Friday, November 14, 2008

The country spoke, now what?

Last week's presidential election was historic, no matter which candidate you supported. Had John McCain and Sarah Palin prevailed, the United States would have elected its first-ever female vice president.
As it turned out, we elected our first black president. As far as making history goes, that isn't too shabby.
Now, Barack Obama has some pretty big shoes to fill.
His own.
Durng the long campaign season, he quire simply promised to be all things to all people. He pandered to the hard left wing of his party by promising to get our troops out of Iraq post haste, to close Gitmo, and to bring universal healthcare to the nation. He promised 20 million illegals a way to citizenship.
He promised to not raise taxes on 95 percent of all Americans. -- But demurred from repeating this promise during one of his first post-election appearances.
All those promises had one Obama supporter, Peggy Johnson, famously declaring on a You Tube video that she didn't have to worry anymore because he would pay her mortage and her car payment.
Problem is -- who's going to pay for all of Obama's promises and what are his millions of supporters going to do when they discover he can't deliver on them.
I for one am going to sit back, smile and say "I told you so."

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