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Congratulations Mr. President on your second inaugural.

Saying that makes some of you really enraged. I said the same on Twitter shortly after his official swearing in. Several of the replies were embarrassing and atrocious. Some accused the man elected by a majority of Americans of treason. Some accused him of willfully destroying the nation.

I believe the President’s policies are destructive and will harm our economy, our nation, and our sense of national self long term. I believe his policies have the effect of turning us into subjects of the government, not citizens in charge of it. Because of his expansion of the social safety net funded through class warfare, Mr. Obama’s policies will cause too many Americans’ fortunes to rise and fall with those of the government, unable to chart a course for themselves apart from government.

But I DO NOT THINK THE PRESIDENT MEANS TO DO THIS MALICIOUSLY. I DO NOT THINK HE IS TREASONOUS. I DO NOT HATE HIM. I AM NOT OUTRAGED BY IT. THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO. I CANNOT BE OUTRAGED BY HIM DOING WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO. I AM FAR MORE OUTRAGED BY THE REPUBLICANS NOT DOING WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO…

What I am finding is that among conservatives there is too much outrage, piss, and vinegar. It makes our ideas less effective. WE HAVE BECOME HUMORLESS, ANGRY OPPONENTS OF THE PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF HAPPY WARRIORS SELLING BETTER IDEAS. WE ARE NOT EVEN SELLING IDEAS.

CONSERVATIVES, FRANKLY, HAVE BECOME PURVEYORS OF OUTRAGE INSTEAD OF PREACHERS FOR A CAUSE. INSTEAD OF SHOWING HOW INCREASING GOVERNMENT HARMS PEOPLE, HOW FREE MARKETS HELP PEOPLE, AND HOW CONSERVATIVE POLICIES BENEFIT ALL AMERICANS, WE SCREAM “BENGHAZI” AND “FAST & FURIOUS.”

WE’RE OFF KEY AND OFF MESSAGE. WE’VE BECOME PROFESSIONAL VICTIMS DIALED UP TO 10 ON THE OUTRAGE METER. WHO THE HELL WANTS TO LISTEN TO CONSERVATIVES WHINING AND MOANING ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE OUTRAGE DU JOUR? SERIOUSLY? Mitt Romney ran a campaign on just how bad things are, but he was rejected by a majority of Americans who felt like he really did not care about them and really had no plans to improve their lives.

Bitching about Benghazi doesn’t do that either.

Be mad at me if you need to. Feel free to express your moral outrage and indignity at me. BUT THEN SHUT UP AND FOCUS ON CONVINCING PEOPLE NOT THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DULY ELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS A TRAITOR WILLFULLY TRYING TO DESTROY THE COUNTRY, BUT THAT OUR POLICIES WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR LIVES AND NOT BE DEPENDENT ON THE RISING AND FALLING FORTUNES OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

Be happy. The anger is unbecoming of the party of Lincoln and Reagan.

And IF YOU MUST BE ANGRY, DON’T BE ANGRY AT A PRESIDENT DOING WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO, BE ANGRY AT A REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT NOT DOING...WELL...MUCH OF ANYTHING.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

Still defending bush or denying bush-damage seems to be what separates the men from the boys and considering that crazy does`t really wash off......we will probably never have a "loyal opposition" till after the GOP splits.

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ORIGINAL: HarryVanWinkle

I couldn't agree more with the article. However, Republicans and conservatives are not the only ones guilty of this. Doesn't anybody remember the presidency of GWB? Democrats and liberals called him every name in the book and equating him with Hitler was a weekly event.

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ORIGINAL: HarryVanWinkle

I couldn't agree more with the article. However, Republicans and conservatives are not the only ones guilty of this. Doesn't anybody remember the presidency of GWB? Democrats and liberals called him every name in the book and equating him with Hitler was a weekly event.

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ORIGINAL: farglebargle

Everyone who tries to toss the Neo-Con-Crazies from the GOP gets thrown out themselves.... Remember Dede Scozzafava?

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ORIGINAL: HarryVanWinkle

I couldn't agree more with the article. However, Republicans and conservatives are not the only ones guilty of this. Doesn't anybody remember the presidency of GWB? Democrats and liberals called him every name in the book and equating him with Hitler was a weekly event.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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ORIGINAL: HarryVanWinkle

I couldn't agree more with the article. However, Republicans and conservatives are not the only ones guilty of this. Doesn't anybody remember the presidency of GWB? Democrats and liberals called him every name in the book and equating him with Hitler was a weekly event.

I missed the absolute shut down of the Senate and the downgrading of the nation's credit rating due to Democrats refusing to cooperate with W.

Disliking a person is a far cry from refusing to keep government operating.

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ORIGINAL: Montana32DDD

It is impossible to be a loyal opposition when the current Democrat Admin is not held to any standards. A three judge panel declared President Obama is abusing power.

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President Obama just can not be bothered to follow the constitution. this is a documented fact. We have the first dead ambassador in decades, and the left blames.... Republicans. Hillary actually testified before congress asking "What difference, at this point, does this make?"

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 Leftists cheered. Meanwhile, politics itself has degenerated in to nothing more than who can come up with the best republican bash. This is all I expect from Democrats anymore, and this thread, like all the others, never lets me down. We had eight solid years of Democrats calling Bush every name in the book, and no, not ALL of them were warranted. The Democrat hatred for Bush was actually quantified as a Disease it was so pervasive. Any claim that the hatred of Bush is based on fact is just that, a false claim.

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survivors of Sandy still do not have power.

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How much money did the Obama Campaign spend in Mexico, advertising for foreign votes?