When does Obama take a breath?
Is there a point at which Obama is going to snap out of his Teen-Wolf-turns-Marxist, federal-government-is-your-master mode? Doesn’t he get that he’s enraged nearly every McCain voter, dumb as they are (guilty here), and even the Blue Dogs in his own party? He’s aligning the stars against himself simply by shoving too much change down our throats at once, which leads me to an observation I’ve made of the President.
Based on his ample apologies for American acts, policies, and deeds on his whirlwind make-nice tour, his sprint toward massive government input in all facets, and his continual sermons to his own people where he strives simply to get us to grasp his genius and plan for this nation, its clear to me that we elected a President that dislikes the country he runs. He flat dislikes us. When he apologizes for the Bay of Pigs (a noble endeavor with horrid execution), he never finds time to mention that our nation has taken out every major threat to worldwide freedom since the founding of our country. By my scorecard, that includes Austria/Germany, the Nazis/Hirohito/Il Duce, and Stalin/USSR. We are the Tiger Woods of freedom fighters, but Obama can only find faults to apologize for. I don’t expect gratitude from other nations, but I do expect OUR leader to find some positives in OUR history.
This country has a proud history, and has existed long before the One was born, as he loves to remind us, even though he’s apparently not sure when in history that was, as he’s thrice now suggested he either alive or not quite yet in several speeches, when the other was true. This country may well exist after he’s finished dousing it in gasoline, as well. Obama should recognize that while he’s currently the man, there are great ones behind, and hopefully great ones to follow.
Chris said,
April 23, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Now you’re upset that he’s doing too much? It seems like just a few posts ago you were upset because you claimed him a failure for not doing enough. Anyway, you may not agree with his actions, but unfortunately the hordes of people Obama has “enraged” are not extant outside of AM radio. This is what being on the losing end of an election is, I’m afraid.
I’m quite glad Obama is apologizing for our faults, because we’ve had far too much arrogance come out of America as of late. Our world image is improving, and whether you want to believe it or not, it makes it far easier for us to protect ourselves when every country doesn’t hate us. Hell, we may even be able to pull it off without torturing people!
regulusred said,
April 24, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Number one, you know, due to the torture memos, that we’ve not tortured anyone.
Number two, what you view as arrogance is the only thing I see keeping this world a free and happy place. Its the death of our soldiers and the risks that we take that allow Old Europe to sit in their ivory towers, browbeating us for barbarism.
We’ll see how far that gets them when the next Hitler-type is invading Austria just so Germany can have some “living space”.
Obama has always done too much, Chris. He’s a radical. Opposite conservatives, who are supposed to specialize in slowing down and considering past failures and successes when thinking of new laws, radicals write overlapping, often careless laws with a multitude of unforseen consequences when just a little consideration could prevent so much harm.