Weighing the Evidence: Scales Tilt Against Obama

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Contrary to some, motivation to vote against someone is just as legitimate as being motivated to vote for someone.

The reasons to vote for Mac to keep Obama from winning are many:

1.) He will raise taxes. He says only on the top 5%, but he is also going to raise captial gains taxes which will affect the 56% of Americans who have 401(k)s, most of which are not making $250,000 or more. A tax hike on anyone at this stage with our economy needing growth policies will be detrimental to America.

2.) He wont promote drilling domestic sources of oil in order to bridge the gap between an oil based energy policy to an alternative energy policy. We do not have the technology or the ability to make alternative fuels affordable yet, so in the meantime we need to drill offshore, drill ANWAR, drill, baby, drill. We can make an immediate impact on our dependency on oil producing nations of the world and send them the message that we cannot be held hostage by them anymore. Gas prices will go down and it will help our economy immediately.

3.) He will appoint liberal judges to the Supreme Court and throughout the judicial system. One of the biggest factors in steering this country in a wrong direction socially and culturally has been the liberal judges who have chosen to interpret the Constitution as an "evolving" document. They have on many occasions circumvented the will of the people through their elected representatives and senators and overturned legislation that reflected the will of the people. Without strict constructionist judges in the judiciary, our country will continue to allow for abortion on demand, redefining marriage to accomodate gay couples, continue to promote wrong headed decisions like the eminent domain debacle or granting constitutional rights to terrorists and enemy combatants.

4.) He will implement liberal education policies. As much bad news as we have heard about "No Child Left Behind", the positive result has been that the public education system is doing a better job at educating because of the demands for accountability and emphasis on results. BO was involved in a very liberal, socialist education initiative in Chicago that was indoctrinating the children involved in very strong socialist ideology.

5.) He will retreat from the War on Terror. Admittedly Bush and Co. made plenty of mistakes in conducting this war, but the answer to those mistakes is not to retreat. Pulling out our troop from Iraq before they should come home will only create more disorder in the Middle East, endangering our national security.

6.) His policy toward Iran will be misguided. Meeting with the leader of a country that sponsors terrorists and threatens Israel only legitamizes that leader and gives off the appearance that he is the President's equal. The Clinton administration worked vigorously to pursuade North Korea not to develop nukes, gave them aid, made concilations and in the end they did it anyway. The Bush administration cut off talks, made no promises, sent a strong message and now we have North Korea destroying their nuclear progress. Obama will be taken advantage of by rogue states because of his naievete.

7.) Obama is sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. He will break from generations of America's commitment to Israel, he will pressure Israel to make more concessions on top of what they already have, and he will weaken Israel's position in the Middle East.

8.) Obama's past associations and alliances are with some very radical and dangerous people. He has had relationships with these people for 20-25 years. It is hard to believe that his connections to those people has nothing to do with their politics and ideologies. What kind of people will he surround himself with once in the Oval Office? What kind of people will fill the appointed positions of leadership and the people that will be moved into the bureaucracies of Washington?

9.) There is this appearance that for poilitical expediency that many controversies and radical statements and sentiments have been sequestered in order to win the election. What about Michelle Obama saying she was proud of America for the first time in her adult life? What about the slip of the tongue when BO told the plumber this week that he wants to "share the wealth" when it comes to taxing businesses? What does he mean by that? What about the many radical ideas espoused in his books that he is silent about now? Why distance yourself from people who you have been close to for decades and then suddenly in the past year you have backed away from?

He is handsome. He is smooth. He carries himself well. He is telegenic. He has an ability to speak.

But the scales tilt heavily against Mr. Obama to be President of the United States of America for four years. There are too many unanswered questions, too many dubious associations and too many radical statements and ideas.

Obama supporter, change your mind and vote McCain on November 4!