http://www.myspace.com/presidentialpledge
To the pledgers in this video:
Where were you for the last eight years? Where were you when we were attacked on 9-11? Where were you when the world agreed that Saddam had WMD’s? Where were you when the media was lying about our President? Where were you when the Iraqi’s were suffering? Where was your compassion for them? Where was your desire to be amicable with people you disagreed with these last eight years? Where was your “Understanding”. Where was your friendship? Where was your bipartisanship? Where was your hope? Where was your restraint?
For eight years I’ve seen hatred, loathing, anger, ignorance, violence, suppression, oppression, blacklisting and all together a bunch of meanies. I’ve seen Bush called a Nazi. I’ve BEEN called a Nazi. I’ve been told that I support blood for oil, that my beliefs are archaic and that I’m a racist. I’ve seen my God spit upon. My beliefs mocked. My heroes destroyed and my integrity impugned. I’ve seen my country’s soldiers used and spit out for political gain. I’ve seen marches and been told that dissent is the highest form of patriotism. I’ve been told that everything I stand for and believe in is murder, greed and fascism.
And now. After all this YOU are pledging to me that you will change because of one man? One man will make you different and cause you to be reasonable and you fully expect that I should and will reciprocate? You expect us all to come together after this and act like the last 8 years didn’t happen? As Obama steps forward and has the same reactions to Gitmo & Iraq and NOW you understand the complexities? Now you can have intelligent debate without insulting everything I stand for?
I will make a pledge to you. I pledge to spend every free moment working to counter your efforts. Not simply for the sake of countering them, but because they are not what our country stands for. They are not less government. They are not liberty. They are not justice. They are not FREE. I will not, I cannot allow compromise on these issues. There IS no compromise for me on abortion. There IS no compromise for me on Terrorism. There IS no compromise for me on socialism. There IS no compromise for me on much that you stand for.
Unlike you I will not fight unfairly. I will not lie about you. I will not toss insults carelessly and endanger my country and it’s brave soldiers. I will not hope for a bad economy. I will not invest myself in my own defeat. I will not call our President a Nazi, or a Stalinist. I will be a person of reason. But I will be relentless and unforgiving. I will use my mind and my faculties and everything at my disposal to squash this ideology that your anointed one has brought to bear. I will work to protect this country’s ideals and prevent the destruction of our morals.
You created me these last eight years. I pledge that I will become your worst nightmare because of it.
Ben Howe
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Moe Lane
Dan McLaughlin
Now this is pledge I can get 100% behind. Very very well done.
Martin Knight (Diary) Tuesday, January 20th at 2:53PM EST (link)Recommended.
Those celebutards make me ...
Caleb Howe (Diary) Tuesday, January 20th at 4:22PM EST (link)… want to puke on them, then chop them up in a blender and eat them with my own puke. Nice.
Caleb Howe (formerly known as absentee)
good day to visit Hollywood
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Tuesday, January 20th at 4:43PM EST (link)The crowning of Oblahblah would have been the best day to visit Hollywood CA as one could see the sites without all those pathetic liberals around as they are all in DC
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
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(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Bravo, sir! 555555555555^n/t
janis (Diary) Tuesday, January 20th at 4:51PM EST (link).
OMG!
azaeroprof (Diary) Tuesday, January 20th at 5:23PM EST (link)That video was one of most nauseating things I have ever seen! Your diary sums up the correct response perfectly. So GWB being Prez prevented these hypocrites from fulfilling their pledges HOW???
Please not the inability to add comments...I wonder why? nt
AceInTX (Diary) Thursday, January 22nd at 9:43AM EST (link)Ditto
Praying (Diary) Tuesday, January 20th at 9:21PM EST (link)I hope you don’t mind – I copied your posting to keep with me, to motivate me in the coming years. Very nicely written. Just the right balance of respect and pushing back. Thanks.
No!!!11!1!!1!1! The Bilderbergers are coming
Don't mind at all.
Ben Howe (Diary) Tuesday, January 20th at 10:04PM EST (link)I’m glad to find out that others feel the same way I do. It’s time to get to work. Thanks for the kind words.
You can always find people to give you the answers that you think reinforce the facts you’ve already decided are true.
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10 x 10 x 10 x 10 ........ Absolutely spot on !
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Tuesday, January 20th at 10:16PM EST (link)I’m going to save your words to a file, print it on nice parchment paper in a font similar to our founding documents, get a frame for it and hang it in my den.
Seriously.
I’ll give it a Herculean effort, but I honestly don’t know how long I can go trying to remain calm when talking about The One and his administration.
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Also, I’d popped this on the open thread earlier, but this is the place for it to be…… IowaHawk strikes again ……… “I Pledge” redux…… be prepared for some serious snark….. this guy is the best there is.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2009/01/i-pledge.html
Cheers !
bleh
mkcerett Wednesday, January 21st at 1:13AM EST (link)I am so sick after watching that video that I can’t even comment!
Awesome job Ben!
This would quickly rise to the top spot
icbm (Diary) Wednesday, January 21st at 1:20AM EST (link)if the recommended diaries spots were working properly.
I particularly liked this part:
“Unlike you I will not fight unfairly. I will not lie about you. I will not toss insults carelessly and endanger my country and it’s brave soldiers. I will not hope for a bad economy. I will not invest myself in my own defeat. I will not call our President a Nazi, or a Stalinist.”
Look now. [nt]
Bill S (Diary) Thursday, January 22nd at 12:26AM EST (link)“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
beautiful.
icbm (Diary) Thursday, January 22nd at 10:31PM EST (link)glad it’s working again.
and glad i was right! heh. sincerely, i’m glad this diary got the recognition it deserved.
My conservative pledge is nothing new
jfpurdue01 (Diary) Thursday, January 22nd at 12:43AM EST (link)My conservative pledge is nothing new, it is simply this:
That I will preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.
I won’t spend the next four years hating my President. I will, however, spend the next four years when he goes against the constitution (as I suspect he often will). President Obama has a perfect storm waiting for him in 2012: Mark Sanford, Bobby Jindal, and Sarah Palin. All young conservatives with true principle to stand up for the values upon which this country was founded.
Rush summed up my reaction to this vid on yesterday's show
pilgrim (Diary) Thursday, January 22nd at 10:05AM EST (link)“One of the things that bothers me more than anything is groupthink, when people set aside their brains, set aside thinking and simply rush with emotion like lemmings wherever they are being led.” Rush Limbaugh
Purple is the royal color
ydontujust Thursday, January 22nd at 12:40PM EST (link)red
blue
concepts that are on their way OUT….
welcome to 2010.
where the Unified States rule.
not redstate!
uh, yeah. m hmm.
scottbomb (Diary) Thursday, January 22nd at 1:17PM EST (link)Oh that’s right, Obama’s gonna bring us all together. He’s gonna compromise. He’s gonna keep an open mind, make tough decisions, and do what’s right for America instead of what’s politically expedient. I’ll believe it when I see it. So far, all I see and hear from Obama is the SAME OLD race baiting, class-warfare, big government welfare state rhetoric I’ve come to expect from the left. So much for “change”. Nothing at all has changed with your party in 50 years except for the fact that you have an uncanny ability to attract the same minorities you fought so hard to keep segregated in the 1960s. Congrats!
www.HowObamaGotElected.com
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” – Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948
Okay.. I've had enough.
The Server X-Angel (Diary) Friday, January 23rd at 2:00PM EST (link)If there is a group of us in either the Houston or San Antonio Area… I want to counter this.
Not using celebutards, but us…the young conservatives….the regular people.
I am already working on a script, and I do professional video work.
Will it make any difference? Maybe…or maybe not.
Anyone interested?
X-Angel
http://www.micha-angel.com
http://sanantonioteaparty.us
I'm in.
Ben Howe (Diary) Friday, January 23rd at 4:21PM EST (link)n/t
You can always find people to give you the answers that you think reinforce the facts you’ve already decided are true.
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But FYI
Ben Howe (Diary) Friday, January 23rd at 4:23PM EST (link)i don’t live in either of those areas lol
You can always find people to give you the answers that you think reinforce the facts you’ve already decided are true.
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Email me
The Server X-Angel (Diary) Friday, January 23rd at 9:39PM EST (link)xangel0228@yahoo.com
X-Angel
http://www.micha-angel.com
http://sanantonioteaparty.us
Just to clarify
The Server X-Angel (Diary) Friday, January 23rd at 2:07PM EST (link)I mean counter that pledge BS..not Ben
X-Angel
http://www.micha-angel.com
http://sanantonioteaparty.us
Is "Socialist" ok? Then I'm in!
Erick Brockway (Diary) Saturday, January 24th at 12:21AM EST (link)If we can rightfully call him that.
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Here are my pledges
JoniNMark Sunday, January 25th at 11:07AM EST (link)1. Reafirm my conservative values.
2. Openly discuss my views with others.
3. Watch Obama and the Democrats further ruin the economy, jobs, etc.
4. Get behind new conservative leadership, and actively support them.