Posted by
Furious on Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:45:06 PM
One of your main campaign slogans is: (and what is a political campaign without slogans?) “Yes, we can!” If this is true, then why can’t we win the war in Iraq and Afghanistan? Why must we lose? Perhaps this slogan should be changed to: “No, we can’t.” or “We should never even try.”
Your other slogan, prominent in all your posters and billboards and mailings is: “Change, we can believe in.” What do you want to change? Our laws? Our customs? Our policies? Why is a strong America something you fear? Are you really saying that we are to blame for most of the world’s ills? I kind of like us the way we are. I don’t want to become France or China or Russia. That kind of change is not something I could believe in
How do you expect us to believe that it is only now that you have become disappointed with Trinity United’s weekly pastoral messages? You want us to believe your present presidential aspirations have nothing to do with your leaving your bitter, racist and sexist congregation?
Nothing was ever spoken from the pulpit in the previous twenty years that revolted you or shamed you or embarrassed you? This is all a recent phenomena? A press conspiracy? Karl Rove?
You claim to be against “weaponizing” space. Does that mean you would dismantle S.D.I.? Putin says we are weaponising space with this missile defense shield. Do you agree? If so, why?
You also have said that you would meet with almost everyone without preconditions. Does this willingness to meet extend to terrorists? To non-state entities? To militia or tribal leaders? To our avowed enemies? Where do you draw the line?
Your social programs seem to be very ambitious, though amazingly non-specific. You also seem to demonize the private business sector and appear to favor significant tax increases. So the question would be….Where do you propose to get the money for your social spending, if you dis-incentivize our business sector by your excessive taxation? If you kill the goose, you’ll get no eggs.
I’ve heard nothing from you on how you would make energy more affordable. I’ve heard many things from you and your spokesmen that would lead me to believe that you would place the “green” agenda above the human cost. You’ve proposed nothing that would actually increase oil production or coal mining or nuclear or anything. The cost of your inaction hits the lower economic strata the hardest. But, I guess you’ve already got their votes. And most who support you can either afford you or are politically ignorant or simply smitten with your skin color or teleprompter readings.
You claim you want to unite us. How can I be united with you when you smile approvingly and write of racial stereotypes that offend the hell out of me? Is reparations part of your platform? Am I to be blamed for the corruption and pathology of Chicago’s south side? The Democrats, your party, have controlled Chicago forever…they assume no liability? Is it all whitey’s fault?
Well, there’s a few, off the top of my head…I’ll never get the chance to ask them, but for the good of our country, let’s hope someone asks them. And that Obama provide simple, direct, and honest answers, but I'm not holding my breath.
Or is the “straight talk express” exclusively a Republican domain?