Curious Question

Barack Obama is learning the Miranda lesson of politics in the modern age. You've heard it on a thousand cop shows: "Anything you say can and will be used against you." Recently I've been given a small taste of that.

In the post below, Curious left the following comment:

I can vouch for the authenticity of the statement with 98.9% certainty. I don't know if I typed that here or in the comments elsewhere, but it is absolutely a position I would have taken. That gets me to at least 75%. Throw in the typo and you get almost complete certainty.

All of that aside, it's a very good question and one I have been wrestling with since the nominees became presumptive.

I dislike Barack Obama. I disagree with and to some extent fear the outright socialist principals he espoused during the primaries. Now that the nomination is his and he has begun to moderate those positions to seem more appealing to middle fo the road voters, I distrust him as well.

Does my antipathy to Obama equal that which I have for Mrs. Clinton? It is hard to say as it is difficult to separate out that portion of my loathing for her that is a part of Bill Clinton's legacy. The reality there is that you were not electing "A Clinton" but rather "The Clintons."

Loathing. Antipathy. Distrust. These are all very strong feelings. I have them for John McCain too.

McCain/Fiengold, the Gang of 14, The McCain/Kennedy Amnesty were bad enough now he's signed on the Global Warming Scam.

John McCain is a statist who hides his impulse to power under more conservative rhetoric that his opponent.

My opinion right now is that each would be equally horrible as president and each would do lasting damage to individual liberty in this country. Which is a thought without comfort since one of them will be president.

The only answer I can give to Curious is that I don't know. I hope Curious doesn't find that answer as unsatisfying as I do.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 07:24 PM | No Comments | Add Comment