203 reasons not to vote for barack obama
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203 Reasons Not to Vote For
Barack Obama
In the Words and Works of Obama, his Political Cohorts and
Those Who Know Him Best
By
John Wilson
Copyright © 2012 by John Wilson Cover Design by Hugo D. Ley Cover Photo Credit: John Kershner/BigStock.com John Wilson [email protected] ISBN: 978-0-9854461-0-9
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 5
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 7
BEFORE WE KNEW HIM ............................................................................................................................. 7
THE CAMPAIGN YEARS ............................................................................................................................. 10
Jeremiah Wright and James H. Cone .............................................................................................. 11
Professor William Ayers ................................................................................................................. 12
Tony Rezko .................................................................................................................................... 13
THE PRESIDENCY..................................................................................................................................... 14
African Americans for Obama ........................................................................................................ 14
Immigration................................................................................................................................... 14
Energy and Crisis Management ...................................................................................................... 15
Tea Party and “Occupiers” ............................................................................................................. 16
Healthcare Reform ......................................................................................................................... 16
Jobs ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Israel ............................................................................................................................................. 16
Spending ....................................................................................................................................... 17
SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ 17
HOW TO READ THIS BOOK ................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
AN OVERVIEW ...................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OBAMA AND ABORTIONS .................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
LIBERALS, AMERICA AND THE WORLD.................................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
THE WORK AND WORDS OF OBAMA’S ASSOCIATES ............................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
CONSTITUTION, LAW AND JUSTICE ...................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OBAMA AND AMERICA’S DEFENSE ....................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OUR DETACHED PRESIDENT ................................................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OBAMA AND A NATION DIVIDED ......................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OBAMA AND THE ECONOMY ............................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
“OBAMACARE” .................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OBAMA AND MUSLIM OUTREACH ....................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OBAMA AND THE ENERGY SOLUTION .................................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OBAMA, OCCUPIERS AND THE TEA PARTY ........................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
RACE CARDS AND RACISM ................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
IS RELIGION SAFE IN AMERICA?............................................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
OBAMA AND OUR CHILDREN ............................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
NOTES .................................................................................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
INDEX ................................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
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Acknowledgments
This is a book about a man, an administration – a political party. But, most of all, it is
about our Country. America has flourished through the blood, sweat, tears and selfless
sacrifices of millions of our people – and because standing beside us – guiding and empowering
us – there have always been the blessings, love, support, and protection of God the Father, Son
and Holy Spirit. I believe that our nation excels because we have always accepted on faith and
given thanks for the sacrifice made by God’s only begotten son; Jesus Christ, our Savior. Today,
many are trying to remove God from our Country and our collective memory by
misrepresenting the beliefs of our founding fathers; perverting the concept of church and state
separation; and denying that we remain a Christian nation. If they are successful, the light that
is America – the brightest light on Earth – will be extinguished and we will go the way of all
failed civilizations before us. I have faith that He will not allow that to happen, but I also
believe that He expects us to play an important role in guarding the precious freedoms he has
given us. I thank God for blessing, protecting and watching over our nation and our lives. I
thank Him for allowing me to write this book and humbly pray that it serves his Will.
I thank God also for my wonderful wife and soul-mate, who makes my darkest days
bright and my brightest days a touch of Heaven – and who reminds me – every time I look at
her – of God’s power, generosity and blessings in our lives. I could not have written this book
without her shared love of God and Country, her encouragement and her unconditional love.
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Introduction
He called America “mean-spirited” – himself a “blank screen” – and we made him the
44th President of the United States!
Obama is a man that doesn’t like America very much – who, rationally evaluated, has
made all the right moves toward political self destruction, but is unable to hit bottom –
protected as he is, by the unwavering support of a smitten, liberal media.
John Podesta reportedly considered Obama as “…capable of being ruthless” and
questioned whether he “felt anything, especially in his gut.”1 Newsweek’s Evan Thomas, once
described him as “’slightly creepy’ and ‘deeply manipulative.’”2 “Spengler” writes in Asia Times,
“Obama's women reveal his secret: he hates America.”3 David Mendell describes Obama’s
“hidden side: His imperious, mercurial, self-righteous and sometimes prickly nature…” and calls
him “…a man of raw ambition so powerful that even he is still coming to terms with its full
force.”4 David Freddoso calls him “…a shrewd, machine-aligned politician from Chicago – the
kind who won’t make no waves and won’t back no losers...” a man who “…plays hardball and
knows when to look the other way.”5 Blackwell and Klukowski warn that “In President Obama’s
America, dissent will not be tolerated.”6
Given the President’s level of public exposure, it is axiomatic that it should be
impossible to conceal these traits, or his extreme partisanship, an easy disregard for the court
system, his condescension and ridicule of ordinary citizens as well as political opponents; his
Party’s disregard for the truth, his reckless spending; and his readiness to revert to community
organizing practices – rubbing “raw the resentments of the people” and fanning their “latent
hostilities.”7 Miraculously – with the media’s help – with a fear of being labeled “racist,” many
have remained unaware – even defensive – of Obama’s character. Rather than acknowledging
and confronting the true Obama, they prefer to continue projecting “their own views” onto the
“blank screen” that represents this charismatic, but duplicitous politician.
Before We Knew Him
In 1990, Harvard student Obama called America “Mean-Spirited,” hoping we could
become more “generous” in the future.8 In 2008, his wife Michelle, echoed that position,
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saying “we’re a divided country, we’re a country that is ‘just downright mean,’ we are ‘guided
by fear,’ we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents.”9
From telling us that he is followed by security in department stores,10 to his claim that
white restaurant patrons throw their car keys to him,11 Obama’s two books are heavily laced
with perceptions of racism and thinly disguised contempt for America. He writes from the
perspective of an educated, somewhat detached observer – but, seems always less than an
arm’s length away from someone with a strong, negative racial message…so much so, that it is
sometimes difficult to tell whether one of his friends is actually speaking, or if he is using the
character to voice his own sentiments. One case that illustrates this point is chronicled in
Dreams From my Father, when Obama writes:
“I could swear that just beneath the sober expression Ray was
winking at me, letting me in on the score. Our rage at the white world
needed no object, he seemed to be telling me, no independent
confirmation; it could be switched on and off at our pleasure. Sometimes,
after one of his performances, I would question his judgment, if not his
sincerity. We weren’t living in the Jim Crow South, I would remind him…”12
Here, Obama attributes the cause of his racial epiphany to a friend he calls “Ray,”
somewhat confusing the fact that it is he – not “Ray” – who decides that his “rage at the white
world needed no object…it could be switched on and off at our pleasure.” He then immediately
switches the writing back to “Ray” and portrays himself as the adult in the room, reminding his
friend they “weren’t living in the Jim Crow South.”
Both his books and his work as a Chicago Community Organizer have proven that
Obama is good with words. As an Organizer, Obama quickly gained a reputation as an agitator.
Mike Kruglik, an early Obama mentor in community organizing, called Obama “a natural – the
undisputed master of agitation”13 and this is what Saul Alinsky wrote about that skill:
“The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular
community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the
community; fan the latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of
overt expression….
“…When those prominent in the status quo turn and label you an
‘agitator’ they are completely correct, for that is, in one word, your function
– to agitate to the point of conflict.”14
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Obama has been relentless in blending the idea of “fairness” with the need and
justification for hiking the taxes of all those making more than $250,000 annually. He has
rhetorically and obsessively worked to drive a wedge between Conservatives and Liberals,
Republicans and Democrats, the rich and poor of America; between Republicans and Latinos,
Latinos and law enforcement, blacks and law enforcement, Republicans and blacks, Catholics
and women, whites and blacks; and between Tea Party members and Liberals, blacks and
anyone else who is listening. He has sarcastically pulled passages from the bible, while
embracing the “Muslim World,” as if it were a monolithic political/religious entity. While doing
all of this, he has continued to build and benefit from community organizing efforts and has
encouraged the would be revolutionary “Occupiers,” while denigrating middle-aged and elderly
tea party members. In short, he has spit on American tradition, fomented turmoil and
resentment and recreated a level of divisiveness not scene in decades.
Four years after his return from Harvard, as he prepared for his State Senate race, the
Chicago Reader ran a story on Obama, noting that “…he's entering politics to get back to his
true passion—community organization.” And as President, he has shown time and time again
that his first love is community organizing and that he still knows how to agitate – how to “…rub
raw the resentments of the people of the community…” – how “…to agitate to the point of
conflict.”
Another attribute that Obama has consistently claimed is “Transparency.” But, his
brand may not be quite as clear as some would like. Choosing the time, venue and level of
disclosure convenient to his purposes –President Obama has become adept at righteously
claiming transparency, while hiding in plain sight – “…a leaf…in a forest…”15
We may have known, as Obama ran for the Presidency in 2007 & 2008, that he was pro-
choice. But, did he make it clear that he was a strong advocate for partial birth abortions, or
that he was stubbornly opposed to providing any lifesaving help to babies who survived
abortion. Perhaps, he was transparent to the extent that the person with questions had done
their due diligence in ferreting out all the facts.
But, to be fair, he has been transparent – though perhaps more in the vein of “hiding in
plain sight.” In many conversations with liberal friends, I have found that their favorable
assessment of the President has far more to do with charisma and race than with fact –
including the facts that he has placed at our disposal in his own books. Though his sales have
been tremendous, most of the people with whom I have talked, have not read either of his
books. Yet, if confronted with any fact presented in either Dreams From my Father or The
Audacity of Hope, he automatically has the high ground. He was transparent. You just weren’t
paying attention.
In Obama’s 1995 book Dreams From my Father, for example, he admitted to being a
cocaine user and to standing in a New York City meat locker, seconds and inches away from a
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shot at heroin.16 He told us about “The swagger that carries me into a classroom drunk or high,
knowing that my teachers will smell beer or reefer on my breath, just daring them to say
something.”17 To be sure, he tells us a great deal more – and having said so, he has made full
disclosure. And so, while past cocaine issues sent shock waves across the campaign of his
Democratic opponent for the U.S. Senate, the public reaction to Obama’s drug and alcohol
usage? None.
I am reminded of a friend who once said, “The best place to hide something is often in a
book.”
The Campaign Years
America knew little about Obama as we began watching him spar with Hillary Clinton.
Many times, he seemed to appear as the young, unseasoned “underdog” in the race, evoking
voter sympathy. But, where was the vetting? When we first heard Hillary allude to Obama’s
legal work on behalf of a “slumlord,” it seemed like a cheap shot – more angry rhetoric from
someone desperate to save an election. Indeed, as I recall, he was given reasonably free
license to define what should be considered fair and unfair, or merely a “distraction.” Clearly,
he owned the press. As the debates and interviews went on however, it soon became clear
that this was a razor sharp and tough Chicago politician – and nearly as quickly as that was
discerned, the primary was over and Obama the winner. The world was treated to watching his
nomination acceptance speech in a surreal – Roman Coliseum type exhibition.
Then came John McCain, the American patriot, war hero and seasoned Republican
Senator. It was quickly apparent that he had no idea how to handle a campaign against Barack
Obama. In fact, while Obama was slicing and dicing without pity, McCain was almost apologetic
in defending his opponent as “a good man” and telling constituents "I have to tell you he is a
decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United
States." 18 He was rewarded for this largesse with comments from Obama such as “It’s easy to
rile up a crowd by stoking anger and division, but that’s not what we need right now in the
United States. The American people aren’t looking for someone who can divide this country —
they’re looking for someone who will lead it.”19 America listened – and voted for the Divider,
who swore to “Fundamentally Transform the United States of America.”
Still, strange names and rumors of unsavory associations began to pop up. The name
Tony Rezko had surfaced in a debate with Hillary Clinton during the primary – and thanks to
Political Commentator Sean Hannity – it was back in the news again, along with such notables
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as William Ayers, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and through Wright – James
H. Cone.
Jeremiah Wright and James H. Cone
Recall that Obama’s minister and spiritual advisor – Reverend Jeremiah Wright –
triumphantly said after 9/11 that “America’s chickens are coming home to roost?”20 He also
graced us with such patriotic words as "The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger
prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no,
God damn America21…”
Political commentator Sean Hannity identified and examined Obama’s questionable
long and close relationship with an America-bashing minister, who welcomed and gave awards
to Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan and accompanied him on a visit to the late dictator,
Muammar Qadaffi.22 Wright, who also accompanied Rev. Jesse Jackson to Cuba for a visit with
Fidel Castro,23 based his philosophy on the Black Liberation Theology expounded by James H.
Cone. Examples of this philosophy are found in Cone’s own book: A Black Theology of
Liberation. Cone says, for example:
“If the oppressed of this land want to challenge the oppressive
character of white society, they must begin by affirming their identity in
terms of the reality that is anti-white. Blackness, then stands for all victims
of oppression who realize that the survival of their humanity is bound up
with liberation from whiteness.”24
“While it is true that blacks do hate whites, black hatred is not
racism.”25
Obama, by his own words, had known Wright for 20 years, spending 16 years in the
pews of his church and coming to him for both his marriage and the baptism of his children.
Miraculously though, Obama was consistent in his representation that in the 832 Sundays that
comprised his 16 years as Wright’s follower, he had not been present for even one of those
American-bashing, or race card throwing sermons that gained such notoriety during the 2008
election cycle. The success of this claim alone, should have sent Obama on a buying spree for
Lottery tickets – it’s amazing how lucky a politician can be when members of the press forget
the definition of journalism. Yet, despite the media help and his alleged ignorance of Wright’s
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harshest sermons, Obama gave himself away (not that anyone noticed) when he knew it best to
have Reverend Wright stand down during his initial announcement for the Presidency.26
As Wright’s vitriolic rhetoric received increased attention from conservative anchors,
Senator Obama sought to counter the political damage by treating it as a mere “distraction.”
When this strategy failed to silence the questions, the Senator did what he does best. He gave
a speech proclaimed by liberals as a blockbuster, unequaled in history. The Philadelphia speech
- “A More Perfect Union”27 – chastised Wright for his divisive comments, but went on to say:
“I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I
can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who
helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman
who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman
who once confessed her fear of black men who passed her by on the street,
and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes
that made me cringe.”28
In the ensuing days, he would clarify his statement for Philadelphia radio host Angelo
Cataldi, saying:
“The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any
racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person.”29
In the meantime, Wright’s inflammatory language continued to take center stage in the
campaign. We were quickly reminded of the Obama living just below the easy smile of a
politician. The teleprompters were barely folded before all concerns and reluctance for
disowning him were put aside and a 20 year relationship had been severed with surgical
precision.
Hardly a whisper survived. In the mainstream media, Wright went from “hero to zero”
and disappeared from any discussion that could – in any way – impact Obama’s chances for
election.
Professor William Ayers
2012: Professor William Ayers is shown on television, providing advice to an adoring
group of “Occupiers,” a movement that the Canada Free Press says may have been
orchestrated by President Obama. 30
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2001: Ayers – a 60’s radical, leader of the Weather Underground, who once planted
bombs at the New York Police Headquarters Building, the Pentagon and the Capitol31 –– is
photographed in an alley, an American flag under foot,32 and is quoted as saying ''I don't regret
setting bombs.'' ''I feel we didn't do enough.''33
Despite bringing in “many millions” of dollars over several years to fund education
projects of both Ayers and his radical education allies,34 when confronted with their
association, Obama told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos: “The notion that…me knowing
somebody who engaged in detestable acts…when I was eight years old somehow reflects on me
and my values doesn’t make much sense.” 35
Obama’s dismissive response made Stephanopoulos the villain and reduced the Ayers
association to a footnote.
Thankfully for the professor, Obama’s values did allow him to publicly endorse Ayers’
juvenile crime book – a book that compared “America to South Africa’s apartheid system, and
contemptuously [dismissed] the idea of the United States as a kind or just country.”36
And though Obama dismissed with an air of condescension, the idea of a relationship
with an unrepentant domestic terrorist, author Christopher Andersen notes that Ayers was a
very significant contributor to Obama’s first book: Dreams From my Father. According to
Andersen, “…oral histories, along with his [Obama’s] partial manuscript and a trunkload of
notes were given to Ayers.” The finished book, oddly enough, bore a striking resemblance to
“Ayers’s own writings.”37
It is safe to say that “acquaintances,” and people who just happen to serve on the same
Boards, do not accept trunkloads of notes to examine in order to effect significant contributions
to their co-member’s book. Yet, the mainstream media was only too anxious to ignore the
Obama/Ayers relationship – a relationship correctly identified and – like Wright - almost single-
handedly examined by Political Commentator Sean Hannity.
Tony Rezko
Then there was Obama’s troubling association and financial dealings – including the
purchase of his own Chicago home - with some possible help of so-called “slumlord” and
convicted felon Tony Rezko38 Anybody who was paying attention had to be seeing Obama’s
political career gone in a puff of smoke - but, only a few people were paying attention and this
shocking scenario never got traction in the mainstream media.
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The Presidency
African Americans for Obama
By early 2012, President Obama was publicly advertising “African-Americans for Obama”
saying that this campaign was “powered by folks at every level, taking ownership where it
matters most…in your faith community…at work and in school” and mentioning ways of
becoming involved, including serving as a “congregation captain”39 – all this from a President,
who has consistently downplayed the role of Christianity in America and who has taken on at
least two major religious groups. The first, through a U.S. Supreme Court case on the
“Ministerial Exception.” The second, through the inclusion of free contraceptives and abortion-
inducing drugs in Obamacare. In one sense, as President of the United States, he seems to be
urging people of faith to violate federal law by abusing their tax exempt status and engaging in
political activities through the church.40 In another sense, he has simultaneously thrown a giant
race card into his re-election bid by essentially calling for a racially motivated voting bloc.
Imagine if Mitt Romney announced a “White Americans for Romney” web-site. His political
future would end in a New York minute!
Immigration
President Obama labeled a police department as acting stupidly,41 claiming police bias
against minorities42 and cautioning immigrants that a proposed Arizona immigration law would
result in their harassment.43 Then, in 2010, in a desperate attempt to retain a Democratic
Congress, he urged Latin immigrants to “punish our enemies” 44 at the polls. His Administration
went so far as to report a proposed Arizona Immigration law to the United Nations as a human
rights issue.45 Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State, said he used a Human Rights
meeting with the Chinese as a forum to discuss the Arizona immigration law: In a May 17th
article he is quoted as saying he spoke of the law “….early and often.”46 The proposed statute
mirrored an existing federal law in effect for more than half a century.
While people were being killed on both sides of the border, Obama provided a platform
and a supportive position for the Mexican President to lash out at Arizona’s new immigration
law. But, he answered the Arizona Governor’s plea for help47 with a lawsuit and an 80 mile “no
go” zone between parts of Arizona and the U.S./Mexican border.48 As Commander-in-Chief, he
warned Americans against travel in our own country,49 effectively ceding this 80 mile-wide strip
of the United States to Mexican criminals.
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Meanwhile, Homeland Security Director, Janet Napolitano, claimed “the border is better
now than it ever has been."50
Despite this and his reported failure to answer five letters sent by the Arizona Governor
to members of his Administration, he allegedly greeted her with icy resentment as he arrived in
Arizona to campaign for his 2012 re-election bid. But, this may be Obama protocol for airport
encounters with Republican Governors. He and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal allegedly had
a similar meeting when Obama appeared in Louisiana during the BP oil spill crisis.
Energy and Crisis Management
President Obama openly brags about his so-called “all of the above”51 energy policy – a
policy that has included drilling moratoriums, slowing the permit process, failing to handle Iran,
supporting Brazil’s, rather than U.S. oil production and constantly arguing against subsidies for
American oil companies. Only recently, did his Administration approve the building of two new
nuclear power facilities – the first such approvals since his election. Interestingly, The Southern
Company, which will be building those facilities, will also be building a large biomass facility, a
large photovoltaic (solar panel-powered) plant and installing four million “smart meters.”52
Could there be a quid pro quo here? The Southern Company will be receiving federal loan
guarantees of more than $8.3 billion through the Energy Dept., for the construction of the two
nuclear power plants.53 There is still however, a question as to whether or not the company
will succeed with the nuclear facilities over the protests of environmental groups.
President Obama, who was quick to criticize President Bush for his handling of
Hurricane Katrina, defensively noted in the Gulf’s BP oil spill, that “my powers are not limitless.
So I can’t dive down there and plug the hole. I can’t suck it up with a straw...”54 He publicly
boasted that in the case of the oil spill, he was speaking to experts “…so I know whose ass to
kick."55 His Administration falsely claimed support of scientists for their Gulf drilling
moratorium56 as well as for their assumptions on the effectiveness of cleanup efforts. 57
He ignored the court ruling against his Gulf drilling moratorium by simply rescinding it
and issuing a new one.
With little fanfare – certainly, less than the word “Transparency” suggests – he has
defunded the Yucca Mountain Nuclear storage facility, essentially ignoring the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission’s warning against any attempt by the Energy Secretary to close the
facility without Congressional Approval. 58 Waste is now being spread across 104 nuclear reactor
sites around the Country.59 Is this safer than Yucca Mountain, or is the Yucca defunding simply
a political favor to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)?
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Tea Party and “Occupiers”
President Obama has ridiculed and denigrated concerned citizens in the “Tea Party”
movement as “Tea Baggers,”60 while voicing support for the violent, drug using, business
unfriendly “Occupy” movement. And while his Justice Dept. is quick to attack voter I.D. laws as
having a negative racial impact, he apparently had no problem with permitting an armed Black
Panther member to go free after menacing voters during the 2008 Presidential election. 61
Healthcare Reform
He pushed Healthcare Reform on a disapproving public,62 labeled and promised to
defund Medicare Advantage Plans63 as unnecessary, promised to cut $500 billion from
Medicare spending64 and told America that this would help to improve health care for
seniors!65 And lest we forget, he suggested that sometimes it’s better just to give somebody a
pill, rather than potentially life-saving surgery.
Jobs
Obama’s stimulus, according to a member of the San Francisco Federal Reserve,
boasted 2.4 million nonfarm jobs created or saved by March 31, 2010. By September 30th, only
700,000 remained.66 Whether any now remain is a question. The Administration takes credit
for reduced unemployment, while the 2012 lower rate still remains above the level preceding
the $787 billion dollar stimulus package and is most benefited by people simply exhausting
their 99 weeks of federal unemployment benefits and giving up hope.
Israel
After he brusquely left the Israeli Prime Minister sitting alone in the White House, while
he joined Michelle and the kids for dinner, Obama made Israel’s Maariv news, which wrote:
"There is no humiliation exercise that the Americans did not try on the prime minister and his
entourage. Bibi received in the White House the treatment reserved for the president of
Equatorial Guinea." 67
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Spending
Where does it stop? In 2009, as he pushed for the “Stimulus,” America’s National Debt
was $10.7 trillion.68 Obama screamed incessantly, that he had inherited a mess. Twenty six
months later, in his hands, the debt had increased to more than $14 trillion.69 By March, 2011,
he was fighting desperately to reduce even the meager Republican demanded budget cuts.
Finally agreeing to a cut of a token $38.5 billion. The net effect of the cut – said to be $352
million in the first year70 – compares (in the context of our National Debt) to a cut of
approximately $5.03 from a $200,000 income. By the end of February, 2012, the National Debt
had grown to nearly $15.571 trillion with some reports projecting $16.4 trillion by the Nov. 2012
elections. All the while, President Obama talks with a straight face about fiscal responsibility
and claims the high ground for spending cut recommendations.
Summary
Initially, Obama the Senator – seemingly coming from obscurity to national prominence
overnight – struck me as similar in some respects to our late President John F. Kennedy. That
was a short-lived observation. In terms of his professional life, I will always believe that the
phrase “Duty, Honor, Country” was illustrated by Kennedy – a war hero, a man who found it
painful to walk, but who never let his pain show – a man who led the country through a
potentially deadly international crisis, unafraid to go nose to nose with a super power – a man
who had the vision to launch our space program and the understanding to arguably have been
ready to extricate us from Vietnam in its earliest days. He was a man of courage and even in
the face of a disastrous decision on the Bay of Pigs invasion, he took personal responsibility and
did not attempt to pass the blame to Eisenhower, where much of it may have belonged.
By contrast, Obama remains very much the child in Indonesia who shouted “curang,
curang” (cheater, cheater)72, blaming others for anything that goes wrong. He has apologized
for our country; downplayed the role and importance of our religious beliefs; promoted
without reason or limit, the Islamic faith; vilified those with the vision and entrepreneurial spirit
to accomplish great things; attempted to gut both our military and our space program; divided
America with sarcastic and hateful rhetoric; and denigrated hardworking Americans who dare
to dissent with his policies.
Economically, he is burying us in debt, by stubbornly favoring “investments” matching
his ideological goals over sound fiscal policy. He has avoided court orders, openly bragged
about circumventing congressional authority, publicly humiliated U.S. Supreme Court Justices
and even chided an earlier Supreme Court for not breaking “…free from the essential
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constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution.” 73 He has been
embroiled in conflict with the Catholic Church and in the process has alerted and offended all
the major religious groups. His White House is involved in lawsuits with more than half the
states in the U.S. He has promoted community organizing for personal political gain and has
constantly reached out for our youth. Through zealous teachers, his message has been echoed
in classrooms from Kindergarten to high school – and it is difficult not to notice the number of
his speeches given at colleges, universities and high schools.
Obama’s is a fast moving administration. He has many things on his agenda and many
people placed to initiate and push that agenda. Even as he golfs, plays basketball and enjoys
family vacations, all cylinders are firing. The idea that he is “Governing” seems a stretch. In
fact, his administration appears to be checking off items on a list and doing whatever is
necessary to accomplish them. Healthcare Reform is a great example. Even today, more than
50% of Americans want this law repealed and Obama busies himself instead with making it
more encompassing – more deeply entrenched. He has no interest in what America wants.
During February, while the polls showed 50% to 39%, the desire of Americans to repeal
Obamacare, DNC Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Rep. D-FL) attempted to reframe the
argument to show Americans as “overwhelmingly” in support of the bill.74 By the end of June,
2012, we will have the Supreme Court’s decision on the Constitutionality of “Obamacare” and
that result may very well define the amount of power the federal government will – from that
day forward – exercise over the lives of all Americans.
Obama’s staff and Party have taken their lead from the top and it is Over the Top! We
are now in a time, according to Obama and his cohorts, when it is o.k. to “punish our enemies,”
when it is o.k. to suggest that white conservatives want all blacks to be hanging from trees, 75
when it is o.k. to suggest that honest, hardworking people – when dissenting with Obama’s
policies – are the same people who once wore sheets (KKK), 76 and when it is o.k. to say on the
floor of Congress that the Republican health care plan is to have people “Die Quickly.”77
Too often, all of these things go unnoticed. Single actions and sound bites are blended
with the events of the day and soon forgotten. When we have the opportunity to look at the
cumulative impact – the relentless march of these words and actions in a compressed format –
only then can that vague sense of uneasiness be replaced by a clear understanding of the
current assault being made on both our Country and our values. The problem is exacerbated by
a mainstream media that has, in some cases, abdicated their journalistic responsibilities and
opted instead to become press agents for Obama and Attackers of his political opponents.
203 Reasons Not to Vote for Obama is not a book based on, or written to justify
personal opinion – though the author’s opinion is expressed without apology. The decision to
write this book was based on numerous events and statements made over the course of the
2008 Democratic Primary and general election campaigns, as well as during the three year
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period following Obama’s inauguration. To the extent possible, it is my belief that the
Presidency should be Party neutral and representative of all the people of this country. This
Presidency has been the polar opposite and the result has been a continuous effort to dim the
bright light that has since 1776, shone as a beacon from the greatest nation on Earth. In his
personal arrogance, Obama believes he has a better idea for our Country. He said it himself,
when he announced that “
“We’re only five days away from fundamentally transforming the
United States of America.” 78
I believe our country is in jeopardy today and that if President Obama is re-elected, the
change will truly reflect his promised fundamental transformation. I say this with the greatest
of regret, because for a fleeting moment, I believed we were on the edge of the greatest, most
productive Presidency in the history of this Country. Fortunately, my mind was changed before
election day, 2008. And of all the simple things, it was Obama’s terse, dismissive response to a
child that began to clear my eyes.
When I see a President sneer at any group of Americans – when I see a President that
openly brags about circumventing Congress and who speaks about the opposition party as if
they were enemies of the American people, I know as an American, that there is something
fundamentally wrong. When I see a President who forgets the name of a Congressional Medal
of Honor Winner and who keeps an Attorney General who cannot so much as pick up the
phone to express his condolences to the parents of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent murdered as a
result of his Department’s operation, I see the absence of patriotism and of fundamental
decency. When I see a President who takes sides and picks winners and losers, who goes to
war with one religion while pandering to another, who misrepresents scientific opinion, who
disregards court orders, who sticks to an agenda, undeterred by the will of the people, I see
elements of an ugly moment in European history being seeded here – needing only time and
votes to grow.
But these are my own thoughts and opinions, developed over time. Yours may be
different. It is not my intention in this book to beat an opinionated drum in anyone’s ear.
The preference in this book is to have Obama, his political cohorts and those who know
him best, show you in their own words and actions, why this country loses, if Obama wins re-
election in 2012.
Through examples, speeches and comments, the racial core, divisive nature and
duplicity of Obama’s partisan politics emerge, along with his continuous campaign posture, his
application of community organizing methods to politics, his impact on our youth and his
disregard – even contempt – for dissenters.
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These are the facts that demonstrate unequivocally, Obama’s disdain for historic
America, the place it has occupied as a world leader and what he surely sees as its complete
failure to provide social justice and positive economic outcomes for all its inhabitants – citizens,
immigrants and illegal immigrants alike.
The class warfare promoted by this President, the divisiveness, arrogance, stubbornness
and partisanship reflected in his words and actions; the distance of his Administration from
American values and traditions, his own over the top and disingenuous rhetoric, the
marginalizing of our religious foundations and the perversion of a free press - all of this and
more could easily fill another book of equal or greater length. But there is no time. The issues
are too urgent and the potential consequences of an Obama win, too grave to delay another
day.
We are rapidly closing on the 2012 Presidential election. As Obama activates his
community organizers around the country and as Democrats begin spouting their practiced
talking points – ignoring the real questions and concerns of the American people – America
must be armed with as much information as possible. We are witnessing, as all students of
history know, a very dangerous relationship between this Administration and the media – in
this case, the liberal majority of the media. In this relationship, President Obama, his
Administration and supporters are all shielded from any critical analysis of their failures, words,
actions, and their most indefensible attacks against others. At the same time, conservatives –
whether politicians, members of the media, or simply engaged citizens – are considered “fair
game” and characterized as extreme – even un-American. Officials in the Obama
Administration aggressively attack, or stand mute as others attack conservative media and they
are represented by “czars” with such frightening and toxic positions as considering freedom of
speech and of the press as “distractions,” or believing that there should be a two-tiered 1st
Amendment – separating high and low value speech.
I dislike half truths and lies whether they come from the Left, or the Right. I have come
to expect them from the Left, but, it makes them no less disappointing. There are no shortage
of problems in government today – certainly, no reason to invent, or embellish. Yet, too often,
we find ourselves in the middle of coverage that is more targeted to personal attacks and knee-
jerk responses than to important public policy. Ask a policy question directly to a politician and
you’re likely to have the back cover of the phone book read to you. In a word, we should all be
shouting “ENOUGH.” We have real problems and a country full of people with great ideas. But,
those great ideas don’t matter if we’re not talking to each other in an open and honest manner.
If the government is spending our money – and certainly, government has none of its own –
then we should have clear, easy and full access to every piece of information (with the
exception of classified information, information concerning active investigations, or other
clearly defined exceptions) that has resulted from the use of that money. When a Bill is
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written, it should be written in a way that every American can read and understand it. Does a
Healthcare Reform bill really require 2,700 pages with constant cross references? When a U.S.
Congressman laughs at the prospect of reading a bill – even with attorneys to help – we should
be very concerned. Just how “Transparent” is the Obama Administration really?
When I see a politician like Paul Ryan, who rolls up his sleeves, develops a plan and
presents it clearly and openly, I am encouraged. When I see a Peter King, or Darrell Issa –
undeterred in their search for truth – I am encouraged. When I hear a Marco Rubio speak, I am
inspired. But, for each of these, there are also the Maxine Waters’ and the Sheila Jackson Lee’s,
who use over the top rhetoric to divide us; the Holder’s, who want the position but are quick to
suggest that it comes without responsibility or accountability for them; the Alan Grayson’s, who
seek to gain through fear and the demonization of their opponents. While conservatives seem
for the most part, to engage in conversation and to make statements regarding policy, liberals –
especially under Obama – seem unrestrained in their use of provocative, racially charged, and
attack-oriented language.
I am thankful for people who cut through the endless, unproductive rhetoric – who
deliver truth and are guided by patriotism – who question boldly and refuse to accept double
talk in answer to serious questions of the American people. Those who are given a microphone,
be it radio, television, internet, or symbolically, through the written word, are also given a great
responsibility. One of their greatest tests – one failed by many – is delivering the unfiltered
truth, even when it argues against their own political positions.
I once considered Glenn Beck extreme. Today…I’m not so sure. People like Glenn, Bret
Baier, Bill O’Reilly, Deneen Borelli, Stephen Hayes, Charles Krauthammer, Neil Cavuto, Dana
Perino, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren, David Barton, Brit Hume, Megyn
Kelly, Chris Wallace, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Stephen Moore, Steve Forbes, Michelle Malkin, Laura
Ingraham, Kirk Cameron, Jonah Goldberg, Mark Steyn and Mark Levin - a very diverse group
themselves – are part of a much larger group of journalists, commentators, writers and
producers still dedicated to our country and to the truth.
So, in that sense, Journalism is still very much alive. So long as the truth lives, there is
hope – not Obama’s idea of hope – but, real hope that inspires people to achieve, to honor and
preserve our traditions, and to leave our country and our people better than they found them.
But, as you will see later in this book, there are still those who would unapologetically
discard our First Amendment rights and use the façade of “journalism” as a “Front” for targeted
political attacks and racism.
Republicans, Independents and all those who love and cherish America bear a
tremendous responsibility in 2012 to vote in large numbers for a return to the path on which
our Founders set us in 1776 and to the principles for which so many have since given their lives.
I have spent my life in public service – first in the military as a Navy Journalist in Vietnam and
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then in law enforcement - and I am proud to say that military service is a long honored tradition
in my family, that started with the War of 1812. All of this makes me an average guy, who like
you, can see and feel the cynicism, negativity and divisiveness that was sold in 2008 as “Hope
and Change” and who, like you, experiences the frustration of not being able to do much about
it. I have no radio, or television show. I have no newspaper column. I have no other way, but
for this book, to share my concerns with you.
I am blessed to be an American and to live in a generous, loving and culturally diverse
America – an America of equal opportunity that values and applauds life, individualism, hard
work, competition, innovation, service to country and personal achievement – an America
where an average guy still has a voice and still has a chance.
I pray that America will always be first, last and always “…one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
And, I
When former Governor and conservative activist Sarah Palin suggested that Obama
Care would lead to “Death Panels,” the Left went ballistic. But, was it true?
In June, 2009, speaking on ABC’s “Prescription for America,” Townhall on Health Care,
President Obama was questioned by a lady, whose mother – at 100 years old – had been told
there was nothing that could be done for her unless she had a pacemaker. She indicated that
while one of the doctors at the time, thought her mother too old for the surgery, he changed
his mind when he spoke to her and “saw her joy of life.” The lady’s question was whether,
under Obama Care, such subjective evaluations would be considered, or if the availability of
such surgeries would be unavailable based solely on age.
Obama’s response, while agonizingly vague until the last few words, should tell all of us
exactly where his program leads.
“Well, first of all, I want to meet your mom. (Laughter.) And I want
to find out what she's eating. (Laughter.)
“But, look, the first thing for all of us to understand is that we
actually have some choices to make about how we want to deal with our
own end-of-life care. And that's one of the things, I think, that we can all
promote. And this is not a big government program. This is something that
each of us individually can do, is to draft and sign a living will so that we're
very clear with our doctors about how we want to approach the end of life.
“I don't think that we can make judgments based on people's spirit.
That would be a pretty subjective decision to be making. I think we have to
have rules that say that we are going to provide good, quality care for all
people –“ (Emphasis added)
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Translation? These decisions will be based solely on statistical norms – on age – not on
Physician evaluations based on live observations and findings.
He keeps going and eventually gets to the meat:
“But what we can do is make sure that at least some of the waste
that exists in the system that's not making anybody's mom better, that is
loading up on additional tests or additional drugs that the evidence shows is
not necessarily going to improve care, that at least we can let doctors know,
and your mom know, that you know what, maybe this isn't going to help,
maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller.” 79
(Emphasis added)
Translation? Under Obama Care, your mom would have gotten a pill instead of a
pacemaker. That means, according to her doctor, that nothing could have been done for her.
The logical conclusion. She would have died.
But, a few months later, in his weekly address to the nation, Obama scoffed at the
criticism of so-called “Death Panels,” saying:
“And as every credible person who has looked into it has said, there
are no so-called ‘Death Panels;’ an offensive notion to me and to the
American people. These are phony claims meant to divide us.”80
At the time of the townhall, the questioner’s mother was 105 years of age. She had
already been given an additional five years of life, because a qualified, examining physician had
the sense to make a decision based on the individual, rather than the numbers – and was not
restricted in that decision by government imposed regulations.
She was given the pacemaker instead of the Obama pill and was still enjoying life at
105!!!
America should be very wary of a President who can – for all intents – pass a death
sentence with humor, a smile and positive spin, while calling the recognition of his actions
“offensive.” Let’s not forget that this is the same politician who fought for a continuation of
partial birth abortions and the denial of medical care to babies who survived abortion.
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Introduction
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10 Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, (New
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11 Ibid, 233
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Bill Ayers, Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Antiwar Activist, (Boston, 2001, Beacon Press), 229
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17
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24
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29
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37
Christopher Andersen, Barack and Michelle, (New York, 2009, HarperCollins e-books),165
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Ibid
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61
(The United States of America, Plaintiff v. New Black Panther Party for Self Defense,an
unincorporated association, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Minister King Samir Shabazz aka Maurice Heath and
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62
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63
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