When Barack Obama was running for president, he was the ultimate campaigner.  Now that he is president, he continues to campaign. I don’t think he really knows anything else.  He was a college professor, worked as a community organizer, served in the state legislature in Illinois and then in as a senator in the US Senate and now he is president.  He seemed to have a made himself a plan long ago and he made his goal of becoming president, but now that he is in the Oval Office he has no idea what he is doing.  He is a smart man, but I think he is arrogant.  Take for instance the health care debate.  The majority of Americans do not want this bill to pass and are against the democrats using reconciliation to do so.  Does anyone in Washington listen to the American people?  There are some members of congress that appear to want to do the right thing, but will it happen?  Will they let the campaigner in chief persuade them or will they listen to their constituents and do what is right.  There is a need for health care reform, but this bill is not the way to do it.  The health care summit was just a bunch of hot air.  Nothing was accomplished and the democrats are determined to do something, anything to get this bill passed.  As the president continues to campaign on health care maybe he will start listening and find out what the American people really want.  That’s probably just wishful thinking.

The Health Care Summit held by President Obama and attended by members of Congress was billed as a  way to get ideas out on the table. President Obama said he didn’t want talking points and hoped the meeting wouldn’t turn into political theater. Unfortunately, that’s all it was.  For seven and half hours live on TV, Republicans and Democrats filled the room with hot air.  Then by the end there was no compromise and no promises of working together. Instead the president wants to go ahead and try to ram the bill through.  Does he even care about the American public thinks?  I know health care reform is important and something does need to be done, but I think the Health Care Summit should have been a Getting America Back to Work Summit instead.  A lot of people don’t have health care insurance because they don’t have jobs.  I don’t understand why the White House is so hell bent on getting health care reform passed.  Polls taken by Rasmussen show that 56% of Americans oppose the proposed health care reform while 41% favor the reform.  I don’t think the White House is really paying attention to the American people.  In case any politician has forgotten, you work for us.  The people voted and fortunately we have the power to vote you out.  I think the 2010 elections will be very interesting for both parties.  Both parties, Republican and Democrat, have done a big disservice to our country.  We have to regain control of our country. Remember the opening line of the Constitution … “We the People”.

This morning Tiger Woods had a press conference after months of silence after his fall from grace. He has been reportedly in therapy for sexual addiction after it was found out that he had affairs with several women.  He has lost some sponsorships, but I don’t think it is really hurting his pocketbook.  His wife has left him.  The day after Thanksgiving is a slow news time. Tiger Woods to the rescue.  He crashed his car and then the fallout.  I was disappointed in him.  I admired his athletic ability, but also his poise that he showed on and off the golf course.  I was right about the athletic ability, but not the poise.  It is a sad situation, but I really don’t care.  Couldn’t he have just apologized in private? Why does everything have to be in the public eye? Even after this press conference most questions on people’s minds weren’t answered.  He will be back playing golf, but when? Is he trying to work things out with his wife? Are they heading for a divorce?  But ultimately, I really don’t care.  Tiger Woods needs to continue to work on his “atonement” and the world doesn’t need to be a part of that process.

Bribery seems to be the word of the day in Washington. As snow fell on the nation’s capital, senators from Nebraska, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Michigan to name a few were getting a sweetheart deal.  Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) made a big stink this week about wording in the bill about federally funded abortions. He said he could not vote for a health care bill that would allow this.  Well, now he is on board.  Apparently the wording has been reworked and Nebraska will never, that’s right never, pay for the additional people added to the Medicaid rolls. You the American taxpayer will be paying for those folks in Nebraska.  Nice deal.  This means that all the other states will be paying more.  But Ben Nelson isn’t the only one voting for this bill because he got an early Christmas present.  Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) wasn’t thrilled with the bill either, but his state will now get $10  billion dollars in new funding for community health centers.   Ben Nelson and Carl Levin (D-Michigan) also worked out an exemption for non-profit insurers in their states from a hefty excise tax.  Similar insurers in the other states will pay the tax.  In addition to the $10 billion going to Vermont, the state along with Massachusetts were given additional Medicaid funding.  I am sure there is more, but this makes my blood boil.  Here I thought Ben Nelson might really stand up for something, but all he did was fall down.  If I was a senator from another state, I would be knocking on Harry Reid’s door asking for the same type of deals.  Dirty Harry says that all states are treated differently and that it’s all about compromise.  This health care bill has nothing to do with compromise.  An overwhelming majority of Americans (56%) are against the health care bill.  They are happy with their health care.  President Obama comes out and says 31 million people are without health insurance.  Well guess what, the 10.2% of people who are unemployed have no health insurance because they lost their jobs.  What about that, Mr. President?  Instead of taking care of the economy, he is worried about passing health care reform.   There are things that can always be done better and things that can be improved, but ramming a health care reform bill down the throats of the American people is not the way to improve the health care system.  I wonder what our founding fathers would think of this “compromise”.  It’s plain and simple bribery and it makes me sick.

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Because President Obama doesn’t know how to do anything but campaign, he was in San Francisco last night at a $34,000 per couple dinner Democratic fundraiser. He, of course, took the opportunity to blame former president George W. Bush for all of his woes.  Of course, Obama must have forgotten that he has been in office for nine months so he owns everything now.  He made this comment to the crowd of 160.

“When I’m busy, and Nancy’s busy, with a mop cleaning up somebody else’s mess, we don’t want somebody sitting back” criticizing, he told the crowd. “Grab a mop. We need help.”

I think you might be mopping with the wrong end of the mop, Mr. President.  Your approval ratings are dropping.  Conservatives and Liberals are upset about healthcare, the economy, Afghanistan and just about everything else that is going wrong.  The Olympics aren’t coming to Chicago, but you did win the Nobel Peace Prize.  I don’t know how that happened.  Apparently, it’s for the peace you may bring to the world, but everyone says no.  Russia has said no when it comes to Iran.  Israel and Palestine have said no when it comes to holding peace talks.  Honduras said no when asked to take back their deposed president.  Several European countries have said no when it comes to taking prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.  Doug Wilder, former governor of Virginia, said no when you asked him to support the Democratic nominee running for governor in Virginia.  Everyone is saying no.  I don’t think you get it.  The American people are grabbing a mop and they are working to mop up the messes you are making.  You don’t seem to like free speech, but I think you need to start listening and get ready for the mop brigade.

When President Obama spoke to a joint session of Congress, Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted out “You lie.’ when President Obama said that illegal immigrants will not get health care under Obamacare.  Rep. Wilson apologized and President Obama accepted.  That should be the end of the story.  But oh no, Jimmy Carter and others on the left have cried racism.  What a slap in the face not only to Mr. Wilson, but also to the American people. Do they really think we believe that what Mr. Wilson did was an act of racism.  Jimmy Carter is from Georgia. Mr. Wilson is from South Carolina.  Are all white southerners racist?  Of course not, because if Jimmy Carter accused Joe Wilson of racism then he cannot be a racist, too.  It is a shame that racism is even being brought up.  This situation is over. An apology was given and it was accepted.  I thought,  even though I was not happy about Obama being elected, that maybe the issue of racism would be put to bed.  Instead it is rearing its ugly head because Maureen Dowd and Jimmy Carter, Caucasians, have the nerve to even say it.  I am a not a racist, however, under Jimmy Carter’s definition I guess I am.  It is a shame that since President Obama has become president that if you exercise your right to free speech and oppose anything that Obama wants, then you are a racist.  What is happening when we can’t even say how we feel without being branded a racist?  Being labeled a racist is a very serious charge.  It is not something to be taken lightly.  I think Jimmy Carter needs to go back to his peanut farm, but before he heads back to Plains he needs to apologize to Joe Wilson and the American people.