GOP Must Push Back on Obama

by James A. Bridge

Confetti continues to fall on the "Obama Thrills and Chills" parade, and why shouldn't it? Barack Hussein Obama has only been President of the United States for a few days.

But one has to wonder how long the Bush-bashing, biased media corps will continue to offer the chief Democrat political cover.

For as sure as shootin', any "stimulus" plan for this flagging economy that includes deficit spending will drop the market like a stone. Wall Street has already sent its message to the President. In 140+ years, no incoming President has ever been greeted with a lower Wall Street posting.

As if the economy couldn't get worse, add to that the moves already afoot to "green America" and re-ban drilling for oil will send oil prices skyrocketing again.

Will the Press hold him accountable for these circumstances as they arise? We have to wonder. A little research reveals that there are somewhere around 115,000 print and broadcast media journalists in the United States. Polls of journalists reveal that 75% of them adhere to a Liberal political philosophy or are Democrats. Look back to Campaign 2008, when 75% of all stories were about Barack Hussein Obama, and all becomes clear.

We are watching, we who did not back Obama, we who know Obama wasn't "elected to unite us all." But where is the Press?

We heard a chirrup of "Obama was elected to unite us all" from several columnists, Maureen Dowd for one, who must be taking her columns directly from Rahm Emanuel's press releases. Let's not forget for a moment that 57 million people did not vote for an Obama presidency, Maureen. Yes, this election was a landslide from an electoral college point of view, but it was hardly that in the popular vote. Ten percent more voted for Obama than McCain. Did you forget, too, the 40 million or so who didn't vote? More on that in a future column.

The G.O.P. must confront the specter of Obamanomics, and stop feeling good about the chum tossed upon the ebb-tide waters of Republican political power. Retaining Robert Gates, offering up hawkish Hillary as Secretary of State, and keep General Petraeus in place, indicating General James Jones for National Security Adviser are choices that give comfort to Republicans. This is but an overt play at mollifying the defeated. As welcome as these choices might be, no Republican should be fooled. The following nominations bring some clarity through the Obama-fog: Timothy Geithner--the tax cheat and illegal alien employer; Eric Holder, who was behind the pardons of Bill Ayer's and Berandine Dohrn' s Weather Underground cronies, the F.A.L.N. terrorists, and financial crook Marc Rich--and Leon Pannetta, who all but destroyed the C.I.A. the last time he was in charge.

There are at least 34 reasons why G.O.P. must stand firm aside from all of this: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. All of these Class III Senate seats are up for election in 2010.

So, in closing, be pleased, Hawks, with what was offered in the right hand. Studiously observe what is proffered from the left. Push back at every opportunity.

This is the American Way.

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