Krauthammer's Endorsement and Obama in 1995

With less than two weeks to go until the presidential election, things are heating up. It's only my humble opinion but it seems like the polls (even though I don't put much faith in them) are narrowing. I believe the hype about an Obama landslide is just hogwash. But I also believe that people that have decided to vote for him are not likely to be swayed.

Over the past couple of weeks it seems as if some Americans are starting to see the real Obama. Not enough of them, to be sure, but a few. The "Joe the Plumber" thing was a real eye opener for some. From the mouth of the chosen one himself, the virtues of income redistribution. I don't think American's will stand for that. And then today he avows that he has no regrets, "none at all" for that statement. It's the same stubborn opinion he had when he opposed the surge then refused to admit that it worked; he's almost the only living soul that still stands by that stance, but it's his story and he's sticking to it.

I don't think Americans care one iota that he's lying about William Ayers or Jeremiah Wright. I was doodling at work the other day and drew a web (I'm an English teacher; even our doodles are webs and Venn diagrams) and I put Obama in the center. Offshooting from him were Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, Jacob Carruthers, Asa Hilliard, Tony Rezko, Mike Klonsky, Edward Said, Louis Farrakhan, Khaleed Al-Monsoor, and Rashid Khalidi. These guys are all interconnected and are all far left wing radical people. By the time I got finished drawing my lines of who was connected to whom, I had a wicked crazy incestuous web but all roads led to Obama. But again, I don't think Americans care that he has been and currently is associated with absolutely NOBODY you would take home to meet your mother.

Americans do care about the economy though, and the news this week that small business and other companies are already laying off people in anticipation of an Obama election is starting to hit home to a lot of people. Business people are worried about Obama's tax plans.

Today Charles Krauthammer came out with his (shocker) endorsement for McCain. His rational and reason was, as always, clear and to the point.

"McCain's critics are offended that he raised the issue of William Ayers. What's astonishing is that Obama was himself not offended by William Ayers.

Moreover, the most remarkable of all tactical choices of this election season is the attack that never was. Out of extreme (and unnecessary) conscientiousness, McCain refused to raise the legitimate issue of Obama's most egregious association -- with the race-baiting Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Dirty campaigning, indeed.

The case for McCain is straightforward. The financial crisis has made us forget, or just blindly deny, how dangerous the world out there is. We have a generations-long struggle with Islamic jihadism. An apocalyptic soon-to-be-nuclear Iran. A nuclear-armed Pakistan in danger of fragmentation. A rising Russia pushing the limits of revanchism. Plus the sure-to-come Falklands-like surprise popping out of nowhere.

Who do you want answering that phone at 3 a.m.? A man who's been cramming on these issues for the past year, who's never had to make an executive decision affecting so much as a city, let alone the world? A foreign policy novice instinctively inclined to the flabbiest, most vaporous multilateralism (e.g., the Berlin Wall came down because of "a world that stands as one"), and who refers to the most deliberate act of war since Pearl Harbor as "the tragedy of 9/11," a term more appropriate for a bus accident? "

He goes on to say

"Or do you want a man who is the most prepared, most knowledgeable, most serious foreign policy thinker in the United States Senate? A man who not only has the best instincts but has the honor and the courage to, yes, put country first, as when he carried the lonely fight for the surge that turned Iraq from catastrophic defeat into achievable strategic victory?"

Finally, listen to the video below from 1995 of Obama as he outlines his policies BEFORE he decided to run for President. It's nuts. Just nuts. The next two weeks should be interesting as the polls tighten and America makes it's choice. But for me, I have no doubt that Mr. Obama wants to impose socialism on our country, redistribute wealth from those that have too much to those that don't have enough, and I believe he will put our national security at grave, grave risk. Again, I ask: Why in the WORLD would ANYone want to trust our country to this man? What has he EVER done to prove himself to you? What has he accomplished? What makes you think he is qualified to lead us in these most dangerous times both domestically and abroad? He has plans, but what has he done? Nothing. Nada.