Over the last two months all we’ve heard from the left is the supposed extremism of Michele Bachmann/Rick Perry/ Ron Paul. Actually that’s all we ever hear about anyone to the right of Joseph Lieberman. Justice Robert Bork was too extreme. Ronald Reagan was too extreme. Even Justice Roberts was labeled an extremist. It’s tiring and it’s just lazy, but no one calls the press and the left out for it.
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008 the media overlooked his relationship with a former member of the Weather Underground and dismissed his twenty-year relationship to a psychotic pastor. The title of Obama’s book The Audacity of Hope was inspired by a sermon by Jeremiah Wright. Nevertheless, the press issued a pass and the world moved on. It was an amazing thing to behold. Barack Obama was one of the most unqualified people ever to be elected. There was literally nothing known about the man and yet the press failed to do its job because they were so enamored by his candidacy.
In 2008, the Obama campaign ran under the flag of hope and change. His administration was supposed to find common ground and bring the nation together. Three years later the nation is more divided than it has been in a generation. There is always someone else to blame for the nation’s problems. Obama blames the economy on his predecessor. He blames gridlock and partisanship on the GOP even though Democrats have enjoyed huge majorities for two years.
When Obama enjoyed large majorities he didn’t concentrate on the economy. The President decided that it was time to push a massive new entitlement through Congress. The hubris by Obama and the left has been amazing and virtually unprecedented, excepting Oedipus Rex. The nation is upset because the government is out of touch. When Medicare and Social Security were made into law they were popular from the onset. ObamaCare is still massively unpopular. Instead of dealing with this reality all I hear from the left is “death panels.” They still have no concept about rationed care. Two years of constant debate and the left still hasn’t learned anything.
After the tragedy in Arizona in January the left was quick to blame Sarah Palin for the attack even though no one knew the attacker’s motivation. When it turned out the guy was a sociopath that had no political leanings there was no apology and the myth lives on..
If the left is so passionate about extremism it’s time for them to call off the dogs. At an Obama campaign rally Labor Day event AFL-CIO leader Jimmy Hoffa said the following:
“We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know what? They’ve got a war, they got a war with us and there’s only going to be one winner. It’s going to be the workers of Michigan, and America. We’re going to win that war,” Jimmy Hoffa Jr. said to a heavily union crowd.
“President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let’s take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong,” Hoffa added.
Not to be outdone Vice President Joseph Biden called Republicans “barbarians.” It’s really unbelievable stuff. Just a few weeks ago Biden was overheard calling Congressional Republicans terrorists. Will the White House apologize for this stuff? If there’s enough outrage I’m sure the White House will give a speech about it. That’s what this administration does well: talk. In January, Obama called for “civility” in public discourse and for people to talk “in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.”
Even if Obama is reelected the legacy of this administration is sealed. What could this President ever offer the American people at this point? He’s an ineffectual leader who only makes pretty speeches. The gig is up. No one cares anymore.
You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Matthew 7:16
We’ve had three years of words that do not match actions. His administrations has fanned division instead of healing, Instead of solving problems he blames everyone else. The true test of the man came after his major accomplishment. When the United States killed Osama Bin Laden the President was quick to point out how he helped make it happen. Beware of a person who is quick to say “me” when things go well and quick to say “you” when things aren’t going well. That’s the legacy of President Obama.
