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Veridical16
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It’s a very good point on Charity /Cordiality especially in regard to the Executive office. Although I think one can argue the case that Obama holding the presidential “office” is an exception.I wonder what the reaction would have been in 1941 had some conservative politician said that President Roosevelt was a greater threat to America than the Axis. Or in 1915 if someone had said that President Wilson was a greater threat to America than the “Hun”. Or in 1812 if someone had said that President Madison was a greater threat to America than the Redcoats.
Is it okay to be patently disloyal now? Do members of the opposition no longer embrace the idea of “loyal opposition” to the president in office? Do we no longer owe our head of state any measure of respect at all?
I once knew a better America. And I’m not that old.
And they can flip it to suggest, that the president should ALSO be loyal to the interests of his nation/country, rather than his own self - interests. Where it looks he would rather alienate our allies, while coddling our foreign enemies.
Wasn’t it this week, that Obama called the American Electorate, “enemies” to a hispanic audience??
Therefore, I can say, that Obama is inspiring this kind of pushback from the Tancredo types.
All those presidents named above, served their country at a time when our enemies were black & white and the country was more united they had a common goal. Though Wilson and Roosevelt had some ugly shades (our own Bishop Fulton Sheen had a not to pretty run in with Roosevelt) but even with all their faults, they still served this country, they were not worse than our foreign enemies. It would be pretty hard to be. And I’m sure even then, they had their detractors that might have been like Tancredo, especially Roosevelt considering the beginnings of the Red Scare. Even Andrew Jackson was feared to be a tyrant.
While I think Tancredo has loose lips and is very reckless with what he says for the sake of attention and to build himself up, if someone was smarter in his position, they would make the case that right now, beyond Obama --that the Ultra leftists are running the Democratic Party Agenda, and they are a bigger concern right now in their actions, than our foreign enemies and are able to inflict more damage on this country in the long term.
They should be able to articulate that we have to be very responsible domestically too, to preserve this nation, and Obama’s administration (regardless of intent) is not doing that. Even Lincoln acknowledged that it’s how we manage within our borders, that is a greater influence on preserving our country.
But yes, the “loyal opposition” need not forget to regard that not all, are going along with this leftist radicalism, with ill-intent and calculation.“At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic giant to step the ocean and crush us at one blow Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. “At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us;** it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher.** As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” Abraham Lincoln, 1837
I don’t know Obama’s /Reid’s/ Pelosi’s angle (what is motivating him to put forth detrimental government laws) but lots of the Democrats (and some Republican statists too)are cowards or just ignorant or lack common sense, doesn’t mean they’re motivated to hurt us like that of an Al Quaida.
Remember, Obama for the past 18 months has been referring to Half the population as enemies, he even has his administration labeling, those who oppose his abortion stances, as “domestic terrorists” and mothers concerned about their taxes"extremists" and"racists" He has a plan to recriminate many of the very people he’s serving!
So I think it’s a two way street. You’re seeing a loss of respect to the current office holder’s office, because of the fact that Obama himself, has used it very disrespectfully, and holds HIS LOYAL opposition in CONTEMPT.
The guy, was on a Comedy Show yesterday, and was called ‘Dude’ by a comedian.
So it’s not surprising, loose-cannons within the “Loyal Opposition”, are no longer recognizing the office holder’s dignity and giving him such respect.
to that!