Fool Me Once....

It's interesting to see the reactions to the agenda put forth by the Obama administration. While the president was looking for a grass roots movement, I don't think the current movement is quite in line with his plans. Apparently, our citizens value their own personal freedoms more than they value the "change" the president offered during the election season. The problem is, the "change" the president spoke of is not the same as the "change" he is offering. During the campaign he moved his rhetoric to the middle because he fully understood he could not get elected if he told the people really what he wanted to do. Now those same people who voted for him are surprised by where he is taking the country. That's the sad part because it was completely predictable. One only needed to look at the actions of Barack Obama over the previous twenty years. The actions, the people he kept company with, the voting record (when he actually voted), and the rest of that history painted a clear picture of the true Barack Obama. You see a chamelion can change its colors, but it's still a chamelion. A man like President Obama can change his rhetoric, but he is still the same Barack Obama who called for a single payer health care system back in 2003. To those of you who were fooled by the rhetoric in 2008, you will get another chance in 2012. This time I challenge you to examine the nominees, to look past the rhetoric of the campaign, to examine the actions of the nominees and their history, and to make a decision on what the nominee has spent a life becoming rather making a decision on what the nominee is telling you they will become. You were fooled once, if you're fooled again, shame on you.