Whether we like it or not…

Whether we like it or not, Barack Obama is the next President of the United States.  Am I happy about it?  Not at all.

I don’t like the idea of a man leading this country who wants to take money someone earns, and give it to someone else, based solely on the fact that one earns more than the other.  And this incredibly UNfair practice is all done in the name of fairness.

I don’t like the idea of a man leading this country who thinks it’s acceptable to deny care and protection to a child who was born alive after a failed abortion.  Nor do I like the idea of a man leading this country who accepts the notion that killing a child part-way through the delivery process is acceptable.  The notion that 10 seconds before a child is born it’s not alive, and is therefore eligible for killing is quite frankly abhorrent, and it dismays me that a man who holds such beliefs is our President-elect.

I don’t like the idea of a man leading this country who voluntarily associates with known domestic terrorists, racists, and other radicals.  Bill Ayers’ past was common knowledge at the time he and Obama associated with each other, and yet Obama willingly associated with this man.  Compare this to Sarah Palin, who quit her six-figure job at the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission due to corruption.  Either Barack Obama has been completely ignorant time and time again when deciding who to associate with, or he knows full well who he’s been associating with — to be honest, I’m not sure which scenario is more concerning.

I don’t like the idea of a man leading this country who doesn’t seem to place value on history.  Nationalized health care has been abysmal everywhere it has been tried, yet President-elect Obama thinks we can make it work here.  Between 1980 and 1982, the top marginal tax rate was lowered from 70% to 50%.  By 1988, it was down to 28%.  This contributed to our emergence from high unemployment, high interest rates, and high inflation.  In the middle of an economic downturn (not a recession…at least not yet), raising taxes, even on the “wealthy” is not a good idea.  And how the definition of wealthy has gone from 250k, to 200k, to 250k to 120k?  I wish I was surprised.  Finally, socialism has been a failure, or at the very least has dramatically curbed the freedoms of the populace everywhere it’s been tried, yet Barack Obama thinks we can make it work here in the US?  Is he naive, or does he think he really CAN perform miracles?

Now, having said all that, Barack Obama is still the President-elect of the United States.  As much as I dislike his views, he is still my future President.  I’m not going to go down the immature road of saying things like “Not My President” (I’m looking at you, liberals).  The fact is, I am an American, and my fellow Americans elected Barack Obama, so whether I like it or not, as of January 20, 2009, he is my President.  I will support him when I think he’s doing the right thing, and I will oppose him when I think he’s doing the wrong thing, just as I would if McCain or anyone else had been elected.

I may not like his views, but I will not pretend that he’s not my President, and that’s the bottom line.

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