November has been a tough month for me.  My favorite fighter, Randy Couture was laid out in the second round by a fighter with virtually no MMA experience.  Likewise, the very experienced John McCain was beaten down by Barack Obama.

It is no secret who I wanted to win this competition.  Obama has had no significant political achievement…until now.  This provider of “hope,” promises many things and managed to convince the voters he will fulfill his words.  For the sake of our nation, I hope he can run the country with the same efficiency he ran his campaign.

20 years ago I vowed to serve my God, and ten years ago I made the same vow to this nation.  “God and Country,” is the age old creedo.  My pastor challenged the church to support and pray for our new president even if we disagree with his decisions.  He wants us to assume his motives are pure and give him the benefit of the doubt.  As my Commander and Chief, I will follow his orders.

Those who wanted him to win will have the next four years to witness what he can accomplish as there is also a liberal majority in Congress.  There is no inner battle to fight when your team wins.  When your team is not the victor in a competition like this, bitterness is futile.

I challenge each of you to do the same thing as me.  Democrat or Republican, we are Americans first.  Even if we disagree with the choices made, we need to show our true character.  Instead of smearing his name in the dirt as we witnessed over these past 8 years, let’s vow to make a change.

All the bickering and whining about Bush achieved nothing.  Instead of whining we can help to create solutions to our nation’s problems and support those that already have.  An example of people making a difference is the Cell Phones for Soldiers charity.  These teenage girls saw soldiers not being able to call home and solved this problem.

What problem can we solve next?

It appears this will be my last stab at the man who has done nothing except give good speeches and provide “hope” before he is my new boss According to the polls, Obama should win. I am desperately hanging onto that margin of error. I am convinced even more he is the wrong man.

I started the quest on whom I would vote for awhile back. Neither party appeals to all my issues, so I truly do vote on who is the best in my mind. Digging in to issues like morals, character, and our nation’s future. McCain prevails in two of the three and Obama in none.

To start, I could not find one single act of good done by Obama. I even polled all the readers of this site and sifted the Internet. All I found was, “he gives me hope.” Well, so do the candles on a birthday cake!

Morals. Obama is on record saying he supports abortion. Also, he said concerning his daughters he will, “…teach them, first of all, values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.” What values or morals does that teach?

Then what put the nail in the coffin for me was how he answered Rick Warren in the video link above. Now, clearly Warren is a pastor and likely slanted to Republicans. However, Obama answered his questions about when a baby gets human rights. The lawyer in him came out and he said that it was above his “pay grade.” However, to a Planned Parenthood crowd he said the “first” thing he would do is sign the Freedom of Choice Act removing numerous restrictions on abortion.

Why didn’t he tell the Pastor this? He can’t answer a question if the answer is negative. This is not the character trait I want in the man telling me to take arms and defend our Constitution (which he doesn’t like how it is written anyway).

It is a true shame we are so willing to live in U.S.A. New motto, “God who?”

As mentioned a few weeks ago, one of our writers has predicted that Obama will win the election.  This week he shares his vision of what healthcare, foreign policy, and more will look like under the direction of President Obama.

To read his article, click here.

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Herself.

That is the opinion of several media pundits, and also one of our writers.  Recently, he posted an article with advise for John McCain’s presidential campaign, specifically on letting his running mate be who she is.

click here to read Chris’ full article.

With less than two weeks left in this campaign season, I am still not 100% positive on my choice for president.  There are really tough questions that I am faced with.  One, is Obama really this courier of hope or is he going to run our country even further into the ground?

For starters, I have immersed myself into the Internet to research the candidates.  I know that all of their “promises” are propaganda.  Even the ones they actually do care about still have two other branches of government to filter through.  My major strategy now is to focus on experience and decision making abilities.  McCain has miles of both.  Obama really has neither.

His choices in the past have been as a lawyer fighting banks to force them into giving loans to low income people (watch this: Burning Down the House - Our Economic Crisis); to associate with a known domestic terrorist (he still hasn’t denied); and my least favorite, disrespecting the flag.  Obama’s famous photo of not respecting the flag during the Pledge of Allegience angered me deeply.  As a military man, I cannot fathom the possibility of serving someone like this.  My friend actually emailed his campaign HQ and asked about this and they told him, “Sometimes he salutes the flag, and sometimes he doesn’t.”

For those who may be curious, it is actually a U.S. Code to place your hand on your heart during the Pledge or National Anthem.  In all of my anger, I still chose to have an open mind and try to find somethings about him that may be positive.  I turned to Google with the battle-cry from the theologian Janet Jackson, “What have you done for me lately?”  I was not surprised to find what I did…nothing.  The only thing that bloggers are saying is, “He gives me hope.”

Whew, hope.  That will get us out of our mess.  Seriously, are we relying on a lawyer who is known to associate with terrorists and chooses when he will be a patriot to run our country?

I open the floor to you, what good has he actually done?  Comments?

One of our writers has predicted that McCain will not win the presidential election.  Not only that, our writer has explained why Mr. McCain has lost this race.

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My least favorite years are election years. For the course of a year we have to listen to all the bickering between these politicians while they run for the primaries. Then once the parties settle on candidates it all starts over again for the presidential race. All the while, they sling mud at one another.  Why?

Before I dive into the why, I want to state my disgust for these “distinguished professionals.” Does anyone else find it funny that Hillary and Obama were at each other’s throats during the primaries and now she backs him? Each of them stated the other wasn’t qualified, but miraculously that has all changed. Integrity is not the cornerstone of politics that is for sure.

Why do politicians bring up all the negative stuff against the other? It keeps the opponent on the defense. When somebody insults you, your first instinct is to fire back. You strive to defend your self-esteem and even your reputation.

When you are on the defensive, you give up your attack strategies and eventually even the strongest defense can be penetrated. If you walk up to me at work to give me an assignment and I ask you why our lunch hour has been cut short under your new policy, you go on the defense. You will stand there defending your decision and get so infuriated at my battering of questions that you walk away angry and never give me the assignment.

When one politician attacks the other, the public wants to know the truth. There is now time lost from the campaign and pushing of issues to defend an image. Rarely do you see a politician’s defenses get broken down completely. More often than not, they answer the barrage with attacks of their own.

My favorite part of this equation is that they ensure the public they can boost diplomatic talks with other national leaders. These “distinguished professionals” can’t get along with Americans, how can they possibly talk to a nation that hates us? Then again, they get plenty of practice talking to people that hate them.

Who are you voting for this election year? Now for the more important question, why? There are many people who vote for a candidate based solely on conditions like party or affiliation. They are not truly informed about the issues and who would be the best leader. This is the equivalent of rooting on a football team because we like their name or uniform.

There are millions of people out there that are preparing to vote Republican or Democrat because that is what their party is. The best part is that most people are only following the conditioning of their parents and not even sure why they are voting that way. I was raised Democrat, and after learning more about the issues I learned that I side with a lot of Republican views. I try to imagine if I never questioned the views. I would be voting blindly.

It is even scarier now because there are a couple more variables thrown into the mix. Many people are not simply voting for a party but for a demographic. There will be many voters going for Obama just because he is black or McCain because he has a woman running mate. It is very scary to think that most people have no clue.

A friend of mine had someone approach him at fair. This person was an Obama supporter passing out stickers and buttons. He asked my friend if he wanted one. My friend said no, and the guy asked why. The response was because he is a Democrat like Clinton and Reagan…Reagan a Democrat?

I had numerous people approach and email me telling me to vote one way or another. When I ask why I should conform to their views they are usually lost. I am not a master of the issues but know enough to hold a conversation. I am also not ignorant enough to think that you will change your views because of my words.

It is very good to discuss issues and candidates. All I ask is that before you speak, do some actual research on your own.

John McCain was a major player in campaign finance reform. The McCain-Feingold Act, ironically, is coming back to haunt him. Political Action Committees (PACs) are allowed under the new regulations, provided that the committees do not coordinate with any campaign receiving federal funds. There are no limits as to how much a PAC can spend, and their messages tend to be much edgier than a candidate would allow.

Recently, several PACs entered the campaign in a nasty way. First up was new organization, BornAliveTruth.org. Gianna Jessen is an abortion survivor and now, at age 31, speaks out as part of the prolife cause. She is the new face of the PAC’s ads, which spotlight Obama’s votes against an act in Illinois that would protect babies who survive abortions.

Obama’s campaign immediately responded, wrongly claiming the McCain campaign was behind them and that several newpapers had called the ads sleazy. Several outlets had called McCain’s ads sleazy – but this wasn’t a McCain ad.

The liberal left has its share of attack PACs, and one seems to be targeting McCain’s past cancer diagnosis. Brave New PAC and Democracy for America sponsored the ads, which feature close ups of McCain’s cancer scars. McCain was diagnosed with melanoma in 2000 and had surgery on his face.

Many politicians felt these ads went beyond the pale, and Obama raced to distance himself. Unfortunately, one of the PACs involved is headed by DNC Chairman Howard Dean’s brother, and now several conservatives are calling for the Federal Election Committee to look into it.

With friends like that, who needs enemies?

There are just over 5 weeks to go until Election Day, and we can expect to see PACs ramp up the vitriolic mudslinging in days to come. Just when it seems they’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel, another, worse ad comes out.