It's beginning to make me sick

The GOP Wilderness ^ | January 15, 2009 | Natasha Luke

[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.

[Logic n' Reason]

And you knew that she was the "hope of the repulblican party" exactly when?

I doubt you knew it on the day she was introduced.

And by the time the msm (yes, the very same msm that most of the folks on here had/have written off as irrelevant and powerless) got through with her, she was a step below where Dan Quale finished.

[RandallFlagg]

I know our side has the class not to do this, but I wish that there would be no, "O's" left on the keyboards there...

[DarthVader]

“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.”

This too may be a thing of the past.

[Rummyfan]

Still, call it early nostalgia or impending buyers-remorse, but Barack Obama increasingly scares the hell out of me.

You and me both Natasha! Closing Guantanamo for instance...

[T-Bird45]

Editor Natasha Luke needs an editor, i.e. "principals (sic) of freedom and liberty". If she wanted people to think she actually had some knowledge of the subject, it would be good to use the proper word.

[gracesdad]

“his immediate decision to close Gitmo and move prisoners that want to kill Americans into America’s boarders,”

Which “boarders” would that be? Folks in subsidized housing maybe?

[Tax-chick]

I’m pregnant, so I know about nausea.

[stainlessbanner]

Principal is your “pal”....sometimes

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Actually I had decided to support Sarah Palin before McCain even gave her the nod.

She’s the only bright spot from the election, and Alaska will be a four-year demonstration of how things can be done right when liberals aren’t in charge somewhere.

Already, Alaska is running a surplus which is currently predicted to continue for at least 10 years.

There are plenty of weesle, spineless sellout compromise milquetoast things about the Republican Party to get riled up about, and tear down.

Governor Palin ain’t one of those things!

[italianquaker]

I have been sick since McCain won the primary because I knew all was lost on Nov 4 either way

[henkster]

Everything out of 0bama’s mouth says he will usher in the era of command economics. The government will ration how much you will get of:

Gasoline
Electricity
Health Care
Housing
Education
Credit
Food

The problem is that his policies will dictate that very little of the above are actually being produced. Rationing will mean little when it’s only available on the black market or under the table. Just like the USSR. Any wonder why the Russian mafia took over so quickly? Who do you think was actually running their economy all along? We will get the same here.

Even if we had the second coming of Ronald Reagan, I don’t know if he’ll be able to repair half the damage 0bama will do to us in the next four years.

The problem is that replacing one bad president with one very good one is only a small percentage of the problem. We have a totally corrupt and ineffective Congress, and a giant uncontrolled bureaucracy. One man cannot undo all of that.

[tanknetter]

you have no idea of the nausea that can result from experiencing this stuff firsthand, here in the DC area.

No kidding. I ride the Metro daily and it's absolutely flooded with adverts from various Lib special interest groups that are attempting to leech off of Obamamania.

The only silver lining is that with all the hype and stratospheric expectations it's going to be very hard for Obama and the Libs not to completely overplay their hand. I think they think they can have their cake and eat it too ... placate their "Progressive" base (source of funding and activism) while winning over the general American Public.

Unless the wheels fall off the Conservative Movement (and note, I am speaking about the Movement, not about the GOP and Congressional Republican Leadership) I don't see that happening. This isn't 1933 where FDR could count on a monopolistic and sympathetic press to carry his water. There are way too many ways to get around the Dinosaur Media and get to the public directly these days.

[Russ]

None of the lightweights in the Republican Party primaries would have defeated Obama this time. His campaign was well financed by foreign sources, a well-oiled machine made up of unscrupulous activists such as ACORN who made campaign fraud into an art form and a willing, gullible electorate that couldn't wait to vote for any Democrat. Add to that a media that became weak-kneed at the very mention of Obama and it's doubtful Reagan himself could have pulled off a win.

We are going to be in a world of hurt for many years to come. I don't believe there is even light at the other end of this tunnel.

[The Toll]

“Sarah Palin is the future of the GOP.”

Then God help us, we are surely doomed.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

How so?

Who do you suggest?

(let me guess... Mitt)

[library user]

Tonight, President Bush will give his final address to the nation, ending a rocky eight years in the White House.

With all due respect, the writer is a colossal asshole. If this guy thinks eight years of Bush have been "rocky," what word would he describe for the next four years, with 0bama at the helm? Bush was a damn fine President, IMHO, and I'm proud to call him my president.

[The Toll]

There is no conspiracy.
There is no conspiracy.
There is no conspiracy.

Look, I see this on here all the time and it is completely asinine. Am I a Romney supporter? No. You would have a hard time finding any posts of mine that would lead you to believe anything of that nature.

He did give a great speech at CPAC after he lost the nomination though.

I just believe that Palin is a terribly weak candidate. Who failed to answer very basic questions time and time again.

[Niuhuru]

Tommy Franks

[Girlene]

I have been sick since McCain won the primary because I knew all was lost on Nov 4 either way

heh, heh - I stifled some of the nausea with Palin on the ticket and knowing McCain wasn't nearly as far left as the big O.

[MrB]

Those years were “rocky” because the left/press made them so.