Why Electing Obama Is an American Nightmare

Posted at Townhall
Sent to me by David Anderson GOPUSA

If elected, Senator Barack Obama will be my president as well. In these
difficult times, I will support him in the few areas I can and major in
challenging him where I must, but here is a summary of the reasons not to
give him that opportunity.

In these perilous times, Obama’s lack of a proven record and relevant
experience is a major concern. When you hire anyone to a critical job, you
look to their experience. The President of the United States should not be
an entry-level position! Experience matters! It’s not a sufficient
qualification, but it’s certainly a necessary one.

Without a track record of impressive experience, voters look at a
candidate’s judgment. That’s why Obama’s judgment in picking friends and
advisors remains relevant. His close associations with the
fraudulent-ridden ACORN, controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright, convicted
influence-peddler Tony Rezko, and unrepentant domestic terrorist William
Ayers invite more questions than trust.

At a time when a troop surge has reduced violence, damaged al Qaeda and
allowed the Iraqi government to make progress on key milestones, Obama
still promises to “bring the war to an end in 2009!” He wants to save $9
billion a month in Iraq and shift the focus to Afghanistan. But he also
wants to cut investments in missile defense systems and slow our
development of future combat systems. Obama calls for a world without
nuclear weapons and promises to develop no new nuclear weapons. Such
judgments project weakness as Commander in Chief. Obama’s weakness would
be provocative!

Obama says that he’s a “uniter,” but where’s the evidence? He voted with
the Democrats 97 percent of the time. He’s a proven tax-and-spend Democrat
with the most liberal voting record in the Senate. He’s only a uniter if
you’ll unite with his partisan position. Unlike McCain, he’s never
disappointed his own party by crossing the aisle to vote with Republicans.

Obama calls for “Change You Can Believe In,” but where is his record of
championing positive reform in Cook County, in the Illinois legislature or
in his short time in the US Senate. As Senator, he’s authored no important
legislation and hasn’t even convened a hearing on the one subcommittee he
chairs. He’s devoted his many gifts to chronicling his own life’s story
and running his presidential campaign. While Alaska Governor Palin took on
entrenched corruption in her own party, Obama benefitted from the equally
corrupt Chicago Democratic machine. As they say—“High wind, big thunder,
no rain.”

His unrealistic and restrictive plan for energy independence is limited to
investing in a few, new sources of energy that are not ready to carry the
load for our energy independence. His partial plan does not provide for
the “all of the above” reliable sources of power and jobs that industry
and citizens need now.

Obama wants to raise corporate taxes, inheritance taxes, and income taxes
and social security payments for the top wage earners. No reputable
economist suggests raising taxes when America needs economic growth.
Punishing success limits capital investment. Obama voted to raise taxes 94
times and never introduced any legislation to lower anyone’s taxes. You
want Obama’s “Hope”—I hope you enjoy your change in taxes and the economic
malaise it’ll create!

News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said during an interview with
Fox Business Network: “I like Sen. Obama very much….but his policy of
anti-globalization, protectionism, is going to…give us a lot of
inflation, ,,,ruin our relationships with the rest of the world, …slow
down the rest of the world, and…make people frightened to add to
employment. You are going to find companies leaving this country…. (H)is
policy is really very, very naive, old-fashioned, 1960s.”

FDR reminded Americans, “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” Obama
talks hope but sells doom and gloom for the middle class. He justifies
change by suggesting that we’re stuck in Iraq and reframes our economic
downturn as a recession or worse. Obama blames the Bush economic policy
for our current problems, but it was that same Bush plan that helped
America bounce back quickly from the 2000 to 2001 downturn. Investor’s
Business Daily reported IRS data that shows that the average U.S. income
had increased five straight years through 2006.

The Bush economic plan isn’t the problem. Abuses on Wall Street and in
financial institutions had been growing. Bush, McCain and many Republicans
called for stronger regulations in 2005. Democrats refused to go along
with proposed Freddie and Fannie reforms and helped expand the sub-prime
mortgage fiasco by encouraging unwise “affordable housing” mortgages. Who
are the top two recipients of PAC and individual contributions from Fannie
and Freddie—Chris Dodd and Barack Obama! You want Obama in charge of
reform?

For all his talk on self-reliance, Obama treats citizens as victims
incapable of rising to the challenges they face. Obama’s “hope” rests in
what government can do for you, not on what you can do for yourself or our
country. At a time we are struggling to pay for the entitlements we
already have, Obama calls for substantial government subsidies for
healthcare, college, foreclosure relief, and alternative energies. Milton
Friedman said it well, “There are no free lunches.” We can’t afford an
Obama presidency and more “free” entitlements!

The Democrats chose an intelligent, eloquent but untested newcomer as
their standard bearer. Charles warned us of the nagging doubt months ago:
“The oddity of the Democratic convention is that its central figure is the
ultimate self-made man, a dazzling mysterious Gatsby. The palpable
apprehension is that the anointed one is a stranger—a deeply engaging,
elegant, brilliant stranger with whom the Democrats had a torrid affair.
Having slowly woken up, they see the ring and wonder who exactly they
married last night.” This seemingly neverending campaign cycle has
provided Americans with a long engagement, but don’t make the mistake of
giving him the ring on November 4th.

A Vote for Change (Obama) on November 4th is actually a Change for the
worst not a change for the better!

~ by maddmedic on October 29, 2008.