THE MAIN REASON I COULD NEVER VOTE FOR OBAMA!

Proverbs 24:11-12 - 11 Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death. 12 Don't excuse yourself by saying, "Look, we didn't know."  For God understands all hearts, and he sees you.  He who guards your soul knows you knew.  He will repay all people as their actions deserve.  NLT

I'M DOING IT AGAIN!!!  I'm talking politics.  What has got in to me?  Friendly debates are igniting convictions and passions.  Watch out, it could get quite hot in the kitchen.

I admit it.  I am a "LITMUS TEST", "ONE ISSUE" voter.  I could never vote for Obama because he is not willing to use the power of the office of President to help bring an end to the American Holocaust!  Abortion is the wholesale murder of an innocent child in the most sacred and vulnerable place of the human body, THE WOMB!  No matter how we try to reinvent terminology, and make it about a "Woman's right to her own body", we cannot escape the simple, bloody, violent truth.  ABORTION IS THE SLAUGHTER OF A CHILD!  No human has the "right" to do that!

Think about it.  No crime committed, no charges filed, no arrest made, no due process, no jury, no defense counsel.  Just execution for the crime of being inconvenient, and disruptive.  The slaughter of "innocent blood" as the Bible often describes it.

If Barack Obama is truly a person who cares about the weak, disenfranchised, marginalized, and those unable to defend themselves, then he needs to use the power of the office of President if elected, to do whatever he can to end all forms of abortion in this country once and for all.

Yes, I care about poverty, the environment, education, health care, the role of our military in foreign policy, the war in Iraq, and all of the other issues out there.  But if our Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches will not endeavor to protect life at its weakest and most vulnerable point, then the people in power are not worthy of whatever office they hold.  This right to life is one of the fundamental rights protected within our Constitution, and is self evident to people of all times.  Without this right, all the others collapse.

Besides, as Joel Belz points out in this excellent article in World Magazine entitled "STOP APOLOGIZING", abortion does not stand alone as an issue.  Every other issue listed above is directly and indirectly linked to the abortion issue.  Poverty is a factor as to why women get abortions, a lack of good parenting and the breakdown of the family contribute much as well, but the simple truth is, people choose to kill another human being.  There is never a justification for the murder of an innocent victim.  Take a little time and read the article.

WE WANT A TALL, GOOD LOOKING, SMOOTH TALKING KING!

1 Samuel 8:4-7 - 4  Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5 and said to him,
"Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now
appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations." 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the LORD.  7 And the LORD said to
Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for
they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king
over them.

1 Samuel 9:2 - And he had a son whose name was Saul, a
handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more
handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of
the people.

Election campaign season is now truly upon us in all of its glory, and I can hardly wait to be wowed by both of our party candidates!  Do you hear the obvious sarcasm and cynicism in my words?  I am already fed up with the last year, so I cannot even begin to imagine what's to come.

I am not impressed in the least with either John McCain, or Barack Obama.  Though many would say I would be throwing away a good vote, it is quite possible that this year I will actually vote for a third party candidate.  It would not be the first time I have done so, but I am not encouraged at all with either of these two front runners.

What has happened to the American people when as is typical, we choose to vote for and get excited about IMAGE over SUBSTANCE?  Barack Obama is exciting people with his rock-star persona, and his preacher like public rallies.  His calls for "change" have become cannon fodder for comedians, but his voting record seems to be largely overlooked by most.  He has the most LIBERAL voting record in all of the Senate, including Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton!  The "right" to kill babies in the womb, and the Nanny State are central to his political ideology.  I know that is blunt, but that is the truth.  Barack wants the government to take care of you.  In fact, he insists on it!  You need help with your life from someone other than God, and Uncle Sam/Barack is the man.


Unfortunately, the call for a king who makes us feel good about ourselves is as real today as ever.  Barack reminds me of the Biblical texts that I have quoted above.  It seems that Saul's main credentials for leadership included striking good looks and being taller than anyone else!  Sounds like the way Americans elect their public officials!  Barack even has one more electable quality that Saul lacked. He can give a good speech.

The fact that Senator Obama is African American is getting many people excited too.  I don't care what color a man's skin is, or what brand of hyphenated American he is as long as his policies are acceptable.  My beef with Barack is just that.  His policies will hurt America and its people horribly.  Ethnicity is no reason in and of itself to elect anyone.

At least if Barack gets elected, we can feel good about the way our President looks and carries himself.  Those who have hated the George Bush swagger, and his appalling use of the English language will finally get some relief!

John McCain seems to be a good guy with a distinguished military record, and many years of service on his
side.  But John McCain is a politician through and through.  He will do and say what it takes to court the right, the left and the middle, and get elected.  Then, he will do what the heck he wants to.  He is that kind of guy.  Who does he really represent?  In a way, I think that could be a good quality, but, I find myself still trying to figure him out. 

Senator McCain is an insider if ever there was one.  Yes, at times he has been kind of a maverick, but not with policy decisions that have brought great change to the political process or government in general.  He seems pretty slippery to me.  I realize this is all pretty subjective and personal, but I base my thoughts upon policy and history, not just some feelings I have about his energy, looks, or his commitment to "change."

One last thing, while I'm at it.  I am fed up with parties, and labels as well.  I am not a right wing conservative evangelical freak.  I am not the so-called "Christian Right."  I am now an Independent who is going to work hard to vote my conscience, and not some affiliation.  I don't want the government in all my business, and I don't want a nanny state OR corporate welfare.  I think both John McCain and Barack Obama are too ingrained with the typical Republican and Democratic Party disease to do much to really help or change America.  Band Aids will no longer work.  We need major surgery!  SO HELP US GOD!!!

Anyway, there you have it.  The most political I have been in a post in a long time.  May God have mercy upon us and not give us the leaders we deserve, but the leaders we need!