Two Months Too Much

Two months of "change has brought us a world of change that most voters haven't even noticed, because they are not paying attention or, worse yet, they are believing the bankrupt news media.

In 2006 the Democrats took charge of Congress and began portraying Republicans as heartless hoping the charge would pile on top of their baseless and jaded charges that the Bush Administration was guilty of "crimes." The media jumped on this pile head first laughing all the way to the bank, they thought.

Republicans did little to counter these charges and offered up a "maverick" for the presidency while Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Chris Dodd and their financial backers at Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac continued to force lenders to give mortgages to people who could not afford them. When President Bush and some Republicans questioned this practice, Democrats were quick to divert attention away from the facts by crying "racist." Most Republicans sat on their hands, too cowardly or worse yet, they agreed with liberals, to do anything.

Their moment of triumph came with the election of Obama.

Obama's 4 million jobs? Who is going to hire? In the midst of this manufactured financial crisis Obama comes up with a tax plan that raises taxes on the very people that hire people. To add insult to injury, Obama trod his own path, saying what he thought worked well on the campaign trail and sent the stock market to the tank. Some change.

Health care will be a joke unless you're someone who wishes abortion on demand or want to see embryos used in stem cell research.

Obama is now addressing the real crisis, which is education in this country and, as usual, he wants more spending and more government control. This is the very policy that has driven our education system downward which has made the system totally incapable of producing the leaders we need in industry, research and development and sensible policy.

This administration has a plan for the Middle East. Just ask them. Unfortunately, the rest of the world is confused and scared about what this policy may or may not be. The terrorists operating in Iraq and Afghanistan have been given hope because they believe in Obama's "change" and in thanks to Obama have set off fire works killing dozens, sending shock waves of fear through those countries.

This is not change unless you like the dumber twin of Clinton policy or the oafish stupidity of a Carter. It is a naive and dangerous attempt to be all things to all people. The only thing we have to show for all this work is a president said to be "tired", in fact too tired, to act presidential to the leader of one of our most important allies, Gordon Brown.

Stalin once said "A Capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with." I am beginning to doubt that can happen know. Obama will make sure that we are too poor, too stupid, too sick and too scared to make, sell or receive the rope.

Republicans need to once again to act Republican and stop this ridiculous drama of hoping and caring. It is neither.