Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Will Anything Help John McCain?

Short answer: Not sure.

With Barack Obama opening up a 14-point lead in some polls, that feel of inevitability is comin' on.

Obama's been a good campaigner, there's no doubt about that. His use of innovative advertising combined with a deluge of mainstream ads is probably responsible for a good part of it.

Another big part of Obama's support, as this video points out, is based on his blackness. That support comes from black voters excited at a viable candidate of their hue, but also from "being part of history" do-gooders who may or may not (and usually may not) know anything about his policies...or care.

The third part of Obama's lead comes from the astonishing lack of media curiosity about Obama's history, philosophy, and acquaintances. If John McCain had been in the same room with any one of these characters, he would have been toast. But Obama? "He's just a guy from my neighborhood." "I never heard those sermons." "He was a mentor when I was a kid." And on and on.

What is killing McCain is the willful ignorance of the populace, weary of an unpopular president and willing to overlook every danger signal Obama presents in an attempt to make things "better" (although "better" is never defined).

This is a politician who wants to raise taxes, not to eliminate the deficit, which would, at the very least, be an acceptable argument, but to spread the wealth (sounds eerily Huey Long-ish, to me). The only thing missing from Obama's tax plan is a cap on personal income, inheritance, and fortunes.

There's Obama's radical record on abortion. His questionable education philosophy (since no one will ask him about it, we must assume that, like Bill Ayers, he believes in teaching young kids "social justice"). His profligate promises for practically every American to receive hush money from the government. There's attempts to cram unions down the throats of decent workers. And there's judges, of which, Obama the Constitutional law expert, has said should be "fair," not using traditional methods of Constitutional interpretation.

Indeed, ironically, it may be the Supreme Court that saves us from the worst Obama excesses. Wouldn't that be a kick in the head?

From Melanie Phillips (linked above):

You have to pinch yourself – a Marxisant radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is on the verge of becoming President of the United States. And apparently it’s considered impolite to say so.

Future generations will be left scratching their heads, wondering how willfully ignorant the American populace was to elect Barack Obama when all the warning signs were there.