I thought it useful to organize a few key points against the Obama presidency before he imposes an internet-based Fairness Doctrine:

1) Healthcare--economic entitlement programs are much harder to remove than increased tax rates. If Obama employs some of the government-imposed mandates he favors (let alone a possible universal system), a major portion of our economy will be socialized, probably for good. Look at the "band-aid" Social Security program that our country now wears like its favorite sweater. This could apply to the housing market as well.

2) Free Speech--Obama is notorious in certain circles for pursuing those who question his record through legal avenues (see Stanley Kurtz in Illinois). Two gems currently proposed by Democrats: the Fairness Doctrine and Card Check. The first would require equal time for conservative/liberal viewpoints on all radio stations, which would in effect shut down much of conservative talk radio (their primary medium). The second would submit workers to soft coercion to support labor unions and bypasses the privacy of a secret ballot. Oh, and there's the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which will make all organizations except churches hire people regardless of sexual orientation (think Christian counseling, schools, etc.). Conservative opposition could possibly be crushed.

3) Redistributing Wealth--The idea that Obama will cut taxes for 95% of people is a lie. Many of those people don't pay taxes, for one, and this money will not be given from the government, but from the rich. He will simultaneously allow the tax rates to go up on the "rich" (including many who own a small business and hire 4-5 workers) while "lowering taxes" for the poor. That money will go directly from the former to the latter. Little do the "poor" realize that many of them could get laid off by that extra $40,000 of taxes on their employer. It'll make our economy much worse.

4) Supreme Court--There could be as many of 4 retirements from the Supreme Court. While they likely won't come from the strict-constructionist wing, those appointments, without any resistance in the form of a filibuster, could enshrine extreme activists on the court for the next three decades.

5) Foreign Policy--Most every major politician in the twentieth century learned to follow Teddy Roosevelt's "big stick" policy with regard to foreign affairs. We should avoid military conflicts where possible, but every President had to be strong when it counted (i.e. JFK and the Bay of Pigs). Much of Europe won't stand up to Russian aggression right now. If Obama appears soft (which he does--see Biden's comment the other day about the looming time of trial), the Russian shadow may again descend over much of Europe. Will Iran fear military consequences for developing a bomb or Sudan for its continued genocide? Will American capitalism and democracy be subordinated to a corrupt UN?


Barack Obama esteems unity while eschewing dissent. How many people have been tarred with the "racist" label for question Obama's policies or connections? He could reign in his prominent surrogates in the media, but doesn't. The reverberating echoes of "unity," become eerily novelesque as those who oppose his brand of "unity" are stigmatized (and perhaps eventually crushed).

I'm not a big McCain fan at all, but I will vote for whoever (up/down ticket) stands in the way of the Obama machine.