The first 50 days

Democrats were quick to usher in the demise of conservatism after this past election in the Age of Obama. Many people touted that conservatives lost when the Republicans suffered the defeat at the polls. But I will remind you, that it was only after the failed presidency of Jimmy Carter that we got a true conservative leader, President Ronald Reagan.

At the Conservative Political Action Conference that was held on February 26-28, there was record attendance with more than 8,500 and over half in attendance were students. All came to rally and reassure those who proclaimed our demise; our conservative principles did not die on November 4^th. Do the liberals have a yearly conference to rally the troops or are they too involved with trying to legalize marijuana, hugging a tree, building a wind-mill, or miscalculating the effects of “global warming”?

It took a bad economy that began in the Nixon and Carter years to get Reagan so if you ask me, it’s looking pretty good for conservatives right now. The economy began to collapse under President Bush, not by his doing alone, and it seems to be getting worse with President Obama and his policies that bring us closer to a state of collectivism everyday. The Dow has plunged below 7000, unemployment is still rising despite what all believed would be the consequence of electing the “Messiah” as some would have him called. Many have learned that President Obama is not a friend of the free-market and despite being “pro-choice” he is not a friend to the worker who does not wish to unionize, wishing to take away his right to choose if he wants to be represented by a union or not.

President Obama is already looking to introduce “universal healthcare” because he says that healthcare costs have skyrocketed over the past few years… maybe he should look at some of the Democrat’s favorite constituency, the trial lawyers, and ask them why the cost of healthcare has risen at such a rapid rate. It is because of excessive lawsuits that have driven up the premiums of a doctor’s liability insurance which aided in the rise in the cost of healthcare.

What about spending? Candidate Obama talked about fiscal responsibility over the campaign and the idea that he would not be one to stand idle as senators and congressmen got away with passing legislation laden with earmarks, but besides some of the spending in the Stimulus bill, the current appropriations bill termed the Omnibus Spending Bill to provide the funding for the rest of the government until year end September 30, this bill has over $7.7 billion in earmarks tallying to over 8,500. Is this going to be another campaign promise that gets broken by the administration who said they were going to be transparent, not hire lobbyists, and bring America together? And just think, it has only been 7 weeks and we didn’t even talk about the three-plus Trillion dollar budget he introduced…

To leave you on a lighter note, did you hear about the difference between the two Messiahs? Jesus saves, Obama spends.