I've Got the Obama Blues
By Alan
Caruba
I have a
case of the Obama blues, a nagging depression that is exacerbated daily by
having to listen to the endless lies he tells about everything when he isn’t
blaming Congress, the Republicans, and everyone else for the horrid state of
the economy and his rejection of the leadership America demonstrated through
both World Wars and since.
Listening
to Obama say that he intends to ignore Congress and selectively not enforce the
laws it passes is such a serious threat to the Constitution and to our most
fundamental freedoms that it is impossible not to be depressed by this grossly
incompetent, historically ignorant, and pathologically narcissistic president.
The
Republican Party seems to be suffering from the same ailment, but one bit of
good news was the recent gathering of Republicans that showed some gumption
when they voted to reject CNN and NBC as primary debate hosts, given their
announced intention to air dramas whose only intention is to re-write Hillary
Clinton’s history of failed policy making.
The old
go-along-to-get-along GOP senators and representatives undermine the other
elements, chiefly the Tea Party Republicans elected to bring a stop to Obama’s
destruction of the economy and their party. They are joined in this by a
former, but strangely quiet element, the evangelicals concerned with social
issues, and independents who lean toward conservative policies.
The fact
that the mainstream media, with a few exceptions, are little more than the
propaganda arm of the Democratic Party adds to the general feeling of being up
against forces that undermine the well-being of the nation. It is depressing to
see how the scandal of the Benghazi attack has been swept under the carpet. It
is depressing to know that the “newspaper of record”, The New York Times is
just a communist rag, but one that sets the agenda every day for most of the
rest of the news media.
Adding to
my unhappiness is the knowledge that Obamacare is now the law of the land
despite being a complete disaster that is killing jobs, driving physicians to
leave the profession, imposing death panels, and increasing the cost of health
insurance for everyone. Recall the avalanche of Obama’s lies that we could keep
our personal doctor and not have to change our insurance provider. The illegal
delay in implementing one element and the many politically inspired waivers are
testimony to the way this bill is already a monumental failure.
Knowing
that the government can and probably will monitor all my electronic
communications—emails and telephone calls—is depressing; particularly since it
ignores the Fourth Amendment. Tyranny is just around the corner if limits and
oversight are not vigorously applied to the NSA and God knows who else is doing
this.
The President
has surrounded himself with men and women who demonstrate such contempt for the
public that I find that depressing too. Whether it is the new director of the
Environmental Protection Agency or the new Secretary of the Interior, the
message is the same. If you don’t spout global warming/climate change lies, you
are not welcome to work for these and other government agencies. Their attitude
says that, if the thousands of new regulations being generated will harm the
economy, we don’t care. We are not public servants; we are the President’s
appointees.
For
someone who has spent most of his life during America’s ascendency as a
superpower and seen presidents from both parties demonstrate leadership that
brought the former Soviet Union to its knees and encouraged a booming economy,
it is particularly galling to watch a man who has said in so many ways that he
does not like America, does not like its military, does not care about the
ancient tradition of marriage, does not want to take steps to stem the traffic
of illegal aliens, would eliminate the Second Amendment in a hot minute, and
would far prefer to take another vacation and play along round of golf than
shoulder the responsibilities of the presidency.
He knows
the news media will protect him. He knows that adding more and more Americans
to welfare programs such as food stamps makes them dependent on the government,
He knows that Americans are too beset with their own problems, paying their
mortgage or rent, raising children, and dealing with the rising cost of living,
to devote much time or attention to what he is doing to them and the nation.
Ours is a
nation with a short-term memory and, in too many cases, no memory or knowledge
at all of our history and the values that lifted us to former greatness.
The Obama
blues are the result of two elections with very bad results; elections that
very well may have been stolen by the kind of chicanery we associate with
“Chicago politics” in a state that keeps putting its governors and elected
representatives in jail.
The sadness
that invades my days comes from knowing that this feckless, Marxist ideologue
and fan of Islam is quite literally ruining the lives of millions of American,
old and young, destroying and delaying their dreams and plans.
There is a
cure for the Obama blues. It is citizen participation in the forthcoming 2014
midterm elections that could maintain and expand Republican control of the
House, and return it to power in the Senate. There is no other option.
Failing
that, Obama will have no brake on his “fundamental transformation” of America
into a banana republic.
© Alan
Caruba, 2013
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