Here's a few things being said about our President-Elect...
[Rep. Paul] Broun cited a July speech by Obama that has circulated on the Internet in which the then-Democratic presidential candidate called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.
"That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist."
Obama's comments about a national security force came during a speech in Colorado about building a new civil service corps. Among other things, he called for expanding the nation's foreign service and doubling the size of the Peace Corps "to renew our diplomacy."
"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set," Obama said in July. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
"We can't be lulled into complacency," Broun said. "You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential."
Charlie Rose Show: Tom Brokaw and Charlie Rose.
ROSE: I don't know what Barack Obama's worldview is.
BROKAW: No, I don't either.
ROSE: I don't know how he really sees where China is.
BROKAW: We don't know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy.
ROSE: I don't really know. And do we know anything about the people who are advising him?
BROKAW: You know that's an interesting question.
ROSE: He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational (sic) speeches, two of them.
BROKAW: I don't know what books he's read.
ROSE: What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama?
BROKAW: There's a lot about him we don't know.
Charlie Rose again who spoke to both Evan Thomas and Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine.
MEACHAM: He's very elusive, Obama, which is fascinating for a man who's written two memoirs. At Grant Park he walks out with the family, and then they go away.
ROSE: Mmm. Mmm-hmm.
MEACHAM: Biden's back, you know, locked in the bar or something.
ROSE: (haughty chuckle)
MEACHAM: You know, they don't let him out. And have you ever seen a victory speech where there was no one else on stage?
ROSE: Mmm.
MEACHAM: No adoring wife, no cute kid. He is the messenger.
THOMAS: There is a slightly creepy cult of personality about all this. I mean, he's such an admirable --
ROSE: Slightly. Creepy. Cult of personality.
THOMAS: Yes.
ROSE: What's slightly creepy about it?
THOMAS: It -- it -- it just makes me a little uneasy that he's so singular. He's clearly managing his own spectacle. He's a deeply manipulative guy.
ROSE: Watching him last night in that speech, he finishes --Great expectations: Obama will have to deliver
MEACHAM: Yeah.
ROSE: -- and he sort of -- it's almost like he then ascends to look at the circumstance.
MEACHAM: He watches us watching him.
THOMAS: Watching him!
ROSE: Exactly!
THOMAS: He does --
MEACHAM: It's amazing.
ROSE: It is amazing.
THOMAS: He writes about this metaphor being a screen upon which Americans will project. He said they want of Barack Obama; I'm not sure I am Barack Obama.
ROSE: Mmm!
THOMAS: He had -- he has the self-awareness to know that this creature he's designed isn't necessarily a real person, and he's self-aware enough --
ROSE: Ahhhhhh!
By JENNIFER LOVEN
Even after nearly two years in the spotlight, little is understood about the 47-year-old first-term senator's approach to leadership. His resume: community organizer, eight years as state legislator, and less than four as U.S. senator.
As a lawmaker, he has displayed a knack for working with Republicans on a handful of favorite issues. But he has devoted most of his time in the Senate to running for president. Unlike the past seven presidents, he was never a governor or vice president. And unlike John F. Kennedy, the last senator to move directly to the presidency, Obama has not commanded troops in wartime.Emphasis are mine. While I trust in Him who controls all things, these comments made by those who favored Obama pre-election have me a bit concerned. Are we going to have to fight for our freedoms and morality against a Democrat controlled government? What liberties, such as freedom of speech, life, basic liberty and the rest are we in danger of losing?
The comments (and concerns) of those who in all probability voted and propagated his presidency are not a good start.
I for one will be praying God's mercy and that Obama proves those who did not vote for him wrong. But this again, is not a good start.
3 comments:
i know it's scary. i listened to 610 radio yesterday (yes Holly, I do now). Limbaugh, Schnitt and Hannity talked about this. It's scary! All these Obama-mania (or "Obamanation")reminds me of the time of Saul when the people demanded for a King. God didn't want to but since the people persisted, He gave them Saul - not His best choice. But there is hope because even when Saul was reigning, God's choice was living and alive - that was David. God's choice now is alive and well! The turn of events in this country will be in God's timetable then! Everything that needs to be exposed will be brought out to the light! All we need to do is to continue fighting the war on our knees!
I dunno....I'm not really worried about it. I think people are exaggerating.
And even if something goes terribly wrong...I'm still not worried about it. This life is only temporary.
That's funny that Jescel mentioned Saul because we mentioned that on Sunday night in our study on I Sam.
Yes, we need to be aware and ready to defend our conservative idealism, but we are not to live in fear. The Israelites sure had their share of bad kings.
I have to make myself stop listening to talk-radio because it starts to freak me out.
All i know is like it or not and for reasons I don't understand God has placed Obama in power. We need truly believe our window of opportunity is closing. So now more than ever we need to reach out to the lost in America who are obviously looking for a "Messiah".
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