I Hope I’m Wrong, But I Know I’m Not
by Jake3BP • January 21, 2013 • Uncategorized • 6 Comments
Yesterday, President Barack Obama officially began his second term as the leader of the United States. Over the last few years, myself and many of my conservative colleagues have criticized the President for not only his policy goals, but also the extremely political manner in which he attempts to accomplish those goals. I firmly believe that he has led this country astray and has prolonged the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and has trampled the U.S. Constitution along the way.
But at the end of the day, if the country is on the best path to prosperity, I couldn’t care less who occupies the Oval Office. It’s about our nation, and its citizens, succeeding.
So, while I personally believe that another four years under President Barack Obama will be absolutely devastating to this nation–possibly spiraling us into a Greek-like debt crisis–I hope and pray I am 100% wrong. As the walking, talking recession Governor, Ted Strickland, might say, I’m my own “cheerleader for failure.”
Yet, while I may hope I’m wrong, I know I’m not. And you don’t have to look too far to know why. Just look at the facts:
The national economy is struggling to keep up with government. President Obama’s response? More regulation and costly mandates on job creators. The result? An economy that’s “recovering” at the slowest rate in history.
As you can see from this chart, taken directly from the BLS website, there’s normally a “V” pattern. The numbers drop during a recession but then quickly bounce back. That hasn’t happened during this “recovery,” and that’s something that can be blamed on the President’s policies. Millions of jobs have vanished. But most of these lost jobs don’t even show up in the official unemployment rate data because workers have left the labor force. (Read the full article here.)
Our budget is a mess, spending 35% more than what we take in. Translated to the average Ohio family making $45,000/year, that’s the equivalent of that same family spending $60,750. A third grade student can tell that’s unsustainable. President Obama’s response? Putting forth a budget that garnered no support from a single member of Congress–Democrat or Republican–and promoting a do-nothing ”fiscal cliff” deal. The result? The new taxes under the fiscal cliff legislation barely covers the new spending, with new revenue being able to operate the federal government for, wait for it, less than 6 days.
Oh, and that budget? We still don’t have one… Almost four years and counting…
Facing these tough issues, America needs real leadership. President Obama’s response? While Democrats control the Executive Branch and half of the Legislative Branch, he continues to play politics, telling Republicans in the U.S. House to lead. The result? Obama’s rejection of almost every single piece of legislation, while dozens of jobs bills languish in the Do-Nothing Democrat-led U.S. Senate.
That’s what the United States is facing, while our economy struggles to overcome the devastation that seems to follow these policies. Yet if these policies and ideas were the way out of this mess, I’d support the President, just so long as our country was on the right path. But it’s not.
In Ohio prior to 2011, our economy was struggling, our budget was busted with an $8 billion structural deficit, and we had a serious lack of leadership in the Governor’s office. Enter Governor John Kasich. Two years of serious, dedicated leadership, our state outpaces the national unemployment rate by a full point, is not only a leader in the Midwest in job creation, but is a top state in the entire nation, we’ve balanced our state budget and are headed toward a more than $500 million surplus, and we finally have a Governor who isn’t afraid to lead, even on the tough issues.
He’s dubbed the successes here in the Buckeye State, The Ohio Model. And it works.
Here in Ohio, we have the leadership that knows exactly what it takes to bring an economy and its citizens back from economic turmoil. The policies speak for themselves. But it seems like the folks in Washington, D.C., are bent on doing the exact opposite. Ohio continues to outperform the nation in almost every measurable category. You think President Obama might take a look at what works elsewhere and give it a shot?
So as President Obama begins his new term as Commander-in-Chief of the greatest nation in the world, I sincerely wish him the best of luck. I truly hope he succeeds and our nation is better off for it, even if it turns out I’ve been wrong about the man and his policies all along.
But I know I’m not.
Personally, I have not ONE good word for that Socialist Kenyan!
Look, I don’t approve of the man’s policies, nor do I consider him a particularly nice person, but this Kenyan BS must stop now. Everytime this birther crap shows up, it convinces a low information voter that the right is all racist rednecks. When the President is called a Kenyan, Colin Powell looks less like a bitter old man and more like a rational individual.
Barack Obama is a disgrace to his office and is opposed to everything I think our Founding Fathers gave us. But I agree with George, obviously there are some unanswered questions about Obama’s past but if you can’t prove that he was born in Kenya or wherever then it is pointless to dwell on it – -without proof it is just sounds like another ad hominem attack by someone who “hates” Obama and you lose credibility.
There are PLENTY of issues to openly disagree and to attack Obama on that are obvious and not in question. Failure to deal with spending, disregard of the constitution, misuse of executive orders are good starting points.
Fargo,
Sadly, I have to say the same to you as to what I said to Ted about your first sentence.
Look, Bill Clinton did personally disgrace his office, but as far as can be proven, Obama has no committed any corruption or sex scandal in office. One can argue about the ATF gunrunning to Mexico, but no evidence has personally implicated him. Claiming that Obama “disgraces the office” suggests again to the low information voter that your complaints are rooted in racism.
I may not like the fact of how the media presents things, but as long as the media exists, we have to be hitting our own fringe twice as hard as the left. There is a double standard against us, and I don’t think we can get rid of it for the time being.
Guess what? I could care less if you are “sad” George!
I said it and I’ll say it again Barack Obama is a disgrace to his office and to this country. That has nothing to do with racism and to act like it does is to play into the hands of the left wing trash that is now running the show. Get some backbone George!
Of course he has not been indicted on anything — the entire purpose of having a Eric Holder as AG is to see that there are no investigations, no indictments and that everything is nicely swept under the rug. This is a matter of debate? Are you clueless?
I shouldn’t have to point that out to you. Barack Obama has disgraced the office by disregarding his duty, in some cases (e.g., not prosecuting some federal laws) or overstepping his authority in others. He is a hypocrite as well. He calls out George Bush for water boarding then he kills directly with drone strikes. I guess that is one way President Obama going about getting global good will for America?
He changed the rules of engagement in Afghanistan for the purposes of politics resulting in 3-times as many US personnel being killed in his four years as commander-in-chief compared to 7 years GW Bush was POTUS. So his policies needlessly kill US soldiers and we should not call him out because the low information voters will be unhappy? How far between your legs do you want to stick your tail George? You seriously think if we kiss his a** the liberals and the media will like us? I don’t want them to like us.
American diplomats died in Libya and the Obama administration still has not leveled with the people. And why have the survivors of that attack still not been identified or allow to speak. Should we keep quiet about that too?
He is in the office because gutless and or incompetent “republicans” were afraid to speak up. The mainstream media is part of the DNC and your solution is to beat up on our own so that they wont’ be “bad” to us. Get a clue George. The media is in this with Obama and it does not matter what we do they WILL attack us. This is a blood sport not chess — the solution is to man up, speak the truth, and fight back! You are dealing with Marxists not the college debating club.
I’m not going to waste more time with this conversation. Part of me says you are not a conservative at all George. Are you really just another Obama troll? If not, what is you plan to get rid of the plague in the White House since you seem to fault everyone else George?
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