Obama's Change, and the change I can believe in

       Obama today has already shown the direction of his ambiguous yet oft trumpeted promise of change. He Tapped Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff, crushing the niave hopes of some of us that he would be leading from a centrist veiwpoint. Here are just a few facts on the new chief of staff for your perusal:

Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)

Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)

Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)

Voted NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)

Voted NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2000)

Voted YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)

Voted YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)

Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)

Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)

Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)

Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)

Voted NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. (Jun 2006)

Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)

       Record doesn't lie. If Obama had any interest in "uniting the country", he would not have tapped this extremely partisan man as his chief of staff. I think its obvious that beneath his polish, he has very little interest in anyones desires but his own, and those of the left most leaning in his party.

On the other hand, Obama has brought change I can believe in.  And no, Im not talking about the fuzzy feeling, Im mad at Bush so I'll lap up any feel good rhetoric kind of change.  Im talking about the change that is coming to the republican party.  I'm registered a republican, but Im a conservative first,  and I have been totally disenfranchised as it were, by my own party.  When the republican party no longer guards against the erosion of my personal liberty, and instead spends like a democratic fat cat, it DESERVES to fail.  The election was a vote for Mr. Obama, and my hat goes off to him.  He is very slick.  But the vote also said something else. Twenty percent of conservatives voted FOR Obama.  Thats 20%  who feel so disillusioned by their party that they decided to bite back.  And now all those do-nothing republicans are wondering what went wrong.  I know went wrong,  they forgot their roots!  The eight year reign of the GOP has corrupted their principles, and they are paying the price.  I for one am ready for some fresh blood in the party, and I am not alone.  The next four years will likely make a conservative come back very possible, but only if the party cleans up its act and is ready once again to defend freedom and not their special interest groups.  There is already a party for the special interest groups, its called the democratic party. Where is the party for the american people?