Free Republic

America is in a much similar situation to that of the Carter administration. Once again, a liberal Democrat occupies the White House, and Congress is largely dominated by liberal Democrats once again. Morale is low. Inflation is high. The economy has shrunken significantly. Government spending is at record highs. People firmly believe that America is on its way out, and it seems and there is a firm, almost oppressive feeling in people’s souls that everything is going to progressively get worse, and that we could easily lose our country to a force of determined foreign enemies. To put it in...

On January 27th, 2010 President Barack Obama delivered his first official State of the Union Address. The speech to me had both a campaign feel, and a Carter-esque “Malaise speech” feel to it. I will explain that later on. In watching Barack Obama’s speech, there was a certain feel to it. It was a very good speech …. But only if you live in a fool’s paradise. In watching the speech, I thought that Barack Obama tried to re-ignite that almost “spiritual sensationalism” he inflicted in his most ardent supporters during the 2008 campaign....