The Voice - Student Newspaper

Cons for Obama's win could tear country apart

By Ashley Toland
Reporter, The VOICE

On Nov. 4, 2008, the United States of America chose their new president, Barack Obama. Those who voted for John McCain are in mourning for their country and the future generations of America. However, this country will experience "change" and "hope" in the next four years.

Nonetheless, the county does need change and hope for the better, the country does not complete change of everything that is the way today.

Barack Obama speaks about bringing this country out of the economic crisis, bringing home the men and women from Iraq, and having better health care. "The president faces an economic environment more grim and fraught with challenging than any proceeding president since Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933," says John J. Hardy of the Business 24/7.

However, President-elect Barack Obama has one of the shortest resumes of any recent incoming president.

Furthermore, he has not demonstrated his skills as a negotiator with the members of Congress.

And he knows little about how he would present himself in foreign leader gatherings. Also, he has not experienced a crisis similar to what a president should expect to deal with in their term.

"He has steadfastly resisted being forced to state how the dramatically altered economic and fiscal environment affect his governing agenda," states Dan Balz of the Washington Post.

Obama promises to bring change to the country and bring it out of the economic crisis. Nonetheless, his greatest gift is speaking to the people, but can he address the nation from the Oval Office in a time of crisis?

"During the campaign, Obama spoke about the need for an ambitious agenda to dramatically expand health care and wean America off its dependence on foreign oil," states Balz.

Though Obama plans to expand health care, he also is considering allowing homosexuals the right to marry, discontinuing any restrictions on abortions, and pulling our troops out of Iraq completely.

By doing these actions, he is creating long term problems for this country. Yes, it would be wonderful to bring home the men and women, but possibly bringing them home so quickly could cause more issues than the one at hand. And restricting abortions can cause health problems with the mother to be.

As president Obama has set big goals, but suggests he has set a realistic timetable. "We may not get there in one year or even one term," he said, "but, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there," Obama said in Chicago on election night during his victory speech.

The next four years this country could be worse off.