Blue Collar Muse

Tuesday night, Barack Obama spoke to a waiting country and a wondering world. Found in his words are a myriad reasons to reject what he stands for. The election is over and Obama is President.  Some say the healing must now begin and we must unite behind Barack. Obama himself appealed “…to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn — I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.”

I say, Obama will be the President; but he will never be my President. Obama wants what he is unwilling to give. To get the job, Obama divided us. Now on the job, he yearns for unity’s strength. But leopards don’t change their spots.  As he ran, so will he govern. I will not be a party to that.

Obama’s speech text is here. The video is here.   Please read it before reading my comments.

When Obama “wonders if the dream of our founders is alive”, I remember what those Founders wrote. They were “dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Obama believes some men are more equal than others. When advocating for nonexisent rights or for granting more rights to some than to me, he will be the President, but not my President.

When Obama says he wants to “… renew this nation’s promise … to restore prosperity … to reclaim the American Dream …”; when he speaks of “remaking this nation” I must ask, when was the promise broken and by whom; who stole our prosperity; who moved the American Dream out of reach of everyday Americans and who pulled down our nation that it needs to be remade? For a century, it has been the ideological allies of Barack Obama who have done so. When raising our taxes, curtailing our liberty, weakening the defense of our country and bankrupting our businesses and Economy - Obama will be the President, but not my President.

When Obama says his Presidency was launched in “the living rooms of Concord” and financed “by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give … to this cause” I marvel at his deception. When he enters the Oval Office it will complete a journey begun in the living room of William Ayers’ and which traveled a path financed by thousands of people Obama will not identify, many of whom are not even Americans. He will enter the office of the President, but not my President.

When Obama says “… the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime …” and references our military and families worried about tomorrow, I recoil in horror from the cavalier exploitation of those about whom he is ignorant. My son is in the military he will command and I have four more children at home to care for. When he sends my son into harm’s way but threatens not to support him while there; when he takes money for which I labor and which I need to support my family to give to families he decides need it more he will be the President, but not my President.

When Obama calls for “a new spirit of patriotism”, I struggle to find something wrong with the old one. When Obama gives away our sovereignty and national interests to our enemies and those who would weaken us he will be the President, but not my President.

When Obama calls for us to “look after not only ourselves, but each other” and to believe “that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers” I marvel at his hypocrisy. Under the old spirit of “service and responsibility” he would replace, Americans were the most generous and industrious people on earth. When Obama decides who it is I must sacrifice for and brings suffering to Main Street via higher taxes for the Wall Street Bailout he will be the President, but not my President.

Obama’s words are empty. His promise is hollow. His dreams are nightmares. To be my President, he must deny everything he confesses to believe in. He must repudiate his stated policies. He must realize the paradise he seeks is found in the principles and promises of others. As the President, he may invoke the imagery of Lincoln, King and Kennedy but his appeal to their memory defiles their legacy.

He says he will be my President.  But he will not because he cannot.  To expect me to believe otherwise insults me.  And that, too, is something my President would not do.

Blue Collar Muse

ADDITIONAL READING:

Two for Thursday by Preston Taylor Holmes @ Six Meat Buffet.

After Action Report by Rumbler @ Red State Rumblings.

The Difference Between “the” and “my” by Steveegg @ No Runny Eggs.

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That’s the title of a thoughtful post at American Thinker. Read it and decide for yourself.

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It’s incredibly disheartening to read. But it is anything but surprising. Skip, at Granite Grok, reports that during a recent confab of Democrats a brief lull ensued after all the exciting stuff wound down. After wondering aloud what Mrs. Clinton must have felt while dodging sniper bullets in Bosnia and after exchanging contact information for the best prices for printers to silk screen Che flags for campaign headquarters the group needed a breather.

Someone suggested they kill a couple of minutes by saying the Pledge of Allegiance. They did have a flag, after all. Not much of one since it evidently was a representation of the flag on some guy’s hat - but it was better than no flag at all. Despite groans and catcalls over the very idea, the suggestion was finally put to a vote. As you might guess, the group voted not to say the Pledge of Allegiance!

When the Left whines about the rest of America finding them weak on National Security, when they wonder why the country finds them lacking when it comes to Patriotism; when they struggle to understand how the rest of the country can look at Obama’s reluctance to wear a flag lapel pin, Harry Reid’s “The war is lost” speech, John Murtha’s “Our troops are cold blooded murderers” speech and intuit that if the leaders behave this way, then the rank and file must approve or they would have thrown the bums out - after all this, frankly I, too, question their patriotism. I question their love of country.

I question it for the same reason I question the patriotism of most Muslims living in this country. If you truly support your country and her troops, where is the outrage from the Left over this? In a word - it’s absent - and rather conspicuously so! Perhaps this is a good time to offer Democrats retaining a vestige of honor, integrity and self respect the opportunity to change their party affiliation. The offer is legitimate. You really do have a clear choice before you. You can continue to associate yourself with a group which has consistently shown itself to be the enemy of everything our country stands for or you can ally yourself with those who, albeit imperfectly, strive to improve and better each individual and thereby strive to improve and better the nation as a whole.

It’s time, too, for those in the Middle to understand there is a clear choice between the sides. While that choice is not always seen in the choices made by party leadership, it is quite clear when ideology and philosophy is examined. There is only one group that defends and supports the individual American, be he rich or poor, black or white, young or old, male or female. That is the collection of political parties, groups, organizations and individuals which make up the Center-Right coalition in the US.

I understand that goes against conventional wisdom. After all, it’s the Democrats that are supposed to be for the little guys. Certainly, if you listen to the rhetoric of the Left, that’s what you would hear. Unfortunately, as with so many other things, the truth is something far different. As evidenced by both the language and the actions of the story reported at Granite Grok, the Left cares not a whit for their country, those committed to defending it or those being defended. What they actually care about other than being entrenched in political power is unclear and has been for years. But don’t take my word for it, just ask a group of them if they’re willing to take a simple pledge …

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