Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Rush to judgement

I'm still thinking about some of the things Rush Limbaugh said in his speech last week. Take the following:
"Let me tell you who we conservatives are: We love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims. We don't see people we want to exploit. What we see- what we see is potential...We want the country to succeed, and for the country to succeed, its people - its individuals - must succeed. Everyone among us must be pursuing his ambition or her desire, whatever, with excellence. Trying to be the best they can be. Not told, as they are told by the Democrat Party: You really can't do that, you don't have what it takes, besides you're a minority or you're a woman and there are too many people that want to discriminate against you. You can't get anywhere you need to depend on us."
I'm really not a Rush Limbaugh fan, I can hardly take listening to his radio program, but damn, everything he said in that speech I agreed with. Of course the only sound bite you hear on TV is that Rush wants Obama to fail.  But I get what Limbaugh is saying. Obama's policies punish achievers and earners, the people who get up everyday and go to work. They make not only the wealthy but every achiever the enemy. Every government program I've seen at work is a complete bureaucratic failure. I've worked at soup kitchens. Giving people a free handout never makes that person want to achieve something on their own. Obama wants to take from the rich and give to the poor. These are not the founding principals of this country, or the principals I want to see succeed in this country. I'm with Rush on this one.


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