Do I
want Obama to Fail?
March 2009 |
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| This should be a short one
because, at first glance, it is such an easy question to answer.
The hullabaloo in the MSM, though, gives the lie to that assumption.
Their shocked breathlessness at Rush Limbaugh's assertion that he
does, in fact, want Barack Hussein Obama to "fail" has reverberated
throughout the political discourse of this country.
Republicans and "conservative" leaders have trampled all over each
other in their eagerness to distance themselves from such a
"radical" position, and I snorted in derision when I heard Newt Gingrich's
assertion that hoping for the president's failure was "irrational."
(Of course, some are now remembering the polls that showed more than
half of Democrats admitted wanting George Bush's presidency to fail,
but that's irrelevant, isn't it? We all know there is a
different standard. When Republicans or Conservatives want a
Democrat to fail it is scandalous, but Democrats who want a
Republican president to fail are merely expressing reasonable
concerns!) Before we can answer the
question, do we want President Obama to "fail" we have to ask,
fail at what? |
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Defending the nation?
The first task appointed to the President of the United States
is to serve as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and to keep
this nation safe from enemies foreign and domestic.
Immediately after 9/11 even the liberals were commending President
Bush and hoping that he would succeed in defending America against
another attack (and quietly thanking -- well, not God but whoever liberals thank
-- that Al Gore wasn't in the White House) but that period of amity
didn't last long. In fact, George W. Bush did an admirable job
of marshalling this nation's defenses and keeping us safe from
another terror attack. In addition to beefing up our
intelligence operations so that we could identify threats and head
them off, he also took the battle to the enemy's ground and fought
them "over there" so that we wouldn't see them blowing up things
"over here." The record speaks for itself. It worked
pretty well. Do I want President Obama to fail at this?
No, of course I don't!
Upholding the Constitution?
In his oath of office (both of them) President Obama swore to
uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. The
Chief Executive is charged with enforcing this nation's laws and
defending its Constitution. Do I want President Obama to
fail in safeguarding our liberties, particularly those mentioned
in the Bill of Rights? Even (especially) the rights to freedom
of speech, freedom of religion and the right to keep and bear arms
for the defense of our lives and of those freedoms? No, of
course I don't!
Enforcing the laws of this nation?
Well, this is a little more ticklish. The laws of this
nation can sometimes be tyrannical, bizarre and perverse because
they are made by Congress, a tyrannical,
bizarre and perverse collection of rascals and scallywags (lots of
these) but with a few honest and faithful statesmen mixed in. Washington reeks right now, and as Congress has
fallen into the control of the Democrats it has gotten much, much
worse. Oh, it's not that Republicans are inherently more
honest, trustworthy and moral than Democrats. It's just that
they have to be! Any Republican who indulges in the kind of
power-grabbing, moral turpitude and financial quid pro quos
considered routine for most Democrats would be immediately set up by
the MSM, pilloried in the press and hounded out of Washington.
Oh, you want an example? We could go for pages about it, but
just to be quick, let's just mention the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
This mess was
created by the Democrats with laws designed to force banks to
make bad loans, who then accepted millions in campaign contributions
(and other cash: Rohm Emmanuel, for instance,
received more than $320k serving as a Freddie Mac board member
for 14 months) covered it up, worked tirelessly to keep the whole
thing going and then acted with high dudgeon when the crash finally
came, all while keeping as "advisors" and staff Mac and Mae
executives who took home millions out of the mess! And who was
the second largest overall recipient of Fannie Mae campaign
contributions, even though he had only been a US Senator for six
months? Why, that would be now-president Barack Obama.
But I digress. It is the president's job to
enforce the laws of this nation. That's why he is called the
"chief executive," because he "executes" the law. Do I want
Barack Obama to fail in enforcing the duly passed laws of this
nation (provided that they are, in fact, constitutional
laws)? No, I don't. |
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Leading America?
Although not spelled out in the oath of office, perhaps one of
the most important jobs of the President of the United States is to
lead. When times get tough, Americans look to the man
(excuse me, person) in the White House to give us confidence,
faith and leadership. We need someone to personify the
strength of the United States Government as he tells us, "it is
going to okay. We're going to make it through this."
America needs someone who can, as President George Bush did
immediately after 9/11, unite this nation in a time of trouble and
give us courage to face the challenges that approach. Do I
want President Barack Obama to fail at this? No, of course I don't!
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Okay, so what's the problem?
You want President Obama to succeed, right?
Well no, I don't. I want President Obama to succeed in the
presidential tasks outlined above, but that's not what he is doing.
He is dropping our defenses, trampling on the Constitution, making a
joke out of the laws of this nation and leading America to disaster.
If Barack Obama were a "Manchurian Candidate" who slipped into
this country's political system with the covert objective of gaining
high office and then destroying this nation's military, its security
and its economic and
political future, he could not do a better job than what he is doing
now!If Vladimir Lenin somehow
became President of the United States, would I want him to succeed?
If, through some unimaginable circumstance Josef Stalin became the
American President, would I want him to succeed? If Adolph
Hitler somehow made it into the White House, would I want him to succeed? These examples would be pretty amazing,
since all three of these guys are dead, but my point is this:
of course I would not want them to succeed in turning America
into a Socialist paradise like the USSR, or Nazi Germany!
[A word here about the Left/Right Communist/Nazi thing]
Their goals and ideals are directly contrary to mine and to what I
know is best for this country and my posterity. Why would I
want them to succeed in their efforts to steal my freedom and that of my
children?(!!)
So, do I want Barack Obama to fail in his
agenda to destroy the US Constitution, wreck the American economy
and sink my nation into the rat-hole of socialism, from which it
may never emerge? Do I want Barack Obama to fail?
Yes, of course I do! |
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