The President, but not MY President
Well, it’s been a couple days now, and I guess it’s time that I say “Congratulations, Barack.” He did it. He was able to convince enough people to vote for him and his brand of “Change.” As I have always stated, I will support the Office of the President, but not necessarily the person sitting in the driver’s seat.
As I’ve stated more times than I can count, I just don’t much care for B. Hussein. The man literally scares me. He gives me the heebie-jeebies. And no, it’s not because he’s black–even though, technically, he’s half-white, even though most people choose to ignore that. I couldn’t care less what color he is. He could be blue with purple polka dots for all I care. He scares me, because of several factors.
1) He has a resume so thin that, assuming he stays in office for the entire four years before he decides to run for King of the World, that will be the longest he’s ever held a job during his political career. He has literally gone from being “elected” to each spot to immediately running for the next higher step. From “Community Organizer” to Illinois state rep to a senator to President. True, he did stay as a state rep in Illinois from 1997 to 2004, but from state rep to president in four years? Isn’t that a little scary to anyone else?
2) The people he associates with tell me the kind of person he is on the inside. We’ve got his nutso pastor (whom he likened to a slightly crazy uncle) that calls on God to damn America. We’ve got him launching his political career and subsequent close friendship with Weather Underground front-man and “loves to stomp all over the American flag” guilty-as-hell-but-free-as-a-bird William Ayers. We’ve got his close ties with Supreme Minister of the Nation of Islam Louis Farrakhan, who has called Obama the “Messiah.” We’ve got him toasting anti-Semite Khalidi, even though the LA Times won’t release the tape for an assinine reason. And now we have him announcing that–of all people–Rahm ”Captain F-Bomb” Emanuel is going to be his Chief of Staff (which is weird, considering that Rahm is a Jew, and Khalidi hates Jews!).
Aside: Rahm Emanuel, in my opinion, makes James Carville look like a newborn, helpless kitten. It honestly would not surprise me if Rahm is as anti-Semite as Louis Farrakhan, Khalidi, and Ahminajihad are, even though he’s Jewish. I mean, have you read anything about how bad this guy is? His own mother calls him Rahmbo! This is not a good sign. Not a good sign in the least.
3) His views about things that diverge from a good majority of America.
For example, he supports infanticide–even though he doesn’t call it infanticide. I don’t know about you, but allowing a baby born alive after an abortion, and then withholding medical treatment, food, etc. so that the baby dies on it’s own is akin to what I would call infanticide. I know that, if my wife and I allowed a newborn baby to die in this manner, we would be brought up on murder charges–and would deserve them. He even voted against a bill that he helped write to save their lives. And, apparently, this is also something that he has promised to Planned Parenthood would be his first thing to do when he is President.
When he told Joe the Plumber that “spreading the wealth” is a good thing, well… Most people wouldn’t agree to that. Sure, there are some who would. I mean, I can understand the allure of getting money from someone and not having to lift a finger to do it, but… I also understand the other side of it. I’m working to feed not only my children AND foster children, and we’re barely getting by. But to add to that that I now have to provide healthcare for millions of other babies? I don’t think so!
Nume–if I’m stepping on your toes with this, I apologize profusely–told me the other night that she has a neighbor that the mom is a stay-at-home mother. I don’t have a problem with that. What I have a problem with is what they’ve done against their children! They bought a brand-new SUV for her to drive, and dropped the children’s medical insurance to pay for it. Why? Because they’re just going to use the national insurance that Barack Obama is going to put in place for their kids. This is stupid, self-centered, greedy, irresponsible, lazy, and opportunistic, all rolled up into one, horrible thing. WHO DOES THIS KIND OF CRAP?
Oh, wait, I forgot. Now that Obama’s the next President, people like Peggy the Moocher no longer has to worry about paying her mortgage or putting gasoline in her car’s tank.
I just can’t stand people like this. People like this should not be allowed to breed.
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” In other words, spreading the wealth. And the Warren Court, apparently, wasn’t radical enough.
4) He wants to write a new Bill of Rights. Under this new Bill of Rights (I’m betting he’ll try to replace our original one with it!), it’s going to guarantee a job for everyone. I have a HUGE problem with this, because I know that it will not work. Why? Here’s a few reasons:
- Not everyone wants a job–they like panhandling, because they can make more money that way, AND it’s TAX FREE!
- If they make less than $50,000 a year, they will pay no taxes, PLUS they’ll get LOADS of money back!
- Why worry about healthcare when Obama will give it to you for free, and make everyone else pay for it?
- You need to take a look at what life is like in Communist China, where everyone who wants a job has one. It’s not pretty. I know. I’ve lived and worked there. It is not pretty. You can’t have a job for everyone, and expect them to be able to live on those wages, the way that he promises. It doesn’t work that way, although it would be nice if it did.
Also under this new Bill of Rights, he guarantees everyone a home. He guarantees everyone an education (although I don’t see where that translates to a college education). He guarantees everyone freedom from ”economic fears” of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment.
Apparently, he guarantees everyone freedom from responsibility. That the government will do it all for us. No clue how that’s going to happen, considering that he’s only going to raise taxes on people who make above $250,000 no $200,000 no $150,000 no $120,000 a year. With as much as this second Bill of Rights will cost, I wonder how long it’ll take before McCain was right, and he’s raising taxes on everyone making more than $42,000 a year.
Not to mention the fact that a new Bill of Rights basically means that the original one–the one written in our country’s Constitution, is now null and void. And if that’s the case, then he’ll be able to throw out our freedom of speech (which he already does, ’cause if we say anything against him, we’re racist), we won’t be able to own firearms (hey, Chicago’s already pissed about the Supreme Court ruling that we can have them!), we won’t have freedom of religion–which will make people like Islamics who worship Obama happy, and the list goes on.
People, we’re talking about the most liberal person who has ever run for office, here. His own wife doesn’t like America–after all, whenever he was selected, it was the first time ever that she was proud of her country. The people he runs around with don’t like America. He wants to cut our military spending, hamstringing us militarily. He wants to turn us into a police state by creating a “Civilian National Security Force;” I hope it’s nothing like what was happening at the polls the other day, but I’m willing to bet it will be exactly like what was going on.
So, people, if you voted for this person, I pray that you wake up and smell the coffee soon. Your basic rights are being eroded–and you’re apparently happy about this. You elected this guy to office. You can call him YOUR President, but he is most certainly not mine. I will respect him as the President, only so far as how long he stays in office (hopefully, only 1,458 more days from today). But that’s as far as it goes. And it will only be for the position, not the person.
He scares me. I’m astounded that he doesn’t scare others.
With him as President, I wonder if God has done as Rev Wright has demanded–that He’s damned America. I hope not. I’m hoping it’s just that the phrase “it’s always darkest before the dawn” is more appropriate, and that, after the next Presidential election, we’re going to be ushered into a new day, filled with people who love America, filled with people who have a real set of core values, filled with Americans who have decided that they want to take responsibility for their own lives, live the American dream, and are able to do it.
It helps a little that there are people who agree that we are in for a very scary 4 years, the Dem congress and Obama, it will be a test of how strong our REAL Americans are, we have a fight on our hands, I just hope it’s a fight to the death of Freedom.
Comment by ALBERTA — November 6, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
I MEANT NOT A FIGHT TO THE DEATH OF OUR FREEDOM…….I LEFT OUT THE NOT !!!!!!
Comment by ALBERTA — November 6, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
Looks like you will not let go your infatuation with Ayers, Rev Wright and the others. Don’t you realize that O was elected POTUS inspite of all the quilty by association mud that was being flung at him? Stop wasting your breath man (or is it ink). For all those predicting a disastrous 4 years in the making, are you all clairvoyant? You all should have have used your gift then to stop W from screwing up so badly…
Comment by Georgia — November 8, 2008 @ 1:22 am
I understand he was elected the next president–but not by me. No, I won’t let go of my “infatuation” (even though I wouldn’t call it that) of his association with people who hate America. If he was associated with just one of these–as long as it wasn’t Ayers–I could forgive his indiscretion. BUT he continues to have all these relationships with people who are–at best–of a “questionable” nature. Do you honestly think that people would have let it go if, say, President Bush had a personal friendship with bin Laden, Saddam, or even Timothy McVeigh?
Ayers bombed government buildings along with a statue that was dedicated to riot police casualties–not once, but twice. He bombed the NYC Police Headquarters in 1970, US Capitol Building in ‘71, and the Pentagon in ‘72. True, they were fairly small, but when he says that he “didn’t do enough” and that he “doesn’t regret” his decisions to set these bombs, it leads one to think that, hey, this guy wanted people hurt or dead.
How many times has Rev Wright incited race issues? Calling our country the United States of AmeriKKKa? Calling God to DAMN America? Saying that the 9/11 attacks were just our “chickens coming home to roost” and that we deserved to be attacked like that? How many times has he said that the white man has kept the black man oppressed? IMO, if anyone is oppressed by another race in this country, it’s because they want to be. It keeps their anger alive, their bitterness sweet to their lips. If people like Rev Wright, Al Sharpton, et al, would just let go of their hate, things would get a lot better, as far as any race issues are concerned. But they won’t. Why? Because it’s become their bread and butter. Race hate is how they make their living. Racism is their life. And if Obama hangs out with these people, isn’t it possible that he agrees with them? And if you think not, then you haven’t read either of his two books–especially Dreams of My Father in which he discusses how he believes white people view black people. Beliefs that, in my experience, are completely wrong.
I refuse to “stop wasting my breath” whenever it comes to this person. He is not good for this country. No, I’m not clairvoyant, but I can read the writing on the wall.
And as far as President Bush “screwing up so badly,” where did he screw up? Honestly, where did it happen? The surge in Iraq worked.
So I’m betting you’ll say the current economic crisis, right?
The economic crisis started with the sub-prime mortgage crisis–which started in 1999 (Bill Clinton’s reign) with the passing of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that repealed parts of the Glass-Steagall Act, which was put in place during the Great Depression that provided oversight and regulations of financial institutions. What happened was that it allowed commercial banks to get into investment banking. Not a big deal, right? Well…
While several banks have been able to weather the crisis, the ones who got into this the most heavily–Bear Stearns, Lehman Bros, etc.–have all collapsed under the weight of their bad decisions.
Then, in 2005, Republicans put forth a bill designed to reign in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae called the “Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005.” It was based on a recommendation from 2004 for a single authority to be placed over both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The House Banking Committee chairman–Barney Frank–opposed this, saying it was worthless, that they didn’t need this kind of oversight. In fact, whenever this type of oversight was suggested in 2000 (when President Clinton was still in office), again in 2003, and then again in 2004, he opposed it completely. He said that the concern for these two entities and what they were doing was “overblown.” Then, last summer, Chris Dodd (Senate Banking Committee chairman) told President Bush where to put the idea of this legislation, if you get my meaning. It was “ill-advised” to push for this unneeded legislation. Because of this, the Democrats effectively killed all these oversight bills, allowing the current crisis to happen.
When the sub-prime mortgage crisis happened, it started with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae a couple years ago, causing people to start thinking “maybe we should get some tighter oversight going on,” which caused these bills to start being formed.
So, it’s fairly safe to say that, had the oversight been allowed to go through, they could have–might even have–seen what was occurring, and would have been able to stop it as soon as they could. This would have prevented the onslaught of worthless mortgages that piled up to, basically, take Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae down. When those two went down, it started a chain reaction that literally could not be stopped by anyone. This chain reaction has severely affected jobs, because as companies lose their shirts, they can’t pay their employees. Hence why this year’s unemployment is so incredibly bad.
So, is it President Bush’s fault that we’re in the current economic crisis we’re in? Not in my opinion. That can all be laid at President Clinton’s, Barney Frank’s, and Chris Dodd’s feet.
So the next topic you might bring up is the pork spending that’s occurred. Again, is it President Bush’s fault that pork has been added to bills passed by Congress? If the office of the President still had the ability to line-item veto (it was taken from the office of the President while Clinton was still in office–Mayor Giuliani took it to the Supreme Court and was able to get it removed from the President’s powers), I’m betting that a lot of the pork would have been cut out. Pork like the millions of dollars that Murtha has tacked on to countless bills.
And yes, I know there are Republicans that got on the pork bandwagon, but what I’m saying is, if the President could still line-item veto, I’m betting that a lot of it would have been cut out. I’m betting that the $700 Billion Dollar bail-out package would have cost us BILLIONS less than what it does now, because President Bush would have been able to get rid of all the pork.
So, tell me, how badly did President Bush screw up? I don’t think he’s done too bad of a job. Sure, there have been a few things that I’ve disagreed with him on, but that doesn’t mean that he’s done a terrible job. Nope, you can lay that at the feet of Congress.
As for leaving B. Hussein Obama alone? I don’t think so. President Bush was treated poorly, with disdain, and with contempt by both liberals and the media from the first day he took office eight years ago. If anyone thinks that Obama’s not going to be treated the same way by those who think so little of him, well… Whatever. The only way that will stop is if he decides to remove our freedom of speech–which, yes, I know, a Marxist would do in a heartbeat.
Comment by jedijson — November 8, 2008 @ 6:48 am
Amen. And Amen. Thanks Jedi.
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