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“”Wonder where this guy was eight years ago when the left had a petulant fit over the election of GW Bush.
That said, I can't totally object to what the writer says. To me it's clear that Obama’s policies are and will be a disaster, but the Constitution does not guarantee a government of wisdom and prosperity. The man is our elected president and our republic presupposes a level of political and civic maturity from citizens to accept election results that we do not favor. Nonsense about secession and revolution may be a fun way to blow off steam and a great ratings builder for media figures, but it plays into the hands of those who would condemn all conservatives and all conservative principles. It's time for a lot of conservatives to grow up and quit being such drama queens.

Obama is the legal president, we need to support him as commander in chief and chief custodian of our nations security. We need to respect the office more than those on the far left did when GW Bush was in office. That does not mean that we should not do everything we can as the loyal opposition to defeat his harmful domestic policy.

Then there's this silliness about “going Galt”. The inescapable laws of the marketplace will slowly and undramatically do what this recourse to Ayn Rand's character promises. But the workings of nature do not provide ratings and notoriety to cute conservative media commentators. “”

As one of the biggest liberal, guilt-ridden Southerners on FR, I am not surprised to see this come from you. You never direct your venom at the left and instead choose to deride those of us on the right. I think most on FR can come to the obvious conclusion that your are at best a moderate - RINO, which is exactly what we do not need to hear right now.

Obama is the legal president, we need to support him as commander in chief and chief custodian of our nations security.

Only until he proves himself, as I suspect, unwilling to act in our defense.

As one of the biggest liberal, guilt-ridden Southerners on FR, I am not surprised to see this come from you. You never direct your venom at the left and instead choose to deride those of us on the right.

I never direct venom to the left?! In this very thread in post #30 I call Obama's policies a disaster. In post #59 I call leftist extremists "political idiots" and in post #66 I describe Obama's philosophy as "nonsense". Seems like I've been pretty mean today to those on the other side.

I think most on FR can come to the obvious conclusion that your are at best a moderate - RINO, which is exactly what we do not need to hear right now.

Well, somebody has to hold down the extreme, maybe I am he. Better to be the most moderate member of Free Republic than the most moderate member of Democratic Underground.