As An American First And Foremost…

…I wish President Obama all the best.  It would be a great thing for this country if he were not a resounding flop.

As a pragmatist who pays attention to history?  I think Obama, with his gigantistic statist ambitions and “vote present” mentality, has the potential to be the worst, weakest, most disastrous president of my cognitive lifetime.  And that’s if his more authoritarian notions – the permanent compaign, the clamping down on freedom of speech – don’t come to pass.

For today, I’ll focus on the former.  Good luck, Mr. President.  Unlike some of your more deranged fans’ behavior over the past eight years, my fellow conservatives and I are a loyal opposition.

But we are watching.  You get no more free passes.  And while conservatism’s been on the ropes for the past four years, we’re in much better shape for a comeback than, say 35 years ago.  Another Gingrich Revolution awaits you in two years if you’re not a whole lot smarter than your administration seems to be starting out.

At any rate, good luck and God Bless America.

62 thoughts on “As An American First And Foremost…

  1. No, Lord Clown, by your leave I’ve begun the next argument.
    There will be no argument. As we were instructed today, the time has come to JOIN TOGETHER for the GREATER GOOD.
    Mitch, you are white, so Embrace What’s Right.
    That is all.

  2. Yes Mitch, you’ve moved on because you lost this one, we get it, it’s your normal mode – ignore anything inconvenient.

    BTW, interesting how your perfect Chief Justice screwed up the oath of office, yet John Paul Stevens managed (at 88) to complete the one for the vice without error.

    Talk about your flops.

  3. And talk about your ironies – considering how look down on folks – even your esteemed CJ couldn’t practice the damned oath enough that he got it right – condescension toward good governance is no substitute for good governance, but I’m sure you’ll spend the next 8 years proving that right, so I suppose my comment is redundant.

  4. ignore anything inconvenient utterly irrelevant.

    even your esteemed CJ couldn’t practice the damned oath enough that he got it right

    Indeed, neither of them reportedly practiced the oath at all.

    They both seemed to get a chuckle from it.

    You could learn a lesson from them (if, indeed, you can learn lessons from anyone at all).

    perfect Chief Justice

    Strawman. Please stop.

  5. I only hope that if, in two years time or four years time, conservatives once again control the congress and presidency, I can display the same grace and bonhomie that peev has demonstrated in his comments here today.

  6. considering how look down on folks

    Peev, of all the garbage with whicn you’ve polluted my site, this is perhaps the stupidest of all.

    I “look down” on folks? Nope. About as rarely as humanly possible. And I certainly have never felt the need to make up neighbors to puff up my own dubious expertise on subjects, so I could “look down” on others.

    Seriously, Peev, I’m starting to think it’s time for you to take another break from this blog.

  7. Seriously, Peev, I’m starting to think it’s time for you to take another break from this blog.

    By my count that’s the fourth time Peev will have been banned. That has to be a record.

  8. I suppose my comment is redundant.

    Wrong adjective. Try vapid, vacuous, irrelevant or just plain stupid.

    Any of those will suffice.

  9. That has to be a record.
    I find myself wondering if he changes Internet providers just to get the new IP address so he can emerge with a new, obvious persona.
    That’s a little creepy.

  10. Seriously, Peev, I’m starting to think it’s time for you to take another break from this blog.

    Us:
    You don’t bring me flowers
    You don’t sing me love songs

    Maligna:
    You hardly talk to me anymore
    When you come through that door at the end of the day…

    Us:
    I remember when you couldn’t wait to love me
    Used to hate to leave me
    Now after loving me late at night

    Maligna:
    When it’s good for you, babe
    And you’re feeling all right

    Us:
    When you just roll over and turn out the light…
    And you don’t bring me flowers anymore

    Maligna:
    It used to be so natural

    Us:
    It used to be…

    Maligna:
    To talk about forever

    Us:
    Mmm…

    Maligna:
    But used-to-bes don’t count anymore
    They just lay on the floor
    Till we sweep them away

    Us:
    And baby I remember all the things you taught me

    Maligna:
    I learned how to laugh and I learned how to cry

    Us:
    Well, I learned how to love and I learned how to lie

    Maligna:
    So you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye

    Us:
    So you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye
    You don’t bring me flowers any more…

    All together:
    Well, you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye…

    Maligna:
    ‘Cause you don’t say you need me;

    Us:
    You don’t sing me love songs;

    All together now:
    You don’t bring me flowers anymore…

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