Barack Obama Is Not My President
He will be soon enough, though, so it’s never too early to begin discussing what we can do (if anything) to prevent his worst ideas from being implemented. Jennifer Rubin has a few ideas of what Republicans can advocate as alternatives, which probably won’t prevent anything from happening in the short run, but may at least set us up for a “we told you so” campaign an election cycle or two down the road. That’s good from a party perspective, but if we want to actually stop anything in its tracks, we’ll need to learn to talk in soundbites. Unfortunately, the best I can come up with are all about at the level of “no way, José” (and who exactly was the original José who inspired that phrase?):
- That’s a crock, Barack!
- That’s insane, Hussein!
- Yo’ mama, Obama!
- Read our lips, no new deal.
Those are the best I could come up with. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with something better.
December 29th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I can’t do better, but I can be first to comment this time, I guess. Then I’ll take credit for inspiring later comments.
Hey hey, ho-ho, (the policy to which I object) has got to go.
Tax cuts for taxpayers.
Hassling my potential future employers does not endear you to me.
Legalize profit.
Support privately funded (Stem cell research, education, whatever the government shouldn’t be funding).
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Theo
Theo who?
Theo bama administration’s post-modern, ahistorical, keanuesqe outlook dooming us to repeat history as if obseqeously (sp?) concilliatory foreign policy and centralized command economies hadn’t been tried, and failed, in the past a whole bunch of times.
OK, once I got going I did a lot better than I thought I would.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Agree with your sentiments, but chafe at your title. I think it is counter-productive to follow the bileous lead of the Bush Derangement Syndrome crowd and declare that Obama is not your president. He is, if you are an American.
I hated that nonsense when it came from the Left, and would hate to see it catch on from the Right.
December 31st, 2008 at 9:50 am
I have trouble to the whole concept of “my” president. What does that mean? Do I own him? If so, why doesn’t he do what I want and legalize freedom? Does he own me? Well, I guess in some way he thinks he does, or will when he takes office. He’s not only a statist himself but will be the head of the State, and apparently (to the extent one can determine his actual beliefs) believes people and whatever wealth they earn are the property of the State, to be used at will.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:12 pm
For me, I consider him my President, because of the election, but, I will oppose the majority of his agenda (I’ve had this convo a dozen times or so with other conservative bloggers I frequent.) For most stuff, it will be a on a policy by policy basis. I won’t be going after him personally, like the moonbats did with Bush. Well, maybe on Barry’s ears.
I think Barry is going to have much more of a problem, especially during the first 2 years, with the moonbat base, who are already very unhappy with the people he has appointed. Plus, I think he is going to have a big problem with Congress, especially Queen Nancy, who has her own agenda.
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