by scot cerullo

With his first year as President under his belt, many initial Obama supporters have become disillusioned over the unrealized Hope and Change that drove the 2008 campaign like nitrous oxide.

Obama supporters, independents and a great number of Democrats are scratching their heads because, having climbed this historic political mountain together, having signed on to various get-out-the-vote ground operations, now stand at the pinnacle of the mountain and, looking over the horizon, do not see the post-partisan, post-racial utopia Obama articulated repeatedly and promised unequivocally during his campaign .

The lofty rhetoric that told of a new way of doing business in Washington, the brilliant young leader promising to right the wrongs of past administrations and restore America’s good name in the world, well, it’s kind of fizzled out.

Still, he had a majority in the House of Representatives and a super-majority in the Senate, so clearly a few missteps wouldn’t affect the powerful change to come.

Yet somehow, despite all the talk, and there has been much of that, a year after the election unemployment remains at an amazing 9%, people are walking away from their homes, and health care, something consistently rated low on the list of priorities among people in poll after poll, seems to be the all-consuming agenda item of this dynamic new kind of politician.

Obama supporters have discovered that Obama is long on enunciating problems, but short on providing effective remedies. Supporters are finding out that all that talk of post-partisanship simply has not materialized. In fact and quite oddly, this new-breed-of-politician has polarized Washington and the electorate in a manner not seen in modern political history.

Some argue that by not reaching out to small business, indeed ignoring the inclusion of the free market in any of his large-scale, government solutions, Obama is actually exacerbating a recession that by now, by historical records, should be resolving itself.

I won’t list the many errors the Obama administration has made over the past 12 months. They are there for anyone who cares to turn on their computer, TV or pick up a newspaper.

What I will point out is that Obama is governing against the will of the people. Never in modern history have so many apolitical voters gathered en masse to exclaim their disapproval. From the Tea Parties that began in the spring of 2009, the Town Hall meetings which pitted frightened taxpayers against tin-eared elected officials, to the massive, historic, and highly under-reported march on Washington, Obama appears to want to wish these people and their concerns away in favor of his ideas, his plan for America.

But time has a way of providing nuance and context. Reasonable people may disagree about a given issue, but in total the voting public has moved from unbridled enthusiasm to quixotic, to anger and dismay. It’s become so bad that Obama has both the Left and the Right angry.

But the November mid-term elections are coming. And this time, many voters don’t just want to see the GOP win, they want to see conservatives win. In one short year they miss having a leader who respects the free market, small business, and the notion that working hard and earning good money is nothing one should apologize for.

While President Obama may have had no track record or resume prior to his election, he does now. And it is dismal. We have discovered that rather than being post-partisan, his is ultra-partisan, rarely allowing Republicans to contribute ideas. Remember when George Bush asked Ted Kennedy to help him write the Education bill? That kind of politics hasn’t been around for some time.

The recent regional elections in Massachusetts, New Jersey and elsewhere are setting precedents and screaming out to the nation that many voters cannot wait for November.

While I never believed in Obama’s world view or politics, and it saddens me that it’s taken his election to prove I may be right, I am comforted by the mass awakening that is taking place and hope that it translates into quality conservatives being elected in November.

Finally, I offer this caution: Voters are not looking for the same GOP candidates from before. They are looking for tough, conservative leaders who have the strength and fortitude to make the hard, unpopular decisions that too many politicians put off for another day.

Well, that day has come. As state after state goes bankrupt, those thinking of running for office would do well to take a cue from the newly elected Republican Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christi. His recent speeches and his plans for his state speak volumes about how we will need to proceed as a viable nation.

We already know the alternative as Obama is demonstrating it each day.

Senator Harry Reid announced the following today:

“Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good,” Reid said Friday on the Senate floor.

Video- Harry Reid\’s Big Day In America

BREAKING NEWS:  SENATOR HARRY REID IS BEING CONTROLLED BY ALIENS or possibly has had a psychotic break from Lame Duck Flu.

Lady Libertas can think of no other explanation for the callous and disgusting remarks made by Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the Senate.

There are no words to describe the complete disconnect that Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the Obama Administration have with the American People.  The same People that they have made oaths to serve.

Oath Breakers all of them.

Today in the United States of America – 36, 000 People received notice that they no longer had a job.  These people had to return to their homes and to their families and share the news that Lady Libertas imagines was sitting in the pit of their stomachs for hours.  The same people are probably staring at the ceiling of their bedrooms tonight and wondering how they will keep their lives together.

How will they pay their rents or mortgages?

How will they put food on the table?

How will they look their children in the eye day after day while their HOPE slowly crumbles as new jobs are simply words bandied around by the Ruling Elite in DC?

How will they pay their Cobra insurance or push off health issues because they cannot afford to see a doctor?

How will they survive?

And Harry Reid sneers down from the height of the Democratic Ruling Elite in Washington DC and says:

“Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good.”

Look carefully at these faces, Patriots.  These are the faces that we need to keep foremost in our minds for the next EIGHT MONTHS.

Obama.  Pelosi.  Harry “I am being controlled by Aliens that make me a Smug Insensitive Elitist” Reid.

As we prepare for Election 2010, do not let these faces waver for a moment.  Use them as your banner as we pick up the most powerful weapon in our arsenal – OUR VOTES.

They have ignored the American People for over a year.  We are under attack daily and in a fight for no less than our Country.

Remember these faces.  They are the faces of the most malignant terrorist attack in our history – they seek to take our Voices, our Freedom and what the United States of America stands for.

Bless those of us who are struggling.  So many who are struggling.

VOTE THEM OUT.  It has become our Moral Imperative.

Lady Libertas got a bit of a giggle today when I read Pres. Obama’s schedule for today.  It is good to start the morning with comedy.

• 9:30AM: President Obama and Vice President Biden receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
• 10:00AM: President Obama and Vice President Biden receive the Economic Daily Briefing
• 1:30PM: President Obama delivers remarks at opening session of the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum
• 3:45PM: President Obama delivers remarks and leads discussion at closing session of the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum
• 5:00PM: The first family attends the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony

Obama will don his Superman cape – dash into his Job Summit in a single bound and with his staff of Socialists and Tax Cheats, they will solve all of America’s job issues IN JUST THREE HOURS.

One moment while Lady Libertas goes and gets the shovel.  I want to be shovel ready – READY TO SHOVEL THE MANURE.  It is about waist deep now.  My understanding is that the purpose of ramming the $787 billion dollar stimulus plan up our down our throats was to create jobs….

From Feb. 3, 2009 – USA TODAY – (See article here)

The Congressional Budget Office says Obama’s economic stimulus package of spending programs and tax cuts would create 1.2 million to 3.6 million jobs. The economic consulting firm IHS Global Insight puts the number at 2.6 million.

The administration estimates that unemployment would be 7% at the end of 2010 — barely below the current 7.2% rate.

“The bottom line is this: You’ve got a piece of legislation that creates jobs,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said after several questions. “The latest statistics based on the economic reports show that 90% of these jobs are private-sector jobs.”

And yet here we are at 10.2%, following the created and saved jobs scam  The Washington Examiner is even tracking the stimulus jobs NOT really saved or created – see article here.  Obama and his Team of Socialists & Cheats have applied their new math and genuinely expected the American people to fall for it.

“Yes!  We have created jobs … we just can’t find them at the moment.  nononono … haha … they are not lost!  They are … Hey!  Look there’s Elvis and he’s with Ted Kennedy!!”

SO, today there will be more baiting and switching talking.  That is what a summit is for after all and that is what Obama does best – Talk Talk Blame Bush Talk Talk Talk.

Obama talks about how things are getting better which I am sure reassures all those out of work, those looking for work, those who have given up hope of finding work, those afraid that they will be laid off today or tomorrow and those who are doing the work of 4 people because most of the company has already been laid off.

Obama talks about Bush and blames the Bush administration for the economic turmoil.

Obama talks and conveniently forgets that he was part of the Congress that sanctioned the really bad decisions that were made by Bush, as was the Speaker of the House and the Vice President…oh yes, and the Secretary of State.

Obama talks and it all starts to sound like blah blah blah (kind of like the adults in Charlie Brown!) because he and Joe tell us that things are better!  And there is no evidence.  Certainly, as Americans prepare for a tough Christmas, many have given up hope of real relief occurring.  And Obama keeps talking.

Can anyone blame us that we are all feeling a bit cynical?  Even the polls reflect it …

The Winston Group’s New Models National Survey revealed the shift in the most recent poll. Asked if the state of the economy is “more the result of President Obama’s policies or President Bush’s policies,” the public is evenly divided at 42 percent for each as recently as October.

In July Bush was still getting the blame, 56 percent to Obama’s 29 percent. “The public may have held Bush more responsible earlier in the year, but as of the beginning of October, it was at parity with Obama’s policies. This should be very concerning for the White House. President Obama is just now beginning to fully own the economy, and we have already seen significant drops in his job approval,” said Winston pollster Myra Miller.

Here is the poll:

Do you think that at this point, the state of the economy if more the result of Pres. Obama’s policies or Pres. Bush’s policies?

	July 2009	Oct. 2009
President Obama’s policies	29	42
President Bush’s policies	56	42
Don’t Know	15	16

The Obama Administration is also fond of claiming that the GOP has no solutions.  No Solutions is quite different than not inviting the GOP to the table and ignoring them.  As a matter of fact, Minority Whip Eric Cantor held a discussion at the Heritage Foundation yesterday that was a common sense approach.  I watched it live on Facebook and you can read about it here.

Americans want jobs, not welfare.

Create jobs for Americans, not jobs for Bureaucrats.

STOP THE SPENDING.

Obama and his team of Socialists and Tax Cheats are meeting today to discuss jobs.  for three hours.  they are calling it a Summit.

Make no mistake, folks – this is a Second “Stimulus” plan and he will be asking for billions to fund it.  Combined with his first “Stimulus” plan (FAIL) and the proposed healthcare plan (SOON TO FAIL) – Obama has spent trillions this year and placed us in debt for the foreseeable future with no Hopium left…

AND NO RESULTS.

Lady Libertas has just one question -

President Obama – do we look like Mrs. Obama??????

SNL skit with Chinese President

It is no coincidence that the recent White House attack on Fox news came when it did. Fox’s aggressive investigations have resulted in the ACORN exclusive, the Van Jones exclusive, and their consistent coverage of the summer Tea Parties was simply too much; dominating cable news as they do, there was simply no one out there who could marginalize them.

Not since Nixon’s “enemies list” has an administration sought to demonize or otherwise attack in such a manner. It demeans the office and ultimately just makes Fox news stronger.

It should be noted that President Obama, who campaigned on a post-partisan line of cooperative politics, has created an enemy at each turn of his legislative agenda. Wall Street, doctors, high-earning small businesses, banks, insurance companies, the list grows daily. I cannot recall any president in my lifetime who so openly and actively made every issue an “us against them” ultimatum. It’s petty.

On the bright side, is was heartening to see today the other television news oulets stick up for Fox when a brief attempt was made to prevent Fox news from interviewing Tresury Department Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg. Fox got the interview and the brief scuffle allowed the non-Fox-viewing public a stronger glimse into this petty battle.

Now that Obama has been in office for ten months, the public is seeing, in many ways and on many levels, that he is clearly not the man who campagined on high ideals and a moral path to political conflict resolution. Instead he continues to reveal himself as a radical, by the people he surrounds himself with, the activist manner in which he tries to gather support and his prediliction for picking fights and finding an enemy, often a straw man.

Finally, the attack against Fox news and the subsequent support lent by other media may reflect a turning point in the biased, pro-Obama coverage we’ve seen to date. It just may be that, thanks to Major Garret, Jake Tapper, and a few others, more journalists will rediscover their job description is journalist, not transcriptionist.

Time will tell.

Unbelievably, Liberals seem wholly incapable of distinguishing between the 15 hours of straight, fair and balanced reporting FOX News produces daily, and two hours of partisan opinion programming, namely Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

Apparently the White House Mean Machine has no problem with Keith Olbermann’s daily derisive commentaries about Republicans and conservatives, or MSNBC’s ludicrious copy/past style of covering Tea Party rallies, all in an attempt to retain White House access.

But who was it that single-handedly drew enough attention to the self-avowed communist and Green Czar Van Jones that he resigned shortly after the story broke? He resigned in spite of every other television news organization consciously and decisively ignoring the story.

The answer is Glenn Beck. Mr. Beck was able to effectively present irrefutable facts in the form of Van Jones’s own statements, both written and on video, that the White House felt compelled to quietly remove him. (Sorry, he, umm, ’resigned’).

And what about ACORN? Again we see Glenn Beck presenting a formidable, nay, irrefutable argument, augmented by two young and daring investigative reporters. This was another story no other news media organization covered, and in spite of that ACORN grudgingly became front page news on the very publications that desperately tried to avoid the story at all costs.

Someone ought to remind Mr. Obama that the battle is in Afganistan, not in deriding American media outlets who dare disagree with his policies or expose him for the fraud and incompetant he appears to be. 

The White House assault on FOX News is energy that could be spent reviewing all the mistakes they have made to date, but instead they appear more interested in quelling any media outlet that dare not fall in line with the “Hope and Change” disco remix that now falls shallow upon a nation deeply concerned about their recent presidential choice.