Obama Promises Bipartisanship

Obama has promised throughout his campaign and even through his short presidency that he would "reach across the isle" to the Republicans. Well, this turned out to be one of his promises turned lies…one of the many!

He continues to pretend that he is reaching out. He even went around hugging the Republicans at his first address to Congress. If I were a Republican in Congress, I would have thrown up at the pathetic and sugary way he tried to play the bipartisan president. Sorry Mr. President - bipartisanship takes more than just hugging people of the opposite party.

Basically what President Obama means by "bipartisanship" is that you agree with me and we'll all be friends. Otherwise he'll try to convince the media that you just won't work with anyone. It appears that when he wants to be bipartisan, he doesn't want to reach across the isle, he wants everyone to come on over to his side of the isle.

If the Republicans are smart, they'll stay as far away as possible from his ideas and bills. Otherwise they are as guilty as he is!

10 Things that Make You Go Hmmmmm About the "Obama Era"

You've more than likely heard about the things that make you go hmmmmm. Well, I've come up with my list of 10 for the Obama era. Read them and no doubt your response will also be "hmmmmm."

#10 - The Largest Spending Bill Ever - The stimulus bill that was recently passed was the largest spending bill that has ever been proposed and passed. Of course Obama still proclaims he's going to take control of the deficit. Doubtful!

#9 - ACORN Will Never Be Investigated - While there is evidence that ACORN was involved in voter fraud, it will never be investigated - at least not while Obama is president.

#8 - Socialism Has Become a Savior - In the past months all we hear is doom and gloom talk about our economy. However, Obama and his "cronies" always like to bring out that becoming more like Europe (essentially a style of socialism) would supposedly keep the U.S. from going through another depression.

#7 - Obama Has Broken Practically Ever Campaign Promise - In just over a month as president, Obama has broken almost all of the promises that he has made…and people thought Bush broke promises??? So much for big tax cuts, so much for cutting the deficit, so much for transparency for Washington. None of it has happened.

#6 - Many Moderate Republicans Continue to Go Along with Democratic Policies - The party has been destroyed by some of these "moderate" republicans in the past few years. They continue to do so by pushing democratic policies, such as big government and big spending. In fact, some of them even voted for the stimulus bill instead of holding out. If the three republicans in the senate had not voted for the bill, it would not have passed.

#5 - Obama Worship - People literally worship Obama. It's ridiculous. He's just another politician, full of lies, yet many people literally worship him. Not only is it disgusting…it's also very sad.

#4 - The Treasury Secretary is a Tax Cheat - Tim Geithner, who is now the Treasury Secretary can't even deal with his own taxes. He's a known tax cheat, and now he's in charge of the treasury….hmmmmm.

#3 - The Government has Destroyed the Banking Industry and Wants to Nationalize It - It was the government that help to destroy the banking industry. Now they are using this problem to now try to nationalize banks. Like we really need the government controlling banks. They've done enough damage.

#2 - We Now Spend Billions Rewarding Those that Don't Pay Their Mortgages - With the new stimulus bill and the new housing bills out there, people who don't pay their mortgages are getting rewarded. They get a huge break, funded by the rest of us working hard to pay our own bills. Perhaps they shouldn't have purchased homes they couldn't afford.

#1 - Without the Stimulus Bill We Could Have Ended the Recession Earlier - New reports are showing that we could have been out of the recession by the middle of this year. Experts actually believe that the stimulus bill could extend the recession even longer. 2010 may still see us in a deep recession…I just hope the right people get the blame.

Things that make you go hmmmmm!

The New RNC Chairman - Where Will Steel Take Us?

As an avid member of the Republican Party, as always I am concerned about where the party is going. Just a few days ago the party elected a new leader - Michael Steele. This is the very first African American to be chair of the party.

Mike Duncan, who was the previous chairman, had this to say about the party after voting three times with no conclusion: "The winds of changes are blowing at the RNC." He then withdrew his name, and finally after vote number six, Steele came out the winner.

Now I must say, the phrase that Duncan said "the winds of change are blowing" kind of scares me. After all, all we heard about in the last election was about "change" and look where that got us. Obama ran on change and McCain tried to talk about change too.

After the last election, it definitely shows that we need something different in the Republican Party. Perhaps new blood? A new leader? The party has been fractured greatly. One RNC member, Hank Werronen, said "…The party isn't sure where they want to go." That again scares me a bit. We need to have a clear vision of where we are going.

So, now we have a leader. Michael Steele. The question is, does he know where we are going as a party? Where will he take us?

As republicans we've had trouble in the past few years communicating our message. Why? Well, I think that's because we aren't real sure of our message anymore. We keep seeing people in the party who decide to be "Moderate" Republicans. Some seem to have the idea that if the party becomes more moderate that we'll somehow become more popular. Sorry folks…it doesn't work that way.

I believe that Americans are crying for a Republican party that will truly STAND for something. Let's not be "moderates" with no real direction. Instead, we need to define who we are as a party again. Forget trying to be moderate on issues. For years republicans have stood strong on important issues like abortion, gun rights, religion, and more. It's not time to abandon those issues to become "Moderates."

A look at Steele shows an eloquent man. He has the ability to be able to articulate what we stand for as a party. I just hope he doesn't forget what we should be standing for! From his speeches, it sounds like Steele is ready to do something. He's ready to make changes. In fact, he has said "…to those of you who wish to obstruct, get ready to get knocked over."

As long as he's running in the right direction, I don't care if he knocks people over. I just hope he's not making a mad dash for the middle of the road. That's a good place to get run over. Let's stick to the right, to our republican views, to conservatism. Change is good if we have a sense of purpose and direction. However, change for the sake of change never did anyone any good. (Just look at Obama!)