Obama is a 1960's liberal, will McCain capitalize?.... lets face it, probably not.

Barack Obama is a huge, huge, ultra liberal/populist. He wants to increase taxes, increase spending, and drastically increase the role of government in the lives of everyday people. If we only had a true conservative... or even a moderate conservative running against him who could capitalize on how liberal Obama is..., but we don't. We have McCain, who is basically Obama-lite.

The last few days Obama and McCain have been taking shots at each other and linking each other to past presidents. Obama wants to characterize McCain as being the 3rd Bush Term, and so McCain has decided to push back by calling him Jimmy Carter's 2nd Term. Hmm... lets discuss shall we?

Barack Obama:

"We were promised a fiscal conservative, and instead we got the most fiscally irresponsible administration in history." - Barack Obama in a speech on the economy yesterday.

Oh. My. God. Is a democrat actually complaining about fiscal responsibility? Part of this is the old Democratic Party saw that there was a five trillion dollar surplus at the end of the Clinton Administration that has now gone up in smoke. C'mon Mr. Obama. That surplus was on paper only, projected out for 20 years in the future and assuming huge economic growth each year with no down turns in the economy. Please. But your right, Bush has been fiscally irresponsible. We started a whole new entitlement program with Medicaid Part D and we drastically increased spending across the board.

But is the Democratic Party really one to complain? Especially Barack Obama. This is a party that is ready to pay for everything for everyone. How many trillions is universal healthcare going to cost? How many trillions and how many new powerful agencies will have to be created for all this climate change and health care and everything else? Haven't the other liberal gold standards of Social Security and Medicare already put this country 60 trillion dollars in debt? Oh, thats right, they have.

"That’s why I’ve called for another round of fiscal stimulus, an immediate $50 billion to help those who’ve been hit hardest by this economic downturn"

Wow, just a few paragraphs after talking about fiscal responsibility this guy decides to take credit for the stimulus package and then calls for another one. Oh goody, another loan to ourselves. All these politicians act like they are just giving us money out of the goodness of their hearts, as if they someone had to work for the money. Its our money you jerk! Money that we basically have to pay back to the government next year and the year after. And for those of us who are very well employed, we are basically loaning our fellow citizens money, so why are you acting like your so great for supporting it?

"I’ve called for the immediate creation of a $10 billion Foreclosure Prevention Fund to provide direct relief to victims of the housing crisis. We’ll also help those who are facing foreclosure refinance their mortgages so they can stay in their homes at rates they can afford."

Wow, another spending proposal. How 'bout that huh? Now he wants the government to save people from lost their mortgage. This is just so wrong. A lot of people were speculating in the market and got caught. A lot of people were basically renters because they were paying interest only loans and didn't even have equity in the house. Some people bought way too much house that they couldn't have afforded. I've been saving for a house for years. I could have done something dumb like a lot of these people, but I'm patient and I've been waiting. Waiting for prices to drop like they are right now as people sell their homes. But now, this Senator wants to take my tax money and actually prevent the market system from working. He's going to take my money and those of other responsible people and basically use it to make it harder for us to get a house again by keeping prices high and ensuring that people stay in homes they probably should never have bought.

"We will give every American the chance to get the same kind of health care that Members of Congress give themselves"

Good lord. How many trillions of dollars is that going to cost. We've already bankrupted our children and grandchildren. I guess Obama wants to bankrupt a few more generations down the line.

"I’ll make oil companies like Exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits,"

Oh. Okay. So, thanks for raising our costs Obama. This will only make oil companies produce less oil domestically, decreasing our supply and companies of any type always pass on their taxes to the consumers because... ahem, we are the only place they get money from.

"We will not privatize Social Security, we will not raise the retirement age, and we will save Social Security for future generations by asking the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share."

Good grief. What country has Obama been living in? The top 50% of wage earners pay 96% of the federal taxes. Maybe we should stop demonizing the rich. Has Obama not heard that Social Security as it is currently structured is trillions of dollars in the whole? What is so wrong with us keeping our own money and investing it or spending it as we see fit. Especially since the supposed Social Security Trust Fund has been raided for decades and all of the money is basically gone.


"every single proposal that I’ve made in this campaign is paid for – because I believe in pay-as-you-go" Yes. we'll pay as he goes and does whatever he wants in the name of liberalism.
I feel thats enough for now. I'll talk about McCain tomorrow...