Posted on 01/25/2010 6:37:44 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner
We’ve now seen three landslide Republican victories in three states that President Obama carried in 2008. From the tea parties to the town halls to the Massachusetts Miracle, Americans have tried to make their opposition to Washington’s big government agenda loud and clear. But the President has decided that this current discontent isn’t his fault, it’s ours. He seems to think we just don’t understand what’s going on because he hasn’t had the chance – in his 411 speeches and 158 interviews last year – to adequately explain his policies to us.
Instead of sensibly telling the American people, “I’m listening,” the president is saying, “Listen up, people!” This approach is precisely the reason people are upset with Washington. Americans understand the president’s policies. We just don’t agree with them. But the president has refused to shift focus and come around to the center from the far left. Instead he and his old campaign advisers are regrouping to put a new spin on the same old agenda for 2010.
Americans aren’t looking for more political strategists. We’re looking for real leadership that listens and delivers results. The president’s former campaign adviser is now calling on supporters to “get on the same page,” but what’s on that page? He claims that the president is “resolved” to “keep fighting for” his agenda, but we’ve already seen what that government-growth agenda involves, and frankly the hype doesn’t give us much hope. Real health care reform requires a free market approach; real job creation involves incentivizing, not punishing, the job-creators; reining in the “big banks” means ending bailouts; and stopping “the undue influence of lobbyists” means not cutting deals with them behind closed doors.
Instead of real leadership, though, we’ve had broken promises and backroom deals. One of the worst: candidate Obama promised to go through the federal budget “with a scalpel,” but President Obama spent four times more than his predecessor. Want more? Candidate Obama promised that lobbyists “won’t find a job in my White House,” but President Obama gave at least a dozen former lobbyists top administration jobs. Candidate Obama promised us that we could view his health care deliberations openly and honestly on C-SPAN, but President Obama cut deals behind closed doors with industry lobbyists. Candidate Obama promised us that we would have at least five days to read all major legislation, but President Obama rushed through bills before members of Congress could even read them.
Candidate Obama promised us that his economic stimulus package would be targeted and pork-free, but President Obama signed a stimulus bill loaded with pork and goodies for corporate cronies. Candidate Obama railed against Wall Street greed, but President Obama cozied up to bankers as he extended and expanded their bailouts. Candidate Obama promised us that for “Every dollar that I’ve proposed [in spending], I’ve proposed an additional cut so that it matches.” We’re still waiting to see how President Obama will cut spending to match the trillion he’s spent.
More than anything, Americans were promised jobs, but the president’s stimulus package has failed to stem our rising unemployment rate. Maybe it was unfair to expect that an administration with so little private sector experience would understand something about job creation. How many Obama Administration officials have ever had to make a payroll or craft a business plan in the private sector? How many have had to worry about not having the resources to invest and expand? The president’s big government policies have made hiring a new employee a difficult commitment for employers to make. Ask yourself if the Obama Administration has done anything to make it easier for employers to hire. Have they given us any reassurance that the president will keep taxes low and not impose expensive new regulations?
Candidate Obama over-promised; President Obama has under-delivered. We understand you, Mr. President. We’ve listened to you again and again. We ask that you now listen to the American people.
- Sarah Palin
“Ignorance is nothing to be proud of.”
Interesting handle, but you most certainly are not a Dr.
You might want to start out with a basic book on Logic.
Oh, and welcome to FreeRepublic...who are you on DU?
...and the bitter name-calling systemic amongst the defeated rears its unfortunate face...
Hey, I lined your illogic out line for line.
If you are either really stupid or you are an emotive liberal.
You can’t deny the reality that you have.
Your opinion doesn’t matter...when you are trying to prove something.
Some advice: Watch out for the Viking Kitties Noob.
I accept your unconditional surrender.
LOL...denial is the first step in bottoming out.
You must be guilty of vanity.
In the above post I lay out where you went off the path.
If you can’t accept that, you need to pray for your vanity.
Do you want to go ove it line for line again? We can.
For goodness sake, please don’t repeat yourself.
OK. I’ll paraphrase.
You used a common if and then statement.
Your if statement doesn’t causally proven your then statment.
What you said is paramount to saying that...
The Saints and Colts both made it to the SuperBowl, just like last year...so then it must follow that the same team wins. The Colts....
Buehler...Buehler....Hey peace buddy. You can either have the last word or admit, as all can clearly see, that this time, your not right.
Have a great evening.
Probably not sadly! I’m not a worshipper as some would label many of her supporters. Sarah is as human, flawed and as fallible as me and frankly that is the real attraction. The US is fortunate to have her in the arena. If she isn’t good enough then please export her!
Also attributed to MME Pompadour, and many others.
I had to look that one up. Well done.
You didn’t last very long.
...can’t say I didn’t warn you.
Where are they?
Where are their voices on talk radio and television, or are they huddling in the corner with their pollsters and "consultants" to tell them what WE think!
One of the many reasons why Scott Brown won - his campaign manager said that during the final laps of the campaign, they didn't have any money for polling - he just told the people what "he" was for and kept repeating it and the people agreed.
He didn't have to have a pollster ask the people what he should say. He just said it.....and won!
So simple -- and yet, so effective!
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