Never Lose Sight

It’s necessary for me to post to my political blogs today, in light of yesterday’s win by Barack Obama.

Firstly, I stand by every word I’ve written in these past months.  My thoughts and ideas remain as they were and have been.  But, I must accept the reality of an Obama presidency.  It’s there.  And I can’t deny it.  I can fear it, but I can’t deny it.

My hope is that Obama’s ‘hope and change’ don’t damage us too much, though I sadly believe they will.  With a future Liberal Supreme Court, hard liberal Congress, and Obama to guide them all, we as a Country may have bitten off more than we can chew.  It could take generations to repair the damage to our society.  But there isn’t anything I can do about from here except speak my piece on a regular basis.

The biggest ray of sunshine remaining to me is Sarah Palin.  You on the left have bitterly and unfairly attacked her and her family unceasingly, and she has survived with flying colors.  I think the Liberals of the Country will have much to worry about from her sanity and competence.  She’s a conservative and pragmatic star, and I believe 2012 or 2016 will be her shining hour—and ours as a nation.  She still has more knowledge and practical experience than our President-elect.

The other ray is that in two years we can make some needed adjustments.  The entire House of Representatives and part of the Senate are up for election again, and maybe we can correct some of our mistakes.  At least that would put some control over the Liberal agenda in force.

I wish Obama well.  I just hope he doesn’t follow his Liberal leanings too far and to the detriment of us all.  Our nation, its freedoms, its free enterprise system, its strong military, and the respect—however grudging at times—of the World are all important.  We must never lose sight of this.

Why I Support John McCain Part Two

I’m particularly worried about this constant Obama wish to ‘spread the wealth’ by taking from one group to give it to another.  Socialism and class warfare is un-American.  He should be taken to the woodshed.

‘Democracy is the road to socialism.’  This quote would easily fit into Obama’s view of the Country and what he and his Democrat cohorts want to accomplish in it: an increased ‘nanny state’, government run and heavily regulated businesses [that stifle growth], more handouts for those who don’t work, loss of free speech on radio, loss of the secret ballot in union votes, and so forth ad infinitum.

‘From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.’  This quote fits Obama’s ‘spread the wealth’ philosophy’ along with his idea of a tax cut for 95% of Americans—including the 40% of Americans who don’t pay taxes.  Why would anyone want to send government checks to one group of people who don’t contribute to the tax base, taking it from another group who contribute the most?  Tax cuts should be assigned to those who actually pay tax.  And success should come to those who work hard and earn it.

‘The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.’ Change ‘socialism’ to ‘democrat-ism’ [only a tiny difference] and that’s what Obama and the Democrats want for this Country.  Free speech disappears from talk radio; loss of secret ballots in union votes; sending money to Acorn to spread the vote to dead people, Disney characters, those who want to vote in two different states, and those who simply want to vote many times.  The opposition will be vilified for any reason [something currently happening.]  The defense budget will be cut by a quarter [per Barney Frank].  And any Democrats responsible in part for the current economic mess [notably Chris Dodd and Barney Frank] won’t be investigated or punished for their parts.

These are all quotes from the works of Karl Marx.  I hope you think about them.

Now, John McCain will do none of these in particular or promote any of these practices by acquiescence.  He has strength of character and a firm belief in Country first.  We can be sure that his term in office will shake up the ‘good old boys’ and root out corruption and greed.  And he won’t allow our military budget to be cut by a quarter—or anything for that matter.  Nor will he permit cuts in Border Control or Homeland Security.  These are all too important in protecting our freedoms and way of life.

McCain wants to leave Iraq and Afghanistan in victory with positive support for the troops; he wants to start paying off the deficit; he’ll provide a one year spending freeze of the budget until we catch our collective breath; he’ll knock down programs not working.

McCain wants to reform social security before it collapses.  Is this another warning that will be rebuffed by Democrats in Congress?  He’ll investigate and punish those responsible for the collapse of our markets, to include Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, other Congressman, Senators, and highly paid executives former and present of the collapsed companies.  Does anyone naively expect an Obama administration to investigate and punish Chris Dodd and Barney Frank and other Democrats involved with the crisis?

I think Social Security programs deserve and demand a carefully considered reformation.  If you think the current financial crisis is huge, wait until Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fail.  [Personally, if I'm still around---well, I don't want to see this happen.]

McCain wants to reform Medicare and Medicaid, increase accountability, and reduce payments for preventable medical errors and mismanagement, with a zero tolerance toward fraud.  He wants medical liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits that increase the cost of health care [and reduce the billable hours of trial lawyers.]

What he won’t promote is the type of failed socialized medicine seen in Canada, England and other Countries.  They don’t work.  Ask the people from those Countries, especially those who come to the US for their care.

McCain wants to increase domestic exploration for oil and gas, even closely offshore.  Sarah Palin is still working on him about ANWR; he wants to encourage the development of clean coal.  He wants to more quickly situate and build at least 45 nuclear plants, with a goal of 100.  These are absolutely necessary in the American effort to achieve energy independence.

With what McCain wants to do, I expect he can meet his promise of a balanced budget within four years.  These crazy, socialistic bailouts are not within the regular budget–nor are War expenditures.  By the way, I’m very uncomfortable with government ownership or investment in free market companies.  Our country grew strong and financially successful through the free market system, and I think the free market system should be protecting us now.  Though I must admit, there’s been a lot of fraud and greed out there in these past years, I think oversight should be swift and effective but short in duration.  [Though I do worry about any swift and effective parts if Congress is involved.]  The free market system will rebound and grow stronger if we let it.

Wall Street has been a national bugaboo for decades, and I think the free market will make the needed corrections—all in the activities for profits as usual.  Trading practices have to be reformed.  Remember, where companies fail, there’s usually another one to step into the void.  As in 1987, this current crisis will be an opportunity for the people, media, and government to work together to cut out the fraudulent executives and companies and force restructuring and reformation in the large companies.

But, don’t take my word about it.  McCain’s economic policies have been supported by numerous economists:  Paul Evans, Ohio State University; E Philip Howry, University of Michigan; George Schultz, Hoover Institute; Michael Porter, Harvard Business School; Michael Boskin, Stanford University; Barry Poulson, University of Colorado; and many others.  He also has the support of many of our former Secretaries of State and over 60% of the current military.  Ask Drs Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell.  These black economists have been supportive of John McCain all through the campaign.

Remember the NY Times and its recent hit pieces on McCain and Palin?  This is what happened in January of 2008, when the paper endorsed McCain in the primaries.

‘…Senator John McCain of Arizona is the only Republican who promises to end the George Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small, angry fringe. With a record of working across the aisle to develop sound bipartisan legislation, he would offer a choice to a broader range of Americans than the rest of the Republican field…

…We have shuddered at Mr. McCain’s occasional, tactical pander to the right because he has demonstrated that he has the character to stand on principle. He was an early advocate for battling global warming and risked his presidential bid to uphold fundamental American values in the immigration debate. A genuine war hero among Republicans who proclaim their zeal to be commander in chief, Mr. McCain argues passionately that a country’s treatment of prisoners in the worst of times says a great deal about its character…

…In 2006, however, Mr. McCain stood up for the humane treatment of prisoners and for a ban on torture. We said then that he was being conned by Mr. Bush, who had no intention of following the rules. But Mr. McCain took a stand, just as he did in recognizing the threat of global warming early. He has been a staunch advocate of campaign finance reform, working with Senator Russ Feingold, among the most liberal of Democrats, on groundbreaking legislation, just as he worked with Senator Edward Kennedy on immigration reform…

…That doesn’t make him a moderate, but it makes him the best choice for the party’s presidential nomination…’

Of course, the NY Times—which is posting bigger losses every quarter—changed its tune in October 2008, and it endorsed the socialist-leaning Obama.  [Is the paper looking for a handout too?]  Add to this all the ‘Republican’ hit and hate pieces it has published recently as well.  Disgusting!

Going on, John McCain wants to appoint a National Commission on Workplace Flexibility and Choice.  This would involve bipartisan leaders representing small and large businesses, labor, and academics.  This commission will report to the President on how modernizing our nation’s labor laws and training programs to help workers better balance the demands and requirements of job and family.

He wants to modernize labor laws to allow for more flexible scheduling arrangements; he wants to insure labor laws don’t interfere with those who work at home; he wants to promote more teleworking to reduce commuting congestion; as noted above, he wants to promote more portable healthcare; he wants more worker choice in retirement plans and job training.

On the other hand again, Barack Obama has no military experience as noted above.  He spent his early years in Indonesia in Catholic and Muslim schools.  [He had to be a citizen of Indonesia for that.]  Such was arranged by stepdad Soeruto.

He has failed to supply a signed and certified birth certificate to prove his date of birth and location.  [The document on his website is not a birth certificate, nor is it signed or sealed.] There are valid arguments that he was born in Kenya, and his mother did not pass the US citizenship test.  He claims that his ailing grandmother in Hawaii is his last living relative, yet he ignores his paternal grandmother [who claims she was there in Kenya when he was born], half brother, and half sister in Kenya, all living below the poverty level.

He won’t release his college transcripts, it is said, because they would indicate his foreign birth and citizenship for his financial help during law school, especially.

These are all legitimate questions for someone seeking the highest office in the Country.

According to an October 1996 page from the New Party [a now defunct, leftist alternative; self described as socialist democratic] —it was involved with Acorn, which Obama later represented in court for one of its actions to force banks to give out bad loans [also training a number of leaders---in what it isn't clear], there were successful elections in the year.

‘…Illinois: Three NP-members won Democratic primaries last Spring and face off against Republican opponents on Election Day: Danny Davis (U.S. House), Barack Obama (State Senate) and Patricia Martin (Cook County Judiciary)…’

We know when and where John McCain was born.  His was [and is] a military family, and he was born where his father was stationed.  He attended the US Naval Academy, and we have records of all that.

Whatever happened to honest, political openness?

All in all, I’m supporting John McCain for his belief in free markets, his honesty with the American people, his support of the US citizen’s freedom, and the Constitution.  I don’t agree with everything he does, but then if I did than he would be me—and I don’t want to be President.

Barack Obama is a believer in socialism, as his past history and present proposals indicate.  He and a Democrat majority in Congress would run socialist roughshod over the American citizen, the Constitution, and our free market system.  They will reduce our freedoms [consider the Union non-secret 'votes' and the un 'fairness' doctrine trying to get more Liberal voices on the airwaves---even though it's been proven that nobody wants to listen to them], raise our taxes [there's at least a $trillion dollars of spending to finance], and reduce the opportunities for businesses in the US.

Doesn’t this ring a warning bell for you?  You must know and understand these things.

As to the Vice Presidential portion of the ticket, we have proven facts and understanding of both candidates.  Governor Sarah Palin is a proven executive who dealt with corruption and reform of her own state party, negotiated difficult gas leases and pipe-lines to the lower forty-eight, is well spoken, has conservative family values, opposes abortion and gay marriages, and has policies that are compatible with those of John McCain—except drilling in ANWR, which I believe she’ll successfully negotiate with him.  She is well spoken, intelligent, and a shrewd politician.  She has had successful executive experience as a mayor and Governor of the Country’s largest state.  Some may say that being a mayor of a small city or governor of a low-population state doesn’t mean much.  But remember, Obama and Biden don’t even have that much experience necessary for an executive position in the government.

Obama served as a community organizer in an area of Illinois known for corruption.  In his capacity as organizer, he was setting the wheels of radical agitation in motion.  He worked with Acorn is putting pressure on banks to make sub-prime loans.  And he trained the Acorn workers—to do what?  Phony up registrations and votes for the Democrats?

And yes, Palin did waver a little with her first interviews, but she was still new to the National scene.  Check her out now.  I suggest you doubters listen more closely to her speeches, especially those on policy.  She’s nowhere near the idiot the Obama supporters are trying to make her out to be, and despite the continued efforts of the press to ‘sandbag’ here with erroneous quotes and ‘facts’ during interviews.

On the other side we have Joe Biden.  This is the well known gaffe-a-minute, foot-in-the-mouth good old Joe.  His record in foreign affairs is filled with mistakes and wrong sides of reality.  His Botox and hair plugs are ignored, but Sarah Palin’s clothing [purchased by the RNC for her to borrow only since she came down to the lower forty-eight rather quickly] is played up as a scandal.  He’s a laugh a minute.

The media fears that Sarah Palin will be a heartbeat away from the Presidency [a good spot for her, by the way], but they don’t fear the alarming specter of Joe Biden.  Again, Palin has the only executive experience among the four candidates, having done things that Obama and Biden could only dream about.

The media has pounded on Sarah Palin while giving Joe Biden a pretty free ride.  We’ve been inundated with stories on her daughter’s pregnancy [no one's business], claims that her son Trig really belonged to her daughter [ridiculous], claims that she was secessionist [also ridiculous], claims that she tried to fire a trooper because of a nasty divorce with her sister [simply not true, although it should have been, considering how that trooper was acting] ; claims that she supported Pat Buchanan [she wore a pin as mayor of the little city he was visiting while it was happening]; and other inanities.

And Joe?  Oh, we’re told about his long term in the Senate [36 years; hardly a change for the ticket], but we’re not told about how Liberal he is [I consider modern Liberals to be a heartbeat away from Socialist] or how he’s been on the wrong side of numerous foreign policy decisions and votes.  We’re not told of all the gaffes he’s spoken, though when he does on the campaign trail he illuminates the stupidity of him and unpreparedness of Obama.  Can you imagine Joe the Gaffe representing the US to foreign power brokers?  Who can tell what he’d say?

So, is there any choice other than John McCain and Sarah Palin?  I think not.  I believe they will bring to Washington freshness and their positive experiences and abilities to see this Country through difficult times, maintain an honorable military, and insure our freedoms.

The mainstream media is in the tank for Obama.  No question about it.  All their Obama interviews are complete with softball questions, never questioning anything ‘detrimental’ about the anointed one.  Just listen to Keith Olbermann on MSNBC if you have a strong stomach. Ask a candidate a tough question and your station/channel will be stricken from the ‘Friends of Obama’ list [check out You Tube], and any future interviews scheduled won’t happen.

Do I adore John McCain or Sarah Palin?  Of course not.  But I do support them.

And the opposition?  The supporters of Obama are disgustingly trying to ‘deify’ him and carry on a religious campaign to lead the ‘Obamessiah’ and the Liberal/Socialists into power over the average Americans.  Obama does nothing to dissuade such efforts.  In fact he’s preparing in Chicago for a huge election party.  He probably has Greek columns again.

But don’t cross the ‘one!’  Even a simple plumber can’t ask the ‘anointed one’ a question without backlash.  Obama supporters have tried to find all sorts of dirt on this poor man, just because he elicited an answer from Obama that confirmed his socialism.

So, I was asked, and I answered.  A little lengthy perhaps, but I wanted to get a lot into it.  Our Country is facing a difficult time, and I’m very concerned about potentials.  I fear the Democrat/Liberal/Socialist takeover of Congress and the Presidency.  The inmates will be running the institution as it were, and we’ll all suffer from it.  And we’ll all suffer from it because these inmates are not anxious to protect freedom and free markets.

We are living in troubled times.  If it isn’t the current financial crisis [due in part to Democrat recalcitrance], then it’s the coming disaster about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.  That disaster was set in motion by both parties over the years.  When it hits, we’ll be in much more shit than we are now.  Only John McCain wants Congress to sit with his leadership to correct the problems before they hatch.  Barack Obama and the Democrats are content to continue raising taxes and promote more governmental control.

Only John McCain can be trusted to oversee the Country, push for needed laws and cuts in programs, and appoint Supreme Court Justices who will actually base their decisions on the Constitution instead of legislating from the bench.  And if it were necessary for Sarah Palin to become President, I’m perfectly happy with her there.

And now you know much about why I’m supporting John McCain.

Snake Oil and Vinegar?

It’s a shame how the Democrats want to punish Joe Lieberman for speaking at the Republican convention.  It’s a shame that the party of ‘tolerance’ can’t accept the free choice and speech of a US Senator.  It’s a shame that the Democrats want to ‘punish’ a Senator who is no longer a Democrat.  But, as usual, the Democrats are shameless and self-serving.  They are the party of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the Clintons.

What’s next for the Democrats?  Oh, I know.  They’re trying to punish the Governor of Alaska for wanting to protect infant life; for exercise her second amendment rights in owning and using a gun; for wanting to protect and raise her family in private with her husband; for having much more executive and decision making experience than their ideal, Barack Obama—say, that makes her better qualified than the entire Democrat ticket, doesn’t it?

It seems the only people Senator Obama doesn’t want to punish are his daughters if they ever make the ‘sex’ mistake that befalls so many teens.  He doesn’t want them ‘punished’ with a live baby.  What a sad way to talk about the miracle of birth.

And the Democrat vultures have descended on Alaska to dig [or manufacture] dirt about Sarah Palin.  And in the same spirit, the ‘independent’ investigator of the ‘non-event’ ‘troopergate’ has ceded subpoena power to the Democrats.  Even though the fired official in question says that he was never asked to fire anybody, nor was he pressured to do anything, the waste of time goes on.  And as usual, the Democrats don’t want any facts to get in the way of their march to personal destruction.

Well, that’s okay, because Sarah Palin is on the Republican ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate.  And she doesn’t really care that the Democrats want to punish her for being pro-life, pro-second amendment, pro-family, a woman not a Liberal.

And you know what?  The Democrats will never succeed.  Sarah Palin is now on the national scene, she’s a strong executive and will make an excellent Vice President.  The Democrats can look to nothing but failure and continued irrelevance in the future.

American Voters!  Don’t let yourselves and your neighbors down by falling prey to the snake oil salesman of the Democrat Party!

Dave and the Snake Oil Salesmen

My response to the two comments on my ealier entry ‘Palin, Obama and the Future’ are too long for the comment section, so I’ll just present it as a new blog entry.  I’ll try to contact my opponents so they can read this.

I seem to have raised your hackles, Dave.  But I haven’t missed any news. The people of this Country don’t need a Supreme Court decision in order to read the Constitution, which guarantees the right to bear arms.  And I never mentioned Obama in this arena.  Methinks you’re crying too much.  And, despite your assertion, the Democrats/Liberals DO want to restrict gun ownership of the individual.  They’ve spearheaded hundreds of gun-restricting bills and laws all over the Country—always against law-abiding citizens.  As Casey used to say:  ‘…and you can look it up…’  Besides, Senator Obama is one of the most Liberal individuals in politics, right up there with Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy.

I don’t believe that Senator Obama has clearly articulated anything about the rights of the people.  His usual manner is that of the epitome of righteousness handing down pronouncements from high.  Stop drinking the Kool-Aid, Dave.

If the Senator was so sure the Democrats/Liberals could break the glass ceiling, why wasn’t Hillary selected for his running mate?  Or Dane Feinstein for that matter?  He could have picked radical Liberal and feminist, Bella Abzug—but she’s dead, as many of the voters of the coming election in his ‘represented’ part of Illinois will be.  No, the Senator wants to talk the talk but walk the good-old-boy path.  And that’s why he chose Joe Biden.

Statements and comments giving details about my positions are all over the Internet, and I don’t intend to reproduce them here for your easy reading, Dave.  This is an opinion piece and not a scholarly treatise needing citations and references.  Besides, common and proven knowledge doesn’t need a citation.  Roe v Wade was wrong—big time.  The Constitution, common sense, and inate spirituality of any human would seem to guarantee life, where the Roe v Wade decision is guaranteeing death—and that’s un-Constitutional, and it should, by rights, be overturned.  The ‘right to choice’ is simply a phrase meaning the right to kill an unborn baby.  And the baby’s right to life IS in the Declaration of Independence [and echoed in the Constitution]: ‘…to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ and ‘…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…’ for one instance.  Not a one of forefathers ever expected Roe v Wade, and in general they would have hated the use of it to demean life.

The Supreme Court has been wrong in the past, and it is wrong with Roe v Wade.  Do you still believe that Dred Scott was property, Dave?  All Supreme Court decisions must be studied with an open eye on the radical Liberals sitting on the bench.

Once again, stop the Kool-Aid drinking.  There is no such thing as a Constitutional separation of Church and State.  That’s just the position of flawed individuals.  The Constitution simply states:  ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…’  That’s pretty simple.  The forefathers simply wanted to steer clear from a state religion, but they expected a religious faith to be prominent in daily life.  The left has turned over every slimy rock it could find to throw at organized religion, especially the Roman Catholic.  Listening to the left, you’d think the Catholics were trying to organize a Catholic-run government headed by the Pope.  You and your fellow leftists don’t understand the Constitution any more than you do any religion, it’s ethos, or it’s modern agenda.

And, furthermore, as a bonus:  there is no Constitutional guarantee of privacy.  There are sections that touch the edge of such an issue, but don’t specifically guarantee it.  Ever wonder why?  Personal rights are one thing, but defense against a common foe is another.  You and the ‘can’t we just get along’ crowd are seriously deficient in the abilities to deal with real life.  Go back to school and take something other than basket weaving [with apologies to the fine basket weaving craftsmen of the World.]

But I do agree with you on one thing, Dave.  We don’t agree on Roe v Wade or probably any other issue.

And now on to Christian Liberal.  Who’s they?  You won’t identify them.  Are you afraid to?  Don’t you know?  Or are you concerned that someone will call you on such a general statement like I am?

That’s an out and out lie that Clarence Thomas is ‘the only black man in America who hates civil rights.’  He doesn’t.  And you’d know that if you studied both him as a person, an author, a speaker, and a Supreme Court Justice.  All you’re doing is perpetuating myth and ignorance.  Grow up and smell the roses of knowledge.

Patriot missiles are defensive weapons, not offensive.  I guess you don’t know that, do you?  I mean, you seem so sure of your lies and misrepresentations.  And, I don’t know of anyone or any entity who rapes the environment the way you profess.  The Patriot Act was one way to help insure our protection.  Firstly, we must use all our resources for our populace.  If you want pristine and want to live on an island separate from real life, go find one.  We would all be pleased.  Secondly, security of our Country demands that the harbored terrorists here be monitored, as well as their communications overseas.  Give a little, gain a lot.

Your insult to Sarah Palin is gratuitous, despicable, and further proof that you are a Liberal but not a Christian.  It’s a despicable thing to say in any forum.  And yes, I’ll give you a break.  I’ll not go into detail about how ignorant and ranting you are as a perfect example of the often worthless left.

As for change, both John McCain and Sarah Palin have proven themselves as foes of the establishment when it errs.  And they offer a freshness that Washington hasn’t seen in years—decades actually.  Senator Obama has no record or experience, and Senator Biden is part of the good-old-boy network.  We don’t need any snake oil they’re selling, especially when it’s from a new kid on the block.

Palin, Obama and the Future

Well, of course the left has gone ballistic over the selection of Sarah Palin.  She stands for everything they want to destroy: life, 2nd ammendment, glass ceiling, etc. etc. and so forth [sorry King!]

Sarah Palin is pro-life in all cases and willing to raise a ‘special needs’ baby instead of aborting it; the left [the mainstream media is to be included within the term 'left'] is pro-abortion, or murdering the unborn baby—or partially born baby—if the woman [or the leftist pundits] want it.  Talk about playing God.

Sarah Palin is pro-second ammendment, and a lifelong member of the NRA.  She owns guns and uses them in hunting to keep meat on the table.  The left wants guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens, but have no answer for the criminals—or those on the left who surrepticiously own them.  They don’t care that homeowners and others can’t defend themselves.  They also, logically, are attacking the US military, probably in part because they have guns and use them.  ‘Can’t we all live together?

Sarah Palin has been an effective and laudable Governor of Alaska for the past two years [while Obama was in the midst of his multi-year run for the Presidency] with many listable accomplishments [I'm not going to repeat them here; they're available on the net to anyone who wants to read them again]; the left questions her abilities and experience to ‘be a heart beat away from the Presidency’ while never questioning Obama’s complete lack of experience and proven ability to be a Governor, let alone President.

Obama, himself, has said that he was a poor ‘community organizer’ [and the meaning of that 'job' is yet to be understood], yet the left chooses that mundane [but locally important?] job to be good experience to be a President of the US.

Sarah Palin’s family is off limits, and the radical media and bloggers need their butts tanned for the smears, innuendos, lies, and irrational contempt.

The list goes on, but it should be noted that it’s quite obvious to any thinking person that Sarah Palin is more qualifed in temperament and experience to be President than Obama or Biden is.

So, is it any wonder at the attacks from the left?  They’ll continue, because no matter what Sarah Palin and John McCain do, the radical left will always berate them, smear them, and lie about them.

And oh, by the way.  A McCain election could mean the thrusting of Sarah Palin on the National stage with such force that she’ll automatically be the front runner for the Presidency after McCain.  And the Democrats can’t survive that.  And that may account for the panic and anger.

The Topaz Choice

The Topaz Choice
Sat Aug-30-2008  14:34

Well, the anointing is over for now.  The empty suit has proclaimed his divinity, and the audience of donkeys have worshipped their golden idol.  Senator Messiah Obama’s speech was uplifting only to those who are true believers.  To the rest of us, he said little other than generalities and the continued mocking of John McCain.  The American flags in the hands of the delegates and others were notably missing from the festivities, and there was little chanting other than ‘Obama.’  Large crowd, Greek temple, anointing—what have I missed?

When John McCain announced his Vice Presidential pick in Dayton, there were numerous chants of ‘USA’ and the waving of the American flag.

Despite plenty of opportunity [he's been running for the Presidency for several years now], Obama doesn’t seem to understand that thinking people want specifics from him, not generalities.

But remember.  Obama has very little political experience and no executive experience.  He’s never led people, penned a veto, reformed anything, or done little more than take up room in the Senate.

Joe Biden is the pure attack dog and a good old boy from the ancient Liberal group in the Senate.  And with Obama, he may be half of the most Liberal pair of Senators.  He has a constituancy of about 427,000 people, not all of whom voted for him.  He hasn’t led anything in Delaware other than the Liberal pack of wolves.

Do we want Liberals?  Do we want larger government, more governmental control of our lives?  Do we want higher taxes to pay for it?  Do we want increased costs of fuel, food, and everyday items because the Liberals are searching for the perfect energy source?

Do we want a President influenced by Ted Kennedy, Rev Wright, the Clintonistas, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and John Murtha?

A resounding no.

For all his faults, John McCain gives us the best alternative for the Presidency.  He’ll be pro life, for stronger border protection, stronger defense and home security, and he has the military and political experience to lead us in the dangerous times ahead.  Would you rather have Obama or McCain dealing with Putin or Ahmadinejad at three am?  Sweet talk or strong, positive efforts—whether military or political.

Sarah Palin was a terrific choice for McCain’s running mate.  She has executive experience, has wielded a veto pen, has defied her powerful colleagues in the search for reform, and led people successfully.  She’s the governor and leader of some 670,000 Alaskans.  She is knowledgeable and positive for energy searching.  Say!  Wait a minute!  Sarah Palin is more qualified for the Presidency than Barack Obama!

I believe Sarah Palin will energize the public along the campaign trail and hold her own against aging, Joe Biden in the Vice Presidential debate.

So, you have a good choice, my friends.  Do you want the desperate human beings of the Democrat party?  The candidates promising higher taxes, increased governmental control in your lives?  The ones which will insure continued high prices for energy, food, daily needs?  Is that ‘Change’ and ‘Hope’ to you?  The candidates with the idling SUVs outside the ‘Green’ convention?

Or do you want a candidate with proven leadership experience to effectively manage the countryP  Lower taxes?  Less governmental intrusion into your daily lives?  Better respect for the human individual?  Appointments to the Supreme Court who aren’t going to legislate from the bench?  More American energy developed, more power plants on line to reduce the overall cost of energy, food, and everyday items?  Don’t you want a President who will stand up against Putin and Ahmadinejad at any time of the day?

And for Vice Presidential candidate, McCain has chosen a woman with much more solid experience than Obama on the the Democrat side.  She’s tough, intelligent, has executive experience, is a capable leader, is pro-life, and strongly conservative on all the issues.

These comments have by necessity been short.  I leave it to the pundits and pros to expand on all the issues and stances.  But I ask you to think of the future when you vote.