Monday, July 13, 2015

"Hope? Or Hypocricy?"

                                                         

We are soon coming up on the 36th anniversary of Jimmy Carter's famous "Malaise Speech". Most of you young people will not remember it. On 17 July 1979 Carter made a national address to the nation. In that speech he preached to the American people. He said we were selfish. He said we were lazy. He accused us of not going along with his programs. He blamed us for his 20 percent annual inflation rates, surging gas prices and the housing slump. He said we were running out of oil and were too stupid to understand that, in ten years, America would run out of oil. He said we need to "think small."
So let me ask you this; if you sat down with your children, and you told them they were bad, and selfish, and stupid, would that make them better children? What if we did the exact opposite? What if we told them that we admire them, that they are capable of achieving anything if they're willing to work for it? What if we told them they can determine their own future and their future is limitless? Which approach do you believe would achieve the best results?
Alas, Obama has made Carter look like a wild eyed optimist. For seven years now he has preached the religion of "Obama". Anyone who dares disagree with him is demonized...indeed persecuted...whether it be the Tea Party, or those "wild eyed radical terroristic old people who didn't agree with having $700 billion dollars stolen from the Medicare trust fund, or the Tea Party whom the IRS persecuted, or even Congress and the Supreme Court...Obama has taken them all on and denigrated them for not bowing to "his emperorship". Of late we've had Obama telling us how racist we are because some nut shot up a church. Through every tragedy Obama has chosen to politicize and exploit the tragedy instead of offering solace and comfort and healing.
President Ronald Reagan achieved many great things, but perhaps the most important thing he did was to give America back her spirit. He brought a sense of optimism back. He vowed that our future was golden and espoused that we are limited only by those constraints we place upon ourselves. He trumpeted American goodness and American greatness. He reminded us of the special role America has played in bring both freedom and prosperity to the world. And, miraculously, Reagan won the hearts of citizens, both Democrat and Republican, because they were so damn tired of being told how bad there are!
So, again I ask; whether it be children, or citizen, what's the better approach? Do we browbeat and demonize and castigate? Or do we instill a sense of pride and hope in child or citizen? You will decide which approach you prefer in November 2016. Do we send the arrogant "preacher" packing and elect hope? Or will we elect another arrogant and corrupt, hypocritic "preacher" who will only reinforce negativity and gain negative results.? Yes, Hillary has promised to carry on in the tradition of Carter and Obama....you decide.

6 comments:

Frank K said...

Hillary is a Punk.She's Phony from the moment she gets up in the morning, to the time she goes to bed. All the signals that tell people that she's a bad person just ignored because of the (D) after her name. If there was an (R) she wouldn't even register on the top 20 Candidates. I couldn't stand to be talked down to by someone with her Criminal history. Another 8 years of Obama with a vagina is just more than the world could handle. I think this is too important a time to just accept she'll win. I'll offer my services to whoever is running on the opposite ticket. Not gong down without a fight.

Jeff H said...

A majority dismiss Mr. Trump as a buffoon with zero chance of becoming President. This may be true but he has everyone talking and maybe the career politicians will be shamed to getting off their asses and actually working for the USA for a change. The issues he is highlighting should have been dealt with decades ago. I think most rational voters can see Hillary is only in it for her own monetary benefit.

A Modest Scribler said...

Frank, if the Republicans are to defeat Hillary they're going to have to overcome a huge "vagina vote."
I'm not optimistic about that. Take all the Kool Aid drinkers, add in women voters who will vote their vagina, and you've got a tremendous obstacle to overcome.

A Modest Scribler said...

Jeff, I'm in the crowd that believes that Trump is a buffoon. But, you're right, he is serving a purpose by highlighting the politically incorrect issues that cowardly Republicans won't tackle. I'm not as optimistic that Trump's efforts will do any good.

TheRandyGuy said...

I had just finished my first year at West Point and was home on leave when Carter gave that speech. I was 19 years old and stunned at what the President of the United State was saying to the people. Now, 35 years later, we have a President that makes Carter look like an optimist. And the voters sent Obama back for a second term (Carter had the distinction of being only the second President denied reelection). Things are different now. Much more of society is completely dependent upon government for most everything in their lives (food, housing, medical, money). The divide in the country is wider and more pronounced. This speech doomed Jimmy Carter, yet nothing Obama says or does seems to damage him or make his supporters ask "What's this guy doing?" A couple of years ago, a conservative writer listed the groups that would vote for Obama (women, homosexuals, immigrants, students, liberals, Dims, etc.) and he assured us that Obama would be reelected. He was right. Hillary will have the same mafia behind her. This will not be pretty, because the push from the left is rapidly becoming a shove. We know what happens when people are shoved...

A Modest Scribler said...

Yep....the 2nd Civil War. It'll happen.