A Dose of Reality to East Coast Elitism

1. Both Obama and his running mate obtained substantial real estate assets from shady resources. Obama received a favorable valuation and lower than market loan for a residence in Chicago via the influence (and probably direct pay-outs) of an individual indicted for felony misdeeds; Biden somehow acquired hundreds of thousands of dollars of improvements to structures and real property for his personal residence on a senator's salary via cronyism, kickbacks, and "favors" from businesses and the investment banking firm where his son worked (I wonder who got his son that job?) for which he exerted influence on their behalf from his powerful Washington D.C. legislative position. Biden is the "pork" king of Delaware.

2. Obama fails to understand the requirements of leadership at a time when as a senator and leader of his party that leadership is needed as the country faces a financial crisis. Obama tests which way the wind is blowing before he acts, McCain instinctively knows where he is needed to help and lead. Obama is an analyzer who is easily confused and drowns in the facts, McCain has clarity of thinking and is decisive.

3. Obama supports partial birth abortion and, in fact, voted unbelievably while a legislator in Illinois against measures that would save a born baby's life that was born alive via a botched abortion. ("Thou shalt not kill. . . nor do anything like unto it." D&C 59:6) We have no record of Obama's chastity during the time he was a student at Columbia University and prior to his marriage because the record of his activities is murkey and he is not forthcoming about that time in his life. We do know through the admissions in his book that he often partook of illegal drugs as a young man though to this day he has not admitted the extent to which he partook of illegal drugs. McCain admitted publicly that he was primarily responsible for the single greatest moral failure of his life as being the failure of his marriage. Obama has never admitted he was wrong about anything or taken any personal responsibility for the many moral failures that are certainly part of his life's history. McCain is a true hero who suffered horribly in the service ofhis country.

4. Obama has a history of flip-flops, including most recently the various positions he took on the Russian invasion of Georgia, contradictory statements of the success of the surge in Iraq, senate votes to not fund our troops, his broken promise to subscribe to campaign finance reform during the pre-election period, etc. etc. Obama has misrepresented his relationship with a known "weatherman" terrorist and contrived excuses for his curious lack of knowledge about the preachings of his pastor, Reverend Wright, for twenty plus years as his faithful parishoner.

5. That is a matter of taste. If you like rap and soul music then I suppose the music at Obama's convention is for you. I prefer the wholesomness of country and classic, which was the fare at McCain's convention. I believe the music at McCain's convention tended to be more gospel acceptable and more in line with what the brethren would probably approve.

6. I believe it was a member of the first presidency who years ago stated something like a democrat (or maybe it was a liberal) is simply a member of the Church without a testimony. I think Bob Hope's clip has it about right in our day.

7. Obama voted a year and a half ago for a tax increase to Americans making as low as $42,000 a year. Obama does not count the roll back of the Bush tax cuts which he advocates as a tax increase, which it is. Also, it doesn't matter what a politician like Obama states on the campaign trail, it is what he most assuredly will do if elected. Can a serious person doubt with a straight face that Obama and the democrats will significantly raise taxes on everyone to fund their vision of government expansion?

8. Many of the problems in our country can trace themselves to the abuse of legal thinking that is pervasive. We have a lot of messed up lawyers in our country. Yep, that David Souter is a real legal intellect and Ruth Bader Ginsberg sure sees the Constitution from her former ACLU perch the same way I do. Runaway jury awards induced by trial lawyers have ruined whole industries--including the health industry. That trial lawyer, John Edwards, is the portrait of moral terpitude. Sarah Palin is more elegantly expressive, clearly understandable, and wise from her lifes' experiences than the stuttering Obama and windbag Biden will ever be. And McCain--he is a man of few words but decisive action, which is the definition of leadership.

9. Palin connects with main street America. She is a winner and instinctively optimistic. She believes in our country and makes no excuses for it. Her experience as an executive (Governor, Mayor, Oil Industry Regulator) exceeds Obama's slim background as an "Organizer" and State Legislator. The population of her State is not the issue--she has governed a huge area that provides a significant portion of our country's energy output. I wonder how many Delaware's would fit within the State of Alaska? Under her leadership her State has financed and constructed a $40B natural gas pipeline. She is obviously a great wife and mother and it is inappropriate to superficially make a judgment regarding her family situation. We do not know what makes it work for them, just as we don't know the requirements of many LDS women who are required to work outside the home due to their specific circumstance. It was obvious in tonight's debate that Palin was the genuine article and Biden a slimy, insincere politician who has only used words as a weapon for 36 yers. One report counted 16 misrepresentations in Biden's debate performance.

10. McCain doesn't remind me of the incarnation of Norman Bates (Tony Perkins) of the movie Psycho.

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