CPAC 2009 Discussion

For some reason, I decided to watch Ann Coulter's CPAC speech. I just do not understand why the rallying cry of the conservatives is to attack liberals. Meanwhile, liberals' rallying cry is the issues that they believe in. Can't the conservatives do the same or are they just so self-conscious that they need to look better than the liberals when they do many more criminal activities (Newt, Delay, Larry Craig, need I say more?)?

Some of the things said by Coulter were:

• Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman are lap dogs to Obama (and what was Fox News to Bush?)
• Jesus had more executive experience than Obama (what about Palin ruling over the Crystal Meth capitol of Alaska?)
• Obama is Muslim (still with that?)
• Democrats finally won an election in 2008 (what about 2006?)
• Germans liked Obama and they have a good track record on choosing leaders (wow, that is really racist)
• Obama has been compared to Lincoln and Reagan since there are no good democrats for him to be compared to (his policies have also been compared to FDR)
• Carter is an example of how not to be President (what about Grant or Coolidge?)
  
• Over history, Democrats' reputation goes down while Republicans' go up (trying to think of a rebound to that one, I have realized that history, depending on who does the storytelling, can be equal-opportunity in negative/positive views of people)

Stimulate My Mind

At CPAC last weekend, there was a universal hatred of President Obama's bailout/economic-stimulus plans, sparked by comments by Rush Limbaugh. They all fear that the nation will become socialist. Do they realize how wrong they are?

1. This is a temporary program. It is not meant to last
2. Technically speaking, the government has always been socialist - Congress cannot pass laws that benefit only one person, laws are meant to help the most amount of people.
3. Do they really think that the government wants to take over the banks? The only group that can do less with repossessed houses than the banks is the government.
4. We must do something. Iceland has gone down the tubes, do you want the same to happen to the United States. At least Obama is trying to do something. When Obama was coming up with the stimulus plan, he did ask for Republican input. A certain College Republican that shall go unnamed says that those Republicans are, in fact, RINOs. At least, they are doing something than just sitting back and watching the nation itself fail.
   
5. After this economic situation, what will the Rush complain about next? Gays in the military? FOCA? He doesn't seem to be complaining much about that right now.

Rush also believes that Obama's plans will end individual liberties. How many individual liberties were taken by President Bush (*cough* 4^th Amendment *cough*)? That is what I thought.

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While writing this post, I have been watching ABC's World News Tonight. They discussed this very issue. Yesterday, both Republican Chairman Michael Steel and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (VA) have distanced themselves from Limbaugh. Rush, today, attacked them saying that they cannot say that they represent the Republican party if they do not share his ideals. Is he serious (or just back on his pain medications so he can go golfing)? Just as this blog (nor I) does not represent the views of the Democratic Party, I doubt that Rush Limbaugh represents the GOP. I would like Mr. Limbaugh to find another person in the United States that agrees with EVERY SINGLE ISSUE as him. The United States (nor any political party) represents the views of every member, but is a plurality of a set of common ideals.

I pray that all of these lovers of partisanship will learn that nothing works with partisanship, but coming together on issues that we do agree on.

Limbaugh Calling for Obama Failure at CPAC Keynote Speech

At the conclusion of this year's CPAC, (which was attended by Fordham's own College Republicans) Rush Limbaugh once again called for Obama's failure in the White House. Devastated after the November elections and bankrupt of new ideas, Republicans are turning towards Rush as the "intellectual force and energy" behind the party. Yet with Rush at the helm, the Republican Party would only be driven down towards minority-fringe status--oblivious to the rest of the country and devoid of any real political power.

Limbaugh and his fellow right-wingers fail to realize that 80% of the country is behind Obama's economic plans. The American people are looking for government assistance in this economic crisis, and, with Republicans offering nothing but opposition, Obama offers a convincing plan to get the country back on track after eight years of mismanagement.

Although Limbaugh's speech carried on an hour longer than expected and was met with repeated standing ovations, Rush continues to unnerve the few levelheaded Republicans that actually have America's interests at heart. Republican Whip Eric Cantor admits that "I don't think that anyone wants anything to fail right now," but with Santorum, Delay, and Malkin all calling for Obama's failure, it's pretty obvious that Rush's Republican Party is not thinking about the American People: it's just intent on revenge.

I think that after eight years of failure, we could all use a little success.

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