Posted by
Jennine on Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:37:36 PM
Since I have decided to take my political frustrations out in a blog, let me say a little about myself. I am a moderate conservative. In other words, I am not someone who has a history of taking hard-line polarizing political views. During the 2008 campaign, I was ambivalent. I felt John McCain deserved to lose as he ran a lousy campaign and I disagreed with many of his views. I was unsure about Obama, because he wasn't saying anything, what little real record he had was liberal, and his associates were radical scary people. But he presented himself in such an appealing way that America literally fell in love with him. That should have rung a few more bells with all of us than it did. On Inauguration day, I sent emails to my liberal friends congratulating them, acknowledging the historic nature of the day and the excitement it was causing and saying that I wanted Obama to succeed. By the end of the day, I was not able to make myself watch the Balls, my enthusiasm was gone and my teeth were on edge. What I glimpsed on Inauguration Day is now shouting at me and it is scary. As he participated in the ceremonies that day, I saw a man who was in his element. And as the day went on I didn't see that in a good way. He was arrogant, rather than just confident. Since that day, I have evolved. I no longer see him as arrogant, I see him as a megalomaniac, regardless of how paranoid and radical that may sound. Consider this might be true, and look what has happened to countries led by megalomaniacs. That is how I got here, to a blog. I feel the need to shout to people, WATCH OUT. We are in deep deep trouble. And, God bless you Rush, I hope his policies fail.
So here I am using this forum to connect with family, friends and like-minded acquaintances. We need to use whatever tools we have to sound the alarm and to stop the destruction of America as we know it. One tool we have is our voice. We need to get out of the recliner and make our wishes known. Another tool is our vote. We need to use our voice by calling, emailing, calling again, emailing again letting our President and our Representatives know that we will vote based on how they vote. We need to let them know we will also use our voice to let other people know what they are doing and how we feel about it. We need to write letters to the editor, we need attend town hall meetings, we need to be loud, individually and collectively. We need to keep at it even when we know we aren't being listened to and when we want to just disconnect and turn off the TV. If we don't keep at it, we lose, the country loses. Right now the scary cult-like love affair with the President is still in effect with too many Americans. It's like watching the Night of the Living Dead. We can't wait for the cult members to be deprogrammed.
Right now we have the appropriations bill, which should not be passed. Not only is it full of pork, it is too much money. I have already emailed Max Baucus about this bill. Next I will email my other Senator. Then I will call them. Then I will send another email. Today I sent a letter to the editor complaining about how our Senators have already voted on each of the bills which are sending us into a generational financial death spiral. But that's not the end or even a resting point. There is health care reform, a nightmare which Obama has on his quick-before-anyone-thinks track. Then there is the mortgage bailout. Yeah, we taxpayers are excited about paying for the bad judgment and poor financial habits of all the defaulters. If I want to help someone, I think I'll choose the people I know and love, not all the idiots who think Obama means a house, a car, free gas, and enough money to keep up their unrealistic standards of living, preferably by taking it away from the rich.
So, if you are reading this, please take a stand. Please don't disconnect. Let's just for once try to be as tenacious and organized as the people intent on taking this country down. More to come.