Will Hillary Run?

As a rule, when the President in power has low approval ratings, the party he represents has presidential candidates who poll likewise.  This is not the case with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  She is currently polling with 67% of the vote in Democratic primaries and at about 10-12 points ahead of any Republican candidate.  It's a mystery to many how she can poll this well with such an unpopular president and the Benghazi scandal she will carry into any presidential primaries and debates.  Rest assured, both Democrats and Republicans will bash Hillary Clinton again and again over Benghazi.  There are many questions that still lack answers in that tragic incident. 

Richard Milhous Obama

As the trifecta of scandals (Benghazi, IRS, and AP) continue to unfold, the comparisons of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal and Obama's IRS targeting of conservative groups (in my opinion, this is the one scandal that could cause people to demand his resignation...he will never do that) are routinely being made in the news media.  Nixon, of course, denied any knowledge of the DNC break-in and subsequent coverup.  The tapes eventually showed Nixon was actively participating in the coverup itself.  He resigned in August of 1974.  I was only 23 years old and remember it vividly.  Nixon was paranoid, insecure and did not take well to criticism.  That matches President Obama perfectly.

 Obama has never reacted well to the differing opinions of conservative groups.  He never saw them as Americans with a different view for this country.  President Obama saw them as the enemy.    It was an enemy that had to be dealt with in some form or fashion.  The Tea Party caused a massive headache for Obama in the mid-term elections of 2010 due to his insistence on health care reform.  Now, some will read this and say Obama is not implicated in any way of being actively involved in the IRS targeting (or the other two scandals) of conservative groups.  That's true for now.  But, it has his fingerprints all over it.  President Obama does not see the Tea Party or any conservative groups as activists who want what's best for this nation. Only Obama knows what this nation truly needs...more government activism.  He has always viewed his adversaries as uncouth, peons and lacking in intelligence because they don't understand what he is trying to accomplish.  I said a long time ago that Obama's massive ego would get him in trouble someday.  I hate to say I told you so...

President Nixon had his plumbers unit who dealt with anyone who disagreed with him.  Nixon was a man who wanted to be king.  Obama wants to be emperor of the world.  Both men believed/believe they were above the people who they are sworn to serve.  One could make a comparison to where both men surrounded themselves with "yes men" who ultimately led to their destruction (yes, the jury is still out on Obama).  The biggest problem I see is that Nixon had a press that hated his guts.  I mean, they were absolutely beside themselves with joy over Watergate.  Fast forward nearly 40 years later.  You have a press that absolutely has insulated Obama from any form of criticism (although some cracks are starting to show).  I think in the end, this is going to hurt President Obama.  As more and more of the three scandals are revealed, I think you will see an administration come unglued as they try to smother dissent.  It worked so well in the past.  But, that was with 99.8% support from the Mainstream Media.  The scandal that has the press worked up is the AP reporters targeted by the DOJ for their phone records.  If President Obama loses his guard dogs in the MSM, then we may well see another instance where a sitting U.S. President is threatened with impeachment.  No, he won't be convicted in the Democratic controlled Senate.  But, the damage will be done for his second-term agenda.  Just ask Bill Clinton about that.

The New Enemies List

I'm sure Presidents have had worse seven-day stretches than President Obama has had over the past week.  Richard Nixon had scandals breaking out everywhere during the latter days of his administration.  Even President Reagan had tough times during Iran-Contra.  But, I can't remember a president having so many scandals break out as quickly as Obama.  Last Wednesday, we saw the hearings on Benghazi take place.  At the very least, it made the Obama Administration appear incompetent and indifferent.  At worst, they appear criminally negligent.  No one could explain why U.S. troops were not sent in to rescue those embassy personnel during the eight hour attack.  Then, just to sweeten the weekend, word got out the IRS was targeting conservative groups such as the Tea Party. The Tea Party groups had long complained about being targeted by the IRS.  But, that complaint fell on deaf ears.  Even Jewish Groups were targeted.  An anchor reporter for a TV network was targeted after a tough interview with President Obama.  This week, we discovered that the Department of Justice tracked 20 phone lines and two months of phone records from the Associated Press.  Take any one of these scandals and it is an abomination by itself.  The totality of all three makes it appear we have a government engaging in Totalitarianism. 

This is coming from the "most transparent administration in history," mind you.  Richard Nixon was paranoid.  He thought all his enemies were out to get him.  It led to his downfall as President of the United States.   President Obama, since his first inauguration, has shown little interest in dialogue with his conservative opponents.  The Obamacare debate when he had a televised discussion with Republicans in January of 2010 gave you an idea of how aloof this president truly is as a person.  Obama is as insecure and paranoid as Nixon was during his time as President.  Both men had an affinity to use government agencies to go after their enemies.  Does anyone really believe the IRS just suddenly, on their own, decide to go after conservative political groups?  Doesn't it make sense someone or some group at a much higher level in the Obama administration made the call?  It's apparent, at least to me, that President Obama has an enemies list just as President Nixon had at one time.  Obama has always been thin-skinned, unable to accept criticism very well.  This very well could be his undoing.  Do I think Obama will resign?  He would never do that.  President Obama is a self-serving narcissist.  He doesn't care about anyone but himself.  I doubt he will be impeached because the Speaker of the House doesn't have the balls to take on this kind of proceeding.  But, as these scandals continue to unfold, I do think it could seriously hurt Obama.  His second term agenda is in deep trouble now. 

Decision Time for Americans

November 6, 2012.  The Presidential Election which is probably the most important in American history.  The choices couldn't be more stark.  On one hand, you have the most radical Left-wing President in Barack Obama this nation has ever elected.  He has no interest in meeting in the middle on any issue.  It's his way or the highway.  He is partisan, he is stubborn and he is arrogant.  President Obama has an ego so big that his ego even has an ego (kudos to Greg Gutfield).  President Obama has never been able to accept criticism.  Unlike former President Bush, Obama absorbs criticism and feels he must automatically respond to it.  I have always gotten the impression President Obama has never understood the enormity of the Office of the President of the United States.  A case in point was his comment on his old friend being arrested and Obama commenting "The police acted stupidly."   Most Presidents grow into the job.  President Obama never has and, hopefully, will not get a chance to do that in the next four years.

Mitt Romney is not the perfect Republican Presidential candidate. He has vacillated on issues over the years from abortion to illegal immigration to health care.  But, Mitt Romney is infinitely better than President Obama.  Obama and his Democratic Progressive branch will continue to spend until this nation falls over the proverbial fiscal cliff (which is not far off now).  The out of control spending has to be stopped.  The only way to do that is to elect Mitt Romney as President.  My vote for Mitt Romney is not so much because I like him.  My vote is due to wanting Obama out of office as soon as possible.  President Obama came into office with tremendous problems facing him.  However, instead of making them better, President Obama has made them worse. The economy is in shambles. Unemployment is still completely unacceptable.  Our drop in AAA rating is a danger sign that doesn't get enough attention.  He has proven tentative on foreign policy with Benghazi being the latest disaster.  You can point to Osama bin Laden all you want.  But, the fact remains there are four dead Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador, in Libya. Obama is more concerned with his position in the world rather than in the USA. 

I hope those of you who read this post will join with me in voting for Mitt Romney.  We must shift away from a nation of dependents and back to a nation of independents.  Americans have always been known for their "can do" spirit to get things done.  The world is waiting for us to return to predominance, to lead once again.  President Obama is not the answer.  President Romney is the only choice.