The theories of Karl Marx have left their indelible mark on both men: on McCain physically; on Obama philosophically.
Despite the many profound, almost diametrically opposed differences between the two presidential candidates on matters of public policy, they share one common characteristic: each of these men spent a considerable amount of their adult lives surrounded by America-hating, Marxist enemies of the United States. As a result, the theories of Karl Marx have left their indelible mark on both men: on McCain physically; on Obama philosophically.
Lieutenant Commander John Sidney McCain, who enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17 years of age to defend his country and her freedom-loving allies against aggressive communist expansion during the Vietnam War, was shot down while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. The severely injured McCain was subsequently captured by a violent mob of communist belligerents who proceeded to pummel and bayonet the wounded warrior. He spent the next 5 ½ years in the filthy war-crimes factory dubbed the Hanoi Hilton by American POW’s. While imprisoned there, McCain was systematically starved, beaten, and tortured by his Marxist captors who tried to break his will in their attempt to make him turn on his country and her principles. They failed.
By the age of 17 – the same age at which the solid and dependable John McCain had enlisted in the U.S. Navy – the budding radical Barack Hussein Obama was, according to his own memoirs, wracked by a racial identity crisis and was dabbling in illegal drugs. In a few short years the immature and angst-ridden young man would find solace and self-actualization in the philosophy of Karl Marx. Among his many Marxist influences and fellow-travelers are the likes of the terrorists William Ayres and Bernadine Dorn – both of whom, like McCain’s tormentors, have American blood on their hands; Islamist PLO sycophant Rashid Khalidi who has, at least indirectly, Israeli blood on his hands; the communist Frank Marshall Davis, an admitted child molester, who was his childhood political mentor; the racist black liberation theologian Jeremiah Wright, who snickered as the World Trade Center smoldered, was his pastor and spiritual advisor for twenty years; and the Marxist Catholic Priest Father Pfleger (who reminds me of Steve Martin’s character in The Jerk) is one of his most vocal defenders. And this is just to name a few.
Like all conservatives I disagree with John McCain on a number of important issues (immigration, global warming, and campaign finance) but his character, love of country and commitment to liberty are not in doubt. By the time the next mid-term election in 2010 comes around the damage a president Obama may do with a large Democratic majority in Congress may prove irreversible.
On November 4 we have a choice to make: do we elect as president of the United States a freedom-loving patriot whose mettle has been tested in the forge of war? Or do we entrust our safety, freedom, and Constitution to a man who’s spent his life seeking personal fulfillment by freely associating with his country’s enemies, supporting them in their efforts to undermine the constitutional liberty inherited by us from our Fathers? The choice is clear: Vote for John McCain on Tuesday November 4, 2008.
I reject your premise that Karl Marx was somehow responsible for John McCain’s imprisonment and torture. Read the history on this: After fighting the Japanese and the Vichy French, Ho Chi Minh courted the United States for assistance in obtaining independence from the colonial French after WWII citing the Atlantic Charter, repeatedly approaching us, and repeatedly being rejected. Evidently he hadn’t seen the secret fine print that it only applied to white people in Europe. Even after that, we should have learned from the French when they themselves decided to pull out after Dien Bien Phu. We blew it several times before we ever put a single boot on the ground there.
I am no apologist for North Vietnamese conduct during that war, and clearly McCain was treated and tortured in violation of the Geneva Conventions, but neither he nor his Skyhawk nor any Americans at all should ever have been in that position in the first place.
As for your collection of Obama smears, the ones that aren’t too absurd to take seriously have pretty much all been debunked or effectively addressed by the Obama campaign. Repeating them yet again at this stage of the game is fairly ineffectual and makes a weak case for your candidate. Don’t you have anything new?
And finally, regarding the alleged damage that a Democratic administration and congress would do, it couldn’t possibly be any worse than the catastrophe your team has wrought.
Uh, Kilvolt, Ho Chi Minh didn’t magically become a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary terrorist when the United States showed up in Vietnam. The reason we refused to support Ho Chi Minh at any point from the beginning of his revolution in 1941 is because we, as a policy, were not supporting communist expansion and Marxist revolutions at that time. We indeed preferred the white, European, non-revolutionary, non-Leninist French over the Asian revolutionary Leninist revolution in Vietnamn. In a similar fashion, we preferred the Asian, non-revolutionary, non-Leninist Republic of China to the equally Asian, revolutionary, Leninist People’s Republic of China. We had similar loyalties in Nicaragua in the 1980′s – you know, that icky, brown skinned, Hispanic country down there in South America? But, why let reality get in the way of a perfectly good theory.
As to the failure of the current “team”: the Dow is actually higher now, after imploding, than it was when Bush took office. Unemployment is lower now, after taking a dive, than it was when Bush took office. Real GDP is higher now, after contracting the last quarter, than it was when Bush took office. We are experiencing a credit contraction caused mostly by overzealous mortgage lending and investment, encouraged heavily by Democrats in congress since the CRA was passed in 1977, one key component of which was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of which Republicans, including the current administration, called to reign in, and which Democrats vehemently opposed. So, I mean, you can’t say this administration has shown the economic genius that, say, a Lyndon Johnson or Jimmy Carter administration did, but “catastrophe” might be a little strong.
You’re right about the smears though. It’s getting to the point of ridiculousness. These Republican Karl Rove politickers want to low blow Obama by bringing up his record, and his judgment, and the people he’s aligned himself with over the last 20 yeas. I mean, since when is that fair game in American politics? Nobody brought it up when George W. Bush spoke at Bob Jones University, which did not admit black students before 1971, so how, I ask you, is it relevant that Barack Obama attended a church pastored by a guy whose totally out-of-context damnations of America were villified by the out of control, right wing media? Jeez. Some people.
” … clearly McCain was treated and tortured in violation of the Geneva Conventions, but neither he nor his Skyhawk nor any Americans at all should ever have been in that position in the first place.”
I’m waiting for a similar statement that substitutes Gitmo Detainees for McCain, and “should never have attacked the US in the first place” for “neither he nor his Skyhawk nor any Americans at all should ever have been in that position in the first place.”
Why is it the Left can always rationalize-away the torture committed by anti-US thugs, but can’t wait to condemn the US for anything remotely close to their definition of “torture”?
Wait. I think I just answered my own question.
Never mind.
I think you are a disgrace to media and modern politics.Reading your article,i thought i was going to read a non-bias journalist but obviously you have your own reservations or probably on the payroll of Sen.John McCain.I am sure you have friends who are racist or sexist,does that make you share the same ideas?Sen.Barack Obama,in the last presidential debate made his relationship with Bill Ayers clear to Americans and the whole world and i think he was sincere.People like you have failed to critisize Gov.Sarah Palin for encouraging pre-marital sex and teenage pregnancies.Also democrats dominating the senate or congress by 2010, would not be far from the early George W.Bush years.
Isn’t it strange that our once and future messiah requires picture ID to enter his rally but does not want picture ID used to identify voters? Strange but true.
mant,
The author is not a journalist or member of the media (as you may have guessed from his bio at the end of the piece), and given the people who are, I’m sure he’d take your response as the high praise that it is. Being called biased by an Obama sycophant on a conservative and libertarian political blog is an equally serious criticism. You may find http://www.MSNBC.com more to your liking.
“People like you have failed to critisize Gov.Sarah Palin for encouraging pre-marital sex and teenage pregnancies.”
Love the logic. If my daughter gets pregnant outside marriage and doesn’t abort her child, and I don’t condemn her for keeping the child, I’m “encouraging pre-marital sex and teenage pregnancies.”
Welcome to the land of Obamalogic. All criticism of Obamamessiah is simple ‘racism’. All defense of conservative values is ‘hate speech’. Pointing out the stupidity of liberal-logic is a “disgrace”.
Phil,
Don’tcha know that if you believe in abstinence, you are “encouraging pre-marital sex and teenage pregnancies?” You see, abstinence education doesn’t work (oh, wait. It DOES work every time it’s tried, but let’s humor mant).
So what do we have to do to reach mant’s conclusions? We have to overlook the fact that Palin’s daughter is a product of the Alaska Public School system, which teaches comprehensive sex ed.
We have to overlook the thousands of teen pregnancies all over the country each year, 99% of which also experienced public school sex ed.
And finally, we have to overlook the fact that it is only since the “progressive” educators got ahold of the public school system in the 60s that teen pregnancy rates, abortion, STDs, and single parent families skyrocketed.
But I’m sure that mant has considered all the relevant information, being the thoughtful, intelligent leftist he is, before he entered his considered opinion. Right.