The case against Obama

As one who believes our system of government is completely broken, no longer bearing any semblance of the democracy and limited government our forefathers designed for us, I cannot in good conscience firmly back either candidate in this year's Presidential election. I think we lost our chance to restore liberty when we were too short-sighted to see the wisdom behind Ron Paul's campaign in the Primaries. However, I can make a string case against Barack Obama being chosen to lead this country.

You have all heard the rumors of Obama's background and associations, many of which are true, but even they have no bearing on my argument.

It's really quite simple. The man is a Socialist, period. He may be registered as a Democrat and may have earned the reputation as the nation's most liberal Senator, but his political views go far beyond even the liberal tax and spend ways of Democrats and well into the realm of Socialism and Marxism.

That in itself is enough to make me refuse to ever vote for him, regardless of who is running against him.

However, an even stronger argument is preservation of a balance of power. Unfortunately most Americans seem to have forgotten their high school civics class and the fact that this country is currently a two party system, which I think led to the utter ruin of our great nation, but that's another argument for another day. No, today I am merely concerned with the fact that, if Barack Obama is elected our next President, we will have a Democrat-controlled White House AND a Democrat-controlled Congress. Our entire country will be led and governed by a single party. How on earth will we ever be able to keep this man, the most liberal (translation: dangerous) Senator in check if we hand him control of the White House when Congress is also controlled by liberals?

The thing I can't seem to wrap my mind around is how our nation has turned a blind eye to the tyrannical rule of these two parties for so long.