Posted by
David Van Edema on Saturday, November 08, 2008 1:57:12 PM
News has broken out on all forms of media lately about the joy over the results of Obama’s recent victory in the election.
Newspaper headlines have screamed that “change is here”.
Television has shown scores of cheering Obama supporters celebrating in the streets.
Hollywood celebrities, from actors, to singers, to talk show hosts, have gushed over their admiration for the new President-elect.
The “Today Show” even ran a segment this morning on the joyous reactions of not only Americans here, but those living abroad in
Europe as well.
Some claimed that they no longer had to “feel ashamed” or “embarrassed” to declare themselves American.
One tourist even quipped that she didn’t have to pretend to be a Canadian anymore.
Click here to see video of more reactions from msnbc.com:
At the recent MTV Europe Music Awards held in
Liverpool,
England, American singer Katy Perry, who hosted the event wearing a shirt with Obama’s image, even quipped to a cheering European audience “Maybe now,
Europe will love us again.”
Europe will love us again? Is this really what it’s all about to Americans now? Have we really sunk this low? Are we so desperate to be liked by the world that we’ve willingly chosen an untested, unproven, inexperienced politician with an openly Marxist theology just to win the rest of the world’s favor?
We've just became that kid on the playground who went from being the one to who the other kids would naturally follow, to the one that would be so desperate for acceptance, he would be willing to hurt himself just to gain their approval. Well folks, we’ve just hurt ourselves in a major way.
My message to Americans; here’s the dirty little secret… Europeans still don’t love you. They love our new, upcoming, eager to please them, Socialist style government, yes, but not you. They will still snicker at you behind your backs. They will still lampoon you as the nosy, fat, loud, ugly, lazy, gum-chewing, baseball cap and sneakers wearing Americans as they have for years.
Here’s a fun fact; in a poll taken some time back, 53% of these Europeans said that they wanted to see America in a much weaker global role. Also, if they could vote in our elections, 83% would have voted for Obama. Weaker role… vote for Obama… I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.
Obama supporters… do you honestly believe that the Europeans, or the Russians, or Chinese, etc., really give a damn what you think about them? Do you think that they run their lives based on our opinions of them? The short answer is… no, and we shouldn’t care about their opinions either.
Now, my message to the European Obama lovers; enjoy it now while you can. While we may have temporarily lost our senses and discarded an experienced, tried and tested leader (even if he wasn’t the most ideal candidate, for many of us) and hurt ourselves by voting for a pretender, it won’t last forever. We who have opposed Obama, and others like him, will eventually re-gather ourselves. We will learn from our mistakes. America will rise again, not because of Obama as you might think, but despite of Obama.
If there’s one thing that this election has taught us conservatives, is that we’ve grown far too complacent with not only our freedoms, but in our dealings with the liberals. We’re going to have at least four years to reflect on that, to remember why we became conservatives, and we WILL correct our mistakes in future elections. In a strange way, maybe having Obama in power to remind us who we are will be the best thing that ever happened to us.