Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Well, it’s election season and I’m back in a battleground state, so you knew this was coming. :-)

I’d really like to see both John McCain and Barack Obama lose. I think both have demonstrated pretty clearly that they are not fit to be president.

Let’s start with Obama and those Democrats. Two years ago they swept the midterm elections with a crystal clear mandate from the voters: end the war.

The Democrats have control of both houses, public backing, and the authority granted by the Constitution:

• Article 1, Section 7: All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; …
• Article 1, Section 8: To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; …

So in the two years that the Democrats have had the power and the mandate to end the war, what they done?

Nothing.

Congress could have passed a bill to de-fund the war and bring the troops home. Or Congress could have voted to end the war. Or a multitude of other options given to them by the Constitution.

Some people will say, “Well, if they passed that bill, then Bush would just veto it.” Well, fine. Then impeach him. Again, it’s in their power (Article 1, Section 3, Clause 6).

This isn’t a rant about the war, but about integrity. Whether you support the war or not, the Democrats got elected to end it and they did absolutely nothing.

There are two possible reasons:

• The Democrats are incompetent. Perhaps they never read the Constitution? Or perhaps they are scared to stand up to the current administration?
• The Democrats wanted to keep the war going so that they had an issue they could use to win the White House. If this is true, that means the Democrats are willing to trade innocent lives for power.

So the Democrats are either incompetent or they are evil. Either way, how could you vote for them?

To put it succinctly: Obama claims to be an agent of change. His party has had control of Congress for 2 years. What change has he bought? Why does he deserve more power? He did nothing but sit on his hands for 2 years, while innocent people died, and he expects to be rewarded?

And the Republicans… do I really need to say anything at all? They have been at the helm for the war and the failing economy. There’s a ton of evidence that they enabled or, at least, tacitly condoned rampant fraud in the financial sector, taking the profits and passing the losses to the taxpayer.

All this happened on McCain’s watch. How could you vote to give him more power?

And Palin? She thinks that invading Iraq is a “task that is from God”. And “also urged ministry students to pray for a plan to build a $30 billion natural gas pipeline in the state, calling it ‘God’s will.’”

So, who do you want in charge? People who want war because it’s “God’s will” or people who want war because it gives them more power?

I’m voting “None of the above.” How about you?