Posted by
John - History Buff and Philosophy Buff on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:10:06 PM
My Dad use to tell us kids when we were young a lesson he learned in the U.S. Army in the early 60s. He had a sergent that use to tell him "Never aim your piece at a man unless you mean to kill him." This is a valuable lesson in that if you threaten a certain action, you must be prepared to actually take that action. I don't believe that any of the politicians in this country have learned that lesson.
We hear so many campaign promises. However, if someone actually kept track, and there maybe such a person, then I believe the promises kept are rare. In most cases, if we as people who provide services do not keep our word to our customers, then we would be fired or the customer will not return. Why is this any different with the politicians? It should not be any different. Politicans get elected based upon what they say they will do for the American people. But when it comes to actually doing the things they said they would do, it rarely gets done. If I hired someone to build an addition onto my house, and I was told it would cost so much and by the time it got done it cost twice as much, I would be very upset and looking for ways to not have to pay. I was told it would cost so much and that is what I would expect the job to cost. Even if before the job was finished I knew that the contractor was not doing a good job or was running well over budget, I would fire them for not doing a good job or not keeping the job within the cost which is why the contractor was hired in the first place.
If we look at the promises from both candidates for president, I think that we can say that neither one will keep all their promises; which is a given anymore in a presidental election. However, when you take a look at the one whose broken promises will hurt the Amercian people and turn this nation into something never intended, then Obama is the one that will drive this country into the ground. Not only will he break his promises but he will do exactly what he said he would not do. He says that he will only raise taxes on the top wage or income earners. This is a lie; he will raise taxes on most, if not all, of us. He says he will protect small businesses but his spending policies, which will require higher taxes to fund, will drive small business out of business. This will hurt the economy more.
For instance, Obama has stated that he wants to halt foreclosures. Think about this for a minute. We are in the middle of a financial crisis with the credit market tightening. When someone fails to pay their mortgage, the bank does not have income from that loan. The way for the bank to get back some of that loan is to foreclose on that property and sell it. Halting foreclosures prevents banks from getting back something on a bad loan. This is a very bad idea in the mist of a credit crisis and the financial crisis. Obama is very bad for this country. Also, read the dissertation of Obama's wife. It becomes clear that she is an angry black woman who words ring true when you read that. When she stated that "for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country", she was telling the truth for once. It is clear by her dissertation that she was never proud of her country until her statement. By reading her dissertation, it becomes clear that she hateed her country until she got to be one step away from the White House. Think about how much she will hate this country if her husband fails to win the White House. She is as dangerous as he is and we are in trouble if he wins the white house.
Lastly, McCain said this week that he will kick Obama's you-know-what in the debate. Now that he has threatened it, he better have the goods to delivery it. If he does not kick Obama's butt, like he said he would do, then he has lost this election. If he was/is not sure he could/can do it, then he should not have threatened it. McCain better pull the trigger during the debate since he has now aimed his piece at Obama.....