(Wakka;38687)
The thing is that he proclaims to be a Christian, but he supports homosexuality and abortion. What other lies could he be hiding?
Bush ran on an anti-abortion platform to suck up to conservative Christians and abortions actually increased in his years in office. Bush made his faith an issue in the campaign then proceeded to bomb civilians in Iraq. Sorry they were just casualties of war that they did not ask for or in the end merit since they did not ask for Saddam to be thrown out and there were not WMDs or al Qaeda cells in Iraq. Now there are al Qaeda cells in Iraq. I guess that is progress.Can you believe anything about any politician? That is the problem. You are expecting them to be something else. Barak Obama is a consummate politician. He is a formidable orator. Beyond that he is the same as every other politician. They say what they need to say to get your vote or tell you what you want to hear. They have no intentions of delivering. It is all a game.Americans take politics as a bloodsport. They think it is real, but it is no more real than pro wrestling. It is a form of entertainment. They know it, but you don't.Don't get me wrong. Clinton wants to win as much as Obama or McCain. However, none of them expects to make a change. They merely want to be a headliner instead of being in the chorus. It is for their vanity that they run and it should be for your viewing pleasure and nothing more.All three candidates are acceptable to the establishment. Of the three Obama is the closest to the values of Wall Street. He is the most pro-establishment candidate.Whether he is Muslim of Christian is irrelevant. He is not running to be your pastor. If he is elected he will represent all Americans, gay, straight, white, black, Hispanic, Christian, Muslim or atheist. To be a leader you must bring agreement and develop consensus. This has been the failure of the Bush administration. He said that he was an uniter and proceeded to be a divider.I could say similar things about McCain or Clinton. They will have to find a way to resolve the immense problems that America faces. No matter what happens the leader will have a formidable task.Elections are all carefully scripted. Each speech is written by a speech writer. Each person has advisers that are trying to get them elected. The politician, him or herself, is a commodity. He or she is being sold just like anything else. He or she is little more than a talking head. They represent the people who gave them tens of millions of dollars. Those people are taking a risk in backing that candidate, but they manage risk. They back more than one horse and the people who back various candidates have more in common with each other that you would expect. They are basically one people believing in the same vision of America. It is a vision that sees them keeping what they have and possibly getting more, even if you have to do with less."It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people" Gore Vidal