"The Office of The President Elect" WTF???

Look through today's news articles about the tragic attacks in Mumbai. Notice that virtually nowhere is it reported that President Bush said or did anything. U.S. responses are cited as coming from "the White House" or "Washington" (see this article, for example. Names of White House officials expressing their thoughts on the attacks (such as "horrific") are not referenced. Instead, it's "the Bush Administration," "the State Department," or "the White House" (as in this article)-- all very generic.

Meanwhile, there are all sorts of headlines about "President-Elect Obama" giving his response to the attacks. No Bush administration representative currently in office is quoted, but from the first article referenced just above, we have this:

Obama's chief national security spokesperson, Brooke Anderson, said the president-elect's prayers were with the victims and their families.

That's Obama's chief national security spokesperson (as in, not an official security spokesperson for the United States).

If you look hard enough, you do come across a scant few articles which mention that Bush, who is at Camp David for the Thanksgiving holiday, "has been informed" of the situation, and he sends his "condolences" to victims and their families. Meanwhile, all the presidential talk is issuing from B.O., with statements such as, "The United States must continue to strengthen our partnerships with India and nations around the world to root out and destroy terrorist networks." Obama -- not Bush -- is the one reported as consulting with Condoleeza Rice regarding the situation.

What, did George just toss the Oval Office keys under the mat, leave the porch light on, and tell B.O. to come on down and make himself at home? Not that I shed a tear to see W walk off the stage, but c'mon...

And where's Dick Cheney?

'rehearsal of the inauguration'..

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=86zyT1Z6Iww

(ps: I think I don't mean any disrespect by posting this)

So far the thing I agree with him on is...

The closing of Guantanamo.

I hope he says no torture immediately. But I am not going to have any high expectations from him considering he has no credibillity and any of the major issues from the bailout, the war spending or the bills that rape the privacy of all Americans.

He says he is going to bring the troops home from Iraq but he is probably let the Iraqis do the deciding, but he should act first and save the Iraqis the parliamentary circus that will occur if we still have an occupying force in their land.

His choice of an economic advisor could have been worse than Volcker, who even though is completely wrong on allowing the federal reserve to exist, Ron Paul did say he was a more decent person than Bernanke and Greenspan. I hope them and Paulson have no business in govt and that they should be publicly boycotted from all shows, books, jobs, nightclubs.. etc... of course we will all need to get the cuffs ready for them.

He should have more humility though, even though he thinks he has all these smart people backing him up, it isn't going to matter if his policies do not dramatically decrease the size of government and allow the free market to determine interest rates and allow competing currencies.

But with all his arrogant flaws, he does have the chance of becoming more non-interventionist in regards to foreign policy. He can shut down the missle shield in Europe and encourage free trade with Russia. Decrease soldiers in South Korea and have S.Korea determine if they want us there or not. I would hope he would just do it on his own but he isn't that brilliant. He can stop all action in South America, we will do much damage to ourselves if we have bad relations with the South. Of course to do this we just need to stop the abolition of drugs.

And I want a president that will pardon all non-violent drug offenders.

My husband and I were just talking about this. You never hear about the "President-elect" until the inauguration. Why does he have to stand behind that podium and sign and make demands? I honestly thought it was a photoshop picture the first time I saw him behind the podium with his "President-elect" sign. I don't understand what is going on with this.
BTW, we still have 3 Ron Paul bumper stickers and 2 magnetic signs on our van and the looks we get are amazing!! It's so offensive to Obama supporters and we can tell who they are, by the looks we get!! I say stare all you want, one day you will ask me about Ron Paul and I can fill you in on one of the greatest Americans ever!!!

Freedom is not FREE!!

Mikle you have a vision that I may not have at this point, wouldn't say if I did. There is a pony express of iron riders coming together that will be under the radar. This is the last time it is mentioned.

God bless you and the revolution!

jim