Posted on 10/17/2008 2:32:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
So what if Obama is elected? After four years, Americans will realize they've been sold a bill of goods by the left-wing media, and vote him back out again. Then we can live happily ever after. Right?
Wrong. Four years is more than enough time to inflict permanent damage on this country, given the large majorities the moonbat messiah is likely to have in both houses of Congress. The Wall Street Journal warns that if Dems get BHO in the White House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, we will enter "a period of unchecked left-wing ascendancy."
Among the consequences:
Socialized medicine. This gargantuan entitlement would be extremely difficult to repeal, and would inevitably lead to low-quality, rationed healthcare in the short term, national bankruptcy in the long term.
Hostile business climate. Nancy Pelosi says the government has "harsh decisions" to make regarding assigning blame and doling out punishment for the financial panic. The ball and chain Sarbanes-Oxley put on American business will feel like a sweatband compared to the shackles coming next. The first victims will be the financial, energy, telecom, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries. Needless to say, this will not shorten the economic downturn. Fortunately for Democrats, the worse the economy, the more cover they have to inflict socialism, making it worst still. This vicious spiral will not stop until communist America finds itself rooting through Dumpsters for food.
Union supremacy. Unions are a cancer that have all but killed the American auto industry. Dems want to do away with secret ballot elections so that intimidation tactics can be used to make them vastly more powerful. The Orwellian "Employee Free Choice Act" — supported by Obama — entails forcing businesses to recognize a union even where the majority of workers don't want to unionize.
Taxes. Obviously an economic slowdown is not a good time to raise taxes. Yet Obama has made it clear he will jack taxes through the ceiling. Supposedly this will only affect "the rich." Anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of economics knows that it will hurt us all by crippling the economy.
Ecolunacy. Cap and trade schemes based on the fictional global warming crisis would make a recession permanent by inflicting punitive taxation on all economically productive activity. I hope the polar bears appreciate it.
Voting rights. Election-day voter registration is already leading to chaos in Ohio. This would likely go national, as anything that facilitates voter fraud helps Democrats, whose appeal is to moral degenerates who don't feel they should have to earn anything, including election victories. Felons may get the right to vote nationwide — another big boon to Democrats, for obvious reasons.
Freedom of speech. Some new form of the "Fairness Doctrine" would be employed to shut up Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and anyone else who might use the airwaves to rally resistance against socialism. Next the Left would target the Internet, under the guise of "net neutrality." But don't worry, Keith Olbermann will still to be around to keep you informed.
Special interests. It will be Christmas every day for teachers unions and trial lawyers. There are limits to how much damage termites can do to a structure before it is no longer sound.
Terrorism. Look for O.J. Simpson–style civil courts for every last foreign terrorist who comes into custody. Hamas has its reasons for endorsing Obama.
As the WSJ concludes:
In both 1933 and 1965, liberal majorities imposed vast expansions of government that have never been repealed, and the current financial panic may give today's left another pretext to return to those heydays of welfare-state liberalism. Americans voting for "change" should know they may get far more than they ever imagined. If the media gets its way next month, moonbattery may corrode America past the point of no return.
Well said.
We are not for McPain but against Oprah’s Obama. We vote against someone, not for someone.
The United Sattes Military will be decimated, because true patriots will not sign up to defend a Marxist. So the draft will be back and the military will become cannon fodder to be sent to hand out food and water anywhere the Islamicists assure us they will not attack.
“Do you really think ...” You’re becoming a parody of your usual Obamatron self. Would your last name start with “P”, Ross.
It was nice conversing with everyone over the years. Nice knowing you all.
McCain's agreement with Democrats, including Obama, on matters of amnesty and climate change are matters of public record. So is his vote for the $700 Billion Socialist bailout.
McCain has also widely and publicly touted his "bipartisan" approach to surrendering to the Left, and his fondness for flagrant Marxists (Al Gore, Andrew Cuomo, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Ted Kennedy), leftist Democrats (Joe Lieberman), and RINO betrayers (Mel Martinez, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani) are well-documented matters of fact. Hell, he even openly considered appointing Al Gore to his future Cabinet to assist in tackling "climate change."
So, frankly, there are a few possibilities to consider here. Do you disagree with me that McCain's approaches to amnesty, bailouts, and climate change will cause permanent damage to the United States? Alternatively, are you on drugs? (Ingesting the wrong sort of magic shrooms can cause one to develop leftist tendencies.) Or, perhaps, are you just yelling "Nah! Nah! I don't want to hear the truth!" and trying to hide from the reality that McCain is a liberal RINO at best and a collaborator with the Marxists at worst?
You are welcome to reply in a civil, polite, and intelligent manner, instead of the juvenile name-calling that you have so far exhibited towards me in multiple threads (and that is usually indicative of reduced mental capacity).
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What is most devastating is that Russia, China and the terrorists are poised to take advantage of such an opportunity and it will have dire consequences for the rest of the world as well. Israel is going to be attacked and Obama is not exactly the man you want as CIC let alone the damage he will do domestically.
You left out amnesty, which will make the Dems the permanent majority party. You not only legalize the status of the 12 to 20 million illegals already here, you allow another 66 million to 100 million LEGAL immigrants to enter via chain migration, i.e., family reunification.
They’ll legalize all the illegal aliens, voter fraud will be even worse and they will stack the courts. I really think that is wishful thinking. If Obama wins say goodbye to opposition because the thugs that the Demonrats are will turn this into a totalitarian state.
Not good choices IMO, except maybe Rapa Nui. The Galapagos are too closely supervised and permits (For visiting boats) are expensive. I have my own hideouts selected in the Pacific but I'm not telling the world about them. d;^)
Don't count on it. There are an awful lot of people in this country nowadays that are willing to trade liberty for government handouts, as De Toqueville said. We may have reached the tipping point.
Note: this topic is from 10/17/2008. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
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