LA_MERC_Wetzny
November 17th, 2008, 07:55 AM
It’s Monday morning and after a hectic weekend I’m getting my boys ready for school, Reagan has a field trip to the Zoo today (As a room dad, I drive and will hangout with them) and Harrison has pictures today, so his surfer hairdo he was sporting got cut over the weekend and he’s all polished up looking like a million dollars. Chances are Harrison will have his eyes closed when the picture is snapped; a big smile by him always results in squinted eyes!!
While running through these morning activities, I heard in the background a brief commentary regarding the recent election. The usual speculative press reaching for some distant metaphor which will illustrate how now things will be different, problems will melt away, the world likes us again, blah, blah, blah. It struck me, I hadn’t been paying attention to the political press recently, instead of our local fish wrap we get the Wall Street Journal at home; hell there are 7 days of papers stacked neatly in the trash bin, untouched. The incessant drone of the TV has been erased by wrestling, finger painting, leaf raking, and tree-stand sitting.
As a conservative I’ve been betrayed by the liberal big spending policies of George W. Bush, now his Presidency is over and I feel relief. I like the President, I respect him for keeping our nation safe since September 11th 2001, I think history will show him to be a better President than the wickedly biased media portray him to be, however you’ll never see his grill on Mount Rushmore. I don’t care for any of what I know of BHO’s big Government mantra, but hey at least he won’t TRY to convince me he’s conservative. McCain’s campaign is over and while the guy, in no uncertain terms is a genuine American Hero, his Maverick message was code for F’ conservatives, love me press!! So if the Democratic Congress fastens tighter regulation on the U.S. economy and financial system, it will likely prolong the crisis and delay the eventual recovery — to its own disadvantage which would have been impossible for a President McCain to prevent, if he had even wanted to.
Now the ball is squarely in the hands of the left, “conservatives” are not governing and the triumvirate of Reid, Pelosi and Obama has the stage all to themselves. Scary yes, but I’ve tuned them out, because history has demonstrated the economic polices of the left don’t work, and a recent example of this would be George W. Bush. Meanwhile I’ll continue to do the “little” things that make my life meaningful.
While running through these morning activities, I heard in the background a brief commentary regarding the recent election. The usual speculative press reaching for some distant metaphor which will illustrate how now things will be different, problems will melt away, the world likes us again, blah, blah, blah. It struck me, I hadn’t been paying attention to the political press recently, instead of our local fish wrap we get the Wall Street Journal at home; hell there are 7 days of papers stacked neatly in the trash bin, untouched. The incessant drone of the TV has been erased by wrestling, finger painting, leaf raking, and tree-stand sitting.
As a conservative I’ve been betrayed by the liberal big spending policies of George W. Bush, now his Presidency is over and I feel relief. I like the President, I respect him for keeping our nation safe since September 11th 2001, I think history will show him to be a better President than the wickedly biased media portray him to be, however you’ll never see his grill on Mount Rushmore. I don’t care for any of what I know of BHO’s big Government mantra, but hey at least he won’t TRY to convince me he’s conservative. McCain’s campaign is over and while the guy, in no uncertain terms is a genuine American Hero, his Maverick message was code for F’ conservatives, love me press!! So if the Democratic Congress fastens tighter regulation on the U.S. economy and financial system, it will likely prolong the crisis and delay the eventual recovery — to its own disadvantage which would have been impossible for a President McCain to prevent, if he had even wanted to.
Now the ball is squarely in the hands of the left, “conservatives” are not governing and the triumvirate of Reid, Pelosi and Obama has the stage all to themselves. Scary yes, but I’ve tuned them out, because history has demonstrated the economic polices of the left don’t work, and a recent example of this would be George W. Bush. Meanwhile I’ll continue to do the “little” things that make my life meaningful.