What If?

I continue to be asked the question by Democrats and Republicans alike whether Barack Hussein Obama could have lost the election since it appeared that he made few or no mistakes in the last two months of the campaign. The answer is YES. There are many things to be taken into consideration, and I will address the two candidates as "topics" for this speculation.

Barack Obama could have LOST the election by "stepping in it". There were a lot of things that the voters did not like about him, but he carefully maneuvered through the piles without once really stepping in it. He did get some on his shoes, but he showed great agility by not getting himself too messy.

First, there was the issue of "spreading the wealth around". When this comment was made, there was too little ink on it at first (big surprise). He avoided this particular messy pile by NEVER answering any questions on the subject (he did learn something from the Clintons).
This is a pure socialist comment, and accurately reflects his beliefs.

Second, there are all of his radical associations. The press absolutely refused to cover his professional and political and social connections. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Father Flager, Screwy Louie, Tony Rezko and a host of Chicago political ne'er-do-wells just to name a few. Any of these could have brought him to his knees. This group would have been press fodder for any Republican running for office. This is a prime example of the bias in the media; especially the print media and the network news. He didn't do anything to avoid the topics, they practically never came up. John McCain did bring up his ties with this radical group in one of the debates, but Barack pulled a Clinton on him and the audience by not answering the charges. Brilliant!

Third, is the issue of his birth certificate. In his total arrogance toward the American people he pretended that this real issue did not exist. I never doubted that he was a legitimate candidate for the Presidency, but I could not get over his arrogance. When McCain's citizenship came into question, he produced a vault copy of his birth record within 24 hours of the charge; leveled by Obama operatives. In hind sight, I am of the belief that the entire birth certificate topic was leaked by the Obama campaign to "rally the troops" to show a high level of support. Another brilliant move!

Finally, Obama moved far to the right in the last 3 weeks of his campaign promising tax cuts to 95% of Americans. This is an absolute lie which, sadly, the majority of voters didn't see. The fact is that only about 50% of Americans pay income tax, so how can 95% of the people receive a tax cut when only 50% pay the taxes in the first place. This lie was what eventually sealed his victory which proves once again that today's America has the dumbest voters in history.

John Sinclair McClain ran his campaign like the political fool he is. Let's get something straight right now: John McCain is no conservative. He is a RINO (Republican in name only). Unfortunately, there are far too many like him in the Senate and Congress. He foolishly believed that if he reached out to the people on the "left" they would come flocking to him. What a joke! Those on the left courted him, but never intended to support him. The print media and the network news outlets praised his candidacy on one hand, but assaulted his campaign on the other. He thought that the media was in his corner. Just another example of his foolishness.

McCain's "handlers" should be drawn and quartered for being so stupid. This was one of the worst run campaigns I have ever witnessed in my 62 years! Choosing not to attack Barack Obama's radical friends was a huge blunder. Obama was weak on all of these radical associates. Any one of them, if approached intelligently, could have brought him to his knees. The "hands off" approach was wrong from the git-go.

Another of McCain's foolish moves was to support the Wall St. bailout and the AIG bailout. If he had gone in opposing the bailouts, he would have won the election. The polls indicated that more than 60% of registered voters did not want any part of this "corporate welfare". However, in his best liberal character, he went in and supported both. Both these actions were mistakes. Unfortunately, he was not alone; there were far too many in congress supporting these issues.

John McCain pulled off one of the most brilliant moves in recent political campaign history when he selected Sarah Palin to be his running mate. She took of like a rocket! She quickly united the conservative base which McCain had failed to do in his entire campaign. She was quickly becoming the "darling" of the campaign. The more the "left" and the press attacked her, the more popular she became. She was wooing many of the Hilliary voters, and she was frightening the Obama campaign. Then McCain's ignorant advisers decided that she was detracting from McCain himself, and decided to "muzzle" her for the good of the campaign. The McCain campaign once again began to drop in the polls. He should have turned her loose! When she, once again, was allowed to speak openly, McCain climbed in the polls. By now it was too late. The self-destruction of "McCain for President" was complete. McCain had all the tools necessary to win, but he listened to the fools he hired to run his campaign. When all was lost, these same fools tried to blame the selection of Palin as the cause of McCain's defeat. I hope these same fools decide to "help" the Democrats in future elections. John McCain could have won the election, but he let his senatorial ego get in his way.