The Incredible Shrinking Presidency

Entitlement Syndrome ^ | 07/08/2009 | Admin

[BigKahuna]

There seems to have been a change in the mood of the electorate lately as it relates to United States President Barack Obama. This has become increasingly evident as more and more of the intrusive nature of the Obama administration’s plans for controlling climate change, the very nature of the health care relationship between patients and their providers and the de facto nationalization of the country’s major automobile producers (Ford Motor Company is the lone holdout, at present) continues at breakneck speeds in the Congress and at the White House.

Truly, we feel we’re witnessing a reordering of the manner and means in which America’s government interacts with its citizens — the people for whom the government seems to profess only nominal allegiance, currently — on a scale unprecedented since the Great Depression and Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal series of programs and government interventionism.

What’s so concerning about this “New Foundation” (as the Obama administration seems to be calling what it’s attempting to do to the citizenry of the U.S.) is that a growing consensus of economic historians has been coming to the conclusion lately that much of the New Deal served to accomplish only one thing.

What the not-so-great New Deal seemed most of all to do back then was prolong the pernicious anemia – expressed in the form of the Great Depression — that infected much of America’s economy in the decade leading up to World War II. Why then, the rush by Barack Obama and the Democrat-dominated Congress to replicate much of the same failed policies of the 1930s?

[WayneS]

What is it “they” say? “Be careful what you ask for....”

Not that most here at FreeRepublic asked for this, but SOMEBODY sure as hell did.

[DuncanWaring]

Why then, the rush by Barack Obama and the Democrat-dominated Congress to replicate much of the same failed policies of the 1930s?

That's easy - they want to bring back the economic collapse of the 1930s.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

No one wants to live in an Obamaville?

[DuncanWaring]

Not even 0bama.

(Especially not 0bama)

[jwparkerjr]

It was just a year or so ago that numerous posters around here were taking the oath not to vote at all, or vote for the Democrat regardless of who it was, if their candidate of choice were not selected to carry the banner into the general election. Romney, Paul, Thompson, Huckabee, name your choice. Any attempt to convince them that voting for someone other than the Republican nominee, regardless of who it turned out to be, could have some very undesirable results were met with with heated responses if not outright flaming.

Well, here we are. It's been a year and hindsight has now kicked in. I don't know if those who insisted on their way or no way had enough of an effect to affect the outcome of the election, but one thing's for sure. Obama won and there are precious few on the conservative side who feel we would be worse off if the weakest of the GOP contenders had made it on the ballot.

Saddest of all is that the, contrary to the conventional wisdom at the time, those who followed that course did not succeed in teaching the GOP a lesson.

[freekitty]

“New Foundation” my you know what. They are flipping words; a favorite pastime of Alinksy.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Where's the people who proudly proclaimed the day after the November election: "I'm a conservative and I voted for Obama and feel good about it" posters today?

........ chirp, chirp, chirp....... were they trolls or did they go into embarassed hiding? Some had very old signup dates.

[Pearls Before Swine]

No one wants to live in an Obamaville?

Remember back during the campaign when Michelle said, among other things, "Barack Obama will require you to work?" She meant YOU and me, not her. They eat Wegyu beef, fly in chefs and food from all over the world, and she's the new fashion icon for the court hangers-on.

[WayneS]

...contrary to the conventional wisdom at the time, those who followed that course did not succeed in teaching the GOP a lesson.

Correct. It is my opinion that the current "leadership" of the GOP is too corrupt to learn ANYTHING.

[jwparkerjr]

The entire ruling class, with a very few exceptions, are so far out of touch with what it takes you and me and the others around here and across the country to keep the wolves from the door that they will never figure it out. The only thing that will ever get their attention is to be voted out, period.

Sadly, lacking a really high-powered, properly funded and run campaign in the few days and weeks before election we will not live to see the bastards sent packing. Time was they would tar and feather them and ride them out of town on a rail. I'm not so sure I wouldn't vote for that myself at this point.

There was a time when I felt a good ol’ fashioned depression would unseat the majority of them. No longer. I fear even that would not put enough sense into the heads of most voters to make them turn on those who have proffered the sow’s teat for so long. But that's an udder story.