Let's be honest

This Huff Post blog by Dr. Steven McSwain asks us conservatives to be honest. See if you get as mad as I do reading it. He is trying to say that if a Republican President had achieved the following we’d all be celebrating and that all on the right oppose Obama brainlessly.

I’m asking for a little honesty here. That’s all, regarding Obama’s Leadership. For most white, middle-to-upper class folks in America, life right now could not get much better and, for some, it would be challenging to point to times when things were any better than they are now. When have you seen gas prices this low? It’s been a long time. A very long time. A little honesty, please. When did you ever see the stock market any higher? Never. Not in a long time. Never has it been as high as it is now. Imagine if Obama was not black and a Republican. What do you think conservatives would be saying about him, given just the two examples above? A little honesty here…that’s all I’m asking for… Why they would unapologetically call his presidential leadership an example with no equal in modern history. Furthermore… When did unemployment get this low? It has not for long time, if my memory has any worth left to it. Oh sure, we need better paying jobs and higher hourly wages but, come on, I’m just asking for a little integrity here among the very anti-Obama public. And, that seems to include more than just FOX News.

And then he goes on to ominously stereotype us.

I may not be right about many things. But I have this sinking suspicion there are lots of people in this country who do not like Obama and it has nothing to do with his leadership. Instead, it has everything to do with the color of his skin. I have another suspicion, too. The suspicion that, if Obama had a different skin color and were anything but a Democrat, his leadership of this country would be hailed by many on the so-called “right” as nothing less than proof of the resurrection and the incarnation of Ronald Reagan himself.

Alas poor Vitriol, I knew thee well.  Okay, I accept the challenge to be painfully honest.  (The grammar checker on my computer, however, is screaming abuse over McSwain’s first paragraph.) First of all, if there were a lot of stock market indices that were soaring, the wise conservative investors would repeat that old adage, “Don’t confuse brains with a bull market.”  That is, stocks go up.  Stocks go down.  Just because you make money doesn’t make you a genius. And Presidential genius doesn’t correlate with an up-market either.  Maybe a few chamber of commerce types would feel good but most R’s would just shrug.  Remember they did that under both Bushes who presided over fabulous markets.  Second, I would predict that if an R had caused the markets to soar by pumping national debt, bailing out megabanks while killing small bankers who do most of the lending, and connived the Fed Quantitative Easings leaving $3 trillion in limbo, the conservatives would at best be very nervous and at least would refer to the R. Prez as a RINO. 

If the gas prices had fallen by way of fracking while the leader had drug in his heels like Obama, they would be lauding the free market oil finders and calling for a primary challenge ASAP. They’d say the free market succeeded in spite of the Man. 

In other words, conservatives are looking for freedom, not riches.  Sure, any dictator can pump money into his oligarch buddies. See Putin for point of reference. See Goldman Sachs for Obama campaign funds.

The second honest point is that the way to win conservative votes is to do the issues right.  This is why we argue about Rand Paul vs. Paul Ryan or Mitt vs. Santorum.  We all have strong views on the issues and accomplishments.  Not so the Libs who are very personality driven. This is why the Left adores a former First Lady in charge of taming Bimbo Eruptions, as Senator she never authored a bill, and as Sec. of State handed the Russians a damned reset button. (Say, how’s that Putin reset working for you?)  They are mystified about why the conservatives can’t stomach Obama.  Therefore, they must be a bunch of racists!  “Sinking suspicions” indeed!  

So what does the party of Lincoln think racially?  I would honestly observe that most of the R’s in Okieland thought Obama was first mislabeled as “black” when in fact he is mixed race, like most Okies.  Why then didn’t we vote for some guy who is just brown and mixed in race like 58% of Oklahomans?  It was because his ideas were way left, his Christianity was Jeremiah Wright, his politics was fascist/socialist, and his friends were Bill Ayers and crew. Other than that we give him credit for liking golf and  wish he were a Thunder fan. Could he just stay out on the course until January 2017, PLEASE?

Thiink about this.  If Republicans or conservatives or Tea Partiers are racist, why haven’t I heard a racist joke in 5 years from any of these people with which I intermingle?  If they really are racists, why do they adopt kids with African heritage?  Intermarry? And if we are so partisan, why does Oklahoma have more registered D’s than R’s but votes Red all the time?

And if we are so closed-minded, why do we read Huffington Post?