Conservative Refocus

By: Barry Secrest

Oh my, was that close!  Thank goodness.  The President straightened out a  huge number of Citizens who had previously been under the near-panicked conclusion that America had some serious problems to overcome.  Many were justifiably concerned that the US level of debt would soon become crippling if something wasn't done and right away; however, Obama's enlightened words in the State of The Union speech indicated to us all the stranger than fiction "truth" ( or is that stranger than truth fiction?) which we all had yearned to hear for oh so long.  As it apparently turns out, all of that budget and deficit talk was merely much ado about nothing, as most of the Nations problems evaporated away quicker than a globally warmed Himalayan glacier.

Ratchet back government spending?  Heck no, the President wants to spend even more or, put more succinctly, "invest" heavily in the American economy.  $14 Trillion dollar deficit?  NO big deal--we can QE2 and buy our way right out of that quagmire.  Need more domestic oil?  Pish-posh, we'll go to solar, wind and electric while outlawing coal fired plants and pushing back nukes, too--no biggy--next?  Jobs; well, jobs will come as soon as we invent a way to invent things that will invent new ones.... and his vernacularly vague oratorical solutions were both consummated and suffused by smattering applause.

Besides, he is, after all, the President, so he would, therefore, know our economic status and real-time issues better than anyone, right?

But as we all awaited with breathless anticipation for the answers, the President utilized his skills as a noted master in the art of oral address and mythic lyrical foreplay.  The summation--when finally upon us--was an academically crafted, professorially polished edict of diaphanous virtue and mal-constructed erudition.  It functioned much as a desperately needed opiate for the masses and left us all, for a time, on top of the world and spent.

By virtue of Presidential decree, the State of the Union is "Strong."

Sigh...was it as good for you, too? I need a cigarette.

The Natures and Angles of Bitter and Better

In fact,  the bitter Angles of our natures should never mind Obama's omission that the Federal Government is being sued, at last count, by exactly 27 of those same States making up our declaratively strong Union.  Never mind the Healthcare waivers granted, now better than 500, to avoid massive layoffs, as well; just a nit in the eye, as they say.  In addition, we should never mind the fact that a disappointing number of other States, 10 at last count, which are teetering on the brink of sovereign default--just a meaningless technicality in a increasingly complex financial world. Yet, even as one reads this, the Bureacratic Buzzards are stealthily seeking out a new way for those same States to declare bankruptcy (which is currently not possible) and reorganize themselves into a refreshed entity that can simply say "play it again, Uncle Sam" at some point in the often dismal-seeming future.

But as Obama was performing his own production of Messianic Mystery Theater regarding his feigned new direction of old, other members of both the Right and the Leftward Media heatedly played a game of Nazi dodge-ball, while still others continued their mission of misinformation as it regards the new Healthcare law and its remarkable impact on reducing the deficit (ahem), while still others sought, in vain, for a way to say targeting or aiming without actually saying it.  In that respect, it can now be truthfully declared, without even a semblance of hesitation, that the one thing this particular government--to include the media--has brought to the forefront more than any other government--is the increased usage of the nefarious "_ " word.

For instance, the "C" word, the "A" word, the "N" word and the "T" word are but a few of the words which are now considered verba non grata.  The Obama Government has euphemistically become the Government of C.A.N T. ( in so many ways) but even with words which are simply words that may not, under any conceivable circumstances, be used by functioning members of accepted civil society, for example:

C. Certificate--as in birth certificate--Don't dare go there...

A. Aiming- -as in "they are aiming to outlaw targeting"

N. A negative descriptive pejorative for race--as in a word that only members of that particular race are allowed to use

T. Target--as in "relanguaging is the target" (the "T"--known also for terrorism should now be elucidated as "man-caused disasters")

Speaking of the "C" word, and in another sojourn into CAN'T terrtory, Hawaiian Governor Abercrombie's stated "mission impossible" has failed quite miserably in its effort to locate Obama's birth certificate, even while the Media seemed to grow as angry as wet hornets on the entire rather upsetting episode. Yes indeed, Abercrombie's stated goal of some time ago was to find it and finish it, put the issue to bed as they say--alas--he simply renewed the souring issue anew as the Left's increasing disappointment grew deeper, and the rhetoric, therefore, more piercing in their rather odd "circle the wagons" efforts to rebuff a growing but natural skepticism.

The Left Spin Zone

In fact, it's as if the Left-Wing Media has grown quite tired of trying to hide both a Liberal and a Democratic bias when it comes to being skeptical, but most especially as it regards the "C" word (once again for Certificate--as in birth certificate... for you Libs out there).  To say that Majority Leader Eric Cantor was aggressively interviewed about Obama's birth certificate by David Gregory on NBC's "Meet The Press," would be akin to stating that Liberals in general find Ann Coulter "mildly moderate."  In fact, Gregory's questions seemed to reveal a definite dislike by Gregory of Cantor to the point of Cantor's responses becoming ruefully amused much of the time, eyes actually rolling up in disbelief at Gregory's bullying tone.  In retrospect, it appears that Meet the Press has now become NBC's left-leaning equivalent of the O'Riley factor but with a starkly more interruptive stance, if that's even possible.

Granted, we have no problem with Gregory's aggressive style with Republicans, it's just that after his figurative  efforts to journalistically rape Cantor, he then disappears at the break only to measuringly return having "slipped into something a bit more journalistically comfortable" for the upcoming Liberal, no doubt having freshened up a bit in order to then woo his "Democratic Date Du Jour."

But this moves us to note that more and more, it seems, the former highly respected  Meet The Press is now being anchored by a fast-talking, bi-polar schizophrenic who befittingly adds even more elance to the more commonly known slang title of "Meet The Depressed". In the interview that set both Liberals and the media atwitter, last Sunday, Gregory stated to Cantor:

"There are elements in this Country that question the Presidents citizenship, who think that his birth certificate is inauthentic. Will you call that what it is which is crazy talk?"

Cantor: (Laughs) A lot of that has been an issue sort of generated by not only media but others in the Country, most American are beyond that and want us to focus...(Gregory Interruption)

Gregory: Is somebody, bringing that up, just engaging in crazy talk?

Cantor: David, I don't think it's nice to call anyone crazy, I...(Gregory interruption)

Gregory: Is it a legitimate or illegitimate issue?

Cantor: I don't think its an issue that we need to address at all, I think...(Gregory interruption)

Gregory (Forcefully): His citizenship should never be questioned in your judgement!

Cantor: I Don't think it is an issue that even needs to be on the table...I (Gregory interrution)

Gregory: Because it's illegitimate, I mean why don't you just call what it is!

The conversation became garbled at this point with Gregory valiantly coming to the President's defense while a bemused Cantor tried to defend a position that he did not really appear to be defending in the first place.  Gregory went on to exhort Cantor concerning certain members of the Right who feel the President wants to take away freedoms, etc.  The conversation ended with Cantor proffering a game-ending stance, in part being:

"I think the President wants what's best for this Country, it's just how he feels we should get there, it's just honest policy differences," to which Gregory finally stated "Fair enough," and to which we will finally state "not quite."

Cantor went on to outline a few problems with Obama's anti-constitutional positive rights stance versus the US Constitution on Government, but the dye had been cast.  Rather than "David-fair-enough-Gregory's" respectfully questioning the origins of the skepticism regarding Obama's birth certificate, Gregory harangued Cantor for his repeatedly avowed stance of it being "not an issue."  So, why would Gregory and other journalists, media-wide, come out in a carefully phalanxed assault against the unanswered fact of Obama's still unseen birth certificate?

The Obaminable Monster Hiding In the Closet?

The answer to that question seems to lie in a sparsely covered report filed by The Examiner's Anthony Martin with regard to the Birther issue.  In the report, Martin cites a Washington insider who claims that members of the Mainstream Media are now being threatened with dire consequences for delving into the subject of Obama's birth certificate.  In fact, Martin cites another media source where an email from the insider strongly warns against pursuing the story due to the White House media's going on the offensive "bigtime" against anyone who exhibits skepticism on Obama's heretofore missing "C" word.  Now, can anyone deny that David Gregory was inexplicably going after Cantor "bigtime" on this subject?  Hmm...those pieces of the puzzle fit quite snugly, one must declare.

However, it only gets worse from there.  The Washington insider went on to explain that this was "scary stuff" and that "bigger fish were circling" and for the writer to proceed at his own risk with regard to digging deeper into the story. The most telling part, however, was yet to follow in the email.  The insider actually apologized to the writer for both doubting and ridiculing the writer in the first place for his having shown Birther skepticism, and that "there is something there, 100% sure of it, may God help us all."  Things only got worse when grizzled reporter Mike Evans, in great articulation, covered a story on close friend, Gov. Abercrombie, who clearly explained to Evans the fact that the certificate does not exist, only for Evans to later and mystifyingly retract that same story "completely" later on.  Hmm...now does that not sound rather odd, or perhaps it's just me, but Sheez!  Is this a deep impact meteor strike or an artfully absent slip of paper, we must now wonder?

You see the Governor, in his efforts to aid the President, was hellbound to finally ferret out the  simple document that has eluded all previous attempts at capture. Governor Abercrombie's stated wish was "to put to rest" all of the tawdry theatrics continually on display regarding the President's proof of birth so that Obama would not have this "hanging over his head" as the election season culminated. The only problem is, that as a result of his failed efforts, Abercrombie has now unexpectedly turned Obama's Birth Certificate into a documentary Holy Grail of such magnitude that it has taken on the legendary mantle of  the mythological Sasquatch;

An Imagined Eyewitness Account:

Well, one day I was in the office and it was dark, the lights were very dim...and I heard a bit of rustling over in the corner of the room...it sounded kind of like paper, but the kind that was thick....so, I was scared, I felt as if I was in the presence of something odd...I smelled something kinda weird too...it smelled like, you know, it was ancient...so I froze for a minute...and then finally I had to see what it was....when I slowly crept over and looked behind the Ficus tree next to the document shredder....and there it was... laying half out of the storage container....I could see a name that started with O but then...I thought I saw something glaring back at me...I thought it was burning for a second, I smelled something like a sulfuric-rotten egg odor and then it was  like someone or something else may have been in there and then...it was just gone! I don't know if it was of "live birth" or not but I'll never go in that room again...never.

A Moon-Walking Obamatron

So while the President's universal cordon worries over what seems as now to be Obama's "C"ryptonite, we then circle back around into possible answers as to what we thought was the President's rather odd demeanor at the State of Union address as compared to those of the past.  Out was the swaggering, bushwhacking Bamster of old--in was the worried and, at times, almost distracted dude with no real answers.  Was the eruption of uprising across the Mideast, being a center for much of America's energy needs, worrying the President?  Did Obama finally see why we Conservatives have been insisting for so long that, much like an amorous unsated bachelor, we must drill here and do so hard and fast and thoroughly?  Difficult to say, at best.

But the President's Address, after some bit of thoughtful rumination, seemed much like a worn-out patchwork quilt of both Democrat and Republican talking points with much of the ticking either gone or loosely hanging out in obvious places as allluded to earlier.  There was a good deal of jawboning that sounded almost Conservative in its timbre, while there was also a heaping helping of liberalism sewn in, no doubt, to make it less scratchy to the radical left-wing thumbsuckers.

Ultimately it was as if someone had cobbled an Obamatron together and programmed it so that it would make enough of the appropriate enunciations just at the right moments to place everyone mostly at ease. In fact, the Obamatron seemed eerily animated at times but in a queerly restrained way, like someone performing the moon-walking robot but in speech rather than dance--while seeming to move forward, in actuality moving backwards in admirable smoothness. It was the President's line on energy--about one-third of the way into the speech--that got many an eye to rolling uncontrollably.

While making his points, one could see the President's hands fly out in a tightly controlled manner, gesticulate firmly while making each of his points, but then always finding themselves flopping back down upon the podium, cuff links and watch clicking against the surface, fingers interlacing each exact time, almost in a cadence.  Never actually gripping or handling the podium that we could notice.  However, this sequence of physical interactions as a counterpoint to the Presidents words, after having been repeated time after time, began to come across as a bit mechanical--thus the Obamatron analogy.

While the President's manner was starkly different as compared to his previous addresses, his seeming discomfiture seemed to speak to a certain type of resolution having been achieved.  In fact, he almost "appeared" resigned to the fact that the remainder of his left-leaning agenda, in large part, had come to a premature end.

But was the President's seeming uncharacteristic manner due to the stark new realities which are in evidence to us all, or was it rather for those issues which are not?