United Liberty

Recently, I was asked who I planned to vote for in November.  Since my preferred candidate, Ron Paul, is no longer an option after the spring primaries, I have spent a lot of time studying both presumptive nominees for the status-quo parties, John McCain and Barack Obama.  The person who asked me was a very conservative Republican, so I talked first about why I could not support Obama.

I pointed out the lack of substance I have witnessed from his campaign from its start over a year ago.  At first, his message of “Change We Can Believe In” was certainly something that I could get behind, as I have been dissatisfied with the direction in which America has been led for over eight years.  But the problem I see with Obama’s message of “change” is that he does not define what it is he opposes in the current situation.   What exactly does he want to “change”?  Since there is not a well-defined starting point, I think it would be hard to pin down what he wants to “change” to.

As I followed the primaries and the campaign, I found that his charisma and emotional speeches drew nothing but compliments from pundits and those swayed by one of those powerful, well-written oratories.  What I couldn’t find was any amount of substance in what I can only describe as a short political career.