The mighty have fallen


By Jim Killebrew

[December 16, 2014]  In 2007 and 2008 when the President was a candidate running for President he was described by Senate Democrat leader Harry Reid as being a "light skinned African-American with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." In the same manner Joe Biden said of Barak Obama, he was "clean and articulate." These two comments about the President were documented in a book entitled, Game Change" by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. They were actually meant to be compliments; compliments that later required apologies. The candidate Obama went on to be President Obama.

I listened live to a campaign speech in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2008 as I attended a rally when the President was a candidate. There were thousands of people standing with me on Meridian Street in the two-square-block space next to the War Memorial who were listening to the man speaking with words that caused them to sway back and forth proclaiming him the "Messiah" who would bring "hope and change" to the masses. It was an amazing experience, watching people actually lift their hands toward heaven and worship the man speaking with promises to "grow the wealth from the bottom up, returning the wealth of America to the rightful owners." People around me were crying as they praised the man who had become their savior.

After six short years we can wonder how is it the mighty have fallen. With the experiment in social welfare programs leaning toward socialism with overtones of communism, a series of scandals with clear cover-ups, a lack of transparency, venture capitalism, gigantic corporate bail-outs, government departments used as punishment tools against Administration's "enemies," and foreign affairs around the world seemingly in shambles resulting in America's loss of face, and at least one government consultant repeatedly calling the American citizen "stupid." Is it any wonder the "hope and change" promised resulted in six years as a complete house cleaning with a loss of majority standing?

Perhaps the lesson learned from this somewhat rough ride to attempt to import socialism to America by a popular leader thought by some to be a "Messiah" has opened the eyes of a majority of voting Americans to the failure socialism actually is. It seems almost beyond belief there are still some who may believe in the growth of government, implementation of socialistic policies, a continued debt-laden economy, and major tax increases loaded with massive regulatory policies to stifle growth. It would be an advantage to those who have their eyes on being the next POTUS to let this lesson of the past six years burn indelibly into their thinking process.

[By JIM KILLEBREW]