[Sailor Steve]

The country is going to hell in a handbasket, and has been for the past 200 years. Just ask anybody who was on the losing side of any election since 1788.

As a historian, I see this as an amazing time, one that I wasn't sure would ever come, and am glad to have lived to witness.

I disagree with Obama politically, but I also disagree with McCain, which is why I wrote in a non-candidate of my own choosing. But Clinton didn't destroy the country, and neither did Bush, despite claims to the contrary by opponents of both men. If real evidence comes to light concerning Obama's qualifications, then that will take place in its own time. Meanwhile, all the "not-a-natural-born-citizen" talk is just that, the talk of people who are predisposed to hate the man and are doing everything they can to destroy his presidency before it has a chance to prove itself one way or the other.

I'm willing to give him the chance to show his stuff (not like I have any real choice in the matter) before I change my opinion, which is that things are going to go on pretty much as they always have, with one side trying to convert the country to what they think is best, and the other side doing everything they can to stop it for the very same reason.

Most of what I see here is politics and rhetoric - also pretty much the same as always.