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What Liberal Obama Didn't Say

by: the american conservative union | published: 02 26, 2009

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Amid all of the glowing rhetoric, the TV cameras and the American heroes in the House gallery, we didn't hear President Barack Obama state his true intentions to pass an all-out, ultra-liberal agenda on the American people.

We didn't hear President Obama explain why he has had to appoint three different people to be Commerce Secretary. We didn't hear him explain why a large percentage of his cabinet appointees and Members have had ethical clouds. We didn't hear him explain why he said one thing about the stimulus bill when he called for no earmarks, but then did another by allowing a pork-filled, wasteful big government spending bill become law with his pen.

What we saw last night was an attempt to further promote his constant message to the American people of, "Just stick with me and everything will be all right."

This is just another thinly veiled attempt to draw applause in front of Republican leaders in an attempt to force them to back down from their calls for limited government, limited spending and conservative values.

We need to support Republican leaders who opposed the big government spending stimulus bill. We need to tell them - now - on our ACU Petition here to keep up the fight, stand firm and not fall prey to Barack Obama's all-out liberal agenda.

Barack Obama says to the American people that we must be bipartisan. He points to the Republicans and chides them to "do what is right" for the American people. But what he wants them to do is look the other way as he passes an all-out, ultra left agenda.

Under House Republican Leader John Boehner and the conservatives in Congress, the House Republicans stood firm and did not cast single solitary vote for the so-called stimulus bill. Senate Republican leaders also stood firm and most of their Members voted no. Those that didn't cut spending from the bill but it still remained a pork-filled, shift to more big liberal government as it passed.

As Congressman John Boehner said on the floor of the House before the vote, most Democrats had not even read the "stimulus" bill - before they voted for it.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has correctly pointed out that the bill was more about a liberal agenda than stimulating our economy.

Governor Jindal and some other courageous Republican Governors have even announced that they will reject part of the funds because they are wasteful, unnecessary or require more liberal taxing and spending from their state.

We applaud conservative leaders for standing up and we want to join Governor Jindal in encouraging our U.S. House and Senate conservatives to stand firm.

Yesterday, ACU Chairman David Keene was invited to speak as a "Newsmaker" at the National Press Club, you may have read some of the stories from this event. As David said, "Obama's plans to stimulate the economy with government spending will fail because they're wrong."

David said, "The American people are drawing back, looking at their own budgets and saying debt is not such a good thing. It won't take long for them to make the connection and say debt is not so good for the government either."

And, having the government take over more pieces of American industry in an attempt to control our economy from Washington simply won't work. Assurances that this is not the Obama administration's aim ring hollow as we see blueprints of their agenda.

As the ACU has continued to point out for more than a year - nationalizing companies is another word for socialism. We cannot allow our nation to continue on the liberal slide towards that reality.

It is a critical time in our nation. As he pointed out in his speech last night, President Obama has only started in his efforts to re-make our country.

We must stand up and fight back.