Posted on 01/25/2010 7:01:47 PM PST by DB9
We’ve now seen three landslide Republican victories in three states that President Obama carried in 2008. From the tea parties to the town halls to the Massachusetts Miracle, Americans have tried to make their opposition to Washington’s big government agenda loud and clear. But the President has decided that this current discontent isn’t his fault, it’s ours. He seems to think we just don’t understand what’s going on because he hasn’t had the chance – in his 411 speeches and 158 interviews last year – to adequately explain his policies to us.
Instead of sensibly telling the American people, “I’m listening,” the president is saying, “Listen up, people!” This approach is precisely the reason people are upset with Washington. Americans understand the president’s policies. We just don’t agree with them. But the president has refused to shift focus and come around to the center from the far left. Instead he and his old campaign advisers are regrouping to put a new spin on the same old agenda for 2010.
Americans aren’t looking for more political strategists. We’re looking for real leadership that listens and delivers results. The president’s former campaign adviser is now calling on supporters to “get on the same page,” but what’s on that page? He claims that the president is “resolved” to “keep fighting for” his agenda, but we’ve already seen what that government-growth agenda involves, and frankly the hype doesn’t give us much hope. Real health care reform requires a free market approach; real job creation involves incentivizing, not punishing, the job-creators; reining in the “big banks” means ending bailouts; and stopping “the undue influence of lobbyists” means not cutting deals with them behind closed doors.
Instead of real leadership, though, we’ve had broken promises and backroom deals. One of the worst: candidate Obama promised to go through the federal budget “with a scalpel,” but President Obama spent four times more than his predecessor. Want more? Candidate Obama promised that lobbyists “won’t find a job in my White House,” but President Obama gave at least a dozen former lobbyists top administration jobs. Candidate Obama promised us that we could view his health care deliberations openly and honestly on C-SPAN, but President Obama cut deals behind closed doors with industry lobbyists. Candidate Obama promised us that we would have at least five days to read all major legislation, but President Obama rushed through bills before members of Congress could even read them.
Candidate Obama promised us that his economic stimulus package would be targeted and pork-free, but President Obama signed a stimulus bill loaded with pork and goodies for corporate cronies. Candidate Obama railed against Wall Street greed, but President Obama cozied up to bankers as he extended and expanded their bailouts. Candidate Obama promised us that for “Every dollar that I’ve proposed [in spending], I’ve proposed an additional cut so that it matches.” We’re still waiting to see how President Obama will cut spending to match the trillion he’s spent.
More than anything, Americans were promised jobs, but the president’s stimulus package has failed to stem our rising unemployment rate. Maybe it was unfair to expect that an administration with so little private sector experience would understand something about job creation. How many Obama Administration officials have ever had to make a payroll or craft a business plan in the private sector? How many have had to worry about not having the resources to invest and expand? The president’s big government policies have made hiring a new employee a difficult commitment for employers to make. Ask yourself if the Obama Administration has done anything to make it easier for employers to hire. Have they given us any reassurance that the president will keep taxes low and not impose expensive new regulations?
Candidate Obama over-promised; President Obama has under-delivered. We understand you, Mr. President. We’ve listened to you again and again. We ask that you now listen to the American people.
- Sarah Palin
Ron Paul's importance is he exposes the neo-con’s lies about wars and massive welfare being free. That is where I agree with him. Neo-con's bankrupted the country and called the debt 'economic growth'. This is the real reason he is hated, he exposed the lie. He is not my saviour or someone I would expect to be President.
He is not (to me anyway) a divine Saviour from above like you Palin-ers see her as. So when you go after him pinging me it's not the same as when we question palin. That kills you because she is your ‘The One’.
“And you are so out of touch with the current climate that you don’t have a clue?”
Uh huh. My 35000 posts prove I am a Duncan Hunter backer/ conservative, and if I don’t like Palin running numbers for the devil(McCain) that is MY business.
“Why am I not supprised....”
LOL!
You might want to elaborate on this so us unenlightened masses can understand what you are saying.
If you shill for Paul, you are a Paulist.
Not difficult.
Your question to the Paulist will either not be answered or it will be evaded.
If he answers truthfully, he exposes himself as a wack a nut Ron Paulito.
Is rbmiller right? You won’t answer my question? He’s implying you won’t because you can’t.
Really? A Paulist? Paul is talking about the Federal Reserve. How does that fit into the bigger Palin picture? Is she a fed reserver?
What kills you is I don’t have a human saviour like you do.
I’m still waiting for an answer to my simple question. I guess you are incapable of an answer.
No I didn't post that, I posted this:Ron Paul's importance is he exposes the neo-con’s lies about wars and massive welfare being free.
Free? Actually they said we could have tax cuts too. It was all a lie.
LMAO, I told you he wouldn’t answer.
He’s a RonPaul nutcase.
Small world. De Pere here...
‘simple’ question means ‘got-ya’ question. But you don’t got me because unlike you no one(person) person owns my
soul.
Got ya? I just want you to explain your statement, but you simply can't.
Check my other posts if you don't believe me.
I think you’re right.
Another simple question?
Already did. Because I didn’t post that so I can’t answer that.
Any disagreements with what I really posted? Is that all you Palinistas got?
I've pretty much decided Rbmiller is correct, you're just a nut case. You can, however, try to defend your statement by explaining the neo-con lies about war. Maybe you'll change my mind.
I’m feeling like I’m back in the neighborhood :)
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