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The Comprehensive Argument Against Barack Obama

As we draw to the close of this endless election (perhaps we should call it a war at this point?) some conservative forces have sought to assemble a final argument against the qualifications and record of Barack Obama. For the record, I don’t find a lot of traction in a number of these points but, for those with an open mind, I would offer you the opportunity to review the charges. The list has been assembled and published by my good friend Ed Morrissey in conjunction with Mary Katharine Ham and Guy Benson.

There are a number of videos and links provided and they bring up the following points:

1. Abortion
2. Taxes
3. Radical Associations
4. Policy Judgment
5. Disdain for the Heartland
6. The Race Card
7. Lack of Accomplishments

Some of these areas are obviously more valid than others for yours truly. The abortion issue is still important to many voters, but has largely gone under the radar this year. It wasn’t even mentioned in the debates until the last one. Not a defining issue for me this year, but you may find the material of interest if it’s a chief concern of yours. Taxes, obviously, are of concern to pretty much everyone. The charges seem to be that Obama is talking tax cuts now but has been a big tax-and-spend guy in the past. Again… you may be the judge.

I’ll take 3, 5 and 6 all in one batch here. I don’t really care. It’s not in my radar and looks like red meat that doesn’t play where I vote. Policy judgment and lack of experience are, in my opinion, certainly fair game and should be considered by all.

Again, each person can judge each chapter for themselves, but there’s lots of material, videos and links for you to explore should you care to delve in. Good luck, and let us know what you think.

  • I'll agree that policy judgment and lack of experience are valid areas of concern for Obama, UNTIL you look at what the alternative is. Fact is, McCain could've been much more effective on these points had he not shown his immense lack of judgment in picking an inexperienced - nay, worse: incurious - governor from Alaska as his running mate to placate his base. We may well feel a rocky start in Obama's first term; I'm sure there will be bumps along the way as he gets a feel for things. But at this point, it looks much better than McCain's lurching, impulsive, hot-headed campaign has been.
  • pacatrue
    That 3 and 5 made the list says something about conservatives.

    Though perhaps I shouldn't complain about 5. I get annoyed by much of the McCain campaign's disdain for anyone not in "the heartland" such that much of America isn't even considered real America anymore. And I've spent almost every day of my life in small towns from the heartland (Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Minnesota). Such comments remind me of Mayor Nagin's Chocolate City. Don't politicans today realize there's this thing called the national media?

    However, that annoyance is mostly just annoyance and I hope it wouldn't make my top 10 reasons why McCain would be a bad President.
  • JSpencer
    I've considered all 7 points at various times, and don't find any reasons compelling enough to give me pause in my decision to vote for Obama. Actually I'm kind of fascinated by the idea anyone could be on the fence at this late juncture... in the same way I might be fascinated watching a person without a blindfold have difficulty zeroing in on a pinata.
  • Jim_Satterfield
    1,3,5 & 6 are BS. 7 was castrated when McCain put Palin in a position to inherit the job should something bad happen to him. McCain proved his weakness on number 4 by voting with Bush 90% of the time and refusing to come to grips with even the desire by the Iraqis for us to leave in a "short" time frame. Since I'm not a Republican I'm not that sure that spend and borrow is all that superior to tax and spend so there goes number 2. Wow. I don't even have to go read Hot Air. That was easy.
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