Obama: One Year Later

My opening speech at the UNLV College Republicans VS Young Democrats Debate titled, "Obama: One Year Later."

In 2009, Americans all across the country embraced for a new era of leadership to sweep across our nation. President Barack Obama rode in on a wave of popular support promising us change that we can believe in. What we got instead was change we didn't expect and change we didn't want.

During his campaign for the Presidency, Barack Obama promised us a translucent government where closed doors would be open, the people would be informed, and the interest of the people would be placed above the corporate lobbyists.

What we got instead was the exact opposite.

From Washington, we've already seen historic amounts of national spending, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and an engorgement of the public sector at the expensive of the private. And this is just after the first year.

We've seen the weakening of our national defense, a blatantly wrong response to matters of national security, and a corruption of relations that have been maintained since the foundation of our grand republic.

When the dust settled in November 2009, the political commentators all promised us a historic presidency that would break the norm in Washington. And they were unfortunately right.

We now have a historic presidency for all the wrong reasons and Americans are already responding to the President's agenda with a resounding no.

Whether it's the gubernatorial mansions in Virginia and New Jersey, or the Kennedy Senate seat in Massachusetts, Americans have begun to mobilize against the socialist agenda of President Obama.

President Obama. Americans want you to stop putting us in debt. Americans want you to stop weakening our national security. Americans want you to stop trying to socialize healthcare, and Americans want you to stop this new era of anti-business policy in Washington.

To simply put it, President Obama, Americans want you to stop.