Posted by
Steve on Monday, October 12, 2009 5:45:33 PM
This morning, I was giving an older daughter a ride to an appointment. On the way, she asked me if I supported Obama. I told her that I didn’t support Obama. She asked me why I do not support Obama. I thought about that for a moment then summed it up with one word, socialism. I do not think that socialism is an American value. Since socialism is not an American value, it should be defeated wherever it is found.
My ancestor, Richard Warren, came over here on the Mayflower. When the Mayflower Pilgrims first started Plymouth colony, they owned everything in common. As a result of this common ownership, the colony almost died out. William Bradford quickly allowed private ownership and the colony thrived. They proved that common ownership may sound good on paper, in practice it does not work. Private ownership of property always does better than common ownership. Even the Soviet Union found this out. They had large collective farms that could hardly produce enough food to keep the farmers that worked the farms fed. After a while, they allowed the farm families to have private ownership of some small property. The privately owned property out produced the common ownership property by many times. The reason is that people will work harder for themselves than they will for someone else. The key is just that simple.
People may say that I do not support Barack Obama because he is black. I have a black son and a black daughter. How could I discriminate against Obama and then look my children in the eye? No, I do not support Barack Obama strictly on policy and philosophy. I have nothing against a black person holding the job of President. I wish it had happened sooner. I also wish that it had happened with a black person with a better outlook on life. I had said for years that we are nearly ready for a black President. I had also predicted that the black President would be Republican. My reasoning is that Democrats have some built in problems. The main one is that they are soft on defense. Barack Obama is a perfect example of a Democrat being soft on Defense. I also think that the first woman President and the first Hispanic President will be Republican for the same reason.
Obama’s healthcare plan is socialist in nature. Whether it is socialist, communist, fascist or whatnot, the point is that it tends to be socialist. Since it tends to be socialist, I oppose the plan on principle. Everything else Obama has proposed is socialist.
Barack Obama surrounds himself with communists and other radicals. His advisors do not read like what you would expect to see in America. Even if you subscribe to the theory that all America is liberal, not all liberals are communists and fascists. Most liberals are regular ordinary people that you can talk to. Obama has picked the worst from the worst to be his advisors. That to me shows at least extremely poor judgment. Most likely it shows that his views are extremely close to those of his advisors. He keeps telling us that they are not the same as his advisors, but I see no evidence except his word. His word does not mean much as he is constantly in a state of telling a lie. With Bill Clinton his lips had to be moving to be sure it was a lie. With Obama, just seeing him we know that he is telling us another lie.
No, I oppose Obama strictly on policy. I have nothing against his race. Since I am so strongly against his policies, some may take it that I have a hidden agenda against his race. I do not. I have many friends that are black. I work with blacks all the time. I have had many black supervisors that I thought did excellent jobs. To me, black is just a help in identifying the person like hair color or height.