Posted by
Michael DeWeese on Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:49:08 AM
This election, our choices are Obama change, or McCain change. Junior Senator Barack Obama extols change with the hyperbole of Robin Hood high tax economics, big government socialist program fireworks, and the charisma to melt eyelashes of smitten admirers. Senior Senator John McCain works towards change with bi-partisan written law, partnerships with people of any party who will roll up their sleeves to put America first, and the character of a person who can and has fought evil and survived.
The smoke screen tax break for 95% of Americans is misleading tax the rich and give to the poor proposal. After the 5% who have their taxes raised are forced to cut back on their employee payroll or close up their business all together, the newly unemployed can be grateful to Barack Obama that they can get a few hundred dollars a month for food stamps.
The money left over from the 'tax the rich' (i.e. smal busuness owners and farmers) after food stamps are doled out, will be used to make bigger more inefficient prone socialist bureaucracies to design other ways to make Americans subservient to the government instead of the government subservient to Americans.
Senator Obama's charisma has helped him develop a devoted following. His tele-promptor speeches are mesmerizing. His performance when faced with questions he has no advanced speech for leave something to desire. His dismal performance in the Saddleback forum may point to his cowardly decision not to face John McCain in a town hall style debate where unknown questions may be presented.
John McCain has concrete work on ethic's reform in the congress, winning the Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government award. He has fought steadfastly, and often alone, against pork-barrel projects. In 2002 he succeeded with campaign finance reform.
With some of his democratic and independant collegues, he has proposed and backed laws for a strong national defense and foreign policy. In 2005, he formed and lead 'The Gang of 14', a bipartisan group (seven democrats and seven republicans) of Senators in the 109th Congress that successfully negotiated a compromise to avoid the deployment of an organized use of the filibuster by Senate Democrats.
On October 26, 1967 he was captured by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam war. After 5 and a half years of torture, he was released March 14, 1973. Despite this treatment, he was instrumental in 1995 with the U.S. normalization of diplomatic relations with Vietnam.
So here we have change made up of Marxist dreams, ephemeral visions and a pretty smile, or change made up of written words, solid concrete and shed blood. Which one can you hold onto?