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03 Nov 2008

 

We’ve been hearing Conservatives and Republicans endorsing Barack Obama left and right.  In the past, I had never understood how people who vote one way their entire lives could all of a sudden change their minds and vote for the other side.  This, at least, is a great way to look at things if you’re Republican but can’t bring yourself to vote for John McCain.

“If I were to give one reason why I believe electing Barack Obama is essential tomorrow, it would be an end to this dark, lawless period in American constitutional government. The domestic cultural and political reasons for an Obama presidency remain as strong as they were when I wrote “Goodbye To All That” over a year ago. His ability to get us past the culture war has been proven in this campaign, in the generation now coming of age that will elect him if they turn out, in Obama’s staggering ability not to take the bait. His fiscal policies are too liberal for me - I don’t believe in raising taxes, I believe in cutting entitlements for the middle classes as the way to fiscal balance. I don’t believe in “progressive taxation”, I support a flat tax. I don’t want to give unions any more power. I’m sure there will be moments when a Democratic Congress will make me wince. But I also understand that money has to come from somewhere, and it will not come in any meaningful measure from freezing pork or the other transparent gimmicks advertized in advance by McCain. McCain is not serious on spending. But he is deadly serious in not touching taxes. So, on the core question of debt, on bringing America back to fiscal reason, Obama is still better than McCain. If I have to take an ideological hit to head toward fiscal solvency, I’ll put country before ideology.

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But I do know that he [Obama] will handle these wars with reason, with prudence and with care. Those are three qualities absent from the White House for eight years. And I do know that Obama’s very person, and what he symbolizes, will do more to restore America’s image and repair our global public relations than any single measure any new administration will be able to accomplish.[…]”

May the best man win.  Read more…

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31 Oct 2008

It’s the third sign of the Apocalypse.  Everything I’ve been conditioned to believe is crashing down around me.  That’s right, folks:  FOX News has said something against the Republican presidential candidate.  FOX’s Neil Cavuto even calls Obama, “Senator Straight-Talk.”  Cavuto’s problem with McCain is his inconsistency and shifting positions (didn’t they used to call that “flip-flopping?”). Check it out - you have to see it to believe it:

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24 Oct 2008

A doctor has estimated that there is a one-in-four to one-in-five chance that John McCain, if elected, would not survive his first term as US president.  The worry is that the Republican candidate would suffer a relapse of the skin cancer he once overcame.  It is interesting to note, however, that the opinion of McCain’s chances of survival are directly proportional to the doctor’s political leanings - meaning, doctors giving him the best chances are Republicans, and vice versa.  Read more…

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