Comments on: Obama’s Rookie Year (part two) http://morewhat.com/wordpress/obamas-rookie-year-part-two/ To build consensus on issues Wed, 23 May 2012 18:36:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Perri Nelson http://morewhat.com/wordpress/obamas-rookie-year-part-two/#comment-22088 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:31:18 +0000 http://morewhat.com/wordpress/obamas-rookie-year-part-two/#comment-22088 You know, I almost approve of Barack Obama's job performance. He's managed to get just about none of his "fundamental alteration" of the United States actually accomplished in his first nine months in office. So, while things aren't as good as they could be, they're nowhere near as bad as his party would like to have made them (although they don't see it that way). On the other hand, I strongly disapprove of Secretary Clinton's job performance. She has done nothing at all to strengthen our position in the world - rather she's harmed our standing just about everywhere she's set her hand to. Three more years of nothing from the present administration domestically wouldn't be a bad thing. Three more years of the status quo in our international relations could well end up turning us into illegal aliens in Mexico. When the world calls due our debts and switches to another currency than the dollar at the same time, that may be the only place we'll be able to find work. I'd love to see the Democratic Party thrown out of office. But then again, I'd love to see the majority of the Republican Party swept out too, replacing just about all of our Representatives and Senators with men and women of character that actually respect the Constitution and their constituents for a change. The only thing wrong with that as far as I'm concerned is that the entrenched bureaucracy in Washington D.C. might come out of that exchange even stronger than it is. Perhaps if the new Congress enacted a law requiring a complete turnover of all executive positions within the bureaucracy and the elimination of those parts of it that can't be traced directly to one of the federal government's enumerated powers. Ah, but then, a man can dream - can't he? You know, I almost approve of Barack Obama’s job performance. He’s managed to get just about none of his “fundamental alteration” of the United States actually accomplished in his first nine months in office. So, while things aren’t as good as they could be, they’re nowhere near as bad as his party would like to have made them (although they don’t see it that way).

On the other hand, I strongly disapprove of Secretary Clinton’s job performance. She has done nothing at all to strengthen our position in the world - rather she’s harmed our standing just about everywhere she’s set her hand to.

Three more years of nothing from the present administration domestically wouldn’t be a bad thing. Three more years of the status quo in our international relations could well end up turning us into illegal aliens in Mexico. When the world calls due our debts and switches to another currency than the dollar at the same time, that may be the only place we’ll be able to find work.

I’d love to see the Democratic Party thrown out of office. But then again, I’d love to see the majority of the Republican Party swept out too, replacing just about all of our Representatives and Senators with men and women of character that actually respect the Constitution and their constituents for a change.

The only thing wrong with that as far as I’m concerned is that the entrenched bureaucracy in Washington D.C. might come out of that exchange even stronger than it is. Perhaps if the new Congress enacted a law requiring a complete turnover of all executive positions within the bureaucracy and the elimination of those parts of it that can’t be traced directly to one of the federal government’s enumerated powers.

Ah, but then, a man can dream - can’t he?

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