User talk:ConnieFL

Questions re Wikipedia article titled, "United States Senate career of Barack Obama" I found it to be pretty vague. What I would like to see added to make it more accurate and "instructional" are: 1. Article stated several bills that Obama worked on (which I assume did not pass)and a couple of bills with his name, or maybe it was one bill, because article stated that it "was passed" not "were passed" and I was wondering as I was reading the article whether the bill "was passed" in the Senate or "was passed" in both House and Senate and "was passed" into law. Many bills are passed in the House OR in the Senate but not both and never become the "law of the land." Clarifying this would make your article stronger and more informative. 2. Your article states that... "President George W. Bush vetoed his legislation for State Children's Health Insurance Program - related military family job protections." Generally, when a President of the United States vetoes a bill he gives a reason for the veto. Your article did not mention the reason given for the presidential veto, and giving Bush's reason would prevent a reason being "manufactured" or "twisted" for political purposes, and would help to avoid any "implication" that Bush had no reason to veto the bill except that he was a "racist" who "wanted Obama to fail." (A very common political "dirty trick' used in today's heated political environment.) It's very sad that our country has come to this partisan nit-picking and "spin" and "projecting motive" to every word that is spoken or printed, but it has. Adding Bush's "reason" for the veto will help prevent your article from being politically "slanted" or politically "charged."  Thank you for considering these "rewrites" or "additions."  I'm new to Wikipedia and don't feel qualified to research or rewrite the article myself... or maybe that's what I am supposed to do???? ConnieFL (talk) 15:06, 30 January 2012 (UTC)