Doing the right thing.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/01/29/hollow_victory_republicans_deliver_slap_in_the_face_to_barack_obama

Ladies and gentlemen, I have some bittersweet news today. First, the bitter part of it. Obama's stimulus plan has passed the US House of Representatives. This plan is doomed to fail, and it will send the US into even more debt. Anyone with half a brain can see this package is loaded with pork, and anything that isn't pork is the government cannibalizing the private sector.

The good news? The good news is that Republicans banded together to send Obama a message of defiance. Unanimously, Republicans voted no on this, putting up 188 votes saying that this plan will only further hurt the American public. Conservatives in this country aren't as fringe the media will lead you to believe. It's not just people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity saying this plan is junk. This is one of the best examples of party unity I've ever seen. I mean, even 11 Democrats voted against this bill.

Why is it important that Republicans stand against this bill? There are 2 reasons:

1. It shows just how much of a "Great Unifier" Obama is. Even memebers of the house that he sat down with and talked with personally weren't convinced by this load of crap. Obama claimed he'd take conservative concerns seriously, and then he refused to put any tax cuts on this. Don't buy in to what the media is saying. Obama is a LIBERAL. He only has his party's best interests in mind, and he'll lie about being bipartisan at every turn. This wouldn't be a big deal if he wasn't lying about being bipartisan, but it just shows how much of a snake he is.

2. Once this policy comes to it's inevitable conclusion of failure, and mark my words, it will fail, the Democrats can't place any sort of blame on Republicans. It will wreck their party's image for years. It will be 1994 all over again in 2010, and Republicans will take back the Congress in a big way. That's when the fun really begins. You say you want to see the recovery of the GOP? This is laying the foundation for a huge return. As long as we stand strong against Obama, we can expose him for the fool that he is.

When I first read this story, it was one of the few points of happiness I've read in politics in the past month. When we band together like this, even when we don't have the majority, we can still send a powerful message. Prepare for the resurgence of the right, because it is coming folks. We can take Obama's legacy and drag it through the mud. We can prove that he is all sizzle and no steak.

Until next time folks, I'm that Conservative College Guy, and we are America.