Well, less than 24 hours later the Obama camp began to leak certain cabinet choices and my heart sank...:(
Chief of Staff: Rham Emanuel
Famous for such professional quips as: "Republicans can go f*** themselves."
Having the incredible tact to tell the Prime Minister of England, Tony Blair, regarding the Lewinsky affair, "This is important. Don't f*** it up!".
Also known for sending a rotten fish in the mail to a former co-worker he didn't exactly agree with.
After the 1996 campaign which Clinton won he stood up at a dinner and angrily called out the names of Clinton detractors and after each name he exclaimed "dead...dead!" and stabbed the table with his steak knife for, i guess, extra emphasis.
Real moderate this guy....
Then there's who he's considering heading the EPA, the one and only Robert Kennedy, Jr.
To say that Bobby Jr. is a radical is like calling Wiley Coyote mildly interested in the Road Runner. Other than being arrested in '83 for trying to bring HEROIN on board a plane he also served 30 days for trespassing on government property in 2001...that's right, only 7 years ago. He considers ANYONE who questions man made global warming a "flat-earther" and should be "silenced". Hmmm...ever heard of free speach? Along with Obama's stated wish to bankrupt the coal industry in a January interview (which wasn't released until last week conveniently) Mr. Kennedy has stated it as a purpose to go green at break neck speed and without consequence to the people or their jobs. President-Elect Obama has stated that bankrupting the coal industry would "of course" make electricity bills "skyrocket" for the everyday person. (http://www.youtube.com/wat
I'm more comfortable with Emanuel than this hypocrite who preaches to us about carbon footprints but maintains family mansions and flies everywhere in a fuel guzzling private jet. Oh, not to mention is a heavy advocate of wind (as am I) but his family refuses to allow the permit process to proceed to build a wind farm within eyesite of their compound (http://www.aim.org/media-m
Did I mention that Obama blurbed a book for a guy who dedicated another one of his books to Sirhan Sirhan...the guy who shot Robert Kennedy...Robert Jr's dad.
Then there is the person vying for Secretary of State...none other than John Kerry
Let's see...he's honored with a photo as a hero in a communist museum in Vietnam (http://www.worldnetdaily.c
And so the "new hope for America" includes these steps:
1.) Harry Reid wanting to censure Joe Lieberman for supporting John McCain, so this is the party of free speech? Sounds like China "meeting" with detractors on a beginner scale...stick with the "party" or be punished. Even though Joe, up to this point, caucused with the Dems and voted with them more than 60% of the time...but he voiced his conscience and is now going to be chastised and silenced because of it....hmmm, remind you of another form of government?
2.) Sen. Schumer has compared talk radio to pornography and is wanting to revive the "Fairness Doctrine" into legislation while the Dems hold power and push it through. Whatever your feeling is on talk radio, this is an outright attack on free speech in the market place, and I fear it's only the beginning...after all, it's only been 48 hours.
3.) Rep. Pelosi is going to push for the introduction of the "Employers free choice act" which is exactly NOT that. It CLEARLY states that union members may ENTER your home and view and record how you and your family votes concerning issues that concern them, it eradicates the ability to cast a secret ballot on the whim of a union...and get this...you don't even have to be a member of the union....now, listen to that...they may ENTER YOUR HOME! The Constitution states that the army can't even quarter soldiers in your home without your permission, but a union official can do it. Think about it people...where is this leading?
Oh, and on the international front...upon hearing of Obama's win the Russians threw a party by notifying the world that it intends to deploy missiles toward Poland which can, and should be, seen as an act of international aggression toward us through an ally. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap
President-elect Obama, I'm begging you to remember your own words and to listen to the 58 million dissenting voices out here as well...we want you to be a good President...and I want to support you since you won...but I will not sacrifice my principles for that. I don't expect to agree with you on a lot of stuff, but please make an effort to include 48%+ of the U.S. in the conversation. I will never demonize you as the bitter people on the left did to Bush...but I will not stand silently by, I CAN'T stand by when in less than 48 hours I see you building a bulwark against not just the right...but the center as well.
In the words of Reagan,
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
