Conservative Contradictions

If you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably already seen it. You might even have friends who have joined it. There is a group “praying” for Obama’s death and it is over a million members strong. It’s a joke, we’ve heard. It’s an expression of how frustrated some people are with the state of current affairs. But I find it fascinating (amongst other things). When did insulting the President to such a degree become acceptable? Remember the days when disagreeing with our President was deemed unpatriotic? Conservative contradictions are full steam ahead these days in current politics. And I feel like it’s time we point a few of them out. So we have established that during the days of the previous administration, we should not insult our President. If we disagreed with the decisions made during the “W” years, we might as well join the terrorists themselves. God Bless America, either get on board or you’re not American enough. So am I now allowed to question how patriotic those million plus are for laughing at a prayer for Obama’s death? I won’t do it. Sure, I’m all for freedom of speech but I wouldn’t judge a person’s patriotism based on personal beliefs. (Nor would I want to contradict myself.) But there are more significant contradictions irking me than some Facebook group joking about the President’s death. Conservatives continue to hammer this administration for excessive spending and big government. It’s curious we hear complaints about the money we are spending now to save … Continue reading →