Senator Obama

Who Will Be Obama’s Foreign Policy GoTo Guy?

I have come to the conclusion that Senator Biden has not demonstrated the ability to understand foreign affairs.  His ongoing list of gaffes brings the public inadequacy of another VP to mind, Dan Quayle.  The MSM and liberals of the land still use Quayle as their goat and showed no mercy during his time as VP. Biden’s latest foreign affairs gaffe is discussed here:  http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/03/mother-of-all-gaffes/

Why are they being so nice to Senator Biden.  He established his credentials back in the Presidential primary campaigns of 1988.  He has a problem staying within reach of the truth.  When he is confronted by opposition he tends to drift from the truth.  When in stressful situations he resorts to out and out fantasy as his solution to missing facts or knowledge.  A man with so many years of public service should have a better grasp of what is a permissible stretch of the truth, a la political spiel, and what is unacceptable and easily demonstrated as either a lie or fantasy.

What truly amazes me is his condescending and patronizing attitude to his opposition whether it is a moderator, Governor Palin or a reporter.  “I am me, I know everything, you are just a young woman” attitude drives me insane.  It just gets worse from there when a significant portion of the time he is not correct. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/03/biden-gets-veep-role-wrong/

If Senator Biden is unacceptable as the foreign affairs adviser, then who will be?

Let’s look at Senator Obama’s mentor list:

Our list so far, is a black supremacist minister, an unrepentant ex-Weatherman terrorist, a racketeer, and an extremely powerful Islamic black leader.

I assume that Senator Obama has other advisers who are not so politically polarizing.  But what I must ask, if this list is an example of his ability to judge his associates and their effect on all America, then what will his cabinet look like?

Now I understand that the Democratic Party is incensed by the fact that President Bush somehow emerged victorious from the 2000 and 2004 elections.  They are totally focused on returning the Oval Office.  If the path to that victory was through a black candidate, perhaps they should have searched harder.

In my opinion, this is going to be an embarrassment for the Democrats.  Without giving value or truth to any of these issues, what if after the election, the MSM turns on their beloved Obama and actual does some investigative reporting?  What if after the election, they find that…

-he was actually born in Kenya and therefore is not a naturally born U.S. citizen and accordingly not eligible to run for the Presidency.

-he actually was a practicing Muslim until he met his wife Michelle.  He converted to Christianity for political reasons both from a religion PR viewpoint and also the black power base of Reverend Wright.

-he actually is a Marxist or at least a socialist and begins to dismantle the American experiment as we know it – a capitalist economic system.

-he is actually 50% white, 25% black and 25% Arab.

I could continue this list but the point I am trying to make is none of these issues are in themselves necessarily negative except the citizenship issue.  What is inexplicable to me is the lack of transparency.  Every time something is investigated, there are issues – photo shop fraud of documents, religious affiliation issues, experience issues, conflicting answers.

The one issue no one seems to focus on is my favorite:  why has he never really faced opposition in any election except when he ran against a former Black Panther and was soundly defeated?  Each of the remaining contests both on a primary level and actual elections, his opposition has withdrawn or at best put up marginal resistance.  Just lucky I guess.

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Thursday, October 16th, 2008 2008 Presidential Campaign No Comments

Neither Candidate Inspires On Economic Policy

When I tuned in Friday night I expected to hear proposals, solutions and opinions for our future as ‘everyday’ people and as a republic.  The first half was about the economy and the current recession, subprime financial crisis and possible actions by the government.

The very strong impression I received from Senator Obama was that he did not agree with Republican policy for our economy.  He talked about what had happened with a tunnel vision that only a true politician can muster.  He had little to propose which was different than what has been in the news for almost a week.  He spent most of the time trying to impress us that he was acting as if he was already President talking to Secretaries and Under-Secretaries and telling them to do this and do that.  The overall impression was a lot of rhetoric and arrogance.

John McCain was only slightly better and certainly did not instill confidence in his vision for our economic future.

My view, persuade private money to manage the bail using the power of the US government as insurance, not funding.  There is no possible logic that would justify using the US taxpayer to fund this bail out.  In a previous post I talked about the real cause.  Bad loans approved by financial institutions.  Fix that first.

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Saturday, September 27th, 2008 2008 Presidential Campaign, economy debate No Comments