GOOD BUT NOT GREAT

The 2010 election returns have now been posted and for every conservative, patriotic, Tea Party citizen of our nation there have to be mixed feelings.

Locally, the Central Kentucky Tea Party secured its two goals with the re-election of Congressman Brett Guthrie and the victory of first time candidate Rand Paul to the US Senate. Both of these men are registered Republicans and conservative in their political views. Obama will find no support from these two Kentucky legislators.

Nationally there is good news from this election with the conservatives (Republicans) retaking of the House of Representatives from the Democrats and many new governors being of the Republican Party. There was so-so news in the form of an increased, but still minority, standing in the US Senate. Unfortunately there also was bad news with voters returned to office notorious Barney Frank and the ultimate liberals, Senator Reid and Congresswoman Pelosi.

Generally the election results gave conservative Americans good news but this new elected leadership will be quickly challenged. Of the three branches of the federal government, the Supreme Court remains conservative and true to the basic principals upon which our nation was founded. The Executive remains occupied by the ultimate example of a liberal/progressive/socialist politician, B. H. Obama. Congress is now divided with the Senate still in the Obama camp and the House firmly against the White House. This situation is absolutely perfect for the federal government to grind to a stop.

This lapse of federal governmental action could be useful in limiting the current level of deficit spending. As of today, Washington spends monthly $125,000,000,000.00 (125 Billion) more than it takes in. If the House stops funding Obama programs, this deficit will have to drop. But stationary government just cannot address and much less solve such issues as unemployment; as the value of the dollar; and the status of the housing market. Unemployment still floats near 10% and the dollar has lost 37% of its value in the past 8 years and since January of 2009 there have been 1,700,000 home foreclosures in our nation.

And then there is Obama.

Just a week ago (October 25, 2010) at a campaign rally our President stated, "We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us." These enemies, in Obama's mind, are not foreign terrorists but rather conservative Americans who have had enough of Obama's efforts to move our nation toward a Washington controlled socialist country. Every one of us who voted in yesterday's elections for one of the conservatives who ultimately prevailed can now officially consider themselves an "enemy" of B. H. Obama.

I wear that title proudly.