By LD Jackson
Let me get this out of the way. I have not watched one second of the Democratic National Convention. Between other obligations and Wednesday night being church night, it just hasn’t been in the cards. Not that I would have watched if I hadn’t been busy, but you get the idea. I also will probably not watch Barack Obama accept his foregone nomination for a second term as President. I just don’t have the stomach for it.
What I have done is catch a bit of news on the DNC and I have also read an extensive number of blog posts, from people I trust, about what the Democrats are doing in Charlotte. It appears they are in the process of conducting the coronation of Barack Obama as the second coming of Christ and portraying Republicans, in general, and Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, in particular, as devils and demons, incarnate. I fully expect our ticket to sprout forked tails at any moment.
The main line of attack by the Democrats seem to be that we all need or want abortion to be freely accessible, right down to the last moment of pregnancy. They liken any opposition to that as a war on a woman’s right to choose. From the reports I have read and the short video segments I have watched, the Democrats are digging in their heels and drawing a line in the sand on abortion. As far as I am concerned let them give it their best shot. Slowly, but surely, I believe we are winning the fight against the killing of unborn children in America.
Going back to Barack Obama and the Democratic National Convention, I want to quote an opinion article that I believe describes what they are doing perfectly.
(Human Events) Government is the only thing we all belong to — but, don’t worry, you won’t have to pay for any of it. That about sums up the Democratic National Convention’s case to America, a place where whatever isn’t handed to you is actually just being taken away.
Democrats like to claim that Ronald Reagan and William Buckley would be simply horrified if they saw the modern-day GOP; but please take a moment to ponder the spectacular display of bonkers in Charlotte, N.C., this week.
Here you’re free to imply or even say that a Republican is unpatriotic (I’m old enough to remember when that sort of thing was frowned upon) for conducting business outside the country. Here politicians celebrate the president’s courageous ability to use taxpayer funds to bail out a company that can only avoid another bankruptcy (barely) on the strength of foreign sales. This is called “economic patriotism” or, more familiarly, protectionism or, maybe, Hooverism — the kind of ism Democrats once rejected. Forward!
In short, the Democrats have absolutely lost their grip on reality. They are making all kinds of outrageous claims against the Republicans. They are trotting out speakers who are declaring the evils of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. They claim Mitt Romney destroyed job growth in Massachusetts, but the statistics show otherwise. At the same time, they are declaring the wonderfulness of Barack Obama, grading his first term as “incomplete”, and saying he needs another four years to finish the job.
Outright lies? There were many. For example, the claim that the auto bailout was paid back. Or the claim that Romney-Ryan’s Medicare plan would cost seniors $6,400 per year and force them into voucher programs. There is no study — not even one authored by an Obama aide — that backs such an assertion. Ryan’s plan allows seniors to stay on the traditional Medicare program if they choose — but we all know that choice only works in tandem with government guidance.
And when Castro, Michelle Obama, Deval Patrick and Rahm Emanuel assert that the president created 4.5 million new jobs … also not true. If a person were to be extremely generous and pretend that government created productive jobs, he’d still be hard-pressed to avoid the very real fact that though 4.5 million new jobs have been created during the Obama administration, 5.1 million jobs have been lost. As Clinton told us Wednesday night, sometimes we have to use arithmetic.
You know the other accusations: Republicans want to privatize, deregulate, voucherize, embrace unfettered free markets and cut government down to the bone. And boy, do I wish any of that were actually true.
Democrats say that things are a lot better than they used to be. And if you believe all the things we’re hearing, you might wonder: How did we survive in this Godforsaken place before 2008? Were children really left to die on the slab? Were college kids forced to pay for their own journalism degrees? Were people expected to head over to the CVS and buy their own condoms? Did we really suffer through year after year of 5 percent unemployment?
Were we really so immoral before He showed up? Apparently.
If we are to believe the story the Democrats are telling, Barack Obama has been a wonderful President. He has a lot of people convinced of that, but as I set here writing this post, I can not think of one thing he has done that has positively affected the lives of Americans. And no, repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and investing in bankrupt solar energy companies doesn’t count. Trying to list his accomplishments, I come up blank. I wouldn’t give his first four years an “incomplete” grade. I was thinking more along the lines of disaster.
Less domestic energy production.
Freedom of religion restricted by way of policy changes and Obamacare.
Welfare reform, a significant achievement of the Bill Clinton and Republican Congress years, hamstrung. In spite of what the fact checkers say, the allowing of waivers for the work requirement completely defeats the purpose of the legislation.
Continued high unemployment.
Obamacare and the vast number of regulations it imposes on small businesses and corporations.
Class warfare, pitting the 99% against the 1%.
Need I go on? How many more “accomplishments” can you name that have been the direct result of Barack Obama and his first four years (hopefully, his last) as President?
Honestly, how did we make it before the era of Barack Obama?
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