Change is not always good
Because Barack Obama is a freshman senator with very little tangible experience and lacks a track record of performance, his primary promise as a presidential candidate is to bring change to politics in our nation. Let's check his actions to see if that promise makes sense.
One could easily believe he joined the Trinity Church to get his political ticket punched in the black community and was willing to listen to, and expose his children to, the terrible rants that we have all now heard for that purpose. One could easily believe he teamed up with William Ayers, a violent and unrepentant terrorist with political ties in the Democratic Chicago political scene, to get that political ticket punched. And of course his relationship with Tony Resko, who has just been convicted of multiple felonies, fits right in with patented old-time Chicago style of politics. He promised to cross the aisle and bring a new age of cooperation in Washington, but the record shows he does not. He did not join the bipartisan gang of 14 senators formed to help fill open Supreme Court vacancies (lead by John McCain). And today, Sen. Obama broke his promise to use federal campaign funds for his election. So far the facts don't line up with his promise of a new style of politics.
The few facts that are available are very troubling. His voting record (as short as it is) is the most liberal record in the Senate, a major accomplishment when you have people like Teddy Kennedy on board. He still refuses to allow us to use our own energy sources (oil, coal, nuclear) to bring down oil and gas prices. And he has made it clear that he will abandon Iraq which would surely lead to much higher gas prices as Iran fills the void to pump up gas prices as they have threatened.
It looks like Sen. Obama is just an old-time Chicago-style politician who will promise anything to anyone to get elected, and he sure can give one heck of a speech. The difference is that his lack of experience and his extreme left wing views make him highly dangerous for our future in a very dangerous world. Change is a two-edged sword. When Rome, fell that was change. It was change that led to one thousand years of dark ages.
Randall Rossi
Grayslake