I have been a little lazy for the past couple of months when it comes to writing in my blog. Since the Democrat party was smacked around in November, there hasn’t been a lot coming out of Washington to get fired up about. I always say that I think I write better and more passionately when I’m pissed off.
I have heard many people say that with a split Congress we will have gridlock. All I have to say about that is Thank God! The last two years have been a bacchanalia of spending that had to be stopped. With Reid, Pelosi, and Obama, incredible amounts of money was spent for ridiculous programs without opposition. We got socialized medicine, government motors, and many more horrible laws that tried to turn us into good little socialists.
The American people sent a strong message. We are not a left leaning Country. We treasure personal freedom and small government. With a Republican House, our socialist President will be forced to move to the center to get anything accomplished. His abomination of a presidency is more than half over. Another reason to thank God.
In the next few months, the contenders for the Republican nomination for President will make themselves known. I hope a true conservative moves forward to take the lead. I’m sure I will have much to write about as the candidates are vetted. I doubt our party will nominate a candidate that was brought into politics by a terrorist (Bill Ayers), has no job history other than a community organizer, and believes that America is evil so he has to go on a world tour to apologize for us. And I thought Jimmy Carter was a horrible President.
“I hope a true conservative moves forward to take the lead.” Well said, and I am convinced that is the hope of the majority of Americans. As you pointed out, America is not a left-leaning country… for the most part we are a freedom-loving, small-government, rugged individualism people.
My fear is this: there will be no candidates that are motivational leaders and true fiscal conservatives in one package. The success of candidate Obama was largely due to his charismatic personality coupled with a message of change. Since President Bush was NOT a fiscal conservative, the true conservatives were disenfranchised, and the change message really took hold.
If it is good practice for families to not spend more money than they have & to plan for the future from a fiscal sense, I believe we must hold OUR government to the same standards. Agenda item #1 for the new president: A balanced budget & a real plan to pay down the debt. This plan must include drastic cuts to social(ist) programs that the fed’s have no business being involved in from the outset. Redistribution of wealth among the states is absolutely absurdely socialist, and it must be halted.
Let’s hope for the true conservative you asked for, Captain Ras.