Posted by
David on Monday, November 03, 2008 2:18:39 AM
The next President of United States should not be Barack
Obama. This is not to say John McCain is an excellent choice, because he isn't.
Instead, this opinion is based on Obama’s record.
First, Barack Obama is comfortable promulgating his version
of neo-morality. Liberal politicians have accused their conservative brethren of
trying to impose traditional morality on society for decades. Surprisingly
enough, Mr. Obama is guilty of a similar transgression. When he was asked about
subtly encouraging young children to view gay and lesbian relationships
favorably, the Democrat nominee had no qualms with the idea. Like the conservative
politicians liberals often decry, Mr. Obama is comfortable using the strong arm
of the government to promote a particular values system. Apparently the double
standard is unimportant.
Second, Illinois’
junior senator is consistently and exceptionally liberal. Needless to say, conservative
groups regularly give him poor marks, while their left-wing counterparts laud
his votes. In fact, the National Journal concluded he was the Senate's
sixteenth most liberal member in 2005, tenth in 2006, and the most liberal
member of the Senate in 2007. Senator Obama's ideology is unmistakable.
If that were not enough, political scientists Jeff Lewis and Keith Poole
conducted an unrelated mathematical analysis of Senate voting patterns in 2007.
The tenth most liberal member of that august body was Barack Obama. Given these
ratings, it is only natural to assume that the Democratic nominee will bring
change, but probably not the change many moderate voters expected.
Third, candidate Obama is a highly partisan politician.
According to research by Congressional Quarterly, when polarizing issues
divided the Senate, Barack Obama voted with his party more than 96% of the
time. Is that what change looks like? Hopefully not.
More importantly, Senator Obama has built his campaign
around the message of hope and unity. Now his credibility is in jeopardy.
Either Mr. Obama actually believes his one-size fits all approach to polarizing
issues will promote hope and unity throughout America, or he is simply misleading
voters. Both answers give rise to serious questions about the Senator's
credibility, a fact that few voters have noticed.
In short, Senator Obama is not a new kind of politician, and
he will not live up to the hype. Instead, his hypocritical broadmindedness, a
left-wing agenda, and the discrepancy between his message of unity and his partisan
voting record, will lead open-minded voters to one conclusion: Obama should
never occupy the Oval Office.