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RUSH: I penned a message to Obama that I would like to deliver now. Because Mr. Obama, I think it\u2019s time we had a heart-to-heart talk. Let me be the father that you never had or never really knew, because I think you need some guidance. It\u2019s time to man up. It\u2019s time to grow up. That speech last night was an embarrassment. You couldn\u2019t focus, you lashed out in all directions, you refused to accept responsibility for your own actions, and you were angry. <\/line><\/line>And he was, folks! He was mad. Being president is a big job. It\u2019s a big responsibility. You wanted the position, Barack. You campaigned for it. You told the public to trust you with it, and they elected you — and you\u2019re now president of the greatest country mankind has ever known, and yet you act like this was all coming to you, like you deserve it, that you\u2019re better than the people you are supposed to serve and that you have no tolerance for debate or dissent. That\u2019s not the way it works as president, Barack. We have a Constitution, we have checks and balances, we have separation of powers, we have states — and most of all, we have the people. You don\u2019t get to impose your programs and policies on the nation and the people without our consent. <\/line><\/p>\n

This is a representative republic, not a banana republic, and let me remind you: Karl Marx and Saul Alinsky are not our Founding Fathers. This is a nation built on individuality, built on liberty, free markets, and faith. Yet you, Barack, demand fidelity to a different belief system : A system that crushes individual initiative and free will. The president does not berate Supreme Court justices who are guests of the Congress and who have no ability to respond to your attacks. You\u2019ve made such a mess of things, Barack, and it\u2019s time to stop deluding yourself. It\u2019s time to stop blaming others. You are delusional. You are delirious. It\u2019s time for you to assume the responsibilities of a president rather than pretending to be one. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ve driven the nation\u2019s debt over the edge. It is your responsibility to fix it now. Otherwise, our young people will have no future. You were wrong to grant terrorists constitutional rights. Even the libs in New York don\u2019t want the trial there now! You, Mr. President, are endangering the security of this nation. Now fix it! Reverse course, and end the terrorists — all of them — back to Guantanamo Bay, where they belong. You are wrong to nationalize one industry after another from automobiles to banks. You are destroying competition and jobs. You need to stop what you were doing before millions of more families go broke from your misguided policies. It\u2019s not too late to stop this. I know you\u2019re not going to stop it because last night you said you don\u2019t quit, and I know what you mean. <\/p>\n

You\u2019re gonna keep plugging for the same agenda, which is going to destroy this country even more — which makes me think, Barack, that\u2019s your objective. You know, Barack, unlike most presidents you\u2019re dealing with a Congress that has super majorities in both houses, fellow Democrats. It amazes me that with all the talk about your ability to persuade and communicate, that you can\u2019t even hold your own party members together anymore. Is that Bush\u2019s fault, too? Is it is fault of the banks and the insurance companies and the lobbyists that you can\u2019t keep your own Democrat Party unified — or is it a problem with your leadership, Barack, or lack of leadership? It\u2019s the latter, Mr. President. I\u2019ll tell you, you are not a leader. You are an agitator and an organizer, and a process guy, but you are not a leader. It is you who are doing something wrong. <\/p>\n

The people in Virginia don\u2019t like it. The people in New Jersey don\u2019t like it. The people in Massachusetts don\u2019t like it. The people in Massachusetts and all over the country have the ability to inform themselves outside of your sycophant press corps, and they are doing so. Members of your own governing majority don\u2019t like what you are doing. I mean, this calls for some self-reflection and some circumspection. Has it occurred to you, Mr. President, even once that you\u2019re not as cool as you think you are? Has it occurred to you that you are screwing up? And if it has, are you happy about that? Has it occurred to you that you have a great deal to learn and that you need to take your own measure, or are you Mr. Perfect? Are you God-sent? <\/p>\n

Are you The One that you\u2019ve been waiting for? See, I have a little concern there may be a psychological issue at play here. I don\u2019t say this to demean you, Barack. I say it because I\u2019m concerned. I mean, Tom Daschle was always ‘concerned\u2019 and I like the word. I\u2019m concerned. You seem to have a whole lot of enemies, at least in your own mind. A partial list would include Fox News, insurance companies, banks, oil companies, the ‘special interests,\u2019 the Supreme Court, Republicans, talk show hosts, executives, anyone or any business that earns over $250,000 a year, mortgage companies, credit card companies — and the list goes on and on and on. You have the longest enemies list of anybody I\u2019ve ever known. <\/p>\n

These people are not your enemies, though, Barack. They are Americans. They are part of this country. They are part of what makes the nation work. You are not. You have nothing to do, and have had nothing to do, with this nation\u2019s greatness. You can\u2019t lay claim to greatness on any scale, not even rhetorical. But you have no direct relationship to the greatness of this country. You are damaging the possibility of further greatness. Nevertheless, like a bully, you continue to threaten all of these people. The Supreme Court, Big Oil, Big Pharmaceutical, Big Retail, talk show hosts, Fox News, the list goes on. You threaten anybody who does not agree with you. You try to intimidate them. You smear them. Your sycophantic media goes right along and carries your water. But this is not what presidents do. <\/p>\n

You\u2019re supposed to lead not by threatening people but by encouraging them, by embracing them, by thanking them, by inspiring them. Most of all you don\u2019t seem to appreciate the magnificence of this nation! I know you don\u2019t. The way you\u2019ve been educated about this country it\u2019s painfully obvious. You think this country is guilty, period. Guilty and unjust. You seem to think this country needs to be torn down so you can rebuild it. But you were elected to be president, not some kind of dictator. You must operate within the confines of the Constitution. You are not bigger than the law, and you are not bigger than the people. You were elected to serve the people, not dictate to them. Anyway, I\u2019m sure this little lecture will not do you much good, particularly given the spectacle of your speech last night. You really are full of yourself. But I truly hope that this little talk does do you some good down the way, because something is going to have to change in you or we are doomed for at least the next three years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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