I know there are a lot of conservatives who would answer that question resoundingly in the negative; but for my part, for all the questions and concerns I have about his judgment on people and policies, I can’t help coming down with Beldar: I think he is. I may be convinced otherwise later, but I hope not.
Define “Good Man” from your perspective. Let’s have some substance to your assertions.
Karl Marx thought he was a good man.
That doesn’t make him a good man to run government if his priciples are bankrupt.
If you are speaking faith and morals, then there is no question Obama lacks any good judgement in either category.
If you are speaking politically, again, what little he has done as a politician and a comunity organizer along his Marxist friends and tendancies (this is not debatable, he has expressed it in his own book) proves he is a political desaster so far.
If he contiues to practice what he is preaching, his policies will be economic disaster to our country surpassing the Great Depression.
dbrletich
I think this is a tough question to answer. And no matter what his current condition, it is his future condition that we are concerned with.
My prayer is that winning the office of President has humbled him. My fear is that it has emboldened him.
Time will tell.
Cousin, I can’t defend it; I’m not making any assertions, except stating that this is where I am at the moment. I know I’m giving him the benefit of some very large doubts. I’m quite sure he’s going to be a disaster president, somewhere between Carter and Buchanan, and there’s no question he’s shown some extremely bad judgment. What’s worse, I have the exact same fear as spherical. I guess I just can’t bring myself to give up on him yet; I think the next few years are going to be unpleasant enough as it is, and if he really is a truly bad man, they’ll be that much worse.
In any case, I’ll be praying for him; I hope we all are.
How far back am I going to have to read this blog to catch up?
Good stuff and pardon my bad spelling and grammar.
You are correct. We should give him a chance and even if he fails miserably, that is an answered prayer for the next election cycle eh?
I think in the Catholic church the 11th commandment is pray for your government leaders…especially if their Democrat.
Don’t ask. I have no idea.
dbrletich
Beats me; depends what you want to catch up on, I guess. I’m working on a guide to new readers–key posts in certain categories–but I have to figure out what I think those are first.
I don’t know about giving Obama a chance–seems to me he took it for himself; for the sake of the country I’ll pray for his blessing, but I won’t pray for unmerited popularity. My biggest prayer is that God would convict him on abortion and give him both the understanding and the courage to go pro-life. If he tanks, 2010 could be a big year for the GOP. Certainly for the party, this win could well prove to be the best possible scenario.
I think of Jesus’ question, “why do you call me good?” He doesn’t deny he is good because he tells the man who came to him only God is good.
That being said, I believe President Elect Obama is an honorable and sincere man. I don’t know if the sincerity is aimed in the right direction. I don’t know how deep his sense of honor goes.
But this I know absolutely. God is in charge. God tells us that he owns the kings of the earth. God tells us to pray for ALL in authority.
I will pray for him. I will pray that his decisions will be the right ones for this nation. I will confess my sin of thinking that I know what is best for this nation. I will admit to God that this is part and parcel of MY seeking to be “like God”.
We’ve survived Great Depressions before. We’ve survived bad Presidents before. We’ve survived immorality in the White House before.
So pray for our President elect, the congress, his family and for any nut cases that would attempt to blow anything out of proportion simply to sell advertising on their talk shows. [did I say that out loud?]
Peace
Alan
Thanks for that, Alan–very well put.