Posted by
Right Fielder on Friday, October 10, 2008 12:04:50 AM
I was a mere kid when Jimmy Carter was elected. I remember the argument for electing him as being, he is "a good ole boy", as I am from the south, the common refrain he was "one of us"... just a peanut farmer and not "a washington insider", someone different from what we have had, the antithesis of the Watergate paticipants.etc....America took a chance for "change's sake", rolled the dice and suffered for 4 long years of 18% interest rates,stagflation, international humiliation with the iranian hostage crises, etc under his leadership (or lack thereof).
Now we get Mr. Obama...Hey he is "different", "from outside Washington", "he is one of us" not a politician but a community organizer. Even as Mr. Obama has pointed out, "he doenst look like the guys on our currency". As much as it disappoints me to admit it, It really looks like we are headed for Carter 2.0 in every sense possible, especially economically and on the foreign policy front. What we need to start doing now as conservatives is to start looking for the next Ronald Reagan to lead us into another 30 year cycle of prosperity and national security. We need to start looking for the next Newt Gingrich who is smart enough and savvy enough to return us to the time of balanced budgets and the courage to roll back as many of the entitlements as possible.
Let's just hope and pray the socialists and pacifists don't do any irrepairable damage to our country in the next 4 years...