Obama for me
Just
saw that on a bumper sticker yesterday afternoon. That was all it said.
Parse
out what that sticker states for a second.
Now doesn’t
that just about sum it up?
Romney’s
pitch is “Believe in America.” Obama’s
followers promote “Obama for me.”
That’s
where the Obama supporters are coming from.
It’s all about “me.” They exist
in a world where “Me the people” replaces “We the people.”
There
is no “we” in their world. It’s all
about “me.” They are a society of
one.
What
they want matters. What they believe is
real. What you want and believe… not so
much.
They
talk about “social issues” but vote exclusively for their own
self-interest. Even at the expense of
others. They see absolutely nothing
amiss with that.
In
fact, they truly believe everyone should vote that way; base everything on what
it means for you personally – others be damned.
So …
If you’re in a public sector union, only vote for someone
who will maintain and expand your pay and benefits, even if that bankrupts your
local or state government.
If you’re in a private sector union, only vote for someone who
will create rules that always favor you, even if that means driving your
employer out of business.
If you’re using birth control, only vote for someone who
will make your employer provide that for free, even if it violates their
religious convictions.
If you’re not paying any Federal income tax, but get a lot
of Federal benefits, only vote for someone who will keep it that way and expand
those benefits by taxing someone else more heavily to pay for them.
If you don’t want to work, only vote for someone who tells
you that’s okay and offers to subsidize your choice, even if you really could
work … but just don’t feel like it.
If you could afford your own healthcare but don’t want to
pay for it, only vote for someone who promises to pay for all your health
needs, even if means higher costs for everybody else, rationing when you get
older, and probably fewer doctors in the end.
If you don’t want to be responsible for putting food on the
table for you and your kids, only vote for someone who’ll pick up the tab for
that, too.
Yep. These are the “Obama for me” folks. They think he’s the guy who can deliver whatever
they want. Free. They aren’t worried about what it costs. What the consequences are. Who is paying for it. All
that’s irrelevant and beneath their interest level.
All
that economic, budget and deficit stuff is boring. So’s the personal responsibility stuff. And stepping up and pulling your own
weight? Who wants to listen to
that? Certainly not them.
But
when Obama talks about free this and free that, they perk right up. He’s got their vote.
Remember
when he was elected? And that priceless
clip of the woman who said that now she didn’t have to worry about putting gas
in her car or paying her mortgage?
That’s
an “Obama for me” person. She has a lot
of friends who think the same.
And now
they have bumper stickers.
You’ll
see these proudly displayed on late-model cars. Probably the ones they got with their free
money from the “Cash for Clunkers” program.
Years ago someone said that we might end up as a nation divided into two camps: Those who work for a living; and those who vote for a living.
We're there.
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