"A Dream Deferred?"

[rainlillie]

Let me start out by saying I have nothing but respect and admiration for our 44th President of the United States; Barack Hussein Obama II, the lovely First lady and their beautiful children. I knew when I watched him give the Keynote Address in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention; that he was indeed something special. I found him captivating and inspiring.. Unlike any other politician I've ever heard speak. His vision for America was my vision for America. When he was elected there was an overwhelming feeling of pride within the party and the country.


The future looked so bright. The possibilities of things to come were limitless. Now here we are, Democrats have lost control of the house and Republicans are determined to bring the president down, in anyway that they can. I said from the beginning that this was going to be a tough fight and I'm in it for the long-haul. Anyone with an once of decency within them knows that it's morally WRONG, for republicans to block the extension of unemployment benefits and then on the other hand advocate for tax cuts for the rich. If the president doesn't fight when he has the moral high ground, when is he going to fight? He knows just as well as I know that this cause is just and it's right, he must show us now more than ever, that he has the fortitude to take a stand and tell the GOP NO! when it comes to extending the tax cuts. I'm still hanging , but my fingernails are beginning to slip.


After he met with the GOP, Cantor said the president admitted that he didn't reach out to them enough...WTH! He reached out to them more than I would have liked him to, and tried to be inclusive from day one...Which is why the health care bill was watered down. All the republicans know how to do is attack, attack, attack. No matter how small an issue is ; like talking to school children or how important an issue is like extending unemployment benefits or nuclear treaties. They are not going to give an inch and they are going to do everything within their power to make sure the president doesn't achieve his goals. To hell with the American people! You know the people they always claim they're speaking for. The last few weeks I've been uninspired about the way things are going in this country. In the words of Grandmaster Flash (stay with me here) 'Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge, I'm trying not to lose my head, it's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under."


I'd like to know Why won't the president stand up and fight back? Fight for the people who voted for him, fight for the people who share his dream of America, fight for the people who have lost their jobs, fight to make sure that gays and lesbians can serve openly. I get, that he may be weary, but he needs to know that we have his back as long as he's willing to fight. If the president gives in on the Bush tax cuts, that may be the breaking point for me. I previously posted about my son feeding the hungry on Thanksgiving, those are the people who can use a break, not the folks who have private jets and yachts. It's okay to lose a fight, but it's not okay to lose without fighting.



"What happens to a dream deferred?


Does it dry up

like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--

And then run?


Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over--

like a syrupy sweet?


Maybe it just sags

like a heavy load.


Or does it explode?"


by Langston Hughes