Election 2008, McCain or Obama? It's a Hobson's Choice.
Thomas Hobson was the operator of the stables in Cambridge, England back in the 17th Century, and when a customer came to rent a horse, he was given one choice, the first horse in line. The alternative was to walk. It is from this story, that we now have in our vernacular the phrase "a Hobson's choice," meaning a choice that is no choice.
The phrase has evolved to imply a choice between two equally bad options, but the original definition is still the preferred one.
In this 2008 election, Americans are presented with a choice between what may be the worst two options in the past 100 years:
To make matters worse, there's not a dimes worth of difference between the two of them on two of the most important issues (I'm tempted to say crises here) facing the American voter, the blight of uncontrolled illegal immigration and the farcical myth of Anthropogenic Global Warming.
Both of these candidates seem to be Hell bent on destroying our culture by granting what amounts to automatic citizenship to all illegal aliens with nothing more than a slap on their collective wrists for violating our national sovereignty and our nations laws.
Both of these candidates also seem equally Hell bent on destroying our nation's economy by imposing pointless restrictions on our consumption of hydrocarbons and their consequent emissions of CO2.
Their attitudes seem to be. "Why let the free market do something when the government can do it?" Of course the last word off of that sentence, worse. "Why let the free-market do something when the government can do it worse?"
What do we know about John McCain?
Well, we know that he revels in his reputation as a "maverick," even to the point of "sticking it" to his fellow Republicans. He loves to brag about "crossing the aisle" (between the Republicans and Democrats in the Senate) in order to get something accomplished. Unfortunately, everything he has accomplished in that manner has been an anathema to those who believe in our constitution.
This sad form of "cooperation" has led to:
Thus we are faced with the electoral equivalent of a Hobson's choice, the choice between the only horse available, an old beat up war horse, cantankerous and mean, but wise in the ways of the world and war, or nothing...an empty suit with a smooth seductive patter.
Obama lacks both the informational and intellectual depth and the breadth of knowledge of the issues confronting America to present a real alternative. He is the analogue equivalent of a jittery, wobbly legged, inexperienced colt to John McCain's old war horse.
With Obama, America would be rolling the dice as we have never rolled them before. He's naive enough to believe that meeting with our international adversaries without any pre-conditions would be advantageous to America.
He actually believes that Americans are stupid enough to vote for a slogan "A Change You Can Believe In" thus illustrating the contempt that he and his handlers have for the American voters. For many on the Left, unfortunately he is correct, they prefer the easy, "feel good," nebulous offerings of the Obama campaign to the tough choices real solutions require.
I will in the next few articles provide a glimpse into the abyss, pulling information directly from the Obama for President web page, I will show what an Obama-nation will look like.
The first heads up for those who love freedom and understand the threat that a Leftist government presents is the following quotation from Obama himself...in discussing his intended expansion of the American's with disabilities act.
The world has had experience with people who believed in "shap[ing] attitudes." During the cold war, our enemies were very good at running "re-education camps" and using their educational institutions to promote a specific social agenda, replacing education of substance with propaganda.
Such a suggestion is the antithesis of the freedom of ideas and speech which most Americans hold very dear and for which hundreds of thousands of Americans throughout our nation's history have given their lives to defend.
That is the vision Obama and his handlers in the Leftist organizations of America offer our citizens.
As with all Liberal ideas, the intent is noble but the execution is execrable. The inevitable unintended consequences of such a suggestion is a further erosion of individual freedom in America.
This is not my vision for America and it was not the vision of our Founding Fathers when they built this greatest of nations.
McCain may not be my cup of tea, but the America he offers is far better than the enslavement those in the Obama camp offer.
As I have stated, a Hobson's choice...McCain and freedom or Obama and enslavement, a choice that is not a choice.
As the great Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Long Live Our American Republic!!!
The phrase has evolved to imply a choice between two equally bad options, but the original definition is still the preferred one.
In this 2008 election, Americans are presented with a choice between what may be the worst two options in the past 100 years:
- A small, gruff, cantankerous, old retired Navy Captain whose mental stability is more than a little suspect, but who served his nation with honor both in the military and as a United States Senator for 20 years.
- A tall, attractive, smooth talking empty suit with great oratory skill and no ideas.
To make matters worse, there's not a dimes worth of difference between the two of them on two of the most important issues (I'm tempted to say crises here) facing the American voter, the blight of uncontrolled illegal immigration and the farcical myth of Anthropogenic Global Warming.
Both of these candidates seem to be Hell bent on destroying our culture by granting what amounts to automatic citizenship to all illegal aliens with nothing more than a slap on their collective wrists for violating our national sovereignty and our nations laws.
Both of these candidates also seem equally Hell bent on destroying our nation's economy by imposing pointless restrictions on our consumption of hydrocarbons and their consequent emissions of CO2.
Their attitudes seem to be. "Why let the free market do something when the government can do it?" Of course the last word off of that sentence, worse. "Why let the free-market do something when the government can do it worse?"
What do we know about John McCain?
Well, we know that he revels in his reputation as a "maverick," even to the point of "sticking it" to his fellow Republicans. He loves to brag about "crossing the aisle" (between the Republicans and Democrats in the Senate) in order to get something accomplished. Unfortunately, everything he has accomplished in that manner has been an anathema to those who believe in our constitution.
This sad form of "cooperation" has led to:
- McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Law which effectively restricts the right of all Americans to free speech.
- McCain-Kennedy Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill, which was effectively a grant of blanket amnesty to all illegal immigrants.
- McCain-Liebermann, which would have bankrupted our economy by imposing unnecessary limits to carbon dioxide emissions and imposed a "cap and trade" system of carbon taxation.
I guess "bi-partisanship" isn't all it's cracked up to be, John.
What exactly do we know about Barack Hussein Obama?
- We are told he taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago School of Law, though how he did that I am at a loss to say as he apparently has only a very faint passing acquaintance with what the Constitution says, if one judges his knowledge from his (very brief) Senate voting record and the policies he supports.
- We know that his is the most Liberal voting record of all 100 members in the Senate.
- We know that he is a black separatist (sorry, one cannot attend a black separatist church for 23 years and not agree with what is being preached there), unless he is a liar and only attended that church for crass political reasons, which would make him a hypocrite and a liar of the most cynical sort.
- We know that the policies he supports are socialist by nature, increasing governmental power in our markets, our culture and our lives.
- We know that he lacks any experience in dealing with foreign powers. He mistakes our enemies (dictators, Castro of Cuba, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Kim Jong Il of North Korea, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran) for our friends and our friends (the Israeli people and their democratically elected government, the people of Iraq and their democratically elected government, our military leaders, and our troops in Iraq) for our enemies.
- We know that he has not been to Iraq for over two and one-half years yet he has proclaimed the troop surge a "failure." "A failure," without having even been to Iraq to see whether or not the surge has been working. I believe that this is what Democrats like to describe as "Shooting from the hip."
- We know he lacks the courage to take a stand. Obama's inability to take a stand came under scrutiny when his record of voting "present" 129 times while in the Illinois State Legislature, but that record pales in comparison to is record in the US Senate. According to Project Vote Smart, from January 2005, his first day in the US Senate, through June 10th of this year, this courageous Senator has "not voted" 232 times out of a total of 544 votes...ahem...that's approximately 42% of the time.
Thus we are faced with the electoral equivalent of a Hobson's choice, the choice between the only horse available, an old beat up war horse, cantankerous and mean, but wise in the ways of the world and war, or nothing...an empty suit with a smooth seductive patter.
Obama lacks both the informational and intellectual depth and the breadth of knowledge of the issues confronting America to present a real alternative. He is the analogue equivalent of a jittery, wobbly legged, inexperienced colt to John McCain's old war horse.
With Obama, America would be rolling the dice as we have never rolled them before. He's naive enough to believe that meeting with our international adversaries without any pre-conditions would be advantageous to America.
He actually believes that Americans are stupid enough to vote for a slogan "A Change You Can Believe In" thus illustrating the contempt that he and his handlers have for the American voters. For many on the Left, unfortunately he is correct, they prefer the easy, "feel good," nebulous offerings of the Obama campaign to the tough choices real solutions require.
I will in the next few articles provide a glimpse into the abyss, pulling information directly from the Obama for President web page, I will show what an Obama-nation will look like.
The first heads up for those who love freedom and understand the threat that a Leftist government presents is the following quotation from Obama himself...in discussing his intended expansion of the American's with disabilities act.
"We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes and discrimination. That policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped, and buildings and organizations must be designed to ensure that everyone has the ability to get the education they need and live as independent citizens in their own communities."I take special notice of the phrase "attitudes must be shaped," I don't know about you but those are very frightening words coming from a potential President of the United States. There is a vast difference between "convincing people" which implies changing minds through reasoned debate, with compelling arguments and "shaping attitudes," which implies governmental coersion.
The world has had experience with people who believed in "shap[ing] attitudes." During the cold war, our enemies were very good at running "re-education camps" and using their educational institutions to promote a specific social agenda, replacing education of substance with propaganda.
Such a suggestion is the antithesis of the freedom of ideas and speech which most Americans hold very dear and for which hundreds of thousands of Americans throughout our nation's history have given their lives to defend.
That is the vision Obama and his handlers in the Leftist organizations of America offer our citizens.
As with all Liberal ideas, the intent is noble but the execution is execrable. The inevitable unintended consequences of such a suggestion is a further erosion of individual freedom in America.
This is not my vision for America and it was not the vision of our Founding Fathers when they built this greatest of nations.
McCain may not be my cup of tea, but the America he offers is far better than the enslavement those in the Obama camp offer.
As I have stated, a Hobson's choice...McCain and freedom or Obama and enslavement, a choice that is not a choice.
As the great Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Long Live Our American Republic!!!
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