I keep hearing that Obama must start working for "WE the people" and how he hasn't done all he has promised, believe me, I have been one of those too... until I stopped and analyzed the situation he finds himself in. First, and this is important, he is the President of the United States of America, he is not the President of the United Democrats of America or the President of the Liberals of America, or whatever party you may choose to insert in substitution for a political ideology. Yes, it was us who put him there but, he said it clearly during his campaign and we must admit it, we loved it when he said it: "Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes. Well I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America." - I remember wanting to cry when I heard him say this. Now, 3 years later, we criticize him for listening to all sides.
Then, there has to be a super majority of votes to pass anything through Congress and the Republican's, whose #1 objective, openly admitted, is for Obama to be a one term president and in order to achieve their goals, they vote NAY on everything that might be beneficial to this country and therefore, for Obama. And we blame Obama. We blame Obama because we want him to break the rules to do what we want - and need too, don't get me wrong - but according to the rules of Congress, he can't. And now, how are we reacting? By splitting the liberals and democrats, as if we will gain something by it. If we keep doing this, we will have no one to blame but ourselves when a Newt, Romney, Paul or any other nut in the GOP walks into the Oval office and take charge of this country, taking it back to before the '60s. I know a lot of you will blame Obama, it is always easier to blame someone else for our own demise. I hear people saying that they will either not vote or vote for a 'green' candidate or anyone else, even if that candidate has no chance in winning; the results? We're split, but not the far right. Way to go!! We might as well place the White House on a silver platter and hand it to the next son of a bitch from the GOP that will make our lives a living hell. You think we have it bad now? Allow this to happen and you will really learn what hell is all about!
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
The Left Must Unite or We Will Lose our Country
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"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams”
ReplyDeleteThat statement was as true in those times as it is today.
DeleteWe must not give control of our nation and our lives to the ultra conservative, evangelical zealots of what's left of the republican party. The moderates of the party have been seized and are being held hostage by the greedy, crazed, mostly white vox populi of the right wing. The Limbaugh and Beck voices of the radio have invaded the minds of the little people along main street and have them believing all kinds of things about Obama, the democrats and the place of our current society. For right now, the only choice for any and all of us who want to preserve our society and our Constitution as we know it, is to vote for our President once again. I think that one good move by Obama would be to draft Hilary Clinton into the campaign to be his Vice-President for the 2nd term. She would add a new strength to the choice for all Americans. ... Bill Hartman
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Bill, very well said and I couldn't agree with you more. Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you find it interesting and worth reading.
ReplyDeleteI try to remind my friends on both the Right and the Left of these words, it falls upon deaf ears.
ReplyDeleteWell done.
Thank you Valentine.
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