https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/01/08/devastated-and-then-motivated-by-the-re-election-of-barack-obama/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:33:37 -0400<![CDATA[The reelection of Barack Obama rocked me to the core.  As a conservative Latino I’ve always been of the opinion that if I worked hard in America, I could accomplish anything.  That was B.O., before Obama. For the first time in American history, I see a president who isn’t encouraging Americans to reach for the stars, but rather coaching us to be satisfied with what we have, or more accurately, what he’ll allow us to keep.  Mr. Obama openly advocates limits on success saying, “We’re not, trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that’s fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.”   He’s a president who has elevated class warfare to an art form.  In so doing, he’s created the greatest divisions in our land in my lifetime.    In the last election I was sure that America would see this leftist for who he is, a man hell-bent on punishing America for our success.  They didn’t.  It wasn’t the fact that Mr. Obama beat Romney that drove me nearly into a depression.  It was the fact that so many low-information voters, as Rush Limbaugh refers to them, reelected a man who so perfectly personifies the term “anti-American”.   It was the realization that we get four more years of class warfare and Obama’s crap sandwich he calls an economic recovery.   I was overcome by a feeling of loss.  I feared we’d go the way of Europe.  I feared that my fellow citizens had taken a cue from our president and abandoned the idea of American exceptionalism.  I feared that my children would only have massive unplayable debt and a lower standard of living in their future.  In short, I gave up on the American dream,  that is until I realized that’s just what Obama and his lackeys want me to do.]]>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:36:48 -0500<![CDATA[Chris Salcedo]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-salcedo/2013/01/08/devastated-and-then-motivated-by-the-re-election-of-barack-obama-n175865