Things Getting Worse by David
Limbaugh
The Washington Times
Monday March 2, 2009
Reprinted with permission
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Remember when liberals were wringing their hands and accusing President George W. Bush of being a dictator and a king? Of course, that was breathtakingly absurd, but what’s really ironic is that these people actually want a king, provided they get to pick him.
As Barack Obama feverishly presses forward with his socialistic agenda, one wonders whether any act of executive overreaching might cause the complaint, nay, conspiratorial Democratic congressional majorities to pause or, better yet, to resist.
I think not. Every assault Mr. Obama inflicts on the budget is met by Congress with: “Thank you, sir. May I have another?”
I realize liberals take umbrage at the pejorative terms, “Marxist” and “Socialist,” but in invoking them, my purpose is neither to exaggerate nor to provoke. If the terms bother you, could you please tell me how Mr. Obama would behave differently if he were a Socialist or Marxist just elected in this country?
Better yet, given the policies Mr. Obama and Congress are cramming down our throats, please tell me why you even mind those terms? Why not wear them proudly?
Just before the election, I wrote: “With Mr. Obama’s ideas about spreading the wealth, entrepreneurial selfishness. . . (and) the inherent evil of corporations . . . are you not concerned at just how far Obama might go if he’s got a nearly veto-proof Democratic majority at his back? . . . Before our very eyes, America stands poised to elect as president the most radical man ever to run for this office credibly. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.”
Some, including certain highbrow right-wingers, accused me of hyperventilation. They told us knuckle draggers Mr. Obama is pragmatic and centrist and that we should just calm down and give him a chance. We responded that we didn’t have the luxury of being calm, because if we let our guard down, Mr. Obama would rush through his agenda before we had time to react. Tell me, now that we’re five weeks into this administration, which of us has egg on his face?
It’s not just elitist conservatives. I would also like to know how self-professed conservative Democrats, who have always vehemently denied their liberalism, would explain their blind faith today. At this point, I swear they would walk off a cliff for Barack Obama if told them to.
Even if some on both sides of the aisle are slow to grasp this, what we’re really witnessing here is the fury of liberal power unleashed. In the name of compassion and fairness, they are exerting increasing control over our lives and using the economic crisis as cover, as they seek federal power to:
Almost as alarming as the foregoing, President Obama is engaged in what seems to be a deliberate effort to talk down the economy for the presumed purpose of ensuring our panic mode represses a stock market recovery long enough to fuel his frantic agenda.
Adding insult to injury, at a time when these liberals are growing government in areas never contemplated by our Founders nor authorized by the Constitution, they are eviscerating the defense budget, relaxing our foreign policy toward enemy dictators and, in effect, unilaterally declaring the war on terror over and forcing us to revert to our pre-Sept. 11, 2001, mode of treating the war as a law enforcement matter.
If
we could afford to let down our guard and sleep during this period, I would be
inclined to do so and ask whether someone would please be so kind as to awaken
me when this nightmare is over.