Good reasons
Let me summarize my reasons for preferring McCain to Obama.
1. Obama is a first term Senator, he has no experience whatsoever as an executive in any organization and he has very limited Congressional experience (2 years). He has never served in the military and does not quailify to be Commander-in-Chief of the US Forces. For those who would immediately quote the level of experience of George W. Bush to me, I voted for Al Gore! By contrast, John McCain is a military man, spent 20 years in the US forces, and after his release from a Vietnamese prison camp, where he acted honorably and with distrinction, he was elected to Congress and has served 20 years, and has a long and distinguished record of legislative accomplishment. These are the undeniable facts. Note that I do not refer to any debates, interviews, or Vice-Presidential candidates in making this decision. The reason to me is straightforward and self-evident and McCain is a truly exceptional candidate for President.
2. Obama has had a series of unfortunate and unpleasant associations. The first that came to light was that with his pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who is on record as being a Black nationalist with anti-American and anti-Semitic views. It is unbelievable that in 20 years Obama claims that he did not know of these views, and his attempt to first disassociate himself from Wright's views and then finally from Wright himself were disingenuous. Obama's rapid political rise was fostered and financed by a series of unpleasant characters, including Tony Rezko (a slum landlord with mob connections), Emil Jones (the Democratic Speaker of the Illinois Senate), Rick Davis and William Ayers (former leading leftist "weathermen") and Rashid Khalidi (a Chicago financier and supporter of Palestinian "resistance"). All of these associations have been documented and details are available on the internet. To my knowledge noone has brought to light any similar set of assocations of McCain. All politicians need to take funds from somewhere, but Obama seems to have been less scrupulous than most.
3. Israel and its survivial is the most significant issue on my political agenda. I judge politicians not mainly on what they say in prepared speeches, but on their actions. In this arena Obama, who may be superficially friendly to Israel, has no past accomplishments and being the most liberal Senator in the Senate has little to commend him. By contrast, McCain has overtly supported Israel for many years. Given the ongoing war on terrorism and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the potential threat from Iran, McCain is someone who can be trusted with this great responsibility.
4. The current economic crisis has to some extent influenced the Presidential campaign. Since a Republican is in office, more votes have flowed to the Democratic candidate, Obama. But, Democrats are traditionally the "tax and spend" crowd, while Republicans are generally the "lean Government" folks. Now it so happens that a Republican (Bush) has presented the "bail-out" package to Congress, but both parties were responsible for the current economic situation, and both have voted for this bail-out/rescue package, in fact more Democrats than Republicans. So it is not really easy to blame any one party, and certainly it is not rational to vote Democrat when we are in this economic situation just because a Republican is in office.
5. Obama received the second largest amount of money from the mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Bill Clinton tried to introduce legislation during his Administration to regulate these two huge financial organizations. He was opposed by the Democratic Congress, and one of his few allies was Sen. McCain. This is a matter of public record and was attested to by Clinton in a recent speech (at the Clinton Global Initiative). They saw this financial crisis coming, but the Democratic controlled Congress failed to support them.
6. One of the main reasons given by many Democrats to vote for Obama is that they are anti-Bush. While McCain has voted a lot with Bush, note that the Democrats controlled the Houses of Congress and so it was their support that allowed Bush's legislative program to be passed and implemented. But, McCain is about as far from Bush as it is possible to be and still call yourself a Republican. The antipathy between Bush and McCain is well-known and well documented. So being anti-Bush is not a good rational reason to vote for Obama.
7. Obama has not taken public funding for his campaign while McCain has. This means Obama does not have to disclose the sources of his contributions (he has more money than any other candidate in history), although it is illegal to take funds from non-US citizens. It is a matter of public record that George Soros is a big contributor to Obama's campaign, and his campaign recently lied when it said that they had returned $33,500 that came from Palestinian sources in Gaza. And you are not worried about this?
8. The VP candidates Palin and Biden are mere distractions from the main points listed above.
1. Obama is a first term Senator, he has no experience whatsoever as an executive in any organization and he has very limited Congressional experience (2 years). He has never served in the military and does not quailify to be Commander-in-Chief of the US Forces. For those who would immediately quote the level of experience of George W. Bush to me, I voted for Al Gore! By contrast, John McCain is a military man, spent 20 years in the US forces, and after his release from a Vietnamese prison camp, where he acted honorably and with distrinction, he was elected to Congress and has served 20 years, and has a long and distinguished record of legislative accomplishment. These are the undeniable facts. Note that I do not refer to any debates, interviews, or Vice-Presidential candidates in making this decision. The reason to me is straightforward and self-evident and McCain is a truly exceptional candidate for President.
2. Obama has had a series of unfortunate and unpleasant associations. The first that came to light was that with his pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who is on record as being a Black nationalist with anti-American and anti-Semitic views. It is unbelievable that in 20 years Obama claims that he did not know of these views, and his attempt to first disassociate himself from Wright's views and then finally from Wright himself were disingenuous. Obama's rapid political rise was fostered and financed by a series of unpleasant characters, including Tony Rezko (a slum landlord with mob connections), Emil Jones (the Democratic Speaker of the Illinois Senate), Rick Davis and William Ayers (former leading leftist "weathermen") and Rashid Khalidi (a Chicago financier and supporter of Palestinian "resistance"). All of these associations have been documented and details are available on the internet. To my knowledge noone has brought to light any similar set of assocations of McCain. All politicians need to take funds from somewhere, but Obama seems to have been less scrupulous than most.
3. Israel and its survivial is the most significant issue on my political agenda. I judge politicians not mainly on what they say in prepared speeches, but on their actions. In this arena Obama, who may be superficially friendly to Israel, has no past accomplishments and being the most liberal Senator in the Senate has little to commend him. By contrast, McCain has overtly supported Israel for many years. Given the ongoing war on terrorism and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the potential threat from Iran, McCain is someone who can be trusted with this great responsibility.
4. The current economic crisis has to some extent influenced the Presidential campaign. Since a Republican is in office, more votes have flowed to the Democratic candidate, Obama. But, Democrats are traditionally the "tax and spend" crowd, while Republicans are generally the "lean Government" folks. Now it so happens that a Republican (Bush) has presented the "bail-out" package to Congress, but both parties were responsible for the current economic situation, and both have voted for this bail-out/rescue package, in fact more Democrats than Republicans. So it is not really easy to blame any one party, and certainly it is not rational to vote Democrat when we are in this economic situation just because a Republican is in office.
5. Obama received the second largest amount of money from the mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Bill Clinton tried to introduce legislation during his Administration to regulate these two huge financial organizations. He was opposed by the Democratic Congress, and one of his few allies was Sen. McCain. This is a matter of public record and was attested to by Clinton in a recent speech (at the Clinton Global Initiative). They saw this financial crisis coming, but the Democratic controlled Congress failed to support them.
6. One of the main reasons given by many Democrats to vote for Obama is that they are anti-Bush. While McCain has voted a lot with Bush, note that the Democrats controlled the Houses of Congress and so it was their support that allowed Bush's legislative program to be passed and implemented. But, McCain is about as far from Bush as it is possible to be and still call yourself a Republican. The antipathy between Bush and McCain is well-known and well documented. So being anti-Bush is not a good rational reason to vote for Obama.
7. Obama has not taken public funding for his campaign while McCain has. This means Obama does not have to disclose the sources of his contributions (he has more money than any other candidate in history), although it is illegal to take funds from non-US citizens. It is a matter of public record that George Soros is a big contributor to Obama's campaign, and his campaign recently lied when it said that they had returned $33,500 that came from Palestinian sources in Gaza. And you are not worried about this?
8. The VP candidates Palin and Biden are mere distractions from the main points listed above.
posted by Jack Cohen at 11:42 AM
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