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Another Opportunity - Let's Not Blow It
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"I Don't Mind A Parasite. I Object To A Cut-Rate One."
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Take Me To Post Comment FormSome of you may have noticed that I’ve been away from this site for awhile. It was intentional, although family medical issues have consumed my time for the better part of the past two months and contributed to my absence.
I thought I’d take this opportunity to thank those good “bloggin’ buddies” with whom I have commiserated here for the past several years. It’s been grand, but for me it’s time to go. This will be my final post.
My message for this blog is – to everyone: VOTE on Tuesday, if you haven’t already done so. My opinions on the shortcomings of the Democrats and the Obama administration have not changed in my absence, and are well documented if anyone wants to review them before I delete my account. Obviously, I urge everyone to vote REPUBLICAN on Tuesday. I thought I’d share an article I read earlier today at nypost.com by a registered Democrat – Michael Goodwin – who makes the best case for a GOP Congress that I have seen to date. Here it is in its entirety:
“Obama always pointing the finger of blame at someone else
By Michael Goodwin November 2, 2014 1:58 a.m.
In the New York Times the other day, anonymous aides to President Obama trashed Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Kerry was mocked mercilessly, with officials joking “that he is like the astronaut played by Sandra Bullock in the movie ‘Gravity,’ somersaulting through space, untethered to the White House.”
A week before that, The Times reported that, despite Obama’s public efforts to calm fears over Ebola, he was privately seething at health aides’ bungling. In a bid to separate him from the incompetence of his administration, the leakers claimed Obama was “visibly angry” and “demanded a more hands-on approach” from his team.
Then there was the story about Pentagon boss Hagel firing off a memo to national security chief Susan Rice that faulted America’s Syrian policy. Then there was a story about — oh, never mind, you get the picture.
The extraordinary pile-up of crises has turned the usual White House blame game into something more lethal: a shootout in a lifeboat. The presidency is sinking, but we are expected to believe that only the president is blameless.
It won’t wash. The problems cannot be fixed by firing one or two members of the president’s team, or all of them. Something else, something more fundamental, is happening.
We are witnessing the total collapse of a bad idea. Obamaism, a quasi-socialist commitment to a more powerful government at home and an abdication of American leadership around the world, is being exposed as a historic calamity. It is fueling domestic fear and global disorder and may well lead to a world war.
If there is a smidgen of a silver lining, it is that the unraveling, complete with Obama’s shameless attempts to duck responsibility, is playing out on the eve of the midterm elections. Fortunately, voters seem ready to respond by giving Republicans control of both houses of congress.
I second that emotion, and not just because Obama is a failure. For all his narcissism, he didn’t make this mess alone.
He was aided and abetted by every Democrat in Congress. They marched in lockstep with his cockamamie policies, from ObamaCare to open borders. They protected corrupt leaders in numerous federal agencies, from the IRS to the General Services Administration. They stymied efforts to find the truth about Benghazi and the Fast and Furious gunrunning debacle.
They ceded their constitutional obligations and allowed Obama to crash the system of checks and balances. The vast majority stood silent while he gutted the military and abandoned our allies, including Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and courted Iran, the most menacing nation on earth.
With painfully few exceptions, Democrats put their loyalty to him above their duty to America.
And now they must be punished. All of them.
Normally, I am not a partisan advocate. I am a registered Democrat, though I vote as an independent.
Not this year. This is a national emergency and the only responsible action is to vote Republican for every federal office.
Sparing even a favorite Democrat or two could allow Obama to spin defeat as a minor loss. Most worrisome, if Dems keep the Senate, the election will further entrench a corrupt government and further erode America’s strength and influence.
That is not a chance worth taking. Six years is enough. Collective punishment is the appropriate answer.
If there were any doubts the Obama Democrats cannot be trusted, look at their scurrilous campaigns. From coast to coast, their message is uniformly odious: Republicans are waging a “war on women” and they are racists.
That’s it. They can’t defend the legislation they passed, the economy they produced or the foreign policy they supported. Most don’t want to be seen with Obama, yet they take the money he raises and follow his lead in exploiting race and gender fault lines.
Scraping the bottom of the rancid barrel, they prove they will do anything to hold on to power. They cannot be allowed to succeed.
It is time for them to go.”
See: http://nypost.com/2014/11/02/obama-always-pointing-the-finger-of-blame-at-someone-else/
I agree with the above 100%. The Obama administration – as supported and implemented by the Democratic Party across this country - is the worst perversion of national government that I have seen in my lifetime. WE THE PEOPLE have another opportunity at the ballot box to get back on the road to national sanity, and to restore some HOPE for CHANGE to all citizens of this country. Elections nowadays tend to be a choice of the lesser of all evils. This time - in my humble opinion – the GOP is the far lesser evil, and offers the best hope for change and a restoration of national and international priorities and competence. Let’s not blow this opportunity.
God bless you all, and thanks for listening.
I thought I’d take this opportunity to thank those good “bloggin’ buddies” with whom I have commiserated here for the past several years. It’s been grand, but for me it’s time to go. This will be my final post.
My message for this blog is – to everyone: VOTE on Tuesday, if you haven’t already done so. My opinions on the shortcomings of the Democrats and the Obama administration have not changed in my absence, and are well documented if anyone wants to review them before I delete my account. Obviously, I urge everyone to vote REPUBLICAN on Tuesday. I thought I’d share an article I read earlier today at nypost.com by a registered Democrat – Michael Goodwin – who makes the best case for a GOP Congress that I have seen to date. Here it is in its entirety:
“Obama always pointing the finger of blame at someone else
By Michael Goodwin November 2, 2014 1:58 a.m.
In the New York Times the other day, anonymous aides to President Obama trashed Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Kerry was mocked mercilessly, with officials joking “that he is like the astronaut played by Sandra Bullock in the movie ‘Gravity,’ somersaulting through space, untethered to the White House.”
A week before that, The Times reported that, despite Obama’s public efforts to calm fears over Ebola, he was privately seething at health aides’ bungling. In a bid to separate him from the incompetence of his administration, the leakers claimed Obama was “visibly angry” and “demanded a more hands-on approach” from his team.
Then there was the story about Pentagon boss Hagel firing off a memo to national security chief Susan Rice that faulted America’s Syrian policy. Then there was a story about — oh, never mind, you get the picture.
The extraordinary pile-up of crises has turned the usual White House blame game into something more lethal: a shootout in a lifeboat. The presidency is sinking, but we are expected to believe that only the president is blameless.
It won’t wash. The problems cannot be fixed by firing one or two members of the president’s team, or all of them. Something else, something more fundamental, is happening.
We are witnessing the total collapse of a bad idea. Obamaism, a quasi-socialist commitment to a more powerful government at home and an abdication of American leadership around the world, is being exposed as a historic calamity. It is fueling domestic fear and global disorder and may well lead to a world war.
If there is a smidgen of a silver lining, it is that the unraveling, complete with Obama’s shameless attempts to duck responsibility, is playing out on the eve of the midterm elections. Fortunately, voters seem ready to respond by giving Republicans control of both houses of congress.
I second that emotion, and not just because Obama is a failure. For all his narcissism, he didn’t make this mess alone.
He was aided and abetted by every Democrat in Congress. They marched in lockstep with his cockamamie policies, from ObamaCare to open borders. They protected corrupt leaders in numerous federal agencies, from the IRS to the General Services Administration. They stymied efforts to find the truth about Benghazi and the Fast and Furious gunrunning debacle.
They ceded their constitutional obligations and allowed Obama to crash the system of checks and balances. The vast majority stood silent while he gutted the military and abandoned our allies, including Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and courted Iran, the most menacing nation on earth.
With painfully few exceptions, Democrats put their loyalty to him above their duty to America.
And now they must be punished. All of them.
Normally, I am not a partisan advocate. I am a registered Democrat, though I vote as an independent.
Not this year. This is a national emergency and the only responsible action is to vote Republican for every federal office.
Sparing even a favorite Democrat or two could allow Obama to spin defeat as a minor loss. Most worrisome, if Dems keep the Senate, the election will further entrench a corrupt government and further erode America’s strength and influence.
That is not a chance worth taking. Six years is enough. Collective punishment is the appropriate answer.
If there were any doubts the Obama Democrats cannot be trusted, look at their scurrilous campaigns. From coast to coast, their message is uniformly odious: Republicans are waging a “war on women” and they are racists.
That’s it. They can’t defend the legislation they passed, the economy they produced or the foreign policy they supported. Most don’t want to be seen with Obama, yet they take the money he raises and follow his lead in exploiting race and gender fault lines.
Scraping the bottom of the rancid barrel, they prove they will do anything to hold on to power. They cannot be allowed to succeed.
It is time for them to go.”
See: http://nypost.com/2014/11/02/obama-always-pointing-the-finger-of-blame-at-someone-else/
I agree with the above 100%. The Obama administration – as supported and implemented by the Democratic Party across this country - is the worst perversion of national government that I have seen in my lifetime. WE THE PEOPLE have another opportunity at the ballot box to get back on the road to national sanity, and to restore some HOPE for CHANGE to all citizens of this country. Elections nowadays tend to be a choice of the lesser of all evils. This time - in my humble opinion – the GOP is the far lesser evil, and offers the best hope for change and a restoration of national and international priorities and competence. Let’s not blow this opportunity.
God bless you all, and thanks for listening.
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Sheran commented on Sunday, Nov 02, 2014 at 21:46 PM
JimmyMack commented on Sunday, Nov 02, 2014 at 21:53 PM
SEBE: Needless to say, your words will be missed on these pages. You have been a gentleman, a great expressionist of words regarding your point of view, and a Peacemaker (see JimmyMack vs. Tot.)
Take care, wherever you are going my blogging buddy.
I wish the best for you and yours. Keep on, if circumstances allow, putting your views out there. Yours is a voice that is essential to the on-going debate.
Warm Regards,
Jimmy Darsey
P.S.
Now, if you could only put out an APB on Funk for us before leaving.... it would ease the pain of your departure.
Take care, wherever you are going my blogging buddy.
I wish the best for you and yours. Keep on, if circumstances allow, putting your views out there. Yours is a voice that is essential to the on-going debate.
Warm Regards,
Jimmy Darsey
P.S.
Now, if you could only put out an APB on Funk for us before leaving.... it would ease the pain of your departure.
Sheran commented on Sunday, Nov 02, 2014 at 21:55 PM
Now that I read your blog, I'm sad again we are loosing a friend....Thanks for your last blog and God Bless.
timeontarget commented on Monday, Nov 03, 2014 at 12:10 PM
sebekm, Thank you for this blog. I wish you would, if you could stay with us if only occasionally with some of your level headed thoughts.
Without you and Funk this site is far less interesting and I know that you and I have differing opinions on a few things however we agree far more often than we disagree.
I especially like the way you stayed respectful of others as you exchanged dialoge with them.
Wherever you go and whatever you do I wish you well.
May God bless you and yours.
Merry Christmas
Without you and Funk this site is far less interesting and I know that you and I have differing opinions on a few things however we agree far more often than we disagree.
I especially like the way you stayed respectful of others as you exchanged dialoge with them.
Wherever you go and whatever you do I wish you well.
May God bless you and yours.
Merry Christmas
timeontarget commented on Monday, Nov 03, 2014 at 12:16 PM
"I agree with the above 100%. The Obama administration – as supported and implemented by the Democratic Party across this country - is the worst perversion of national government that I have seen in my lifetime."
I too agree.
I am glad I am old and I feel sorry for those who come behind us.
I too agree.
I am glad I am old and I feel sorry for those who come behind us.
HMJC commented on Monday, Nov 03, 2014 at 20:47 PM
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