Posted on 05/30/2009 8:45:38 AM PDT by yongin
Admittedly, I was one of the moderate conservatives who was wooed by Obama during his PR campaign to become the country's next president. Sadly, even though I was still unsure of my vote until the week before the election, I know better now. I truly had no idea he would turn out to be the radical tax and spend liberal he's revealed. Since the beginning of his presidency, Obama seems more interested in making policies and decisions that grab headlines than those in the best interests of the country. The announcement of his whopping $3 trillion budget, trailing the $800 billion bank bailout, was shocking and yet the media seemed to rally around him. The president wants to do everything at one time, national healthcare, economy, taxes (wealth redistribution), clean energy, infrastructure, education and more. He acts very king-like, expecting Congress to endorse everything he floats their way, but his high octane PR strategy--loaded with smiles and good oratory may be fading.
Mr. Obama spends money like its coming out of his own piggy bank and expects Congress to rubber stamp his agenda at every turn, which they have been doing except when it came to the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison. This is when the pie in the sky headline grabbing Obama style of governing met reality. Mr. Obama asked Congress for $80 million to build a new prison (it's just more money to pile on the ginormous debt) but they paused, scratched their heads and couldn't just go along with this brazen request without more details from King Obama. Even more hilarious was when the administration said it would just relocate these terrorists to state prisons but governors stopped that bad idea --- "not in my back yard." Even FBI Director Mueller nixed the idea as highly risky because terrorists could easily plot attacks on the US from within prison, recruiting other terrorists, organizing, fundraising etc.
Before this miscalculation, the President listened to his faithful servant Rahm Emanuel and released CIA memos about harsh interrogation tactics used on terrorists under the Bush administration. Many people including Defense Secretary Gates thought this was a bad idea and would endanger our troops needlessly not to mention reveal interrogation methods to our enemies. Once again, the president got great headlines from the partisan press which bashed President Bush and the interrogation methods he endorsed during his administration.
But as the reality of keeping this headline grabbing story going began to sink into President Obama's head, he started walking backwards on the topic weighing the risk in the reality of the situation. This is when the administration had Attorney General Eric Holder tell the media that the Justice Department wasn't going to prosecute former Bush officials. Shortly after this, the president announced he wouldn't release photos of detainees being interrogated. Why engage in any of this in the first place? Releasing interrogation memos and detainee photos only harms our intelligence community and puts American's at risk. Incidentally, the Wall Street Journal was the only paper to relentlessly criticize the administration about taking this action.
These recent events, the planned closing of Gitmo and "CIA-gate", have made the president look very inexperienced and unpolished in his ability to lead the nation and only widened the partisan bickering in Washington. Oh, yeah and Speaker Pelosi's memory lapse over when and what she knew about waterboarding looks sloppy, as if she's trying to hide the truth. It doesn't help the president and certainly doesn't look like change we can believe in or need.
On a side note the president's comments about his nominee to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, are also cause for pause. He said he picked her because she would show empathy. While Supreme Court justices are human and bring experience to their work, they're tasked with finely reviewing cases, considering the Constitution and using their intellect to arrive at rulings. Emotion isn't part of the job. Even more disturbing are Judge Sotomayor's comments that judges make policy.
It seems like the president's image is unraveling in recent months and we're getting a look at the real Obama underneath the PR, razzle, dazzle veneer he sports so well. I think Americans are growing weary of the sparkle, shine and high-spending policies this president is selling and want to see something more. Every week he is on TV holding a press conference for this or that announcement on funding, bailouts or programs to expand government exponentially. As my father exclaimed recently, "when does he have time to run the country, if he's on television everyday." This is a question to be pondered. Team Obama may have won the presidency through an innovative public relations campaign but winning over the confidence of Americans and setting the country on the right course will require careful thought, temperance and bipartisan collaboration.
A smile and eloquent speech won't make it all right.
I think we overlook how horrible a candidate McCain was. I had three members of my family vote for Obama and it was more a vote against McCain. McCain killed us.
Truly what Demoncrat isn’t a TAX AND SPEND imbecile?
Time to remove head from where the sun doesn’t shine.
Go read some of the comments at the site......
No, she’s not bright at all.
How can she say things like this and be taken seriously:
” I truly had no idea he would turn out to be the radical tax and spend liberal he’s revealed.”
What? Is she kidding? Did she NOT listen to him during the campaign?
Anyone stupid enough to not have seen what would come down the road with the election of Obama, shouldn’t be allow to drive a car.
Unfortunately that's not true. Obama's approval rating has moved up 3% this week in the Rasmussen daily poll.
“I truly had no idea he would turn out to be the radical tax and spend liberal he’s revealed”
That’s we WE get for YOU not paying attention to: what that jerk was saying, history, recent history, the constitution, and radical know-your-enemy ideals.
Thanks!
Just think of all the idiots like her on the road!!!
The media says a “cool” and “hip” conservative is one that bashes Palin, Rush, and Hannnity.
I’m angry at people like this. Don’t openly admit your mistake! OOPS!!??
YOU WERE TOLD, AND YOU DIDN’T LISTEN!
You’ve taken the rest of us down with you, you effing jerk!
These people need to be told that admitting it isn’t enough. They need to be publicly shamed to beg our forgiveness, shameless idiots they are.
I want apologies, not “OOPS! OH WELL!” I want them to be ashamed of themselves.
This is a BS article designed to draw traffic to the RINOs.
This represents most of my family. I gave them all the info they needed long before the election and begged them to prove me wrong. Some even blocked my emails.
They are silent now because they are all hardheaded dumba$$es who are waking up but would never indicate to me that we had him pegged.
Now we all pay the price.
Dang, stupid and fugly
That pic tells everything. looks like she’s on a lot of special meds.
Stop picking on her, sillies! This is an EXCELLENT article by an Obama voter with buyer’s remorse, and she explains what hit her and why she has that remorse! Everyone should read it.
Off prompter, as Rush said, he's angry, got a chip on his shoulder, and just a two-bit Chicago political street thug.
I’m not sure that’s her, but this one is named crystal wright =)
Moderate conservative, my ass..
Two words, honey...’personal research’. You can’t let the media do your thinking for you. ‘Oprah’ and ‘The View’ are bad for you...bad.
There are NO moderate conservatives. You are one or you're not. What exactly about him "wooed" you? His outright support of killing babies? Is that part of the "moderate" conservatism you speak of?
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