My response to Ann Coulter’s article “The Reign of Lame Falls Mainly on McCain”
Nov 6, 2008 politics
The Reign of Lame Falls Mainly on McCain
While Coulter made some excellent points in her article, such as the fact that we can’t blame Obama for raising taxes on the rich since McCain voted (twice) against Bush’s tax cuts because they favored the rich, and that we couldn’t go after Obama’s illegal alien aunt because of McCain’s stance on amnesty for illegal aliens, she made one point that I strongly disagreed with:
Have you ever noticed that whenever Democrats lose presidential elections, they always blame it on the personal qualities of their candidate? Kerry was a dork, Gore was a stiff, Dukakis was a bloodless android, Mondale was a sad sack.
This blame-the-messenger thesis allows Democrats to conclude that their message was fine — nothing should be changed! The American people are clamoring for higher taxes, big government, a defeatist foreign policy, gay marriage, the whole magilla. It was just this particular candidate’s personality.
The part I strongly disagree with is her assertion that in order to be conservative republicans, we must not adopt what she calls a “defeatist foreign policy”. The truth is, as I point out in my reply, that we cannot continue our current foreign policy if we are to return to the traditional conservative roots of the Republican party:
Ann, unfortunately, the Republican party can’t change as long as it advocates this imperialist, interventionist foreign policy that you apparently advocate as well. Part of changing the GOP back to its conservative roots is appreciating a sensible, non-interventionist foreign policy like traditional republicans supported, Robert A. Taft for example (Mr. Republican). Neoconservatives promote the warfare state, and neoliberals promote the welfare state. The constitution provides for neither. If we are to change the GOP, we must adopt a sensible foreign policy and it must stop with the scare tactic propaganda to promote unnecessary (and extremely expensive) war in order to achieve its imperialist agenda.
“It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” - Samuel Adams
Tags: 2008 election, Ann Coulter, barack obama, constitution, foreign policy, GOP, John McCain, neoconservative, Robert A. Taft
Obama wins and is congratulated by Hugo Chavez
Last night Barack Obama won by a landslide and became the president elect of the People’s Republic of Amerika, and was congratulated by Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, shortly thereafter.
Said Chavez, “the historical election of an Afro-descendant to rule the most powerful nation of the world is a symptom that the epoch change that has been gestated from the South of America could be knocking the doors of United States.”
Huh?
Anyway, I’m sure Hugo Chavez is hoping that U.S. spy planes won’t be flying in his no-fly zone anymore, but my advice to Chavez is, don’t count on it. Obama is an imperialist just like George W. Bush, except Obama wants to extend the welfare to people in the U.S. as well, and not just third world dictators like Kim Jung Il and Robert Mugabe.
Regardless, Chavez is hopeful that Venezuelan-American relations can be mended. In a press release, Chavez stated, “The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ratifies its will and determination to build, based on a full respect to sovereignty, a constructive bilateral agenda for the welfare of Venezuelan and North American peoples”. Yeah.
Seriousness aside, I’m sure last night was a powerful moment for socialists all around the world.
Tags: 2008 election, barack obama, George Bush, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela
Why did John McCain lose the 2008 election?
Among other reasons, this is the primary:
Although, not even the current GOP platform was enough to save John McCain. The GOP needs restructuring, preferably from the ground up. The GOP needs to heed the founders of this country and the framers of the Constitution. They took great care in writing the constitution and for us to ignore it is a downright shame, and it cost the GOP the election.
Tags: 2008 election, constitution, John McCain
Tuesday, November 4th is election day
Nov 4, 2008 politics
The choice is yours: elect a moderate Democrat, or a Socialist? (or a statesman?)
Of course, the moderate Democrat is John McCain, and the Socialist is Barack Obama. Of course, Democrats will defend Barack Obama to their grave that he is not a Socialist, but his words speak otherwise. Although Democrats have a great point that Republicans have supported Social Security, Medicare, and a progressive income tax, all socialist ideas, coming right out and saying that you want to implement wealth redistribution is rather frightening. It should be no wonder that Obama has socialist tendencies after being mentored by Frank Marshall Davis.
Republicans, however, are not off the hook. Besides the above mentioned, McCain is pro-amnesty, anti-gun, pro stem cell research, anti-free speech (McCain-Feingold), and loves to vote with Joe Lieberman, a man who also should not have a big “R” in front of his name, for obvious reasons. McCain either swindled the American people or the American people are in fact more liberal than I thought. Then again, why did both candidates have to shift right in their rhetoric in order to gain acceptance? Why did McCain have to choose Governor Sarah Palin in order to appeal to his conservative base? That begs the question then, are conservatives just plain ignorant? I think the answer is plainly obvious.
The only real choice today is a third party candidate, and preferably Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party. The only real hope for America (sorry Barack) is to restore the principles of the Constitution of these United States of America.
Now, get out and vote!
Tags: 2008 election, barack obama, chuck baldwin, constitution, constitution party, democrats, John McCain, republicans