Obama Deserves Some Praise

As a conservative both fiscally and socially I am diametrically opposed to nearly everything that Obama has tried to do since he was sworn into office a little over one year ago. But let's be fair here, it has not been all Obama. He has to a large extent shirked his responsibilities when it comes to formulating a plan for health care and cap-n-trade and handed those reins to the likes of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi . The list of things that these 3 buffoons have peddled on us include:

• a $787 billion dollar stimulus
• a cap and trade bill that will increase a households energy costs by up to $3,000 a year
• health care legislation that no one wants.
• a take-over of GM and Chrysler
• a take-over of AIG
• a $3.8 trillion dollar budget for next year.

And that's just a partial list. Pretty crappy, right? Well, yes, it is. Yet, part of me wants to also commend Obama and his co-horts. In a scant 12 months they have done what it took the "moral majority" and George Bush 12 years to do... lose the confidence of the people. And not only did they lose the confidence of the American electorate, they've woken them up! For years I have harped how the American people are mind numbed robots who are letting their elected officials get away with all sorts of things that were unconstitutional. And if they did know, they seeminly didn't care. So thank you Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.

But President Obama has changed that here in America. For the first time in my life everyone I know is engaged and passionate. The irony is that the man who campaigned on "hope and change" is now eliciting that desire from American's at an alarming rate. They want hope and change alright, but the change is in Obama and the Democratic leadership.

Unfortunately America, you got exactly what you thought you wanted. On the bright side, you no longer appear to be those mind numbed robots who elected a radical left wing socialist into the White House. Here's to hoping he won't do irrepairable damage before he can be replaced.