We have all seen candidates go down for far less than Obama has done – remember how Howard Dean fell of the radar in the 2004 primaries after the screaming incident in Iowa? A simple inappropriate celebration pushed a man out the running – but someone who could not even get a “security clearance” for a government job can somehow win the White House? How is this happening?
I admit I’m completely baffled. As a conservative, I’ve tried to put aside personal bias and consider it as objectively as I can. Is it the economy? When it goes bad that certainly always hurts the party of the president in power. But all this started long before the present meltdown. Is it liberalism v. conservatism? McCain is really more a moderate than a strict conservative and Obama has a record of left-radical voting and close associations with truly extremist far-left individuals and groups than any major party candidate in U.S. history. He’s far beyond the the pale of traditional liberalism. Is it the bias of the liberal MSM? Sure, they’re in the tank for Obama BUT when havn’t they supported candidates from the left? I think it’s partly that McCain has been too “nice” and hasn’t aggressively gone after Obama on his extremist record and his close ties to radical individuals - many of whom hate America and are really subversive. At this point the only explanation I can come up with is that too many voters just don’t bother becoming informed about the people and issues and/or are just too tightly locked into their own personal lobbies and special-interest groups. The really scary thing (to me, at least) is that this just isn’t an ordinary election. We have two wars going on that have yet to fully resolved, the nature of what the Supreme Court and much of the federal judiciary will be for perhaps a generation, a financial crisis that could end in a depression if it’s mishandled (especially by Obama’s high taxation agenda and a million new “programs,” etc.,etc.), and a government that will take a giant leap toward socialism (heath care, etc.) with Obama and a Democratic Congress. Want a nightmare to keep you awake? Think of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi running the country!