According to a Pew Research poll released last week, about 2/3 of Americans plan to watch all or part of Barack Obama’s inauguration on Tuesday.
But the numbers certainly reflect a partisan and racial divide, with Obama voters naturally in a celebratory mood and willing to watch the festivities, while McCain voters are pretty much split.
Because of the chilly weather and difficulties getting in and out of our nation’s capital, perhaps the best vantage point for anyone wishing to watch our 44th President be sworn in may be sitting at home, plopped in front of your television set with your own choice of beverage in hand. Some may be drinking an adult beverage to celebrate while others drink to forget.
There’s a group which hasn’t quite gotten into the euphoric mood the media wants to portray Americans as having; instead they’re questioning the wisdom of Barack Obama’s Cabinet vetting process:
Yes, it’s my old friends at Our Country Deserves Better, who think we do deserve better than the field nominated thus far. Notes Sal Russo of OCDB:
“It’s ideological suicide for conservatives to sit back silent while Obama pushes for untold hundreds of billions in new spending and bailouts. If conservatives and Republicans can’t find within them the ideological conviction to oppose this fleecing of the taxpayers, then what is it that we stand for?”
Damn, that’s a good question. But Russo’s not finished asking:
“Some people have said we shouldn’t speak up now for our beliefs, but instead hold off for now. To these individuals I ask when do they propose we begin to stand up for our principles? Will waiting a month or year to fight for our beliefs somehow advance the cause of conservatism? Will it help America for us to sit back and let Obama push his agenda forward unopposed?
It seems to me that being silent and acquiescent now further empowers Obama, and further entrenches this notion that big government liberalism is somehow acceptable. It’s the antithesis of our individual liberty and freedom, and it requires men and women of good conscience to step forward, take action and oppose it vigorously.”
With Obama having an extended honeymoon thanks to the media and voters who really aren’t considering the long-term effects on their wallets when they clamor for something, anything, to be done about the economic situation we’re in, it will be easy for much of the socialist agenda Obama seeks to be adopted through a compliant Congress with a docile GOP following right along like a lost puppy.
There’s not a lot of us at the moment who stand vigilant because the events of the last 12 months have worn us down. (Can you believe that it has been over a year since Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses, yet we’re still days away from the swearing-in ceremony?) But fight on we must, in the name of limited government, capitalism, and freedom.
So this little ad is a nice reminder that there’s still people who don’t believe everything the One would have you think about his “centrist” ideas.
“If conservatives and Republicans can’t find within them the ideological conviction to oppose this fleecing of the taxpayers, then what is it that we stand for?”
Was he speaking about Bush’s Wall Street bailout or Bush’s auto bailout?
“With Obama having an extended honeymoon thanks to the media”
That makes no sense. Obama has done more in transition, quicker than any of he recent predecessors.
“GOP…like a lost puppy.”
You got that much right.
“the One”
Still stuck on that are you. Everytime you dumb down your articles with phrases like that it instantly feels like I am reading Joe Albero. Nice going. Keep it up. I’m sure the “right” appreicates it.
Bush was certainly not conservative when he signed the bailout. It certainly didn’t follow Republican principles either. Unfortunately, we’ll never know how things would have turned out without these bailouts but I doubt they would be much worse.
As for your comment regarding the Obama honeymoon, perhaps the reason Obama has “done more in transition” is that there wasn’t the disputed election result that Al Gore dragged out for a month after the election.
It was Louis Farrakhan who compared Obama to a Messiah, we on the right just picked up on it. And considering you contribute to Joe’s site, are you telling me that your contributions are dumbed down?
And I intend to “keep it up”. You claim to spread the “blue truth”, I just stick to truth.
It’s Al Gore’s fault?!?!?! That is too rich.
I didn’t realize you followed Farrakhan so closely. Point is, which you already know, is your sarcastic attempt at witty humor is merely spreading ignorance and intolerance. If that’s what the “right” stands for then carry on.
For the record, I never use that phrase on my site or Joe’s. I was comparing your writing and choice of words to Joe’s writing and choice of words. It has nothing to do with where I post. But you also knew that already, didn’t you?
There is no comparison between my site and his, aside from the fact we live in the same geographical area.
And you said “keep it up” in your comment, which is what I chose to address. Considering my site is here to combat ignorance and intolerance, I’m quite surprised that you feel I exhibit both.