MOBSTERS AND RIGHT WING FRINGE

I guess that’s me along with middle class America. With Congress in recess, representatives have traveled to their respective districts to conduct meetings with their constituents to discuss, through town hall meetings, various issues with the proposed health care reform being the main issue.

With seventy to eighty percent of Americans happy with their current health care, lots of folks just don’t want the government messing with it. Furthermore, folks are leery of adding so much spending to what we’ve already seen in the current president’s administration. A lot of older Americans are concerned about possibly being denied medical procedures because of their age. The concerns go on and on.

Of course the far-left is doing what it can to demonize and belittle the folks. Even the White House is involved in teaching Democrat leaders how to handle angry mobs. When George Bush was being protested for the country’s involvement in the Iraqi war, not one time did he belittle the protesters. He did, however, acknowledge that they had the right to their own opinion and to make it known if they wished to do so. I also don’t recall any elected officials belittling those who disagreed with them. I’ll admit that when Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink were doing their thing, friends and I had some choice words to describe them, but we always acknowledged their rights.

Who can forget the “deer in the headlights” look on the faces of Arlen Specter and Kathleen Sebelius at their town hall meeting conducted in Philadelphia? All in all, the democrat representatives seem really stunned at the reaction of “the folks”. Except for calling them names, the dems don’t seem to know what to do.

The elections of 2006 and 2008 swept the Democrats/liberals into power and we elected as President of the United States, the most liberal individual ever to hold that office. As a result our elected officials have assumed that the American people want bigger government, more social programs, a more passive approach where foreign policy is concerned, and are willing to have their taxes raised and let the government provide them with womb to the tomb benefits. Now that people are pro-actively expressing their disagreements with the actions of the folks in power, the folks in power are shaking their heads thinking you elected us and now you’re resisting us. They may be thinking, “what did you elect me for”? “I stand for higher taxes, more spending on social programs and less spending on national defense, more governmental control, etc. You put me in office, I’m promoting all of these things and you’re balking. What gives”?

The people of the United States of America did elect these people and we’re getting what we voted for, pure and simple. How these people got elected is another story. In 2006, the Iraqi war was in a quagmire. Even though we had taken out our generation’s most brutal dictator, the weapons of mass destruction were not found. Americans were restless and wanted a conclusion to the war. So, this was a vote against Bush and the Republicans, not necessarily a vote for the Democrats. Then in 2008, the current president campaigned on change, but was very vague in stating exactly what those changes might be. This person was young, energetic, and had a nice looking family. The Republicans, on the other hand were running 70-something moderate John McCain. The summer before the elections gas prices hit an all time high and the stock market was tanking. Many blamed it on the oil companies and accused President Bush and Vice President Cheney for “being in bed” with them. While naming of Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate seemed to give a much needed jump start to his campaign, things quickly deflated in September with the failure of some large financial institutions and the continuing decline of the Dow Jones. Things had stabilized in Iraq and the war on terror, so folks weren’t so much concerned with foreign policy; besides, we had not had an attack on American soil since 9/11. The drive-by media portrayed the economic situation as being the fault of the Bush Administration when it really had its roots in the sub-prime mortgages with Freddie and Fannie. This began in the late nineties under the Clinton administration because former President Clinton felt like everyone living in the United States had the right to a home whether they could afford it or not.

In my opinion, the Democrats were put in power because folks were overall dissatisfied with the Bush Administration and Republicans in general. They felt we were going in the wrong direction and wanted a change. Well, we got it.

An ex-boss of mine used to say that a “known evil” was better than an “unknown”. I’m not saying that the Bush Administration was evil. I was a big supporter of President Bush. What I’m saying is with McCain, we knew pretty much what we would be getting. Raising taxes on anyone would not happen; there would be no threat of socialized medicine, no out of control spending on social programs, and no “cap and trade”. Also, we would not have had the take-over of the automobile industry. This would be the case even if the Democrats had maintained control over the house and senate. This ties in with another old saying, “be careful what you wish for, you just might get it”. People were unhappy with what they had and went for the new shiny wrapped package. When they opened their new shiny wrapped package, the rattle snake inside quickly struck burying its fangs and pumping its venom. The question now is, can the greatest nation on earth free itself from the serpent’s fangs, and detoxify itself to get rid of the effects of the venom? All I can say is that these things had better get done fast or the greatest nation on earth will surely die a slow painful death.