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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Phyllis Schlafly :: Townhall.com Columnist
1993 All Over Again
by Phyllis Schlafly
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Faced with 24/7 Obamamania on the media, the 60 million Americans who did not vote for Barack Obama are wondering where we go from here. Will events turn out like 1993, when another liberal president was inaugurated with the support of big majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate?

Under the direction of the activist first lady, the liberals attempted a government takeover of the massive health care industry, in addition to passing new regulations and tax hikes. Bill Clinton rewarded the feminists by passing Joe Biden's nearly-billion-dollar-a-year Violence Against Women Act.

But then came the midterm elections in 1994, and liberals were abruptly reminded how conservative America really is. In a tsunami we hadn't seen since 1946, Republicans won both Houses of Congress by wide margins.

The Speaker of the House, Tom Foley, was defeated for re-election, something that hadn't happened in over a century. President Bill Clinton held onto his power because he was not yet up for re-election, and he quickly changed his stripes to govern more middle-of-the-road.

The new Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) by big majorities, and Clinton signed it into law. DOMA protects states and the federal government against having to recognize same-sex marriages that are performed in other states.

The new Congress passed Welfare Reform to end some of the worst abuses of the system started by Lyndon Johnson's Great Society in the 1960s. After much grumbling, Clinton signed it.

The liberals never forgave Bill Clinton for signing those laws, and conservatives were never fooled by his newfound political religion. Bill signing those laws even hurt Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary over a decade later.

People who gave Obama up to $750 million to bring about "change" surely expect something in return. But will Obama and the Democrats fulfill Obama's very expensive promises and risk what happened in the 1994 elections?

Obama's push for imposing an additional trillion dollars in debt will benefit special interests at the expense of working Americans. That translates to many thousands of dollars in new costs for the average worker at a time when we can least afford it. Continued...

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Phyllis Schlafly is a national leader of the pro-family movement, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of Feminist Fantasies.
 
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re: Akagi
I would note that the figures you cite for US aid overseas do not include private charity. Americans may consume a lot (and I would argue that whatever the % actually is, it will go down over time as other countries increase their own prosperity, of which consumption is a sign) but Americans also provide a lot.

Also most likely not included in your figures is military support, I'm not sure. For example, while many would dismiss this, I'm rather certain US military presence in Korea has prevented a NK invasion of the South on occasion, which is certainly of great relief to South Korean citizens.

Akagi
You've commented several times about the U.S.'s use of 30% of resources--but I never see you acknowledge that the U.S. in turn generates 30% (or more) of the GWP (Gross World Product, analogous to GDP)...nor do you acknowledge the huge amount of direct and indirect foreign aid we provide--without reimbursement--to places like Bosnia, Somalia, Iraq, Korea, etc. The world would be a much poorer place without the generosity and charity of the U.S.

Your posts always seem rational and objective, with much use of facts, but your consistent failure to include the "rest of the story"--where the U.S.'s actions are put in context-- indicates that you have an anti-American agenda.
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