Obama’s Malaise Speech?

Great coverage of this historic event. Do you have any statistics on left handed presidents vs. right.

True, President Obama spoke of the reality that is the “nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.”
However, I must point out to you & your readers, that he countered that statement of reality with a statement of promise & deliverance from that fear when he said “On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.”
Will he be “pounded by the press” for this one statement or speech overall? I certainly hope not! For why should this man, who has brought this nation together like none other in recent history, be targeted for doing nothing more than speaking gently about the truth of the challenging state of our great nation, and his goals for us to move onward and upward, redefining ourselves as the map & model we should be?

As a Democrat I was very disappointed in Obama’s speech and the guests performing contributions to his inauguaration. For a President that wants to make a new beginning, there sure were lots of wrenching statements made about our fore-fathers and slavery–a subject that the citizens of America today had nothing with which to do. I think that Lincoln would be very disappointed that “race” was brought into the factor for Lincoln was not a man seeking to free the slaves, but a man who wanted America to stay together as a whole country, a country not divided with two separate forms of government. For instance, the statements were made over and over about “We” and “Our” triump over the past followed by comments about slavery and the Blacks’ freedom. Those statements didn’t make “all” the American people feel as if the Presidential address was being made to every American. To top the address off, the last guest’s statement, “Let the Whites do right!” was not only racist, but will probably drive a larger wedge between the unity of American people. Why did Obama not get many applauses? Well, consider that he mainly addressed his speech not to the American people in general, but to the triump of the Black peoples. Obama will never be known as a good President now, but rather a “Black” President because his people want to emphasize so much on the color of his skin. Blacks were freed years ago. I’m glad they finally realize that they’ve had the same freedoms as Whites since Lincoln served and I pray to God they will finally drop their racists comments and move into the future and out of the past which occurred over a hundred years ago! Our nation will never be whole as long as the NAACP influences the President and makes such racists remarks about the Whites. Obama should be ashamed to have allowed such a statement. God Bless America!

The power of media
In the days leading up to Obama’s swearing-in there has been a euphoria raised to a crescendo by the relentless media blast right from the FM stations dedicated to the hip-hop music and rap to the much solemn TV shows. The so called media over-kill is nowhere to be noticed. What is it that the people so desperately seek in their times of gloom and despair… well the media and Obama himself call it “hope”. What US of A has been touting as its moment of glory and history has already been achieved by many lesser known and smaller nations, years ago. Countries like Bangladesh with a predominantly Muslim population re-elected a woman as its Prime-Minister, so did Sri-Lanka and Pakistan. India had her first woman Prime-Minister in the seventies and Presidents from all possible representative community and caste. These are the so-called third world countries which were under colonial rule for over two centuries. What does the super-power and the most developed (at least militarily) country offering the world?
I believe just this, that when the mighty brings in something new for itself it believes that it is the first and more so if the media backs it.
But I sure hope that this euphoria of hope is used smartly by the media and the powers that be to instill a sense of equality and peace in times of real depression.

I must respond to the impassioned comment made by L. Purdue, who believes that President Obama’s references to slavery and race in America were unneccessary because he thinks those days are in the past.
Unfortunately, for many sincere non-Black people, they do not have a clue that not only is racism still alive, but all he needs to do is read the news about all the racial epithets and threats on Obama’s life owing only to the fact that he is Black. Not only that, but news was full of stories of Black children boarding school busses the day after Obama became President Elect, being chanted by white children with screams of “Kill Obama, Kill Obama, Death to Obama” and worse. Also, crosses were burned on lawns of homes owned by Black families in integrated neighborhoods.I have personally had comments made from non-Blacks saying he did not have a right as a Black man to be president. I could go on and on. But suffice it to say, the fact that L. Purdue is disappointed by President Obama’s references to race and slavery are reflective of the fact that we still live in two worlds – a Black world and a White world — world’s where one does not experience the challenges of another. I hope L. Purdue, whether Ms. or Mr., will come to realize the truth of the land where we live, and understand that to pretend to be blind to the truth, is to walk in the darkness of ignorance.

Sorry ndl….but “On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.”….is nothing but trumpeting his own horn….on THIS day we gather to inaugurate Obama, who believes HES is the choice of ‘hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord’….the shear arrogance is STAGGERING! And your statement that Obama ‘has brought this nation together like none other in recent history’ is purely asinine, as he has YET TO UNITE ANYTHING! He just took the oath of office, and has done NOTHING but win an election.

I agree with Paul Fisher. Here we have a black president, and I now am following him, and we still get those who have to push the black issue.
I had no slaves. Nor did my father before me. It is so far under the bridge but there are some who seem to want to use the issue to empower themselves over others. Keep it an issue in the forefront so preferential issues assure you get a job over a more qualified candidate. Right?
Obama was a bastard to bring it up again. It is just rubbing salt in a wound that put a black mark on his name and will likely be his undoing.

he is not legally the president due to where he was born and the fact that he was a naturalized US citizen, so this whole inauguration and what’s going on now in D.C. is irrelevant.

The only thing I don’t like about Obama is his Marxist slant. Stalin was known as a “coffeehouse radical” before he mass murdered some 40 million people. I don’t trust Marxist-Communists.

What exactly does this mean:
“Let the Whites do right!”
I’m white, and experienced a lot of racism growing up – against whites.
How exactly does this comment further race relations? Seems only to continue to dwell on differences in race, not similarity between all Americans.
I’m guardedly optimistic that racist remarks like this will cease as time goes on, but so far… not so much.
Best of luck, President Obama. I hope America is truly a stronger and better nation in four years… not some Westernized version of European socialism. *
* Remember that Europe is full of old world prejudice and racism – that continues to this day!

C Forche must be talking out of his ass because there have not been any so called Cross Burnings FOR DECADES. A Canadian MP from BC was ALSO caught lying about “seeing cross burnings” & later exposed as having fabricated the entire occurrence. There is indeed racism in America BUT it is Black against White as the multitude of Black against White hate crimes attest to! Furthermore: I think this Forche character is a seminar poster or false flag poster engaging in pure propaganda because the notion that anyone could get away with making anti-Black comments let alone cross burning in this day & age is most ridiculous on its face! If what he said was true then the news media would be covering it as a BIG story! There would be round the clock coverage of the so called racist chants & most certainly of the alleged cross burnings. Furthermore: cross burning is an ancient Celtic tradition which is still practiced in Scotland today as the KKK only USURPED the tradition.

Zigeuner. Obama fits the mold much more of a classic Fascist. Fascists tend to rise to power during economic downturns often promising all sorts of big government remedies & engaging in over the top patriotism while really just enhancing the power of the State & covering for the true power which never subjects itself to a vote & for which Obama is just another puppet for.

Yes, Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison grew up as British citizens, but once the Brits were overthrown by the Revolution, they all became in effect, American citizens. Obama was born in Kenya and thus is not eligible to be president.He is a pawn of Israel.He is looking for bodies to send to Afghanistan right now to die for Israel, and is playing along with the warmongers who tell him he can’t end the war in Iraq any time soon.

This is over. There will be wholesale changes nationwide with this President. I voted for him, but not for this. It is OVER.

Hillary 2012, let’s do this. NOW.