the last hurrah of Liberalism ?...by Steve McCann...

Sometimes in the history of a nation what appears to be an action that could lead to long term disaster may, in fact, be its long term salvation. A case in point: the election of Barack Obama as President and the Democrats in full control of the Congress. To be certain the far left domination of government was not a situation to
be wished for but in a perverse way one that was necessary.

Over the past fifty years, regardless of who was in the White House or in charge of Congress, no one has been able to halt the incessant spread of left-wing radicalism in our institutions and the uncontrolled spending and growth of government. When a President as accomplished as Ronald Reagan was unable to do so it is apparent that no future Republican President or Congress, short of major national catastrophe, will ever be able to fully turn back this tide as they cannot overcome the apathy of the people and the hostility of a partisan media, entertainment establishment, academia and federal bureaucracies.

A long as the American people remained largely disengaged the damage done to the society as a whole and to the long term financial health of the country was unknown to the vast majority of the population. This indifference has begun to show some change as the reality of the nation's future comes into focus, but that reality has started to come to the fore only as the result of the policies being perused by a far left government.

Today, thanks to a confluence of two factors, the opportunity exists to reverse the course we have been on and change the political power structure in the country.

The first: the emergence of alternative news sources to once and for all break the stranglehold of the dissemination of news by the traditional outlets dominated by the left.

The second: The election of a radical left-wing President and a Congress controlled by the same radical element of the Democratic Party.

President Obama is an offspring of the 1960's radical movement. He has spent most of his life surrounded and tutored by members of this group. He is the culmination of the ideal stealth candidate able by his gift of rhetoric, race and good timing to ascend to the office of President. The left found, as Joe Biden put it "a clean and articulate" nominee with surface charm and charisma able to fool enough citizens into voting for him.

A trait common to those on the far left is an inability to have any humility; there is an intense conviction of superiority both intellectually and in their capability to rule the masses. The true believers are incapable of hiding their philosophy and, once elected, are convinced that nearly everyone does or should share their dedication to the power of a central government. Those that do not conform will be demonized. These extremists will move heaven and earth to achieve their ends regardless of any long term consequences and cannot avoid shouting from the rooftops what they are doing as tribute to themselves.

The determination of Obama and the Congress to exploit the financial and economic crisis in order to pass their radical agenda has had the effect of kicking over the rocks and exposing for all to see the undermining of the social and fiscal foundation of the nation by the left-wing radicals in Congress, the Administration and within many of our institutions.

Would the country be as aware of the following if not for an extremist government in power in Washington? Acorn and the "community organizer" groups have been revealed to be nothing more than corrupt partisan hacks exploiting the poor and the taxpayers. The unions and their leaders exposed as power hungry ideologues with no interest in the long term well-being of their members. The mainstream media's willingness to lose all credibility with the vast majority of the public with its not so subtle cheerleading for their preferred politician has become obvious to all. The Democratic Party, at one time the self-declared defender of the little guy, has openly declared war on small business and capitalism. The Democratic members of Congress have been revealed to be indifferent to the voters, incapable of reading bills and fully in the pockets of liberal special interests groups

Further the Administration has blithely declared a tripling of the national debt over the next 10 years as if it were immaterial. President Obama has championed "health care reform" and a "carbon tax" in an attempt to control the day-to-day lives of the American people. There are now 32 advisors (czars), to the President, most being left-wing ideologues, with the power to implement his agenda, none of whom have been approved by the Senate.

While the readers of the American Thinker, viewers of Fox News and the listeners to Rush Limbaugh may be expected to be aware of these factors, now with the backdrop of unfettered spending, the high jobless rates and the potential for national bankruptcy more and more of the general public has become aware of the radical nature of the present government.

President Obama and his Party have failed to understand the basic character of the American people and the many polls taken over the years showing this to be a right of center country. They further underestimated the power of the alternate media before they had an opportunity to silence it. While the timing may have been there to have to have a "moderate" Barack Obama elected President, the timing to turn the United States into a bastion of socialism was not. The infiltration of the various institutions by the left has not been in place long enough to change the character of the majority of the population and the use of the strategy of guilt to intimidate the American citizens has run its course, it has been overused.

To date the damage done has been considerable, but it is not irreversible. In essence Barack Obama and the Congress won their offices too early in the history of our nation to achieve all their objectives; by doing so and overreaching this left wing government has given the country an opportunity to awaken from its 50 year slumber and repair the foundation. Only a radical Presidency and Congress could have achieved this before it was too late. The only questions that remain: will the aroused and more knowledgeable populace continue to be aware and elect those that will make the changes necessary and will we as a nation take advantage of this potential reprieve?

'While the readers of the American Thinker, viewers of Fox News and the listeners to Rush Limbaugh may be expected to be aware of these factors, now with the backdrop of unfettered spending, the high jobless rates and the potential for national bankruptcy more and more of the general public has become aware of the radical nature of the present government. '


Well, there are three sources I will gladly admit not paying much attention or giving much credit to. What we have done the past decade is not working. Not with job stability, not with healthcare, not with education, not with military morale, not with world opinion. It was time for a change and the only way government can make a change, is to make a change. We agreed to certain debt to 'do what needed to be done' in regards to terrorism and I have no issue with us doing the same about the issues here at home. We get what we pay for, if we arent willing to pay anything that is exactly what we will continue getting. Noone will have all the answers or get it all right but I am still glad I supported someone who is at least making the effort to do more than the status quo that keeps the wealthy wealthy and the rest of us dog peddling to survive.

"President Obama and his Party have failed to understand the basic character of the American people and the many polls taken over the years showing this to be a right of center country."

Ummm.....he won the electoral vote and the popular vote in the election.

he also ran as a moderate...

I thought that he was center or right of center when I voted for him.

exactly...but look how he's governing...in 1994...when the country had their first chance to show Clinton what they thought of him...he lost 8 Senate seats...and...54 House seats...the Republicans took over congress...and held it for 10 years...Obama has a pretty good chance of beating those numbers...70 house seats right now are held by Dems...where the district voted for Bush and McCain...or for...Bush or McCain...I guess we'll just have to wait and see...how happy Americans are of Obama...only 14 more months...

I'm happy with him.

so is Chavez...Qudaffi...Castro...and...Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...what does that tell ya'...not to mention the Russians...

That means that he's doing his job right.

good point

wow !!...I can't believe you just said that...how sad...when your allies...are pissed...and your enemies are happy...that means that you are a fuggin' joke !!...the USA is and will always be known for it exceptionalism...under this guy...all he does is point out what he believes to be our weaknesses...what he's saying and you're saying is that for 233 years...we were wrong...we were the bad guy...how fuggin' sad...

LOL I think I laughed through the whole OP.

Second, there is no death to the liberal anything. The only thing happening in this country right now is the minority group, the fringe of this country are showing themselves. It is ugly but they feel they have to show it.

Faux news passes it on to it's faithful as if it is the only news and worthy of some consideration. When in truth the moderates and liberals in this country are just sitting back waiting for the next election to show the screaming uglies that they can't have no control in this country because they are not even logical nor fair and balanced, lol.

So basically the death of a liberal is just a dream of the rightwing fringe.

This style of 'thinking', so called, is harmful. Before reaching any kind of conclusion, and intelligent person would begin by investigating specifically why these people support Obama. Anybody who suggests a conclusion can be reached only on the fact of such support is deliberately cutting out reason and sense, to promote hostility by association.

What this tells me, is that there is a group of people in america who are spreading hatred towards the president for its own sake. Some of them make money off of feeding on peoples fear and hostility; some of them hate socialism; some of them are racists; some of them are none of the above.

I'm not on the far right .I considerate my self as a moderate democrat . but I would love to take a club to the far left I really beleave they should be used for replacement body parts for the workers of this country . BUT OF COURSE I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE CRAP PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT .

If he were "doing his job right", then there wouldn't be 7 countries seriously considering abandoning the dollar as a primary currency-they would be praising his leadership.

http://www.currencytrading.net/2007/7-countries-considering-abandoning-the-us-dollar-and-what-it-means/

Saudi Arabia Iran
South Korea Russia
China
Venezuela
Sudan

What does this all mean?
Countries are growing weary of losing money on the falling dollar. Many of them want to protect their financial interests, and a number of them want to end the US oversight that comes with using the dollar. Although it’s not clear how many of these countries will actually follow through on an abandonment of the dollar, it is clear that its status as a world currency is in trouble.
Obviously, an abandonment of the dollar is bad news for the currency. Simply put, as demand lessens, its value drops. Additionally, the revenue generated from the use of the dollar will be sorely missed if it’s lost. The dollar’s status as a cheaply-produced US export is a vital part of our economy. Losing this status could rock the financial lives of both Americans and the worldwide economy.

this isn't a new concept, it was being planned under Bush 1.

After Bush left the equivalent of a paper bag full of flameing feces on the front porch of the white house poor Obama had no choice but to tramp it out covering himself in the crap bush left him after rapeing and pilageing the country starting two wars while giveing tax breaks to the rich Obama is now vilified by the right wing fringe for trying to fix things. . Oh if only fox news and its fans had a voice for the 8 years the republicans held power.

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Problem is that the democrats we were too timid to stand up to the right, and in many cases too complicate to argue against the right, if I said that right.

What you fail to realize is that both parties have been liberal for 30 years and it is the ever increasing amount of government regulation, spending, control, and micro-management that has led us to this sad state. Electing a man who promises to dramatically increase all of those is not change, it is accelerating the snowball through even yellower snow..