Posted by
jwinkles on Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:15:15 PM
The Democrat Party has officially nominated Barack Obama as their candidate for President of the United States. Yes, a man who very few people had ever heard of only three years ago and know little about even today is a finalist for the most powerful job in the world. A Marxist, community activist, street agitator has won over the formerly great Democrat party because of his uncanny ability to read a teleprompter. How sad. When did this nation become a collection of drones?
Most people in this nation would never vote for a candidate who described himself as a socialist, yet, after an examination of the platforms of the Socialist party and Barack Obama, very little difference is found. I am no longer concerned with my disagreement with John McCain over single issues. There is an overriding issue: liberty. The enemy of liberty is government. The election of Obama would bring massive increases in the size of government. This leaves me without the luxury of choosing a President. My choice is that of liberty or tyranny.
We must look beyond the empty promises of a demagogue and realize the greater struggle. History tells us that it is not natural for the human experience to exist with the kind of liberty that has blessed this country. Wars have been fought and lives have been lost to throw off the shackles of government oppression. Today, we seem willing to accept the iron fist of government because gas prices are high. Americans have lost perspective. Perhaps I am in the minority now in my assertion that we are not better off red than dead.