An Honorable Statesman Is What We Need As President
Imagine it's you, it's a cold January morning and there you are standing on the steps of the Capitol with one hand on the Holy Bible and staring at the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. You are about to recite the Oath of Office for President of the United States of America, say it again to yourself, President! of the United States of America! Could someones heart pump any harder than at that very moment?
How you would feel at that moment? I can't even come close to thinking how honored I would feel. The intense feeling of duty and responsibility that would sweep over me. The realization that you were going to be President of the United States of America, responsible for and representing over 300 million people, and the most powerful nation ever to exist economically and militarily. That you are the leader of the free world and the decisions you make not only affect Americans, but affect the entire world.
The history of the Office of President is also something that must be respected and revered. I would know that I am walking in the footsteps of great men before me and that I must live up to the legacy that they left behind. We have monuments in stone for the great Presidents. I would never allow my behavior while in office to be such that my honor would be questioned, I would rather die than jeopardize my honor or be unconstitutional. Just to know that men like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan were looking down on me from heaven would be enough to inspire me to be more than my best. Nothing could make me lose my honor. Nothing ever.
"Great Mike, so what's the purpose of this article other than you are honorable and dreaming you were President?"
I am disgusted is why. I am disgusted that the Office of President of the United States of America has been tarnished. It is treasonous to me, for a President to be dishonorable, period! A President that lies is a disgrace not only to their family and friends but also to the prestige of the Office, and not to mention the 300 million they are representing. Bill Clinton, as much as I despised his ideology, he was still my President and for a few months my Commander in Chief. If I would have met him then I would have respected him, for the Office he held. Later, he was as low as they come to me after he stood there and pointed his finger and lied to the people he represented. The disgusting things he did, and did in the Oval Office are reprehensible to me. He should have been removed.
Barack Obama is no better. He's a serial liar. The man cannot go a day without telling an out and out lie. He has brought all of his personal demons into the White House and of running of the executive branch of government. The Office of President is not meant to be an ongoing soap opera or a bully pulpit for old vendettas. It's not part of pop culture being President. It's not a game, it's not being on the "View" or on "Oprah" or "Ellen DeGeneres". It's not a job that you strive for so that your family gets to take free trips all over the world etc etc. It makes me sick to my stomach that it has become this. It's all like a bad dream to me, but as his poll numbers free fall I am waking up and praying for the next statesman. I didn't agree on everything George W. Bush did as far as policy. However, he respected the Office and he was and is an honorable man.
Whatever happened to the statesmen? Whatever happened to the honorable men? The "Presidential" men. Parents used to tell their kids that to grow up and become President was the zenith of all titles and jobs. Not anymore. Clinton and Obama have turned it into "lets play President". It makes me miss Ronald Reagan all that much more. Reagan was the last true statesman that we have had as President. We as a nation must do the serious soul searching and deep thought when we elect someone to that great office. Our generations will be judged in the future by the leaders we pick today. The vetting process that we do on our own must be much more thorough. We cannot have the voter remorse again like alot of people are having now. We just can't afford it.
The good thing is that people are seeing right in front of them, the way not to be President of the United States. Maybe they will listen to me next time when I tell them that they are going to regret it if they vote for a certain candidate. There is a man or a woman out there now, that is going to restore the prestige to the White House. Let's hope it's soon.
Posted by michael spence at 7/23/2009 5:30 PM 
Categories: Reagan, Obama, George Washington, Constitution, American Heroes, Supreme Court, George W Bush, Lincoln, President Bush
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Categories: Reagan, Obama, George Washington, Constitution, American Heroes, Supreme Court, George W Bush, Lincoln, President Bush
Tags: American dream Americans Obama Constitution Abraham Lincoln White House supreme court Bush Leftist Reagan Treason Military Capitol
There is no honor among thieves
You always remember the bully who lies to you, who says don’t worry I won’t hurt you and then he bashes your arm.
So how does this relate to the President? We were very disappointed when Obama came out to sell the health care bill the other night and the consensus of opinion was it was nothing more than rhetoric and bumper stickers. I then started to think more for it was not one of those slick “I got your cure” speeches from Obama normally has given. Even the Whitehouse assistant press secretary said he would have to go home and figure it out. The more I thought the more I was convinced that, what he was talking about, was not Health Care, or Health Care Insurance but more about the lust for power and control.
The more I pondered this I was more disturbed. Today I came on a video that seemed to make a lot of sense. It was not a Hollywood gripping works of art or a Oscar movie but I was drawn to this very interesting work. Even the long length held my interest for I felt there was something here. I could see a lot of questions were answering about what is driving this administration. Suddenly I could see the answer of when you have a Congress who on Cap and Trade voted without reading the bill but signed it into law started to make sense. Now I could see why there was no fire to work for the public. When you try to understand the motives of this administration you can become well aware that there have been a lot of issues that have been projected as “trust us we know better than you” it started to make me want more answers. Lets face it, Obama is not the President, it looks like Ron Amanual is in charge. I have read the Medical bill and the Cap and Trade bill and I can conclude that this is a revenue source that would be channel into deposits directly to the Bank of the World. This only seems logical when the Banks have not been able to say where the TARP money went for Bail out. My antennas seemed to pick up signals of “Hay what’s up”.
Take a little of time to watch this, it is not a Disney film but is very informative. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7886780711843120756
The president does not negotiate the business of the United States, the Senate and the Congress seem to be also under this same spell. Money is the power processor. What can we do? Fight like hell to Stop Cap and Trade next fall in the Senate, and let the Senate know they are going to loose there ticket if they vote in this scam that is presented as a health care alternative as they did with Cap and Trade. Ask the questions at the your town hall meetings this summer. Remember this is not the Wizard of Ozz. “Don’t question the advice of the Magnificent Ozz or Obama. It is not, and we do not need to be obligated to pay higher taxes for junk science that is Cap and Trade and lets face it why do we really not need health care insurance socialized. We just need to talk to our insurance providers for efficiency needs in the privet se
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The police officer at the center of a national racial firestorm triggered by President Barack Obama told an interviewer Thursday that he had nothing to apologize for in the arrest of a black Harvard scholar, and that the president he didn’t vote for should have more carefully considered his words.
“The apology won’t come from me, I’ve done nothing wrong,” Sgt. James Crowley told Carl Stevens of WBZ News Radio in Boston.
A well-regarded officer who is himself an expert on racial profiling, Crowley responded to a call at the Cambridge home of Henry Louis Gates Jr. last week to investigate a report of a burglary. Confronting Gates and another man who appeared to have forced open the door of the homne, Crowley asked Gates to show him identification.
Gates at first refused and accused Crowley of racism. The professor, a close friend of Harvard alumnus Barack Obama, was charged with disorderly conduct. The charge was dropped Tuesday, and Gates has since demanded an apology from Crowley.
In a four-minute interview outside his home, Crowley revealed that:
Gates escalated the situation by yelling and refusing to calm down, calling Crowley a racist, and referring to his mother.
He was the police officer who tried to save the life of former Boston Celtics player Reggie Lewis, a black man, who collapsed and died during an off-season workout at Brandeis University. Crowley said he was still very shaken by that event.
Crowley said he didn’t vote for Obama, but supports the president 110 percent. He also suggested that the president was siding with his friend Gates, and he probably would have done the same in a similar situation.
Though he said he would do everything exactly the same way again, Crowley did express regret at the media attention and pressure the event has brought on his friends and family.
“I acted appropriately. Mr. Gates was given plenty of opportunity to stop what he was doing,” Crowley said in the interview. “He didn’t. He acted very irrational, and he controlled the outcome of that event.”
“There was a lot of yelling. There was references to my mother,” Crowley said. “Something you wouldn’t expect from anybody who should be grateful you’re there investigating the report of a crime in progress, let alone a Harvard University professor.”
The reporter then referred to the death of Lewis, explaining he worked the scene that night when Crowley tried to save the player’s life.
“I was a police officer at Brandeis University at the time and I was responding to a medical call and had the unfortunate experience of trying to revive somebody who was probably already gone,” Crowley said. “It was very tough emotionally dealing with that as well.”
The reporter than asked him to respond to the charges that he is a racist.
“It almost doesn’t warrant a comment. My friends, my family my colleagues – those people whose opinions mean the most to me – they know who I am, they know what I am
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Story, I left about BamBam and his tickets, was sent to me by Newsmax, I thought it was iteresting and showed his character, his real character.
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Yet another effort and trick of Obama to keep away from the reel subject of how the left is getting behind the Bilderberg Group to remove more money
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2 Chron 7:14
It's the only way Mike. We gotta get this country back to basic Christian moral principals.Once we do God will bless our Nation better than we could ever imagine.
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You couldn't be anymore right! Amen
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Good article. Interestingly, I was going to do some research on the historical difference between a statesman and a politician. Our founding fathers would have been offended to be called a politician, they were statesmen.
The collectivists have been very handy at forcing their will on us and making us feel ashamed for even talking about our views. It is time to redefine and re-frame the landscape and be powerful, committed and unashamed to be aggressive with our views. Let's quit calling foul, and start hitting the balls out of the park.
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Yes there are alot of Conservatives that remain quiet, not wanting to offend or cause a stir. That just isn't my personality. I believe in confronting these people that would destroy our country, in the long run they are more an enemy to America than Al Qaida
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I work on 7th Street NW, in DC and I find my observations amusing. One of my regulars and I discuss conservative politics often, as there are not many that see the world as I do in the VA/MD/DC area. First I can tell you that the gunshots rang loud on November 4th and again on January 20th, it was fairly scarry. My friend and I agree that Obama is in way over his head. From everything Ive heard, the recent racial altercations are only the beginning and this is very sad. I am experiencing many that think from a racially 1st biased perspective and could care less about the actual issues or ramifications of decisions. If you mention Obama, Sonia or Michelle they perk up, but you ask them about Cap-n-Trade or Healthcare, the Budget or The Deficiet and the answers seem to be utterly incoherent. Seriously, they have no clue what is happening. So my friend, who is a lobbyists, tells me Cap & Trade and Healthcare are dead. He honestly believes if it hasn't happened by August 7th there is no chance of either passing. period. I'm not as confident, and I pray we rise up and tell our reps, these are not the iniatives we want and were not gonna take this nonsense. The more information that comes out, it's embarrassing how bad this President has been and could be.
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I agree completely with this post!!! To this day, I still get sick to my stomach when I think of who is in the white house pretending to be our president.
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