Posted by
Jonathan Veal on Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:00:00 AM
The thing that stands in my mind when I think of Barack Obama is change. His message was exceptionally clear. “I will fundamentally change America”. Sounds rather appealing actually. Because we all know that America has problems and struggles. We need to have change. That is one of the main reasons Obama won. But I would like to challenge the left’s and Obama’s idea that we need to fundamentally change America. America’s fundamentals are the constitution and declaration of independence. And that God created all people equal. Why do we need to change that? Maybe it isn’t America’s fundamentals that are in need of change.
Also, what are we changing? Obama was not specific. He mentioned no fundamental changes. And his cabinet choices are not reflection any change I can think of. So is change for the sake of change what we really need?
I would argue that we don’t need politicians who want change without a direction. We need reform. Most of our problems rise from the fact that we have strayed from our fundamental principals. Not that fact we have some new change that is needed. The founding fathers were actually a lot smarter than we give them credit. And much of America’s troubles could have been avoided if we followed their advice. I think America needs a revival and reform. Not random change