Posted by
conservativedude on Monday, November 03, 2008 3:04:19 PM
We're at a crossroads as a nation. Everyone says it, and since that's the only thing we can all agree on as a nation right now, I tend to believe it.
This is only the second presidential election which I can vote in, but I believe this will be one of the most important elections for decades to come, and is more important than any election so far in my lifetime.
Part of that belief comes from the conflicts and crises our great country currently faces. We are at war with a global network of Islamic terrorists who are hell-bent on our destruction and the destruction of everything we hold dear. On top of other international situations such as the reign of the Castro brothers, North Korea and Russia's Putin flexing his muscles, we have to worry about a nuclear Iran added to the Middle East mix of variables. We can not drop the ball--not on any of these. Just the fact that we're still bickering about , "should we have removed despot Saddam Houssein from power, or not?" or "should we talk with these nations like Iran that wants to wipe Israel off the map---without preconditions," is proof enough to be terrified on election day of a democratic supermajority.
The two starkly different tickets are another reason this election is so crucial. The policies each candidate wants to enact as president are radically different, and in the case of one candidate, just radical.
Obama has given glimpses into his atrocious way of thinking, from his desire to meet without preconditions with dictators and thugs from around the world, to wanting to "raise the white flag of surrender" in Iraq. If we don't finish the job now, we'll have to come back, if we're still here and able to do so.
The economy is also on the edge of the abyss. The promise of raising anyone's taxes during a financial crisis and recession is dangerous. Since liberals supposedly write all the skewed history books, it's clear we never learn from the mistakes of the past. Liberals like to drop buzzwords like "depression" to make their points, when they really should take the extra time to study the causes and different solutions to prevent making the same mistakes our past leaders made.
After the usual handful of mistakes made by an administration, it takes five to ten years to correct them. After Clinton cut back on the military, Bush had to build it up again. Similarly, it took about 10 years for the sub-prime mortgage loan crisis to snowball until we arrived where we are today, entrenched in a financial crisis--because politicians and grassroots organizations like ACORN fought for fairness in the lending industry.
If we don't fix the economy now, it's going to get much worse and it will take decades to dig us out of the hole Obama wants to put us in for the sake of fairness. And with Obama's positions on "Tiny Threat Iran", negotiating without preconditions and how Georgia was in-the-wrong even though they were the invaded country, we might not be around in a few decades to finally pull ourselves out of the hole and be at a level we are at today.
This is life. We all only get one shot in this world and when I think of the next twenty years being marred by a series of catastrophic mistakes in the next few years, it makes me ill. The next twenty years are supposed to be my prime to start a career and have a family, and indeed every American deals with issues of financial stability and prosperity and national security every day of their lives.
That's why it comes down to a "fair" president, or a president who enforces "fairness".
McCain is conservative, but is often a very moderate Republican. Obama is the most liberal Senator, perhaps ever, considering his openly socialist streak.
McCain pledges to nominate justices or appoint Federal judges who strictly interpret the constitution. Obama thinks the constitution should be a fluid document that changes as per the litmus test of the day, and has gone as far as to promise to nominate judges and justices who cater to special interest or minority groups, thus throwing out the notion that justice is blind or equal or fair.
McCain is all for free speech. He has not shut out the media outlets that ask tough questions of him or disinvite journalists from his plane whose paper's editorial boards endorsed his opponent. (Honestly, almost all of them endorsed Obama, so why be so vindictive, B.O.?) Based on Obama's actions thus far, and whining to the DOJ over critical ads of him, or the targetting of Joe the Plumber, it's clear Obama would support the guaranteed second attempt at the "Fairness Doctrine" which would silence conservative viewpoints in the media (or any critical of liberal doctine). Translation: Watch out Joe the Lieberman, you're going to join Joe the Plumber in the doghouse!
Government and the courts do not need any qualifiers like "fair" or "fairness" to guide them. An even hand and clear head are all that's required. It's up to the leaders to be level-headed and have fair hearts and a moral compass that doesn't shift with the wind of current popular opinion.
John McCain is so clearly that man, and I fear if we do not elect him, not only would we be rejecting a great man whose service and sacrifice for his country far outweighs that of any candidate since Dwight D. Eisenhower, but electing Obama would in effect give a blank check to a supermajority of Democrats who will raise taxes for new spending like socialized health care, run our economy (and the international one) into the ground, leave us open to terrorist attacks, leave us vulnerable to new and rising enemies, limit free speech and make America an example of what we fought against during the Cold War.
On the cusp of the worst mistake in American history (say pundits in 2013-2018), with everyone so enamoured by his eloquence that they can't cut through it and see the radicalism... That certainly isn't fair.