Be Prepared for Anything

There are several reasons, but I will try to break them down and simplify them for the sake of space. First of all know this: I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I ascribe to no political party. I am conservative in my thinking.  If I was forced by threat of having my nails ripped out to choose a political party, I think I’d be Libertarian. There are some Democrats I like, some I don’t like. Some Republicans I like, some I don’t like. I am not racist. My opinions on Obama have nothing to do with his skin color, his name, his origin of birth. Nothing. I wouldn’t care if he was green, purple or blue. So there.

1. I am an individual. I don’t like the “herd mentality” that so many people have fallen into. Obama is being touted as the most wonderful thing since sliced bread by the media and celebrities. It irks me to follow the crowd on this one.

2. I was a journalism major in college and thanks to that training, I don’t believe anything I read or hear from the national media. The adage “No news in the truth and no truth in the news” is one that I really believe.

3. Obama proclaims that he is the candidate for change. What kind of change does he mean to bring about? And who exactly is this change good for? I don’t think it’s good for me. I don’t think it’s good for my family.

4. I don’t trust Obama. Call this one just a gut reaction. I am generally pretty good at reading between the lines of what people say and seeing things a lot of people would miss. I think Obama has ulterior motives and an agenda that he’s not about to share publicly - BEFORE the election.

5. Broad, sweeping and sudden change is never a good thing (check out the Russian Revolution for one example). Sure, there are changes that need to be made. Sure I believe there are things that aren’t quite right. BUT I believe that Obama is not the answer.

6. I know this is an unpopular opinion - President Bush has been blamed repeatedly for the economic problems and pending recession in this country and everything else that goes wrong, BUT President Bush does not bear sole blame for the current state of the economy, the credit crisis, the fact that my cell phone doesn’t get a good signal in a lot of trees. If you look back over the past several years, you will see that many of the credit crisis problems were brought about by changes and policies instituted by other Administrations. You have to admit - it’s a pretty cool gimmick, do things then get someone else blamed for them! The credit crisis has come about from policies that started in 1977 and were tweaked during each subsequent Administration. For a better understanding of the timeline on this read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Reinvestment_Act for some good information.

7. Obama creeps me out. Even more than McCain’s hairdo. John Kerry gave me the same creepy, slimy feeling. He reminded me of a used-car salesman wearing a polyester leisure suit trying to sell me a lemon. Obama is the same - except with a bit more Anti-Christ vibe thrown in.

8. I don’t think Obama is qualified. Obama became an Illinois Senator a short time ago and what has he done during that time?  I feel that his Senate career was nothing more than a springboard for his Presidential run. I believe his only agenda in being elected to the Senate was simply so he could run for President. I don’t believe he is in any way, shape or form qualified to be the leader of this country. I doubt his patriotism based upon his own actions. I am suspicious of his professions of Christian faith. I think he is being naive (or letting his true agenda slip out) when he states he is going to negotiate with Iran. How in the world do you give warm fuzzies to a country who will never stop hating America or wanting to kill Americans????!!!

9. Every other country and people in the world have jumped on the Obama bandwagon. Is that not scary to anyone else? The fact that so many people in so many other countries are absolutely in love with a Presidential candidate in the United States. Helloooooo! Red flag!

Those are my top nine reasons for not voting for Obama. I would have listed 10, but then again, that would have put me in with the herd mentality that says a list must be the Top Ten.