Friday, June 14, 2013

CUT THE CHEIF A LITTLE SLACK

   Because of being accused continually of having some sort of blind allegiance to President Obama, and because some things Obama does perplex my logical thinking, I will testify exactly what I believe.

    I believe that no party or individual politician is beyond reproach. I think that every last one of them are human,(well, maybe not Cheney and Bachmann) and they are subject to human frailties. Temptations exist for every manner of appetite and regardless of moral strength, the mighty have fallen before and it should come as no surprise that they still do. So it is imperative that once chosen, a representative of the people must have their feet kept to the fire. The constant scrutiny by all the people must be maintained if we expect excellence from our lawmakers.

   That being said, I, nor virtually anyone else are privy to what information our President has knowledge of, I have no doubt that as a candidate making political promises Obama was unaware of many things that would possibly alter his opinion on certain items, and once informed of those circumstances was forced to rethink his previous position. We should and must give him that latitude without undue criticism.

   When Obama took office he was met with the full fury from the opposition, he was told that the sole goal of the GOP was to insure his becoming a one term President. Who ever had to deal with that blatant bullshit before? Obamas big mistake was attempting to reach across the aisle and make everything bi-partisan when that was the very last thing Republicans were seeking. If he would have recognized their stubborn hostility earlier and just passed his desired legislation while the Democrats controlled both houses then a lot more would have been accomplished in his first two years.

   After the GOP took the Congress in 2010 all bets were off. The GOP representitves fell right in step in their obstruction of any and all legislation introduced by Obama or the Democrats.Even after the American public overwhelmingly rejected the GOP and it's platform in 2012, the Republicans continued their crusade to rid this planet of Obama and his policies.

   My apparent cheerleading for Obama and the Democratic party is largely due to the utter contempt I have for the GOP. I'm not an idiot, I realize that all political parties are corrupt to a certain level, but the GOP is so flagrant in their abuses to America that I can forgive many discretions being done by others.

   You always hear "quit blaming Bush", but you know what? That stupid SOB allowed Dick Cheney to lead him by the nose into the darkest, most evil filled days this nation has ever witnessed, together with the other traitors in the Bush criminal family this nation ended up virtually bankrupt of prestige, money, and hope. That was the legacy left by Bush and the GOP, that is the huge pile of shit that Obama was handed when he was elected in 2008. I said at the time, who the hell would want to have to try fixing this mess.

   But Obama did rise to the challenge, in the face of pure obstruction and defiance, he was not only able to halt the disaster of an economy about to collapse, but has in the last 4 years managed to bring back job growth, to stabilize the housing market, to allow the stock market to reach new high levels, to end the war in Iraq, to find and kill Bin Laden, to decimate Al Qeada, to return our auto industry to health, to give millions of Americans the opportunity to see a doctor and get proper medical attention, the list goes on and on and on.

   Obama did these things while a cowardly and treacherous Republican party did nothing, not a fucking thing, except employ every method, trick, and lie they could conjure to block anything that would shed a positive light on his Presidency. At the cost of untold miseries heaped upon the American public, the GOP stood directly in the path of jobs bills that would have employed millions, of infrastructure bills that would have not only created hundreds of thousands of jobs, but would have boosted our lagging economy and fixed our aging roads and bridges. These arrogant bastards even voted down legislation that over 90% of this country approved of...OVER 90%..

   President Obama has approved programs that I'm leery of, he has signed orders that make me uncomfortable, but I'll tell you what, all you have to do is open your eyes and reflect back into the recent past. The absolute ass fucking we were getting from the GOP, which continues to this day, gives me reason to believe that if they were returned to power,the GOP would pick right up where they left off and then bend us over for some more of the same.

   When America elected a black man as President, I was not only surprised, but I was completely filled with  joy and optimism , the knowledge of our people  having the ability to see past a persons skin color, and elect him to the most powerful job on the planet, gave me great hope for our nation, and our future.

   Time will tell if Obama will go down as a great President or not, but my bet is that without the leadership and determination he has already proven he possess, America would be a very different and less livable place than it currently is.

   America is still recovering, and the World continues to be at a very unnerving point in history, but imagining George Bush, or any of the other GOP offerings leading the way, is a nightmare I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

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2 comments:

  1. Obama has accomplished things that have saved this nation untold misery, lets give him a little credit for that.

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  2. People complain about Obama not closing Guantanamo when it's the Congress blocking it, if Romney or Mccain were in power how much worse off would we be?

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