Why Not Vote for Obama?

Why not vote for Obama, you ask?  I would have to first answer that question with a question: Why vote for Obama?

That said, a great place to start looking at the "Why nots" is the Guy Benson, Mary Katherine Ham, and Ed Morrissey written post entitled "The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama".

Now, to my summarized list:

• Higher Taxes: The Joe the Plumber run-in says it all.  When push comes to shove, even Obama's so called "concern for the middle class guy" is shown not to be true.  In a bad economy, Obama's answer is to yank more money out of the economy so the experts, in government, can use it.  What exactly has big government done right?  Congress at a 10% approval rating, the president in the 20% range....and these are the ones we want to give our hard earned cash to?


• Abortion: Obama is known to think that a having a baby is punishment for teens.  We do know that the thoughts on abortion are above his pay grade (while all along running for a position that requires tough decisions). These thing said, Barack Obama action's have shown he is even more of an abortion supporter than NARAL.  NARAL is ok with the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, Barack Obama is not.


• Defense Cut Backs: At a time we need to show strength to the rest of the world, Barack Obama wants to severely cut back our defensive capabilities.  History shows that things like the Berlin Wall coming down did not occur because of negotiations but from a show of strength. 


• Broken Promises:  Barack Obama promised to use public financing for his campaign.  He also promised to negotiate with John McCain, should he decide not to use public financing.  He then waffled away from it.  What other promises are he going to run away from?


• Free Speech (Fairness Doctrine): Both Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have come out in favor of the Fairness Doctrine.  This, known as the Hush Rush movement, would take us back to the past in terms of regulations.  Individual radio stations would be required to have an exact match of conservative and liberal viewpoints.  No longer could we have a pure liberal (Air America) or a pure conservative channel.  If it gets past the House and the Senate, a president Obama would surely sign it.


• Not Qualified: Even in his own words, he's not qualified.  Like the broken promises part above, this guy is all over the map in terms of the things he says.  No consistency. 

-Colonel Steve