Posted on 01/15/2009 6:17:28 AM PST by bmweezer
Tonight, President Bush will give his final address to the nation, ending a rocky eight years in the White House. According to the Dana Perino, the president's press secretary, this will be Bush's final appearance in public until the Obama's come knocking on Tuesday morning. Already this morning, Barack Obama and his family will officially be welcomed into the White House 'bubble' by moving into Blair House, a stones-throw from the executive mansion. The transition, of course, has reached its end stages.
I, like many Americans that have supported this president have mixed feelings about the history that we are seeing right before our eyes. No one can argue that the time hasn't come for the Bushes to leave Washington and for our government to start afresh. Whatever the reason (and there are many), George Bush has overstayed his welcome and for he like the Republican party itself, will be better off by his exit from the stage. Still, call it early nostalgia or impending buyers-remorse, but Barack Obama increasingly scares the hell out of me.
Point of clarification: I did not vote for Obama, nor for any of the Democrats on the ticket last November. However, in the early days of the transistion (which seems to have gone on forever), I was ready to support the president-elect, knowing full well that most of his policies would either offend me, or quite frankly, make me sick. Yet, despite my own personal concerns about the president-elect, one can still be in awe at the peaceful transistion of power that is unique to America, and on that I hung my hat through November and the early parts of December.
That was then.
The recent weeks have proven what we all have suspected but were hoping that we were wrong on: that Barack Hussein Obama is neither a friend of America, nor someone whom believes in the principals of freedom and liberty. Whether it be Obama's permament campaign, his economic stimulus policies which amount to nothing more that the creation of a socialist state, his immediate decision to close Gitmo and move prisoners that want to kill Americans into America's boarders, or his silence in supporting Israel, this guy scares the hell out of me.
Regretfully, the feeling isn't mutual, at least at this present time. Sure, the liberals love the guy (as expected) and those devoid of daily politics watching wish the new president well, but when conservatives such as George Will become mystified and share bread with the fellow, you begin to realize that we are about to live in scary times indeed.
President-elect Obama will be my president on Tuesday, but whether I support him is another story. And, the rocky road begins.
Natasha Luke is the editor of Political Play and an occasional contributor to the GOPWilderness.com.
LOL! A misery that can last for days, if not weeks.
We really need to stop that.
We especially need to stop letting the Liberal MSM call the targets.
Then it is you who “supports and infiltrates” not I.
If these critics were to point to specific actions that Palin had taken while governor and explained why they believe that those actions precluded her from being an appropriate or desirable candidate, fine. The majority of what I see here does not even approach that level of discussion.
A babbling moron does not win elections in the manner that Palin has in Alaska, does not draw the crowds she did and have the level of praise from some pretty smart folks. She is tack sharp according to both her friends and foes alike. You do not take 80 percent of the vote otherwise.
So either it is seeking perfection, ignorance or another agenda all together which drives the criticism, none of which really helps
Amen, FRiend.
Yes, the “fear and illness” are most likely poetic device—just as is “throwing up, having palpitations, and retiring to bed” are also poetic device.
And as “whistling past the graveyard” is also.
A sincere reflection on the next four years regarding Supreme court nominees,the integrity of proposed cabinet members, the possibility of passing FOCA, the likely retention of the unjust “death tax”, the soft position on gay marriage which can effect many areas of our culture-—these are sobering issues that need to be recognized and addressed realistically. When that happens the pro-active “productive actions” can be galvanized.
What you said!
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effect=affect
Now that you mention it. Me too. I’ve intentionally blocked a lot of what I have learned about him out of my mind so that I can have a functional life.
Sorry, I must have used a colloquial phrase with a limited distribution! I meant, “What you said in your post is correct, in my opinion.”
I’ve been sick since Juan McStain got the nomination.
INDEED.
Did the best I could before the election.
Praying and working for THE KINGDOM still . . .
God have mercy on our land.
Blessings—God’s best to you and yours.
Maybe in four years that might change. If she does a good job as governor.
Yes, she needs to stop giving interviews and start working for Alaska...look at Clinton, she was very disliked but reinvented herself and almost won the nomination. Now, Palin won’t have the media to help her, but there is so much alternative media...it’s possible.
I have a problem with the windfall tax placed on oil companies in Alaska...doesn’t sound conservative to me. She talks the talk-just as Bush did-but will Sarah walk the walk...Bush sure is heck did not.
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