President Obama

In a recent letter to your newspaper, Republicans were accused of hoping that President Obama fails. Of course I can't speak for all of us, but I don't think it's a personal issue at all. I would hope that any person, whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal or moderate (whatever that is) who supports the views that President Obama is currently espousing would fail.

Thinking that we can stimulate the economy by bigger government and more government programs is absurd and has never worked. I do hope President Obama fails in this, not because I don't like him but because it's going to put us in such debt that we may never get out of it, or at best, our children and grandchildren will bear the brunt and cost of it.

As far as putting the blame on George Bush, I absolutely hold him responsible for being involved in this mess. He didn't do it by himself, but he certainly participated. By his own admission, he had to abandon his capitalistic ideals to sign on to these bailout programs that aren't working.

Finally, I love the reference to Scripture (Judges 4 and 5.) It was very interesting to read about Barak, son of Abinoam and his exploits. I am not sure though that this is where we want to go. The funny thing about Scripture is that it can be used to prove virtually any point, if taken out of context. I mean I was reading my Bible the other day and came across a very interesting verse, Psalm 109:8. This verse says "May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership." In no way do I wish President Obama any harm, but I certainly hope (as long as he continues to believe that big government is the solution to everything) that his days in office are few; like about until November 2012.

Mike Lee
Lake Placid