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**jeff** · October 10th, 2009, 09:51 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

wrote:

for more than a year prior to feb 2009, obama gave clear indications of
his positions, philosophies, and character (for those willing to read
and listen)...enough that my wife and i independent of one another took
notice, hoped he would announce as a candidate, and then began our
active support. something we'd not done with any heartfelt enthusiasm
since our 20s. i doubt we were the only ones affected in this way.

he changed the direction of this country (and the perceptions of this
country) long before january 20, 2009. i just don't understand the
schadenfreude for obama that some have...unless they simply acknowledge
being a rascist. i'll wager though that of all the nobel recipients, he
is easily the most recognizable and best-known in the world.

my hope is for people, especially those in other countries, to believe
genuinely that our president promotes and desires peaceful solutions. we
are too often a violent short-sighted society, rightly perceived as
such, with petty purposes and ideas. i like having a president who
doesn't fit that mold, and who garners the admiration and respect of
other world leaders...not to mention the nobel committee.

i'm incredibly proud of obama...he's doing a terrific job as president
under the worst of circumstances.

though the bewilderingly hostile chasm and wasteland between repubs and
dems, conservatives and liberals, (using those labels in the most
dogmatic sense) keeps us a divided nation, i am seeing more folks (like
paul...and even tim g) in recent months who are willing to express
their dissatisfaction with the way things have been and who are seeking
ways to bridge the divide. it's encouraging... as is a president
awarded the nobel peace prize.

jeff