I have mentioned here before my perspective on President Obama. I agree with him on little, I didn't vote for him and I think he's way too far to the left (although we'll see if that stands up in practice rather than in speeches). However, I pray for him every day. I pray that he becomes a good President, a strong leader, and that he has a change of heart on issues such as abortion. I wish him no ill will and if I met him, I would treat him with the respect that he and his office deserve.
Evidently, this respect doesn't exist on the other side of the fence. While the new President sits on a throne in the midst of a media honeymoon, George W. Bush is mocked and made fun of as if he had won a third term. Celebrity interviews, videos on YouTube and blogs are full of hate towards the former President. Michael Savage has termed liberalism as a mental disorder; I'm beginning to agree with him.
The Left needs to get over it. Your guy sits in the Oval Office. Congratulations. Liberals in the US remind me of Palestinians---they cry for self-determination, but when it is given they prove that they can't manage to organize even a soccer game. These next two years are going to be very interesting. Blame GW?
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I gotta say, I hate sweeping generalizations. I do confess, I have no love for Bush, but I don't go out of my way to insult him publicly at every turn. You know that I consider myself a liberal, but I doubt I qualify as mentally ill. Here's my point: any extreme view can be indicative of mental illness, but the rest of us who aren't foaming at the mouth shouldn't be lumped in with the psychos who give us a bad name. Extreme liberalism AND extreme conservativism, or any other extreme ideology, are poor counterpoints against those who subscribe to the more moderate forms of those ideologies.
Posted by: Jeff G at January 22, 2009 08:59 AMI was no fan of Bush, but I don't like the media fawning all over Obama. I'd rather they took the time and effort to truly get both sides of the story and be a little critical. I think this media honeymoon will likely be over far before the first 100 days. If Bush had gaffed over his oath of office it would have been major news for weeks and weeks. Rather, with Obama it was no big deal. I think that's a little suspect in my book.
Posted by: wibbelsh at January 22, 2009 10:33 AM