I have to say that Rush Limbaugh did not do a very good job of articulating his stand on whether he wants President Obama to succeed or fail. However, if you look past the bad superbowl analogy and get to the substance of his statements, I agree with him. I don’t want our President to succeed in taking us to socialism either.
It was a day or so after that gaff on stage by Limbaugh that I was listening to him on the radio. He was still in “explain” mode, trying to convey what he really meant with his comments at the conservative convention when he made a statement that really rang true to me. He said and I paraphrase because I don’t think I can directly quote him, but he said that conservatives are not racist. They want EVERYONE to succeed. I agree with that. I think that everyone should succeed. However, the part that the left seems to forget is that one has to work at it if they are going to succeed. You can not have success, at least as it’s defined by most people, if you sit on the bench and don’t get in the game. I don’t care what color you are, whether you like the same sex, what religion you are. It doesn’t matter. If you won’t work hard to succeed, you won’t. Now if your definition of success is getting paid to do as little as possible. Stay with or join the Democrat party. They will help you succeed.
The basic difference between the two political parties as it pertains to success is: The liberals believe that the outcome should be the same for all people. Conservatives believe that the opportunity should be the same for everyone. In other words, it’s what you make of your opportunities that will define how successful you are.
We have a black president. I’ve heard people say that this proves that anyone can do anything. I’ve always believed that anyway. But I’m not naive. I believe that racism exists in this country. However, I don’t think it’s as pervasive as some would like us to believe. I believe that there was a time when affirmative action was the right thing. Not anymore. Skin color doesn’t matter. What matters is who is best suited for the job. By the same token, if someone owns a private company, one that is not publicly traded, that owner should be able to hire whomever he wishes. If he wants to take the lesser qualified person over other candidates because he happens to like one type of person more than another, that’s his prerogative. His business may suffer because of his choice. That’s not anyone’s business but his. He has to live with it.
Racism is like a pendulum. In the past the pendulum was in a position where blacks were targets of racism. The pendulum is swinging. It is actually swinging to the other side where whites are starting to be the targets of racism. Rodney King said, “Why can’t we all just get along?” Martin Luther King Jr. said that he hoped that his children would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. All great comments. From where I sit, I think we’re pretty close to that. So why is it that we have black people in positions of leadership that practice race baiting and don’t get called on it. Our own president, during his inauguration, sat by and listened to a black preacher, Joseph Lowery, race bait during the recitation of his prayer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYBjZT7JbVw It would not be appropriate for the president to react or comment on the spot, but I would hope that he has a follow up with this individual and explains what is wrong with what he said. And he should never be invited to a function again. Now, if a white person speaks out about this obvious race baiting, it gets turned around on them and they are called racists. But where is the outrage by the black community? Why are they not calling this guy out? Why don’t they call out Jesse Jackson, Al Shapton and all the other race baiters? Why don’t the blacks see that these people are actually the ones that are holding them back? They are the ones that perpetuate racism! Where is the outrage? Kudos to Bill Cosby for calling them on it. We need more leaders like Cosby and less of the other guys. Obama should put Cosby on his cabinet. He could be the Secretary of Shut-the-hell-up-and-do-for-yourself. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6615-2004Sep8.html And by the way, this isn’t a “black” problem. This is a “victim” problem. Color really has nothing to do with it.
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