Posted on 11/09/2008 3:50:42 PM PST by newbie2008
Pray that President Obama achieves greatness in office. Our overriding concern must always be the country we love, not the success of a party or an ideology.
Don't assume that Obama is always wrong. Judge all of his positions on the merits; don't conclude that a position is wrong just because he takes it.
Be patient in your opposition. Don't mimic the left (this is always good advice) and conclude that because the country isn't getting mad about policies that bother you, Obama is therefore a "Teflon president." In fact, you should stop reading the first 10 pundits who call him that. Americans are fair-minded. They will give Obama time to succeed, as they should. The mainstream media will buy him additional time. But eventually the honeymoon will end.
Be persistent in your opposition. The first 100 things that you criticize Obama for may not resonate at all. The 101st may turn public opinion against him. More likely, it may supply the mass that begins to turn the tide.
Be fair in your opposition. None of the 101 things that you criticize Obama for should be illegitimate or trivial. Remember that the president isn't responsible for every adverse development that occurs on his watch. Even sound decisions often produce adverse consequences. Don't judge Obama's decisions in a vacuum; compare them to the alternatives.
Be skeptical in your opposition. Obama's campaign was fueled by a broken promise that he would finance it through public funding. Obama also dissembled when he minimized his relationship with William Ayers by characterizing Ayers as someone who just lives in his neighborhood. In fact, the two had collaborated several times, including on a radical, unsuccessful educational initiative. And Obama almost certainly dissembled when he disavowed knowledge of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's views about America despite having listened to Wright preach for almost 20 years. Under these circumstances, it would be foolish to view Obama's pronouncements with anything other than skepticism.
But the skepticism should run both ways, extending to attacks on Obama as well. The temptation to invent or misrepresent facts for political gain, or just out of sheer spite, is a bi-partisan phenomenon.
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Support fledgling conservative institutions. The left has "marched through our institutions" - including the MSM, Hollywood, the public schools, academia, and even large swaths of corporate America. Conservatives need to respond by developing alternative sources of information, entertainment, and education. These alternatives won't succeed unless we support them.
My final tips are the most personal ones, and therefore the most important:
Don't hate. I don't assume that the Obama administration will turn out to be hateful. But even if it does, hating isn't good for you. And for conservatives, it's counter-productive.
Don't obsess. Spend as much time as you see fit following, discussing, and participating in public affairs. But don't think about them the rest of the time. Life is full of beauty and wonder. Don't let politics blind you to it. Life is full of opportunities for personal and professional fulfillment. Don't let politics distract you from them.
The good news - we know who will win that battle. The bad news - we don't know how quickly or how slowly.
No, he’s right.
Go read DemocraticUnderground for a few days. The hate there is incredible, it’s etched deeply into their hearts and actions.
This is one of the most sensible articles on FR in the past month.
Sounds like that ‘Powerline’ writer got his hands on a 220VAC line without proper insulation.
Hear that sound? That’s his brains fryin’.
Screw him, and the horse he rode in on.
If you would have told me two years ago that the future president of the United States was best friends with someone who bombed the Pentagon, I just would have looked at you like you were crazy.
Compulsory service?
Seizing my 401(K)?
And this inside of one week. At what point does he thinnk we should should begin to raise hell?
My calendar says now.
After all he walked right out when his pastor began his hate speech....
oh wait...
And he has never publicly flipped his opponents the bird...
Oh wait...
And he has never falsely smeared a former first lady for a cheap laugh...
Oh wait....
I think I will assume that Obama will be classless and hateful and surround himself with people like him. It will save time.
Its the private economy & our military I'll put my faith in.
I think we should do to him what the rats did to Bush.
furiously oppose everything he does.
Call him every name in the book.
Go overseas and trash him.
Oppose every thing he does and says.
Let’s see if they can take their own medicine.
LOLOL!!! That’s wonderful!
To be honest, I am pretty depressed right now. I went to church today for some relief and the even the pastor was drinking the Obama Koolaid. I will be looking for a new church.
It is hard not to be angry at how the media treated President Bush when he won and this guy who won.
Thank God for My Bible, FreeRepublic, Rush and Hannity. These are the only things keeping me sane these days.
As Ann Coulter said, "I'll respect BO the same way the dims did for the past eight years." Bitler Osama.
Ummm ... there’s no reason to pray FOR the man to achieve greatness, or even success ‘in office’. Pray that he govern with insight, and come to respect if not even apply justice and righteousness.
However, We, The People, are not only duty bound to uphold the Constitution, we are bound to uphold the Founding Principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence. And that says it is our duty -- to our Creator -- to rebel against a ruler or regime that is despotic.
See the problem?
It is time for a letter campaign to Pres. Bush at the end of his tour of duty requesting (politely) that the remaining Haditha defendants (Chessani & Wuterich) be pardoned/reprieved.
Likewise, we should, in a separate letter, as the same for border agents Campion & Ramos.
More than anything else, the result of such a campaign will tell us where the heart of George Bush was throughout his entire presidency. The witchhunt should end with the Haditha Marines, and the injustice should end with Campion & Ramos.
Anybody know the process?
Can President Bush pardon/reprieve LtCol Chessani and SSgt Wuterich at this point in the process? I did not think he could intervene unless they were found guilty. Re. agents Campion and Ramos, I’d think that would be possible. Any ideas, Red?
As a matter of fact, it's fairly straightforward. See here.
See #38, Jude.
I think you can pardon/reprieve someone at any point.
Also, thanks for the link, brother.
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