Repetition necessary

In the Republican debate on Feb. 6, Marco Rubio was ridiculed for his “robotic” repetition concerning President Barack Obama’s record. Rubio and other GOP presidential candidates condemn Obama’s domestic and foreign policies as disastrous.

The difference in views between Rubio and other candidates pertains to perceived motivations of Obama. Other candidates attribute Obama’s perceived failures to his incompetence stemming from lack of experience, noting that he was elected to the presidency while serving as a first-term senator. Rubio, now also a first-term senator, is accused by competitors as also lacking necessary governmental experience to be president.

Rubio disclaims the notion that Obama’s lack of experience is responsible for his decisions. Instead, Rubio claims that Obama is fulfilling his campaign promise to fundamentally change America. From this perspective, and as viewed by the so-called progressive movement, I think Obama may be the most successful president since Woodrow Wilson. It seems the Democrat Party has never been further to the left politically, as witnessed by the enthusiastic response of young Democrats to the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, a self-identified socialist who spent his honeymoon in the USSR.

In defense of Rubio’s repetition, I believe the reality of the threat facing our country cannot be overemphasized: Not ineptitude, it is a deliberate plan to change the very nature of our country. Like mules, we are oftentimes too stubborn to face the truth. It is said that to get a mule’s attention, he must be whacked on the head with a 2-by-4. I view Rubio’s repetition as a 2-by-4.

DENNIS LEGGETT

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