Four years ago a candidate for the Presidency of the United Sates campaigned on a slogan of “ Change You Can Believe In” Now, three years after he was elected, we have witnessed first hand the change spoken of by President Obama: a series of failed economic and social policies. Here at home, we have big government and unbridled bureaucracy, which have brought our free market system to its knees and our economy to a crawl. And abroad, we have a foreign policy based on a practice of appeasement and apology to the enemies of democracy.
President Obama is not a John F. Kennedy Democrat, who said “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Obama believes that bigger government with more handouts and greater dependency, is the answer to all of our problems.
Neither, is President Obama a Harry Truman Democrat, with a sign on his desk that says “The Buck Stops Here.” He is unwilling to accept even a little responsibility for his failed economic and social policies of the past three years. He places the blame on the previous Bush Administration, or the U.S. Congress — overlooking the fact that the Democratic Party controlled both the House and the Senate during the first two years of his administration.
President Obama’s far left-wing liberal policies make some of his more liberal Democratic presidential predecessors, such as Woodrow Wilson, FDR and LBJ, and their progressive reforms, appear in retrospect, to be social and fiscal conservatives. Obama’s socialist’s policies have brought several European nations to the brink of economic default and ruin. They have not worked in Europe, and they are not working and will not work in the United States.
Now, as we turn our attention to the next National Presidential Election, President Obama says “Trust Me.” With nothing but a series of failed economic and social policies to run on, he is basing his campaign for re-election on class warfare, with yet a promise of bigger government, a larger national debt, and continued erosion of our personal freedoms and liberties.
Fellow citizens, this is a historic time in our Nation’s history. This is not a time for division, a time to pit brother against brother and sister against sister. We need a President who has a vision of a united America, someone who can rise above partisan politics and build a national consensus, someone who can make the hard choices, and rekindle a spirit of faith and hope in a future for all Americans.
This is about real leadership. We cannot endure four more years of “on-the-job” training for President Obama. We need someone who not only can talk the talk, but who can walk the walk —- someone with actual experience in governing, someone who respects the Constitution, someone who understands the free enterprise system, and someone who knows how to balance the check book.
This is America, the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. This is the nation that has given hope to so many, not only here at home, but around the world. We cannot stand by and watch the continued erosion of the values and principles that our founding fathers fought for and often died to acquire, and our forefathers sacrificed to protect and preserve. How much further off course can we go without a mid-course correction? We can no longer allow the “American Dream” to be driven by the winds of folly, to run aground on the rocks of despair.
With all the doom and gloom, there is some good news. The Madison County Republican Caucus is being held at our new Madison High School on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Party registration will begin a 5:00 p.m., with the caucus to follow at 7:00 p.m.
Republicans of Madison County, this is our time. Our voices must be heard. We must draw our line in the sand, stand up, and be counted. We must say an emphatic “NO” to four more years of failed leadership under President Obama.
Plan on attending the Caucus and casting your vote for faith and hope in the future—the Republican Presidential candidate of your choice.
Bob Jones
Rexburg, Idaho