Shortest memories
in the world. Americans. Wish you were all accountable
to a blog so you'd have no choice but to throw your
hands up and say: "Wow, he did exactly what he
said he would." Then step back, clap, and thank the
man for defining leadership when it comes to how to
defend our country. It's stunning to me. Bush made me
think our military was filled with complete morons.
Come to find out, they were poorly directed. Bush is
the "George Lucas" of presidential administrations
complete with coming back every so often to
REWRITE HISTORY. Thankfully, the history books
will be remarkably clear about the year 2011, when
Barack Obama literally did everything right
when it came to foreign policy. From focusing on Bin
Laden and actually killing him, to the right way to
handle ousting a dictator (support a movement, don't
start one), and now to ending the biggest foreign
policy blunder since Vietnam (and deabateably EVER). I
never, ever, ever thought our country would have a
year like this and it has absolutely restored my faith
in what elected officials can do. That is what I'm
thanking President Obama for today. Being competent.
But now, because so many people reading this cannot
process how someone who thinks he's conservative could
support this president, I have to write all
THIS shit...
Just because you
are agenda driven, doesn't mean I am. Just
because you can't be impartial, doesn't mean
I can't be. Just because you don't know history,
doesn't mean I don't. And if you aren't proud of
the fact that we're ending this war, you either don't
have the facts or won't listen to them. Either way,
that is a deficiency on YOUR part, not mine.
The facts are available and if you're reading this,
that means you could also read those. This doesn't
make me liberal. This doesn't make me conservative.
Our country made a massive blunder, and we corrected
it. That's it. I wasn't against Iraq because I am
against all wars in general, just this one. My
political affiliation is "REALIST", and all those that
confuse supporting our president with "socialism" need
to OPEN A BOOK. FUUUUUUUUUUCK. Annnnnnd
we're OFF!
Ya know why
I support this president? It's not because I
backed him so strongly because truthfully, the moment
he won? I was done. I was happy. To me? It was
his ROAD to the white house that I was in
love with. A black dude with the worst
political name of all time still being able to
achieve the freaking WHITE HOUSE. Yes, I was that
superficial and happily admitted it. I did have
the pet issue of our disastrous foreign policy and had
he been a Republican like McCain saying we'd stay
there for 100 years I would not have supported
him... but the reason I fell in LOVE with the 2008
campaign was undoubtedly what a great inspirational
story it was. THAT spoke to me. The guy who was trying
to achieve seemingly impossible dreams. That was my
relation. So, as I did with Bush once he was
elected, I supported the administration and hoped we
were successful. Until you fuck something up? I'm
gonna root for you. Seems kinda American to me to want
us to succeed. I supported going into Afghanistan in
2001 (even though I thought it was a bit overkill
to go in with jets and bombing runs when it was a
small group we were looking for), I even suspended
disbelief about Iraq at the beginning... then of
course the UN wouldn't go along with it -
AND WE WENT IN ANYWAY. And
that's where you started to lose me. Then a
year after "Mission Accomplished" I realized, "hey,
uhm, why are we still there?". And he lost me.
I was gone. I felt duped, I was angry,
I went to DC and marched. Et cetera, et cetera,
et cetera.
Obama got the same
treatment except I actually had expectations of
him beCAUSE of all the shit Bush did. He had my
support until he did something to lose it. And there
are some things I'm upset with. This bullshit
war against marijuana and the states that have
legalized the medicinal use? Fucking insane. And I
don't even smoke the shit (another example of me not
having bias), it's just the WRONG thing to do. He was
clear he didn't want to legalize it during the
campaign but to go against users as criminals is a
totally different story. The Christmas Day Bomber even
getting ON the plane when he was on the terrorist
list? Fucking bullshit. Get your SHIT together. I
am not biased. I'm the guy who even when watching his
beloved Buckeyes will side with the
CORRECT replay call even if it goes against my
best interests. It is the foundation of how
I operate, so BELIEVE me, if Obama does some
shit I don't like - I scream it! Hell I look
for it... but the truth is (and honest to shizzle, no
one can refute this) he has surpassed what
I thought he could do. The two years he had
before the Republicans got the house were incredible
successes legislatively and this year (since the
Republicans can't block every move) has been so
overwhelmingly competent I am in awe.
Unfortunately however, I'm even more in awe with our
media's ability to keep the drama up by downplaying
achievements, stirring up supposed weaknesses and
propping up Republican candidates. Nothin' hurts the
corporate media's bottomline like a lopsided contest
so you'd better believe this will be close. Obama
should just run his campaign promises and then run the
speeches where he announces that he did exactly what
he said he would do. It should make everyone PISSED at
our media for not showing that. That's their goddamn
job. "Wait, he did all this shit? I thought everyone
hated him and he accomplished nothing?" 50 years ago,
we would be proud of our administration's
competency because the media would report it. Today?
The leading Republican candidate proudly
announces he doesn't know the leader of
"Uzbeki-beki-stan-stan" and gets an INFLUX of money.
America, you get exactly what you deserve here.
If you actually believe there is a better leader for
this country than Obama, you absolutely deserve him or
her. If you're so concerned about your tax rate, feel
free to oust the president who lowered your taxes
twice because your news channel told you he raised
them. My roomate was surprised when I mentioned
that the Bush tax cuts hadn't expired. He was certain
they had. Think about that for a second. He's not
stupid, he just watches Fox News from time to time to
hear "both sides", and somehow that's what he
believed. Of course he believed that. Because before
he was elected, do you all remember what the right
said he would do? Now just because he came in, did
NONE of that shit (and fact many could argue he has
been a very good centrist Republican president), they
still have to say he did to get back power. So...
basically:
"He'll
raise your taxes!"
(he lowers
them)
"He raised
your taxes!"
That's not a
"side". You're not hearing a "side" when you watch Fox
News, you're succumbing to a bigger lie.
A lie SO big, that you sub-consciously believe
the "other side" must be lying just AS big
(welcome to the world of false equivalency) and
suddenly the window of right/left is so skewed that
what used to be a very moderate/right view is now
FAR LEFT. THAT is the danger of Fox News.
Not that they're biased or pushing an agenda, but that
people equate it with a generational definition of
"Conseravative" that couldn't possibly be further from
the truth. Eisenhower would be outraged. Hell,
Pro-union Reagan wouldn't even get into a Republican
DEBATE in 2011. The Republican Party is a goddamned
nut house.
But no matter what
happens, 2011 is in the books. It may be the last time
I'm proud of my country for years to come, but it sure
feels good right now. So from the bottom of my heart,
thank you Mr. President. This was absolutely my pet
issue and you kept your word to a stunning degree and
then some...
