On November 4th, let’s jump from the frying pan into the fire…
With the country completely sick and tired of the incompetence and corruption of the current administration, it seems all but certain that America will vote for Change and Obama will win in a landslide. After all, Obama is currently expected to have over 370 electoral votes and may even win Georgia.
Yet, I’m not convinced that Americans are voting for Obama; rather, I think that they are voting against Bush and McCain.
If so, it’s very important to remember that the lesser of two evils is still evil.
This election is likely to give the Democratic Congress a super-majority. And these guys currently have a 10% approval rating!
And as I’ve written about lots of times, what Obama says and what Obama does is very different. He says he is against the war, wants to restore our civil liberties, and is against government waste. Yet he voted to fund the Iraq war, to re-authorize the Patriot Act, for telecom immunity, and for the bailout including its $150 billion of pork.
American is desperately seeking change. This explains the big bump that we saw Sarah Palin when announced as the Republican VP. People thought, “Finally! Someone new!” She got the advantage of being the new choice in a field of bad choices. And America really wanted a new choice.
Remember how in 2006 America voted in a Democratic Congress with a clear mandate to end the war and restore civil liberties?
Remember how a few weeks ago we completely flooded Congressional phone lines with overwhelming opposition for the bailout?
How did those turn out again?
Any reason that an Obama presidency would be any different?
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