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When you look at the Roosevelt cousins, you realize that although one was a Republican and one was a Democrat, they were not completely philosophically diametric.  Both believed that action was the best strategy for a president.  In TR’s case, he just believed he was better than others at determining what was right and what the best course of action was.  FDR genuinely believed that government could solve the ills of the financial world.

My gut feeling is that Obama is more FDR than he would even want to admit.  I think his administration will be one of great increased federal government reach and control.

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?

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?”

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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.

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?

To read his insightful article, click here.

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.