Postby dolfan » October 13th, 2008, 3:54 am
I am afraid of an Obama presidency. I am for doing whatever is necessary to prevent it. However, one thing that will not prevent it is what looks to be irrational fear-mongering like throwing shadows of suspicion on Obama's birthplace. There's no credible evidence that he wasn't born in Hawaii. He's an American. Let's move on.
There's plenty of rational fear-mongering to do. The Drudge Report has a link to a commentary in the Washington Times today by Michael Barone that illustrates one prime example of it (freedom of speech will be limited due to the "thugocracy" of liberals under his watch). Of course, there's lots and lots more.
This all would've been well and fine if McCain had done it himself. Relying on surrogates to do the dirty work (in slipshod fashion, I might add) and being all deferential and almost apologetic to Obama has done McCain more harm than good. Saying he'd consult with Al Gore on environmental policy is a scary enough proposition in itself to counter almost any legitimate fears of Obama many have. McCain is his own worst enemy. If the presidency is important enough to fight for, it is important enough to fight dirty for. McCain is either an incurable dupe or intentionally shortsighted, or worse -- he wanted to be the nominee but didn't want the job.
Human government bears the same relation to hell as the church bears to heaven. (David Lipscomb, On Civil Government, 72).