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April 19, 2008
Shiver Me Timbers...
It's April 19th and it's snowing here.
It snowed last night - enough for a good size dusting on our neighbour's roof, and its been snowing off and on this morning. It seems as if what has stuck is melting now, but there were flakes coming down until about 10 minutes ago; obviously there is some really cold air up there!
It looks as if the Dems may be getting closer to a nominee, and it appears as if it might be Obama. I think Hillary is an easier candidate to beat - she even turns Democrats off with her shrill voice and her husband's 'legacy' - but considering I don't like John McCain and trust him about as far as I can throw him, this isn't something I'm depressed about either. None of the remaining candidates are ideal leaders although, about 25% of the time, I agree with McCain and I've only agreed with Hillary on one thing - her initial vote to go to war.
I heard a woman on Sean Hannity's show call in yesterday saying she liked Obama and claiming he 'walked the walk' and was positive.
I was driving and it was nearly 3PM, time for Sean's show to be over, or I would have been tempted to call in.
I want to know why people who like Obama think he is so 'hopeful' and 'positive'. Is it positive to engage in class warfare and try to pit people against each other? How is Obama 'walking the walk' when he surrounds himself with such negative people? Jeremiah Wright hate monger, Michelle Obama, negative on America... how are these people a good influence and how does this prove Obama is a good choice? How is Obama 'bridge building' and 'setting a new tone' when he denigrates middle America by saying they're xenophobic and clinging to their Bibles and guns out of bitterness? How do his words exemplify what he claims to believe in? He sounds like just another politician to me, perhaps just a bit craftier than most.
It's funny how the left hate Ronald Reagan but he was one of the most positive, forward looking Presidents this great country has ever had, yet now they're touting Obama's message of 'hope'. America's best days ahead of us, a 'shining city on a hill'... THAT is hopeful, affirmative and that was Ronald Reagan. Telling people the rich don't pay enough, that they don't care; implying that if you're wealthy you've somehow stolen it from someone else or deprived another person. All these things are woven into Obama's speeches about how the wealthy are getting away with things because capital gains is too low, for example. It's more explicit when Michelle Obama opens her mouth, saying that this is the first time in her adult life she's been proud of America.
The government takes in more revenue than any Fortune 500 company, yet Obama talks about how gouging corporate profits are to the little man while in the same breath he talks about higher taxes to increase government revenue. Who is being hypocritical here?
If you listen - just listen - to what Obama is really saying about America and her people, you'll realise what he is saying is profoundly negative. He's saying we're to blame for Iran's nuclear programme, he's saying on the whole, Americans aren't generous enough, that the majority of us are bigoted, uneducated and frightened of people who aren't like us; basically that we're gun toting racists who have to be forced to be generous to our fellow man.
Obama has no confidence in the average American; only with HIS leadership and HIS tutelage, can we become decent world citizens - that's his message. He doesn't talk about America's potential or promise, her gifts, blessings and kindness, but of how flawed we are and only his election as President can save us.
This elitism is obviously why he is a liberal. Liberals tend to think that only they are intelligent enough and sufficiently equipped to make weighty decisions. This is why they want more government involvement, more control because they really think you're not up to it, that you won't do the right things so government has to FORCE you to do the right things.
Nice, huh?
So forget all the 'hope' and 'change' rhetoric; anyone can bandy those words about. Talk is cheap; the truth lies beyond the catchy slogans and mottos.
Interesting read:
BET founder says Obama wouldn't be where he is if he was white
Posted by hanyap at April 19, 2008 11:37 AM