It's Never as Bad as it Seems

Just doing my part to help the economy is what happened this weekend as I purchased a new car (Chevrolet Impala) and it felt good to do that.
All people keep hearing on the "mainstream" news is that Obama sucks and the economy isn't getting better.
Baloney!
Granted, the unemployment figures are still hovering around nine to ten percent nationwide and that increases even more when you factor in the people who are no longer receiving benefits (thanks GOP and 'conserva-Dem' Ben Nelson) or have simply become so discouraged they have given up on the prospect of a job.
However, as a tradesman I have been gainfully employed and work is good for the future here in Illinois as well. Also, a friend of mine recently gained employment after a lengthy layoff.
That says something about the economy changing for the better.
People have to be told the facts (the REAL facts) about how it is in America these days.
Imagine if John McCain and Sarah Palin had won the 2008 election.
Oh my God!
I shudder to think about that and thank God it was Barack Obama and Joe Biden winning in 2008 rather than the GOP candidates.
It seems the media and most of the political pundits are doing all they can to convince the American people to go the way of the GOP and allow them the power in Congress once again.
WTF!?
Come on now, we as Americans, cannot afford that.
It would be our "Waterloo" as GOP Senator Jim DeMint likes to say.
The middle class has been hurting, but the Obama Administration has been responsible for getting policies in place that have created jobs and allowed people to continue to live the kind of life they are accustomed to.
Under Bush and Cheney, millions of jobs were lost while taxes actually were cut for the wealthiest two percent of Americans.
Change doesn't happen overnight, especially in D.C. where the "wheels of government" turn slowly.
Very slowly it seems, as the GOP seeks to block everything the Obama Administration would like to accomplish for we the people (the other 98 percent) the things taken from us during the Bush & Cheney years.
It felt good though, to "do my part" and help things improve our economy.
It is just a car purchase; one single example.
But it shows that the economy can work when people get out there and show some confidence in our country and make the purchases to keep the wheels turning.
Hopefully, things get better for the majority of Americans over time and they don't get so discouraged as to listen to the pundits and give the keys back to the people who drove us into the ditch in the first place.
Well said President Obama.
One thing is for certain, the GOP does not deserve to "take back America" after nearly giving it all away for the last decade.
Now it is time to take a spin in my new car.
God Bless America!