They could give a durn about the poor, healthcare, housing… trust me, I lived it.

If you elect him, you will never forgive yourselves.

Then there is the Rezko thing. I don’t think there is any crdibility to Obamas’ statement that he hardly knew the man. Their circles of associates and business dealings were to close and repeated over years to believe there was no personal friendship or private / low profile meeting of the minds. Nobody creates a papertrail if they are knowingly going to have to deny involvement someday. Thats a lesson he learned well or he wouldn’t be where he is today.

As far as the pickle factory, the company made a decision to not be associated with illegals who most likely were the predominant employee. After all, the plan to isolate this country from mexico/ South America is Obamas and he professes to be able to get the US out of everywhere there isn’t a problem. Some foreign policy, cut and run. I wonder if he ever stuck up for anyone else who needed help. I guess as long as he has a good view from the “Hill” nothing else matters.

I won’t hide: I’m a 30-something white male, Christian and Republican, with a six-figure income. I know that line would be quoted, misquoted, and taken out of context if anyone else visits this site, but I’ll continue. I was raised as a Democrat, helping my grandfather with Mondale’s campaign when I was a little boy. My single mother raised me working three jobs at times to be sure we had enough food. My extended family was Christian and Southern Baptist, so my Christian pedigree consisted of a few visits in my life to churches of various denominations as well as personal research into Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam.

Common sense is subjective. My common sense lead me to question much of what I read and experienced. I grew up wanting to be successful, while combating my personal obstacles of being extremely lazy and disorganized. My quit wit and charming conversation were the only things that allowed me to grow to a point that I could manage my weaknesses. That said, I feel as though I’ve experienced the American dream and yet I’ve not even felt a fraction of what Obama and Clinton have enjoyed.

Now that I see that a poor boy can rise above and eventually help his mother live the life she’s always wanted to live, I understand capitalism. I understand free market. I understand choice, free will, and mistakes. The government does not know better than the citizens, nor can the government save us from ourselves. Basic principles of the Democratic party are simply wrong when compared to history and human nature. That doesn’t mean Republicans get it right all the time–ideally, I’d love to see Republican policies with a touch of Democratic sensitivity, and a leader who can put them together so American can be what it was founded to be.

Politicians are all privileged people. We pick our leader from the top 1% or so of the wealthiest Americans; of course that does not always yield the top 1% brightest. The doubts about Obama are all very real, and very accurate. In a country where more people vote for American Idol than will probably vote for our next President, Obama was winning on speech delivery and buzz words. Yet, researching his history and record, question marks arise from his education, his voting, and his views. Obama’s campaign has carried momentum on the wings of “change” and yet has supported and continues to support a racist, vile, hate merchant in Rev. Wright (who just days ago left Obama’s campaign). He has skipped politically convenient votes on major issues, flip-flopped on others when politically convenient, and has been associated with shady figures just like any politician (he donated a fraction of what his Syrian buddy raised for him and kept the rest). So in the end you’re left with an inexperienced candidate who has risen to fame based on nothing but personality (unless you ask Ferraro). Obama can attack Ferraro for being divisive and yet has contributed thousands to a divisive, blatant racist in Rev. Wright. Obama’s public repudiations of Wright’s comments are laughable as he’s sat through his sermons for years.

This blog’s rebuttal of the $100 profits at The University Chicago Hospitals is very thin, basically stating that since this happens everywhere then it’s perfectly acceptable. It’s not. Over-charging those without insurance is not okay if everyone else it doing it and if Obama wasn’t your typical politician then we should have been reading about Michelle’s attempts to change the policies there. The problem isn’t that America can’t afford healthcare so the government needs to take over like Big Brother. Perhaps instead of socialism we can put other measures in place to keep costs in line and fine those organizations charging $300 for pillows, $50 for soup, etc.

I’m not voting for anyone preaching socialism. I’m not voting for anyone requesting that the IRS files our taxes for us. I’m not voting for higher taxes when we need to be more fiscally responsible. I’m not voting for open borders.

I’m not happy with McCain, but he’s not left of Obama and Clinton on any of those issues. Anyone with an econ class in their past knows Bush didn’t have anything to do with the tech bubble or the housing bubble, or the credit greed of the investors surrounding mortgage debts. Take away the economy from the debate and someone always throws Iraq. It’s true, Iraq did/does have WMDs. It’s true that we shipped them there to help fight Iran. So Bush didn’t lie–the numbers weren’t exact, but they were still there.

The argument about the Bible and the Quran is ridiculous. The Bible has a very violent and corrupt history, but we have evolved. Evolved to the point that I can call myself a Christian, having stepped foot in a church maybe a handful of times in my life. I’ve read three translations of the Quran, focusing on a few suras in context as well as hadiths for background. The problem is that we’ve evolved and the Bible has changed–the Quran cannot be changed and is still being strictly interpreted. There is no comparison between today’s Christians and today’s Muslims–if you believe so, maybe you should answer me: in what grade did you drop out of school? There are vast resources to learn about the world events and their historical roots but it requires patience and perseverance. Much more patience than is required to sit at a keyboard and lash out at the “tin foil” conspiracy theorists.

My apologies for the ramblings and the topics, but all has been touched upon in this blog in one post or another. For what it’s worth I don’t see how McCain can lose–no one trusts Hillary, Obama’s change platform is showing gaping holes, and both are much more liberal than Bill Clinton’s original campaign. In the end, I just hope whoever is in office can keep us safe and lead us through a changing, troubled world. Thanks to all who have a voice, regardless of whether I agree or not–too many people vote without an opinion. Even if you wrongly agree to policies that might bring harm to our country, if you’re reading and posting then you’ll stumble upon the truth, eventually. Take care everyone!!