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It required nearly 24 months of non-stop campaigning for America to finally get the message...to finally realize the impending disaster that would envelope America with an Obama/Biden win.
In the last week of the 2008 character flawed, wrong headed, secretive Obama/Biden campaign, America decided to reject the "CHANGE". A change that was viewed a threat to the very fabric, security, and long term survival of America. America said "NO" to change without demonstrated leadership and proven executive experience which they apparently accepted with the McCain/Palin win.
The Obama/Biden campaign, even with spending nearly $1,000,000,000 (billion) dollars trying to buy America, the character of both Obama and Biden finally became clear to American voters. After weighing all the character issues, half-truths of associations with criminal elements, quibbling over associations with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, Marxist-anti-white Rev Wright, Jew hating Louis Farrakhan, Kenyan cousin and butcher Odinga, and finally Palestine Liberation Organization supporter/member Khalidi, America finally said, "our children and grandchildren out-weigh the risk of Obama/Biden in the White House."
America also petitioned Obama for months to make his official certified, verified birth certificate, not a "computer generated certificate of live birth", available to the public to quell rumors and satisfy U.S. Constitution qualification requirements surrounding his birth and early childhood . There were nearly a dozen lawsuits, some dismissed on technical grounds, at least one filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, attempting to force a public viewing of Obama's birth certificate. The stonewalling of a public birth certificate viewing, coupled with all the questionable character issues, seemed to suggest to America that something was suspicious. Otherwise, why not add credibility to the Obama/Biden cause and make the document public? It seems America said, "if Senator Obama is unwilling to produce something as basic as a valid birth certificate, can we trust him to share serious national security and other important data with the American people?" Trust seemed to ring loud in 2008, resurfacing as a long lost Founding Father principle.
Additionally, Obama's fiscal policy gained traction as a leap toward a "socialist" approach to deal with the struggling U.S. economy. America recognized that all politicians promise beyond reason with regard to programs that "help all Americans", but the slogan Obama bellowed "95% of working America will get a tax break" finally rang hollow and was viewed as a distortion, impacting trust. Obama failed to answer the charge, that 40% of America pay no taxes, thus how could they receive a tax break? When the truth surfaced, it was learned the 40% paying no taxes would get a "check from the government". Voters, and particularly taxpayers, clearly recognized taxes they pay would be used to send a check to those that pay no taxes... America said "NO". This purposeful false tax reduction misrepresentation added yet another questionable integrity stain on Barack Obama.
Value voters specifically concerned with the Obama/Biden support of general abortion, late term abortion, withholding medical care for live births surviving abortion procedures, homosexual partner entitlement recognition as married couples, and support for same-sex marriages (man-man, woman-woman), created a unanticipated tsunami outpouring of opposition to Obama/Biden ticket. Some credited the character and values issues as finally reaching a crescendo resulting in "enough is enough" and a major ingredient to the Obama/Biden loss.
Complaints surfaced about voting irregularities, poll staff shortages, voter fraud leveled against Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), and some significant racial complaints from the black community. Evidence during the primary season clearly demonstrated that black Americans favored Obama by as high as 90+% voting margin. In the general election white voters of significant percentages voted for Obama but black voters percentages for McCain were dismally low...some reports less than 10%. The question is be answered was "race" a major factor in voter preference, if so, where does it lie?
The recent excessive ($4.00 plus per gallon) fuel gouging caused by mostly middle eastern producers of crude oil was a "thorn in the flesh" that aggravated American families and caused a hue and cry for American energy independence. Energy was clearly an important issue which the Obama/Biden campaign seemed to deal with superficially, generally dismissing more drilling much to the amazement of American voters, to include Obama/Biden supporters. Obama rejected nuclear energy as one viable alternative to energy solutions, even as Senator McCain was pointing out nuclear powered navy ships have been powered economical and accident free for decades with nuclear energy. America favored the all inclusive McCain/Palin approach of "drilling now" using fossil fuels as we transition to other forms of energy such as wind, solar, nuclear, bio, clean coal and others, as more realistic than the Obama/Biden "lite" approach.
Congressional leaders, Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi, down-played the Obama/Biden loss as well as the less than expected Democrat increase in the Congress. With a 58 Democrat majority in the Senate, the filibuster threat as well as veto potential by the President bodes well for American citizens...adding a measure of checks and balances.
Many credit the McCain/Palin upset to economic impact on America, a few serious gaffes by the Obama/Biden team, but Governor Palin seems to be acknowledged as one critical ingredient to the McCain victory.
A great sigh of relief in America...political advertisement gone, tears are drying up, America survived a long and divisive campaign. McCain/Palin have a gigantic task before them on behalf of over 300 million Americans. May God give them wisdom, courage, and strength as they serve America.
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret
