We are witnessing the tarnishing of the presidency right before our eyes. A seemingly inexperienced and indecisive administration is nonetheless focusing intently whilst practicing the politics of personal destruction and divisiveness.
It is purposefully engaging in too many wrong-headed schemes too quickly, ignoring the majority wishes of the American people. It has shown a flair to quickly retreat under fire, yet priorities are hatched in closed-door secrecy and an enigmatic past is cunningly hidden from public scrutiny.
And underlying all — perhaps the driving force for all — is a deep-seated resentment of and enmity toward traditional America, individual achievement, free enterprise, and what Obama truly believes is a “fundamentally flawed” Constitution.
Similar experiences, different intent
And yet those of you over the age of 50 are having flashbacks right now. You’ve seen this before; You sense it and it is disturbingly familiar. You experienced it and it was ugly. You suffered through a years-long national inflexion of helplessness, desperation, and malaise during the presidency of James Earl Carter.
Yet even the malignancies with which the nation had to contend following the failed presidency of Carter pales in comparison to what Obama and his handlers long ago planned for the Republic and are now implementing apace.
Jimmy Carter, to his credit, at least honorably served as a Naval officer, understood the necessity of the spiritual component in a democratic nation, and held the Constitution of the United States of America in the highest esteem. He respected and believed in American traditions, American exceptionalism, and America as leader of the Free World. None of this can be applied to or said of Obama.
A crisis of confidence
Carter is considered by some to be a better man than he was a president; by others less so in both cases. However, one aspect of his presidency is beyond dispute: While it is true that the nation’s economy and prestige suffered severely under his watch, Carter never purposely or knowingly championed any agenda or scheme that would do harm to his country.
Again, and to America’s great misfortune, that cannot be said of the current White House occupant.
Carefully read the following excerpt from Carter’s Famous July 15, 1979 Malaise Speech. Although the speech was dark and filled with doubts, and despite it being a difficult time for Americans and for the Carter presidency, he also spoke of distinctly American ideas and ideals you probably have not heard since 2008:
Excerpt From A Crisis of Confidence
". . .The confidence that we have always had as a people is not simply some romantic dream or a proverb in a dusty book that we read just on the Fourth of July. It is the idea which founded our Nation and has guided our development as a people. Confidence in the future has supported everything else — public institutions and private enterprise, our own families, and the very Constitution of the United States. Confidence has defined our course and has served as a link between generations. We’ve always believed in something called progress. We’ve always had a faith that the days of our children would be better than our own.
Our people are losing that faith, not only in government itself but in the ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shapers of our democracy. As a people we know our past and we are proud of it. Our progress has been part of the living history of America, even the world. We always believed that we were part of a great movement of humanity itself called democracy, involved in the search for freedom, and that belief has always strengthened us in our purpose. But just as we are losing our confidence in the future, we are also beginning to close the door on our past.
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we’ve discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We’ve learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.
The symptoms of this crisis of the American spirit are all around us. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next 5 years will be worse than the past 5 years. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote. The productivity of American workers is actually dropping, and the willingness of Americans to save for the future has fallen below that of all other people in the Western world . . ."
Carter realized the national danger if Americans lost sight of their unique American idealism, self-determination, and the power of free enterprise when unleashed. Unfortunately, he was simply confounded in understanding how to lead a resurgence. However, that renewal of the American spirit, when it was finally roused under the leadership of President Ronald Wilson Reagan, came back with a mighty roar.
From malaise . . .
Today, America is suffering under a terrible malaise of lost faith, economic meltdown, massive unemployment, spending out of control, and a national debt so vast, so mammoth as to literally be unimaginable. By comparison, Carter was an economic genius.
But unlike the Carter years, America is weakening to the breaking point and Americans are suffering under the heavy hand of an elite ruling class that is systematically tearing to shreds the unique fabric of American greatness. They do so with premeditation and purpose.
. . . To subjugation
The purpose? Statist control, power, and perpetual rule. Today, it’s all about remaking the country and economy into something decidedly un-American. Tax businesses and citizens beyond their means, create unemployment, spend the nation into bankruptcy, seize crucial components of the private sector necessary to control all facets of life, redistribute achiever wealth to non-achievers, and scare Americans into subservience.
A growing majority of Americans now sense they are losing their way of life, losing their freedoms, and losing their country. But what is the elitist response when they voice their concerns? Obama and the Democrat Congress label them deranged, Nazis, extremists, and evil-mongers.
We are witnessing vicious, non-stop attacks against dissenters across personal, public, and political boundaries — driven by the administration and abetted by its state-run media lackeys.
And meanwhile, the evils wrought by this smug gang of thugs are killing America.
Hype and Chains.
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