Patti Lynn Clark Barnett

I noticed during the campaign that someone tried, in vain, to get Sarah Palin to criticize President Bush. She, having too much class to do so, just said, "No" and glided past it. She politely intimated there were "differences" and that's all. She is someone who realizes there is no perfect person on God's green Earth. Sensible and fair people take into account the positive and negative traits that comprise an individual's totality and see wherein the preponderance lies. They take into consideration the historical context in which a President serves. In President Bush's case, the good easily out weighs the bad.
 
In President Bush's congratulatory speech on Obama's victory, I looked at this war worn, furrowed brow  president and wanted to cry. He did not deserve the beating he has received from the ingrates. Did he let spending and big government get out of hand? Yes, but somehow that, as serious as it is, doesn't seem to rise to the same level of importance as keeping this country safe since 9-11. I believe that he bent over backwards trying to appease those, whose agreement he needed, to achieve success in Iraq. So he yielded, gave them their way and left the veto pen un-wielded. Whatever the case, he is responsible for keeping us safe for seven years. This is no small task, considering the concerted efforts of the Islamic terrorists, the world's dictators and the Liberal Democrats to free the planet of traditional American values. The Bush Hate Club has not once acknowledged the successes in Iraq that will soon result in victory, assuming the progress is not reversed by his successor. Never have I heard any Democrat say they are happy that the atrocities committed by the evil dictator, Saddam, no longer occur and that life for the Iraqi people is getting better every day. No, they have been far too busy trashing him at every turn and ignoring any accomplishments and any effort he ever made.

Now, they won't have Bush to blame for EVERYTHING. Silly me. Of course they will. Do youthink the next administration is going to take ownership of the financial institutions debacle, the fight for a stable Middle East, weapons of mass destruction blackmail by North Korea and Iran, growing global economic competition, embarrassingly deficient urban schools that condemn the next generation to a life of poverty, dramatically rising national deficits or the inability of America to fulfill its Social Security obligations. Of course not. These are Bush problems, not American problems. And every future failure in these policy areas will be blamed on Bush. Hide and watch.
 
Never has a president been so maliciously treated, so inhumanly slandered, maligned and disrespected in our nation's history. He is an honest, courageous Christian. He is a true hearted man who loves his country, a President who has stood strongly on principle and conviction. And these were the exact qualities for which he was persecuted and despised by the Barabbas generation. Those traits obviously don't matter much to Americans.  In fact, they are unacceptable to the majority of Americans. A fact that's just been proven and made painfully clear in our recent election. President Bush's enemies, except for the very stupid, never really believed him to be guilty of all those things he was accused. It was the sham they hid behind to falsely justify their hatred for the actual truth in the man.
 
President George W. Bush stood up and prevented our enemies from striking us again and annihilated most of them. And what did he receive in return for these daunting and seemingly impossible feats? Nothing but wholesale hatred! It has been the most phenomenal example of ingratitude in American history. Even his so called friends in his own party proved to be Benedicts in the end. But Bush, being far bigger than his enemies and deserters, refused to respond in kind. He has been much more gracious than most. He may well be the last president, for years to come, who many Americans will remember with love, respect, gratitude and honor. He gave it his best shot for a country that turned on him in a time of war. And if history is recorded objectively, President Bush will have his place of honor on its pages. My best wishes go out to him and his family.

May God Bless you always, President Bush.

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In my prior post, I mentioned my personal exit polling. So when the obvious outcome was all but done, I thought I would just have a little more fun fun with the whole mess. I asked my targets why they were voting for Obama to see if even one, mind you, ONE, could provide a coherent reason. Not one, could come up with a qualification better than, "He's the best man".

Thanks, a lot!

Please print out the quote below, take it with you and read it again before you step into the booth to cast the most important vote you will probably ever cast in your life.   

A majority of Americans now consider themselve to be in the "dependence" stage. They think they can't survive on their own and are totally dependent on the government. Therefore, they will be casting their ballot for "bondage".

I pray you will be voting/praying for, "Spiritual faith" on November 4th

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time the voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.

The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage".

I have had it with the Democrats and Liberals, aided by the MSM and their cohorts, piling on Sarah Palin! The raging charges leveled against her are born out of a myriad of reasons,  jealousy being one, for sure. But her Christianity and pro-life position are the major reasons for the Left's rabid loathing of this good and capable woman. That old green eyed monster, envy, is certainly at work among many women on the Left and even some on the Right, because darkness has nothing in common with  light. Since the MSM has lost all pretense of being objective, their dishonorable and often cruel reporting, has lost all credibility and has become a side show and joke from any reasonable perspective. If their exhibition of raw hatred toward Sarah Palin accomplishes its intended purpose, you will see an Obama victory. When journalism is so outrageously and blatantly closed to a party with opposing views, we are in serious trouble! 

Just who do these detractors and hollow pundits think they are, anyway? They never  miss a chance to rip into Sarah Palin and John McCain for the slightest slips. They are very uncomfortable with a very smart, Christian woman on the national stage. Taking unfair advantage of her lack of national TV experience, Charlie Gibson and Katie tried to prove to America she was neither smart nor ready to lead. Sarah unplugged has proven them wrong! 
 
Sarah Palin has more experience and accomplishments under her belt than most of these Liberals combined. religion. been . Being the target of vicious daily attacks can't be fun. But the Alaskan Governor, apparently, just considers the sources and blows off the lunacy of their derangement syndrome. She may even feel sorry for such desperate souls. Because that is the kind of human she seems to be.nment    
 
Many on the Left and in the MSM would have us believe that the Hollywood crowd, pseudo intellectuals and atheist educators like Bill Ayers and Ward Churchill, are the standard bearers for intelligence and excellence in the 21st century. But the ultimate intelligentsia includes the high powered intellects of politicians like Joe Biden and Barack Obama. "None are so blind as those who refuse to see". Bottom line here, is that the Palin and McCain floggers are not worthy of tieing John McCain's shoes or kissing Sarah Palin's…..cheek. Again I ask, just who DO they think they are?!  I am appalled at such arrogant ignorance, cruelty and injustice, as any fair minded human being should be.
 
The truly intelligent possess certain standards by which they live. Fairness, hard work, self reliance, honesty and kindness are built into their character. They will fight against wrong and have the courage to stand up and be counted for what is right.  For the record, let me modestly say, the two most important and impressive people in my life, my husband and my late father, possessed these traits. 
 
 My husband has racked up 10 years of higher education with no government handouts. He worked!. He has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Vanderbilt and two years of post doctoral studies at Yale. He is now diligently searching for a cancer cure. And--- he is a Bible believing Christian. So much for your Liberal elitist assessments of Christian = illiterate and uneducated. My father was the other most admired and beloved person in my life. He had his own small business in which he created jobs for others. He was the quintessential, hard working Capitalist. And---- he was a Bible believing Christian. But there are those among us whose plodding goals are to squelch the entrepreneurial American spirit. And when that is gone, from where will incentive spring?!
 
My father, my husband and people like John McCain and Sarah Palin are the true grit that made and are making this country great. They are the very salt of the Earth.  May God bless them all!