Posted by
RANT BRAZEN on Saturday, February 21, 2009 11:21:25 PM
I am hearing mucho jabber, clatter and fuss discouraging Americans (us) from criticizing President Obama. Well, hey, how come? There seems to be some sort of threshold on really speaking one's (or two's or more) mind about President Obama as he weighs in on his homework for USA 101. I do feel that the negatives can be burdensome. And that a rookie in any league can feel sort of insecure. But, people, here's the guy who glibly said, "Bring it on. I'm the man. That's the job. Put us together and we'll make magic." Prove it. I mean, if you can't back up your big talk on the playground, shut up or some big bully, or several big bullies, will pick up all the marbles, kick dust in your face, and go tell the teacher you're a meanie. No big deal. Mr. Obama is simply entering into Oval Office Hazing, Part I. He is going to get his pants pulled down and will just have to grin and bear it. No, wait a minute, that was President Clinton, who I expect is still grinning and bearing it at every opportunity, though in settings probably not as opulent, rare and historic as that area right back of the big ol' desk. Just tonight on the teevee an entertainer who I suspect is a decent guy urged Mike Huckabee to ease up on Number One. Mike shrugged it off, then went to a commercial. Who called for a let-up on the two Presidents Bush during their struggles to do right and please the electorate? Nobody on that dreaded "other side of the aisle" where demons lurk and Republicans who enter in have never been seen again. Nope. Not them. So, call me merciless. Call me cruel. Or just call me Verne. But if President Obama nominates one unqualified dude or dudess after another for a rareified position, and it turns out that these individuals have not paid their taxes or committed some other malfeasance, then I say rap the president sternly on the knuckles and see that he owns up to a failure of the vetting process. And if the President runs up a tab in the federal budget that cannot NO WAY be paid back while we are still here to observe the fall-out, then I say give 'im heck Newt. And if he calls for bipartisanship, whatever that is, and doesn't give any of it to the Republicans, whilst figuring that he should be given some of that stuff anyway, then I say that ain't fair and it ain't right and quit it. I'm getting tired now. I'm 72 years of age, it's going on toward midnight here in my little home on the North Carolina coast, and I've had a hard day surfing the breakers. But don't let your guard down, and remind the President Obama that I'll be back after I have a real good nap, and I'll have updates on his report card in hand. You see, I don't forget. I may be old, but I still have a wonderful memory. It's not very long, it's just wonderful. So good night, you all.