Today we have inaugurated our 44th President. He is also our first African~American President. This is historic. This is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream finally come to fruition. That is as far as my praise goes on this subject.
I didn't vote for Obama. I am a Republican/Libertarian and proud of it. I am also scared for our country. President Obama is a Socialist. Socialism only works in theory. Every Communist country started out as Socialist Republic. Don't believe me? Go look it up. U.S.S.R. stood for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. "Nuff said.
I have no problem with the color of his skin. I have a problem with President Obama's experience, or lack thereof, on matters of state. He has no foreign policy experience either. The Cabinet he picked is, well, have you seen their questionable records? But my biggest problem, so far anyway, is the fact that he is spending $140 million dollars on Inaugural Balls and all the accoutrement's that go with them. Ummm, isn't our economy in the toilet? Couldn't that money be used to help stabilize things a bit? Maybe a bailout for us little people? I am appalled. Really.
There has been a big deal made about President Obama taking the same route from Illinois to Washington, D.C. that President Abraham Lincoln took in 1861 . OK, that is interesting. But don't the Democrats realize that Lincoln did not want to free the slaves, he only did so to try to save the Union during the Civil War?
The Liberal Democrats have also adopted Martin Luther King, Jr. as their defacto mascot. I find this absolutely hilarious considering that Dr. King was a registered REPUBLICAN, a fact that everyone on the left pretends is not true. Interesting how they like to twist historical facts to their own purposes, don't you think? And they accuse us Republicans of manufacturing facts not in evidence. HA!
While I am proud that this country is progressive enough to elect an African~American to its highest office, I am not sure the choice of character was a good one. He does hail from a state known for being filled with crooked politicians and one of the highest crime rates in America, even though handgun ownership was outlawed in Illinois in the early 1980's. I will give our new president a chance (well, what choice do I have?). But I am worried. I hope he proves me wrong, but I ain't bettin' on it. By the way, what exactly does it say about this nation that it would elect a black man as president before a woman? Makes you think, huh?
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I didn't vote for Obama. I am a Republican/Libertarian and proud of it. I am also scared for our country. President Obama is a Socialist. Socialism only works in theory. Every Communist country started out as Socialist Republic. Don't believe me? Go look it up. U.S.S.R. stood for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. "Nuff said.
I have no problem with the color of his skin. I have a problem with President Obama's experience, or lack thereof, on matters of state. He has no foreign policy experience either. The Cabinet he picked is, well, have you seen their questionable records? But my biggest problem, so far anyway, is the fact that he is spending $140 million dollars on Inaugural Balls and all the accoutrement's that go with them. Ummm, isn't our economy in the toilet? Couldn't that money be used to help stabilize things a bit? Maybe a bailout for us little people? I am appalled. Really.
There has been a big deal made about President Obama taking the same route from Illinois to Washington, D.C. that President Abraham Lincoln took in 1861 . OK, that is interesting. But don't the Democrats realize that Lincoln did not want to free the slaves, he only did so to try to save the Union during the Civil War?
"In his written response to Horace Greeley's editorial (see below), after having already discussed a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation with his cabinet, he says, "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that...I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free." In actual practice he freed all the slaves in confederate territories. Go here for more on this subject.This misinterpretation of history does not surprise me. Most people believe that Christopher Columbus discovered America. He did not. He discovered the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, the coast of South America, Central America and the West Indies. But he also died convinced that he had only discovered the coast of Asia, not a whole other continent. Amerigo Vespucci discovered America, hence the name AMERICA.
The Liberal Democrats have also adopted Martin Luther King, Jr. as their defacto mascot. I find this absolutely hilarious considering that Dr. King was a registered REPUBLICAN, a fact that everyone on the left pretends is not true. Interesting how they like to twist historical facts to their own purposes, don't you think? And they accuse us Republicans of manufacturing facts not in evidence. HA!
While I am proud that this country is progressive enough to elect an African~American to its highest office, I am not sure the choice of character was a good one. He does hail from a state known for being filled with crooked politicians and one of the highest crime rates in America, even though handgun ownership was outlawed in Illinois in the early 1980's. I will give our new president a chance (well, what choice do I have?). But I am worried. I hope he proves me wrong, but I ain't bettin' on it. By the way, what exactly does it say about this nation that it would elect a black man as president before a woman? Makes you think, huh?
Inauguration Day, History Is Made.
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