Not the End of the World

Chizumatic.mee.nu ^ | Nov. 4, 2008 | Steven Den Beste

[diefree]

The President of the United States is the most powerful political figure in the world, but as national executives go his powers are actually quite restricted. Obama will become President, but he won't be dictator or king, let alone deity. He still has to work with the House and the Senate, and he still has to live within Constitutional restrictions, and with a judiciary that he mostly didn't appoint.

The main reason this will be a "coming of age" moment is that now Obama and the Democrats have to put up or shut up. Obama got elected by making himself a blank slate, with vapid promises about "hope" and "change" -- but now he actually has to do something. Now he has to reveal his true agenda. And with the Democrats also having a majority in both chambers of Congress, now the Democrats really have to lead. And they're not going to do a very good job of it. It's going to be amusing to watch.

And the people who fell for the demagoguery will learn an invaluable lesson.

[Oatka]

Conservatives can spend the rest of their lives believing that this is only a temporary setback that will correct itself in two years, in four years, in six years, in eight years...,but they are not really seeing things exactly like how leftists see things! Leftists will change things so that they have political power forever, because that’s what the left does at each and every turn when given the opportunity to do so!

That's my take on the situation. Obama is no Clinton, who could be suffered through. A liberal Democrat hasn't been elected folks, a Marxist has, and he will exploit every opputunity, if not make them up, to disenfranchise everyone else.

The Left has never been known to keep within boundaries and I imagine they will go hog wild now. A few stalwart Republicans will stand in front and try to stem the stampede - to no avail. By time some of the public wake up and say, "HEY! Wait a minute!" it will be too late.