Saturday, September 6, 2008
Vote for a Hero or Vote for a Zero!
That's the choice in this election. John McCain is a proven quantity, a hero who has put his life on the line for his country. He has served in the military for 22 years, in the Senate for 26. He has worked with both sides to craft legislation, and worked against both sides to fight waste. His opponent? The 'community activist' who spent only 3 years in the Senate, devoting most of his time there to running for President. A man with no military experience, no business experience, no executive experience. His biggest accomplishments are writing books about himself and running for office. To call him an empty suit is to insult empty suits worldwide. Change can be in either direction, and Hope is not a plan. In this election, the choice is simple.
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Obama's thin credentials are hard to deny; it's a shame the Democrats couldn't have come up with a stronger candidate. Unfortunately, McCain's credentials are long but not very good...he has quite a history of coming down on the wrong side of many issues.
As for military heroism, some conservatives exhibit remarkable hypocrisy regarding military heroism...they lauded GWB and ridiculed Kerry and his service to his country even though Kerry was a genuine military hero, intelligent, and credentialed; his character was impugned through association while GWB was given a free pass despite abysmal military performance, questionable intelligence and no accomplishments to speak of.
Perhaps it is time to force candidates and the electorate to have a serious discussion of the issues facing the country rather than sound-bites, juvenile ad-hominem attacks and name-calling (Hero or Zero...please!).
If conservatives and liberals can't come together for the good of the country and stop bickering, we're sunk (and it won't matter who pilots our ship to the bottom). At this point we need our best thinkers (from all political persuasions) taking a good hard look at the problems, having serious discussions, and trying to chart a course that will bring America out of its long malaise.
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