Them perspective.  Obama, being a couple decades younger, did not experience the same segregation that black people of Jackson's generation did and thus has a perspective on race that is more inclusive.  Overall, I'd say that Jackson represents past viewpoints while Obama represents the present, and possibly future.
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I'd look at the Monroe Doctrine (i think).  It has a statement by a former president that says that the American dream should be for the country to touch the atlantic and the pacific.  \nUS rail system encouraged travelers & those moving by providing efficient transportation.\nFed Govt encouraged this by buying, annexing, and winning by force property that is now the United States.\nNative Americans presented a barrier and discouraged those moving to live in a place where raids were frequent.  The US should have made terms with the Native Americans to make peace in the beginning.\nImmigrants went where ever jobs were needed, so they were always ready to move somewhere else if they could get a job.\nHope it helps.
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I would say about 50% think of the future. It seems to me that everything on this planet seems to be divided 50% yes'er and 50% no'ers... Dr Checko... (Nickname)