Why Americans Can't Vote for Obama

Barrack Obama experienced a surge in momentum early this year to surpass Hillary Clinton in the delegate count. Obama seems to appeal to younger, college-age voters, who may not know Obama’s track record. The National Journal ranked Obama as the most liberal senator in Congress. There was a controversy last fall when Obama broke from tradition and refused to wear an American flag pin on his suit. The American flag stands for freedom and liberty. Over the course of our nation’s storied history, millions of soldiers have given their lives for our country and all that the flag stands for.

Michelle Obama’s comments that for the first time in her adult life she feels proud of America, undermines the great history of the United States. Her comments epitomize the Obama campaign thus far. Ronald Kessler, a writer for Newsmax, uncovered portions of campaign that the Obama camp would rather remain out of the press. The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, a close friend of Barrack Obama and spiritual advisor, has made numerous anti-American comments, the most compelling of which occurred just a week after September 11th. In a sermon the week after the attacks, he cited the attacks as a consequence of the United States’ violent policies. Two years ago he suggested the attacks were retribution for America’s racism. There is no place in a political campaign for a person who expresses such Anti-American statements about such a sensitive issue. According to Kessler, both Wright and Obama are associates of Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam who “has repeatedly made hate-filled statements targeting Jews, whites, America, and homosexuals.” Recently, Farrakhan commented that Obama is the “hope of the entire world” that the US will change for the better. If by better he means becoming more vulnerable to terrorists and embracing radical policies, then he is correct.

Obama is a radical liberal. He has frequently come into clash with the view points of the Catholic Church. He voted no to the ban on partial birth abortion that was cited by some Democrats as a moral necessity. Additionally, he has consistently supported bills to support embryonic stem cell research. Over the past four years, Obama has been highly critical of the large amount of money in the budget for defense and the global War on Terror, but has proposed numerous programs that will also account for a significant portion of the budget. How will he fund these programs? Raising taxes.
His stances Homeland Security and the aforementioned War on Terror, however, undoubtedly form the number one reason why he would weaken our country and make us vulnerable to terrorism. Obama intentionally avoided voting on the Protect America Act, a bill to strengthen the interception of terrorist communications, in an effort to protect his own reputation. In August of 2007, Obama voted against a bill that would have allowed the government to intercept communications of terrorists without a warrant. Obama is essentially aiding and abetting the enemy by hindering the ability of the government to prevent potential attacks. In September of 2006, he voted to preserve habeas corpus for military combatants held in Gitmo. What would Obama say to the mother of a victim of September 11th after a terrorist was freed as a result of his actions? There is no doubt in my mind that the United States of America will be more vulnerable under Barrack Obama.

With the addition of social conservative and reformer, Sarah Palin, the McCain camp looks stronger than ever. Finally, mainstream Americans are beginning to see through the Obama-hype. Look for McCain to take the independent vote in November and into the White House.