Introduction/Thoughts

I am Zach Beal. I am a sophomore at the University of Houston. I am 20 years old. I don't like Obama or the Democrats. I am a die hard Conservative-Republican. I tell it like it is and I don't care if you agree with me or not.

The president's main job is to do whats best for the country. Obviously Barack Obama, the current president, doesn't follow that rule. The president does things that constantly go against the wishes of most Americans. There are a few people out there that love the president no matter what he says or does. They need to be tested to check if they are crazy.

That thing that got Obama elected was his youthfulness [have you checked out the number of gray hairs that he has lately] and his wordplay. He smartly took advantage of the social networks like Twitter and Facebook. He used Facebook to get his message of "change" and "hope" to the American people. He has 18.3 million followers on Facebook. I have to admit that using the social media networks, especially Facebook was a smart move on his election campaign staff. This is where the agreeing with Obama stops.

Twenty six of the fifty states attorney generals think the Obamacare is unconstitutional, yet the president is still going through with his health care plan. Obamacare is Obama's baby. I don't understand why the Democrats want to force people to buy government mandated health care. If the Supreme Court finds that Obamacare does not violate the Constitution and it passes, American citizens will be forced to buy health care. If they do not, they will be charged a tax. Come on Justice Kennedy, we are all pulling for you. Do the right thing. The vote will be tied at 4 a piece and Justice Kennedy will be the deciding voter.

When I think of Obama, one word comes to my mind: Lie. This president lies as much as a bank robber holding stolen money saying he didn't rob the money. Sure, most presidents lie to get elected, but Obama took that to the next level. When he was running for president, Obama wrote on Obama-Bidenchange.gov website "... They [the lobbyists] have not funded my campaign, they will not run my White House, and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president." Obama made that statement in November of 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa. In the first two weeks of his administration, the man who said that lobbyists had no spot in his White House, had waived that rule for seventeen people. His new chief of staff Bill Daley was a former lobbyist.

A president has to have people around him that the American people can trust. With the Obama administration, people don't trust him or his supporting cast. The president's approval rating has fallen from 65% at the time of his inauguration to between 45%-50& now. People that voted for Obama have turned there back on the president.

If you look at some of the most successful presidents in history, they have some things in common. They are great orators, they do what is in the country's best interest. Ronald Reagan was the "Great Communicator." Abraham Lincoln wrote the famous Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg Address was written in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. The speech was written by Lincoln on hist way to the dedication ceremony. All presidents have speech writers that write for them. They collaborate with the presidents, but most of the words come from the writers.

What is good is not always right, what is right is not always good. Presidents have tough decisions that can change history. George W. Bush had to make the decision what to do after the September 11th attack. Lincoln made the decision to sign the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves. The toughest decision that had to be made by a president was put on the shoulders of Harry S. Truman. The decision was to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan. After the sudden death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his fourth term in office, Truman was put between a rock and a hard place. Does he want to keep fighting World War II or should he put an end to it? The decision was made to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first bomb was dropped August 6, 1945 and the second bomb was dropped August 9, 1945. The U.S., U.K. and China called for Japan to surrender. Japan did not surrender, so the U.S. dropped the two bombs. It was a tough decision to make, but it was a decision that had to be made.

-Zach Beal