Yesterday, PEBO became Pres. Obama.
What happens to the 58 million of us who voted for McCain?
We lineup as the loyal opposition.
For the record, it was the most expensive inauguration ever! (What Recession? The $170 Million Inauguration)
What a country!
We are told that this is the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression.
Does it look like that to you?
I saw lots of people using their cell phones, "text-ing" their friends and dressed well.
Great Depression? Can someone define that for me?
Weren't these guys complaining that Pres. Bush's inaugurations were too expensive?
Fact: Bush's inauguration expenses weren't anywhere near what these guys just spent.
Don't get me wrong. I want the winners to celebrate. Let them dance! Let them have the parties! I'm OK with that!
I just don't like all of the hypocrisy that always comes from the Dems!
President-elect Barack Obama billed his inauguration an event "for all Americans."
But in the nation's capital this long weekend, wealthy visitors are finding themselves a bit more equal -- and warmer -- than others!
So much for hope and change!
So much for all of the populist rhetoric!
I'm tired of all of this "we are the party of little people" stuff!
Today, the party stops and Pres BO will get his first intelligence briefing.
He may look at the world very differently after today.
I think that he will!
Today, we wake up after the parties and speeches.
Today, governing begins. Today, it's up to Pres. Obama and the Dems to keep us safe!
It reminds me of Wesley Pruden's story about the the man who died and went to heaven:
"Barack Obama might take a caution from the story about the man who died and showed up at the Pearly Gates.
The maitre d' told him that his death was particularly timely because he qualified for the weekly special.
He could sample that other place down below, then paradise, and decide for himself where to spend eternity.
He took the down elevator and the doors opened onto a lush fairway, where everybody was breaking par.
The restaurant at the 19th hole was the best in town, the roast beef just rare enough, the ham tasty and the broiled sheep's eyes tender and flavorful.
The wines were the best that Kendall-Jackson or Lafitte Rothschild could supply, served by 73 of the most beautiful women the man had ever seen.
"Yes," the guide said, "not all are virgins, but we're very multicultural now."
The party seemed to go on for days.
Finally, he was escorted to the elevator for a long ride upstairs.
Paradise turned out to be lush and green as well, and he was reunited with many of his old friends.
The food was the best, the wines similar to those served below, but he eventually tired of shooting only holes-in-one.
He reluctantly said thanks, but he wanted the livelier life downstairs.
He was directed politely to the down elevator for the long descent to oblivion.
The door opened at last on a scene of anguish, misery and utter desolation, similar to scenes of Sherman's Christmas bombing of Savannah, the leveling of Berlin and the great firebomb raid on Tokyo.
The man was struck dumb by the difference in what he had seen only a few days before.
"I don't understand it," he told an assistant devil.
"I was here the other day, and it was nothing at all like this."
"Ah, yes," the assistant devil said.
"Last week, we were campaigning.
Now, we're governing."" (That was then, not now)
That's right. Yesterday Obama was campaigning. Today he is governing!
What do we do? What do the 58 million of us do?
We have been before, say 1976 and 1992. (I don't remember 1964)
Once again, we are sitting out and watching the Dems control the presidency and Congress.
Let me say this.
We will support Pres BO when he defends the US.
We will not say that he is an "imperialist" or "unilateralist" because he defends the country without the UN or universal support.
Trust me!
Pres BO will soon learn what Pres GW Bush and Pres Clinton learned the hard way.
He will learn that the Euros do a lot of talking but they don't have troops or a disposition to deal with serious problems.
Again, just ask Bill Clinton about Bosnia and the Europeans!
Look at Afghanistan.
We can count on the UK and Canada but the rest of NATO is sitting it out!
NATO either works together or NATO will stop.
What does it mean for the Euros if NATO ceases to exist? It means that they will have to defend themselves, i.e. no more free protection from the US Mediterranean Fleet!
We will support Pres. BO on national security matters, as we supported Pres. Clinton in Bosnia and when he bombed Iraq in 1998!
We will support him in Afghanistan, although I'm not sure that most Dems understand how serious that war will get.
Frankly, I hope that BO can keep support from his own party on Afghanistan.
Question for Pres BO: Where are you going to find the 20,000 troops for Afghanistan?
What about Iraq?
Incredibly Iraq is not a big deal anymore.
Incredibly, the anti-Iraq War candidate will finish the mission. He is going to look a lot like Bush on this one!
We will give him the benefit of the doubt on terrorist interrogations or rendition prisons.
In other words, we want BO to protect the country!
We are happy that he voted for the FISA bill last summer.
We will be angry with those overseas who march with "Obama is Hitler" or "Death to Obama" placards.
We want our president respected!
On the domestic side, we have serious concerns about the so called stimulus plan.
We just don't think that spending a trillion dollars will stimulate the US economy.
We would rather see a different approach.
We are ready to move on, pick our battles and support the new president whenever we can!
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