All we can do this Nov. 4 is hope
that the voting public looks beyond the
Barack Obama-praising media and honestly
looks at the real credentials of all
four candidates.
I honestly think that when the voter
steps inside the booth, closes the curtain
and pulls the lever, it will be for the
team so much more qualified to lead
America.
First of all, since the Obama campaign
would rather focus on Gov. Sarah
Palin rather than John McCain, we
should briefly list her credentials as I
will later list his.
I already discussed
Palin in my last column,
but there are
a few more points I
should bring up.
She ran a successful
fishing business before
leaving that to serve on
her city council. She
was a city mayor for
10 years and then the
governor of Alaska.
While governor,
she managed 17,000
personnel and was responsible
for a $9 billion
budget. She was
commander in chief of
the Alaska National
Guard. She planned,
promoted and successfully
pushed through
a project that represented the largest
natural-gas line project ever approved
in this country.
She has shown courage in standing up
to senior politicians of both sides, lobbyists
and big corporations.
It is kind of amusing when these modern
“feminists” write about how their
intelligence is insulted if John McCain
thought his choice of Palin would sway
them.
I only have to say their vote is unimportant.
I think true feminists of the
old school will respect and admire the
qualities of being able to balance a very
high-powered career with a successful
family life.
The modern group of “feminists” is
simply a group of political hacks with a
far-left radical agenda. Their hypocrisy
knows no bounds, i.e. the treatment of
Clarence Thomas versus their support
for Willy Clinton.
But the real issue is Obama vs. Mc-
Cain. Obama can’t even come close in
terms of integrity, honor and decades of
devotion and service to our country.
Military men and women honor and
respect him, as McCain does them. Mc-
Cain is stronger on issues of national
security, taxes, trade and energy, which
I will compare with Obama’s policies in
my next column.
Pretty soon, people will realize
Obama is the emperor with no clothes.
He is an empty suit with no substance
and without his teleprompter-supported
speeches (which I have to admit he does
deliver quite eloquently) he stumbles,
mumbles and bumbles his way through
town hall-like discussions with ordinary
Americans.
It is disgusting how the media let him
get away with all his antics. Remember
how Chris Matthews of MSNBC gets
tingles up and down his legs every time
Obama speaks? This is an example of
a professional unbiased reporter and
journalist?
For Obama, everything is staged. I
remember that he had to call for water
when a swooning fan fainted during his
speech. This happened four times in
close succession. When he was called on
the obviousness of this staging, all the
fainting miraculously went away. How
strange. How shallow.
Before I get into Obama’s lack of everything,
I have to get to Joe Biden. Remember
when the press went bonkers
when Dan Quayle misspelled potato?
All he did was add an “e” on the end of
the word. In fact, either spelling was accepted
in the 19th century.
But oh, how the ridicule was heaped
upon the hapless Quayle by all the reporters.
I can guarantee you that there
are far worse spellers coming into the
field of journalism now.
Now comes Joe Biden. He actually
referred to President Franklin Roosevelt
coming on TV in 1929 in a speech
regarding the Depression. No. 1, Franklin
Roosevelt wasn’t president in 1929
and No. 2, the TV hadn’t been invented
yet. Honestly, which gaffe do you think
is more important? But enough on poor,
old Joe.
With only two columns to go before
the election, I will be listing Obama’s
“extensive” resume relating to his experience,
his questionable associations
with dubious characters, his lack of
good judgment, and, most importantly,
his very scary policy proposals and his
vision for our country.
Do we really want this man to be the
most powerful man in the world as our
next president? I can only hope good
sense and judgment prevail in the voting
booth.
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Tom Sears is a professor of accounting
at Hartwick College in Oneonta. He can
be reached at SearsT@hartwick.edu. His
column appears every other week.
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- Chuck Pinkey
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