Here are some links to some great commentary from some of my favorite Conservative Writers and Thinkers:
Obama, oaths and the end of constitutional government
“Now steps onto the stage of world history a man apparently quite conscious that the Supreme Law of the United States prevents him from being president of the United States.
For why else would anyone hire lawyers and expend millions of dollars to avoid producing a $12.50 birth certificate to show eligibility under the Constitution? ‘Midst the rhythmic chants of a delirious, sycophantic media, inaugural splendor will substitute for simple proof that the United States of America will have a constitutionally legitimate president.”
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I Pledge to Ridicule Celebrities Who Refuse to Recognize We Are At War With People Who Want to Kill Them, Too
Andrew Breitbart at his Big Hollywood Blog
“Many of the celebrities that were central to demonizing and making life impossible for President Bush for eight loathsome years NOW want to help with the heavy lifting of bringing America back together under President Barack Obama.
Witness Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcherβs cavalcade of shiny, happy situational patriots appearing in a derivative public servitude announcement: A βPresidential Pledgeβ to President Barack Obama.”
MySpace Celebrity and Katalyst present The Presidential Pledge
I’m glad Breibart chose to heckle and dismiss this inane attempt at “feel good patriotism”. I watched the first part of Oprah Yesterday before I had to turn it off because of liberal reflux illness that comes on when listening to the shiny eyed know nothings blather. I felt the same emotions as I watched the video on Oprah.
Andrew rounds out his rant with these words:
“But that doesnβt mean I will forgive and forget an era of narcissism, petty complaining and conspiracy theory peddling from the majority celebrity class that began well before Iraq. [See “Hollywood, Interrupted ” — my book co-written with Mark Ebner — which was written before and during the build-up to the Iraq war and before the WMDs weren’t found. The public behavior from Hollywood even then was almost uniformly deplorable.]
Conspiracy theories of Americaβs complicity in 9/11 dominated cocktail party discussions for eight tedious years. They couldnβt simply disagree with Bush. They had to ascribe evil to his motivations and make sure the whole world agreed on that flawed premise.
Yet, hating the president doesnβt mean one canβt still help out the country in a great time of need. But many went to foreign countries and demeaned it instead. Called those that disagreed with them rubes and hicks. The elitism of the celebrities against flyover country America could not have been more pronounced. They made a boat-load of movies that affirmed this narrow and patronizing world view.
And now they want us back.
Weβre all Americans β NOW.”
Bleech
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WSJ: Bush’s Real Sin Was Winning in Iraq
“In a few hours, George W. Bush will walk out of the Oval Office for the last time as president. As he leaves, he carries with him the near-universal opprobrium of the permanent class that inhabits our nation’s capital. Yet perhaps the most important reason for this unpopularity is the one least commented on.
Here’s a hint: It’s not because of his failures. To the contrary, Mr. Bush’s disfavor in Washington owes more to his greatest success. Simply put, there are those who will never forgive Mr. Bush for not losing a war they had all declared unwinnable.
Here in the afterglow of the turnaround led by Gen. David Petraeus, it’s easy to forget what the smart set was saying two years ago — and how categorical they all were in their certainty. The president was a simpleton, it was agreed. Didn’t he know that Iraq was a civil war, and the only answer was to get out as fast as we could?
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — the man who will be sworn in as vice president today — didn’t limit himself to his own opinion. Days before the president announced the surge, Joe Biden suggested to the Washington Post he knew the president’s people had also concluded the war was lost. They were, he said, just trying to “keep it from totally collapsing” until they could “hand it off to the next guy.”
For his part, on the night Mr. Bush announced the surge, Barack Obama said he was “not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq are going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”
Three months after that, before the surge had even started, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pronounced the war in Iraq “lost.” These and similar comments, moreover, were amplified by a media echo chamber even more absolute in its sense of hopelessness about Iraq and its contempt for the president.”
International Tribune: How long will the Obama honeymoon last?
“WASHINGTON: Given the excitement in Washington this week, one would think that with inauguration of Barack Obama β and the departure of George W. Bush β the economy is about to spring back to life, the troops are all on their way home from Iraq, there will be health care coverage for all and, to quote a certain Obama foe turned Obama Secretary of State, “celestial choirs will be singing and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect.”
But as Obama takes the oath of office, there is evidence that, as enthusiastic as the public is about the change in power, there are no expectations of quick fixes. The cascade of grim economic news, combined with the calculatedly sober tone Obama has adopted β most recently in his no-applause-line speech to thousands of supporters at the concert on the Mall on Sunday β has provided something of a cushion for Obama.
“People are going to give Obama more time than they would any other new president because they know he is dealing with unprecedented challenges,” said Mark McKinnon, a consultant who worked for a time for Senator John McCain, Obama’s Republican opponent in the presidential election. “The economic crisis President-elect Obama faces may in some ways help him β it is taking some of the helium out of what would otherwise be stratospheric expectations.”
And, Oh yeah, that conservative mom of 5 in Colorado who has a few questions:
A few questions for Barack H Obama from Blogger Jenny Hatch
Jenny Hatch
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