We have a LOT of recovery,...ahead. After 8 years of abuse,...

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

,...and 30+ years of "temptation",...

,...this nation is lucky to have a pulse.

It, this nation, is still in a coma.

I admire President Obama, the most worldly compassionate intellect we have ever had as a leader.

However, I do not expect the man to save a nation possessed by diseases completely out of his power to heal.

Only a nation's people can cure its diseases.

Let us see what happens.

Meanwhile, let us all gather around a worldly compassionate intellect who MAY lead a truly impoverished nation (mind, body and soul) out of its wasteland.

[SharonAnn]

1. Yes, it's much more work to build something than it is to wreck something.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

2. TRUE!!! Moreover, it requires a great deal more psychological and emotional strengtrh,...

,...to build something rather tear down.

The difference between destroying and building is a legacy, no matter what it's size.

[donheld]

3. One of our problems is the Bushie Cabal lied about so much

I'm sure the Obama Administration is still uncovering damage. It's hard to clean up till you find all the messes. I'm sure they/we only knew half of the crap the Bushies were up to.

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. 8 years of abuse?

The whacks Reagan took weren't love punches.