What Ever Happened to the First Amendment?

Before I get to deep into anything, let’s rewind to 2006, where Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi held a town hall meeting. Click on the link to view the events that took place. (Reminder – president in office = George Bush)  >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3vauUPUAa0 <<

Since I know only a very small percentage of people who will even read this article won’t take the time to click and/or watch the link, here is a quick recap of the video. Ms. Pelosi is speaking to a group of anti-war protestors who you can clearly see are passionate about voicing there opinions about what they believe. In fact some people in the video actually get angry and shout and wave their arms around while Nancy Pelosi is trying to speak. Does Ms. Pelosi get angry? Nope, in fact she the whole time she is speaking to this group, she is telling them how great it is as Americans to exercise your first amendment and question the government. In fact, she goes as far as telling the crowd that she “loves the disruptors” and “love the fact they want change.”

So far, all in all, I agree with what Pelosi is saying. It is great to live in a country in which you can…and should…question your government. My problem with this corrupted politician is the double standard that she, and many other Democrats in our government use. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Click on the next link (Reminder – President in office = Barack “the messiah” Obama )  >> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pelosi-hoyer-health11-2009aug11,0,3211297.story <<

Now once again I’m sure many people won’t take the time to read the article, so recap…

Fast-forward 3 years to another town hall meeting were Ms. Pelosi is speaking to a group of Health-Reform protestors who you can clearly see are passionate about voicing there opinions about what they believe. The problem here is instead of agreeing with and “loving” the disruptors, she speaks of these people as “Un-American.”

Which brings me to the reason I’m writing this note…

In three…say it with me now…THREE short years, Nancy Pelosi has went from being all about the First Amendment (props to her) to attacking people for doing what she (at one point) was such a great, heroic thing. My question is, what’s different, what made her change her opinions of these heroic “disruptors”?  Hm….think Josh, think….what could it be?……Oh that’s right, We have a different president. Of course, I can’t believe that slipped my mind. But what I still don’t get is how now that a Democrat is in office, Republicans are no longer allowed to exercise there First Amendment rights anymore, as the Democrats did with President Bush in office.

People, look up these facts and TRY to prove me wrong. During the Bush years, people EVERYWHERE enjoyed mocking, sneering at, booing during his speeches, portraying him as a Nazi, protesting against, etc. Did these people have a right to do that? OF COURSE THEY DID. THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF THIS FREE AND GREAT COUNTRY. And though MANY people acted on their right to voice their opinion, now that we changed presidents, non-supports of Obama’s liberal agenda are being depicted as EVIL and UN-AMERICAN.  Isn’t it funny how when the Democrats did it to President Bush, no one in the government lashed out at these people? Because honestly, they had no right lash out at them. Politicians should accept that criticism is part of the job, and that is why you didn’t find anyone bashing or be-littling people who opposed President Bush. (now don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about just people or news commentators here….I’m talking about “Professional” Politicians).

Then why is that we (as Republicans and some Blue-Dog Democrats) who oppose President Obama are getting singled out, slandered, accused, and be-littled, BY THOSE ONCE VOCAL DEMOCRATS IN OFFICE!?

Don’t believe still? On top of Pelosi’s “Un-American” comment, Harry Reid (Democrat Majority Leader in Congress) expressed his view on us (the people who oppose hthhe Health-care reform) as Evil Mongers. I’m sorry…what was that, an evil monger? No sir, just because I don’t believe everything Obama says is true, DOESN’T make we evil.

How about all of the latest RACIST talk? I can’t even begin to list the amount of people (speaking of politicians) who have called us racist. According to former president Jimmy Carter (AND MANY MANY MANY OTHERS), all this uprising against Obama’s policies is strictly based on racism. Well let me just make one thing clear. First, let me say, I don’t rule out the racist thing completely, for I understand that there are still close minded people out there who hate black people. HOWEVER….FOR THE MOST PART, people are rising up against Obama BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT IS GONG TO HAPPEN TO THEM, NOT BECAUSE HE’S BLACK. As someone who attended the National Taxpayer’s March On Washington in September 12, 2009, I didn’t see anyone being racist. What I saw was 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE gathering PEACEFULLY, but trying to make the point clear that they do NOT support President Obama’s policies. However, according to the liberals…we were all there because we hate blacks. Well guess what…I do dislike Mr. Obama very much. But I dislike him because I think his policies are going to cripple this country beyond repair….NOT BECAUSE HE’S BLACK! I can give two craps what color he is….he could be Orange and Purple for all I care, it isn’t going to change my beliefs.

So please, next time any one wants to accuse me of something because I don’t agree with Obama…please think about the double standard here, and make sure you feel real proud of yourself.  What’s fair for one should be fair for another. So with that being said, I come to my conclusion…

I WILL GIVE YOUR PRESIDENT THE SAME REPECT YOU GAVE MINE!

I’m Josh Leone, telling you America, speak the truth, and never back dow