People should be outraged at not only Obama's associations (which, interestingly, disqualify him from even having a basic security clearance), but also his tax, economic and foreign policies:
- Obama will raise taxes on ALL people by a) increasing payroll, capital gains and business income tax, which always gets passed along to consumers and employees and b) letting Bush's tax cuts expire, which means YOUR income taxes and MY income taxes go up.
- Obama has consistently been on the wrong side of economic policy, first aligning himself with ACORN, and then with Fannie and Freddie. He gave $800,000 to ACORN and he accepted large donations from Fannie to turn a blind eye to the criminal conduct they were involved in.
- Obama has absolutely ZERO foreign policy experience. Given today's volatile climate around the world, we cannot afford to have an OJT President, and one who has already said he'd bomb Pakistan, which would most definitely ignite another conflict in the ME. He also stated that he will put a date on the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq, allowing those who are waging violence in Iraq to just wait it out. Which ultimately means WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK and probably lose more troops to deal with the heightened violence that our premature withdrawal and absence would create.
So ... McCain should continue to raise Obama's shady past associations until or unless Obama himself explains them to the satisfaction of the American people, the same way McCain had to explain the Keating Five back in the day and even now. You don't hear McCain saying 'Keating was just a guy I knew.' Thus, Obama should NOT be excused for his associations WITHOUT an explanation, particularly considering how whacko some of these people are. One can't help but think that Obama must share their views if he's completely unwilling to explain why he associated and called these people with such radical views his FRIENDS.
Should people be disrespectful? No. But if Obama is lying, and he CLEARLY IS ABOUT MANY THINGS, then he should be called out on it. Period.
