Our Great Actor-in-Chief
Written by PeacockWatch on January 26, 2011.
We all recall how Barak Hussein Obama came to power. A young, charismatic, orator, unknown to the public, gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. He was quickly promoted by the Democratic Party, becoming a Senator in 2006, and running for the presidency in an environment when the public, conditioned by eight years of character assignation by the mainstream media, found themselves sick of George W. Bush, and the Republican Party.
To a majority of the country he appeared to be the savior, running as a moderate and railing against partisan ranker, Washington’s out-of-control spending and waste, and “change”. The mainstream media burnished his image and virtually ignored his radical, left wing past.
In an historic election, this country elected the first black man to the highest office in the land, if not the world. For a brief time, some were smug and patted themselves on the back.
Several days, and only several days, after his inauguration, Mr. Obama stepped out of his acting role, made a hard left-hand turn, and revealed his true colors. This was an acting role of a lifetime, and he should have received an Oscar. Instead, he received only a Nobel Peace Prize. When the hangover cleared, we found that we had elected the most radical, left wing socialist in the history of our country, as the 44th President of the United States. (How about a shout out here to the mainstream media?)
The next two years were followed a raw show of power, as only a party controlling all of the branches of government can pull off. Cabinet appointees were not vetted by Congress, merely appointed as Czars, and moving forward the most liberal agenda since the “New Deal”. We got larger government, more supervision over private enterprise, and less liberty for all. His stimulus program spent trillions on things that produced no results, but did reward his political base. His crowning achievement, Obamacare, 2,700 pages of legislation that no one had read or understood, was shoved down the throat of the people, in the dark of night, against all of their protests. It was historic. No significant piece of legislation had been forced on the country with such narrow margins and such strong arm tactics. Yet, it fulfilled a seventy-eight year liberal dream, and cost his party the House and most of the Senate. His approval rating plummeted.
Fresh from this self-described “shellacking”, we are now witnessing “Obama II, The Sequel”. His new role is much the same as his old character, but it will be much more difficult to pull-off given the fact that he exposed himself after the first performance.
The trailer for his new role was previewed in his recent State-Of-The-Union Speech. Peppered with words such as, bi-partisanship, deficit reduction, investing in education, green jobs, making America more competitive, and jobs, jobs, jobs, his inner moderate is re-emerging. After all, he did extend the Bush tax cuts.
As all great actors, Obama has the ability to act out a role, but be someone else, to say one thing, and do exactly the opposite. With personalities of this ilk, you cannot listen to what they say; you must look at what they do.
As a public service to those of you in our costal states, who may actually listen to Obama’s words, Peacock has decided to decode his words so you may better understand what he is saying. It is not hard to decode.
“Investment” means more government spending and a larger deficit (if that is possible). “Bi-partisanship” means making nice on the surface until I can find a rock to crush your skull. “Investing in education,” means throwing more money and power to the teacher unions who have our children enslaved in public schools. “Green Jobs” means regulating carbon and destroying the economy further by drastically raising the price of energy and destroying more jobs than are created. “Making America more competitive,” means bigger government telling private enterprise just what technologies they should pursue, and punishing industries that do not follow that lead. It all adds up to continuing the march to socialism, and the upcoming battles with Congress will reaffirm this.
Peacock from the beginning has held the opinion that Obama was designed by the radical left to be a one-term president Do as much damage to the country in a short period of time and spend the rest of your life traveling the world and giving speeches to fellow travelers. That being said, no harm in giving it the old college try. As P.T. Barnum said, “There is a sucker born every day” (or a new voter, as the case may be).
It is an old adage, but one that is true. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
