I'm a cypher, wrapped in an enigma, smothered in secret sauce. Also, my name is Kev and I own this here website.
It’s Election Day. It’s the day where we choose our next U.S. president. It’s the day that will shape the next four years of our country. It’s the day where I will finally say something I’ve held back saying for months now to my Democratic friends…
What the heck?
I knew after eight years of George W. Bush, a president who hasn’t been popular, there was a very good chance citizens would opt for a Democrat in this election.
I knew that regardless of which Democrat won the Democratic nomination, the candidate (and likely next U.S. president) wasn’t going to share my views on major political, moral and spiritual issues.
I knew all of this.
What I didn’t know, what I couldn’t have imagined in my worst nightmare, is the Democrats were going to trot out someone like Barack Obama.
Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and John Edwards were all ready and willing. Each had views and beliefs I did not agree with, but at least I didn’t question their motives or their qualifications.
I question EVERYTHING about Barack Obama.
If Hillary Clinton is the blind date your friends set you up with who has nothing in common with you, but is otherwise normal; Barack Obama is the blind date whose motives — and actual gender — you immediately question.
How the heck did Obama win the Democratic nomination? How the heck is he possibly hours from being the next U.S. president? How did someone with little experience, ties to terrorists and racists, and views to the far left (even though your average citizen is a moderate) make it this far?
I wouldn’t have liked having Hillary as president, but I wouldn’t have worried she had friends who were terrorists. Obama’s ties to some of the extreme members of society, such as William Ayers, are well documented.
I wouldn’t have liked a John Edwards presidency, but I wouldn’t have worried he might be racist towards non-minorities. Obama’s pastor of twenty plus years, Rev. Wright, is a non-apologetic racist with whom Obama never severed ties with until he began running for president.
I wouldn’t have liked it if Joe Biden became president, but at least I wouldn’t have worried he had no experiences or qualifications for the most important position on earth. How Obama was even a consideration initially given his few, few years in the Senate baffles me.
How did it get this far?
Obama never served in the military and has no real experience in foreign affairs. And yet he could very well become the head of our nation’s military at a time when we are fighting two different wars.
Doesn’t that terrify anyone else?
His own VP candidate, Biden, predicts another country will test Obama within the first six months of his presidency. What about Obama’s background makes anyone confident in his ability to know what to do when this attack inevitably occurs?
I would take Hillary Clinton over Obama. I would take Edwards or Biden over Obama. Heck, I would take AL GORE over Obama.
Why? Because Obama terrifies me. I truly believe your friends and acquaintances speak volumes about you. And who are Obama’s friends/acquaintances?
Domestic terrorist William Ayers and his wife. Rashid Khalidi, an advocate for Palestinian “resistance” against Israel. Two preachers and a priest who align themselves with Louis Farrakhan (and who happen to believe the U.S. government created the AIDS virus to eradicate the black race). A mentor to the founding members of the Black Panther Party. And so on and so on.
I feel like I’m watching a real life Trojan Horse.
I never thought I’d say this, but is it possible to bring back Bill Clinton?
;-) 11.4.08 at 5:07 pm:
I couldn’t agree more. It also makes you wonder what THEY see in HIM that attracted them…*shudder*
;-) 11.4.08 at 6:04 pm:
Amen, Kev, AMEN. I wonder the same things myself. How is it possible for SO many people to be SO blind?? I am truly baffled.
Also… not dead. Despite what my lack of updates lately might have you believe. Haha. The callout (from like… what, a month ago? Am I really that bad?) was funny… but I think it’s probably safe to say that both Angi and Erin are WAY more awesome than me (when it comes to updating their blogs anyway).
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;-) 11.4.08 at 6:07 pm:
Hmm… I was hoping that my SKOS comment picture would be the giant grasshopper! How do I make it the giant grasshopper?!
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;-) 11.4.08 at 6:16 pm:
@Angi: Yes, it definitely makes me wonder. I just don’t get it. You want a Democrat? Fine. But why one with so many question marks? Just because he says “change” a lot isn’t a reason to vote for him.
@Allison: Hey, look who is alive!
Thank you. Yep, it baffles me, too. I’m cautiously optimistic about tonight’s results, but I’m prepared for the worst. And yes, my callout was about a month ago! Haha. Are we going to get any updates from you anytime soon?
Oh, and you need to go to gravatar.com to register your email address in order to get your image to appear next to your comments. You can use any image you like.
;-) 11.4.08 at 7:00 pm:
@Kev: This has to be the most polarized election in years. The two candidates (and two main parties) could not be more diametrically opposed.
Now people fear riots and other upheaval if Obama loses!
@Allison: Avatars are fun.
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;-) 11.5.08 at 4:43 am:
I fear there will be riots and other upheaval whether he wins OR loses. We are definitely in for some CHANGE. Nebulous change… who knows if it will be good or bad? We may not like what we get. That old proverb and all, you know, be careful what you wish for. In the end, we can be assured that with radical Democrats in control, “change” will be a pair of cement shoes gifted to us on the way to the river. Everything else? More of the same dressed up to LOOK like change, new dress and matching purse, a bit of makeup…. but someone forgot to order some liposuction. (We got the bacon, but a way to TRIM THE FAT would have put us WAAAAAY over budget, so it was nixed. So sorry.)
This is what I call a jack-in-the-box. We cranked the lever a really long freakin’ time, anticipation building so that when the clown finally springs violently into our faces, shouting in surprise as the rush of adrenaline cramps the kidneys and forces the heart into the throat, we miss his evil throat-laugh and the meat cleavers he happens to be wielding. Many people have large ???s hanging over their heads about this guy. Those ???s are the mechanism forcing the clown from his hidey-hole. We ain’t seen nothin’ yet. It’s gonna look like that clown is hopped up on crack.
Me? I’m cautiously optimistic about retaining my right to not have to bow and scrape…. I already know my right to free speech is compromised, my guns are next, and how long until he tells me to relinquish the Bible that I cling to? If I do not agree with him, I will be investigated into oblivion; his followers will get in my face and argue with me. He will force me to work, demand that I shed my cynicism and put down my divisions; make me come out of my isolation and move out of my comfort zone, push myself to be better. Barack will never allow me to go back to my life as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.
Quite frankly, this scares the sh*t right out of me.
I already work – a lot – in spite of disability. I work to enable Barry to SPREAD MY WEALTH AROUND to those who (do not work as hard as I) have not had the same “opportunities” as I. (Will I be forced to work even if I cannot? ) I must shed my cynicism; I am allowed no opinions of my own. The only division in MY universe is the impenetrable wall built by those who work between themselves and those who sit on the couch watching Oprah and Jerry while waiting for the check to come the 1st – 3rd of the month. I am allowed neither a CHOICE to isolate myself nor the opportunity to enjoy my comfort zone. I will never be allowed to go back to my life as usual, a life I have striven 36 years to build.
Keep it all. Back it up on multiple media. Then in a couple years you can bring it back out and remind people of change promised, change never to occur, and change continued to be pledged. Maybe some of the starlight will have fallen from their eyes by then. Kind of like the carrot dangling in front of the donkey, ain’t it? Force him to work and make him THINK he’s going to get a reward. We really are a bunch of jackasses, aren’t we? (As a whole, not individually.) Little wonder that the Democratic Party icon is an ass.
;-) 11.5.08 at 11:27 am:
(This comment has been censored due to the fact Shane used profanity, called all Americans “hicks” and — worst of all — called my blog “garbage.” Also, he strikes me as someone who could be a Pauly Shore or Carrot Top fan.)
;-) 11.5.08 at 11:50 am:
Hmm but did “Shane” say “I dare you to approve this comment” or “I bet you’ll just delete this”?
Inquiring minds want to know!
;-) 11.5.08 at 11:59 am:
@Josh: I guess that’s SOMETHING we can take solace in — we didn’t have to endure riots! Ugh.
@Angie: Wow. I knew I could count on a passionate comment from you! Haha. I like your jack-in-the-box analogy. I think we’re in big, big trouble.
@Angi: No, he didn’t say either of those things per se, but he IMPLIED them by calling Americans “hicks” and my blog “garbage.” So, delete, delete, DELETE!
;-) 11.5.08 at 12:02 pm:
Hmm. So I assume if he thinks all Americans are “hicks” then he is not an American…or he is an American and he just assumes all Republicans are “hicks”, to which I say, you can’t reason with unreasonable (or ignorant) people. The ignorant part is mine.
;-) 11.5.08 at 2:18 pm:
Your question: “What the heck?”
Here is your answer: Oprah
Obama won because Oprah picked him.
;-) 11.5.08 at 3:52 pm:
I am not only terrified, but saddened and confused. Like you Kev, I never dreamt that in my lifetime the USA would elect a man like this to the highest office in the land and the leader of the free world. It is like suddenly living in the Twilight Zone.
This was and is all about race. While B. Hussein Obama and his minions want to talk about slavery reparations, they never mention the fact that when the white men went to Africa to purchase slaves, they purchased them from their owners: black men. So who owes reparations to whom, hmmmmm?
Mr. Obama is as far left a liberal as it is possible to conceive. His daughters can be rewarded with a puppy but they won’t ever have to be punished with a baby. Protecting innocent life is above his paygrade. He won’t put his hand over his heart when our national anthem is sung because he thinks it is “bellicose” and a symbol of oppression. Disagreeing with him — on anything — is tantamount to hate speech. And this in what used to be a free country. They were waving a Communist flag last night in front of the White House. In our beloved America.
Conservatives had better wake up and rally ’round the flag … Old Glory, that is. Four years will be 1,459 days too many for this guy to spend in the White House. Let’s run him out in 2012 with a TRUE CONSERVATIVE on our ticket.
If we survive that long.
For the first time in my ENTIRE life, I am really ashamed of my country.
God help us. I’m glad you’re my friend, Kev. Excellent, courageous post.
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;-) 11.5.08 at 4:42 pm:
You really didn’t expect LESS of me, right? Especially after I locked my own site up after being stalked to death, and I have only here and WSFD to go right now? I gotta get it out of me SOMEhow.
ROFL.
Scary times, my friend; scary times.
;-) 11.5.08 at 5:29 pm:
PS I love the change you made to the photos in the header!
;-) 11.6.08 at 3:11 pm:
I believe Lara is right. Between Oprah and MtV’s rock the vote campaign look what the Dems came up with.
;-) 11.6.08 at 9:03 pm:
Before even finishing your post, the thing that terrifies me is that we are fighting two different wars. Doesn’t that make you wonder…why???
Excuse me, as I return to finish reading your post.
;-) 11.6.08 at 9:17 pm:
Okay, done reading…too many things to respond to and I don’t have time at the moment for all the keystrokes it would take. In full disclosure, I am Saige, Leah, and Daniel’s aunt — Danna’s sister. I realized I submitted the wrong e-mail on my earlier reply and wanted to correct that. I am so very thankful that Barack Obama is the President-Elect and will follow your blog as his administration and the American people help to bring about much needed change in our country, and, yes, our world. Peacefully.
You are always interesting to read, Kevin. God bless.