A Truly Historic Election

I have a policy not to go back into a previous post and change what I actually said, except for spelling, so I'm adding this after the fact: I don't mean to say that Obama being the first black President is nonsense, that was too strong. That is a historic thing, and I can't take that away from him. For me, it is a side issue though, as I was raised to evaluate each person individually as a person, and not based on race or sex, or whatever, so I have never thought in terms of race or racism. I also have never thought it impossible for a black man, or woman for that matter, to be elected President, in fact, I have always thought that it would happen at some point, and I didn't know when. Race does not enter into my thought process about Barack Obama at all, I object to his stances on the issues, that is all.

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Prospects for John McCain are looking pretty dim right now, though the election isn't quite over yet. However, regardless of tonight's results, whether McCain pulls off an upset and comes out ahead, or if it continues as it looks at this moment like it will, and Obama comes out on top, this is a truly historic election. Let me explain why.

If you know me, you know that I'm not going to say that it's historic because of a black man either winning, or coming very close to it, because that's all nonsense, and even talking about it bears a measure of racism. The reason that this is a truly historic election is that it is the first time in the history of the United States certainly, and possibly the world, that a free people have voted in such stunning numbers to abdicate their liberty.

If Obama does indeed win the White House, which, as I said, seems very likely now, and the Democrats control the House and the Senate, which also appears nearly certain, it will be stunning how much, and how fast, our nation will change, and it won't be for good.

They will implement a Socialist system of redistribution of wealth, which will destroy our economy, and cost us millions of jobs.

They will implement socialized, top down, Government run health care, which will destroy the health care system that we currently have, and lead to health care rationing, with those who are deemed less valuable being left to die, if not actively killed (through assisted suicide measures).

They will pass FOCA (The Freedom Of Choice Act) which will repeal all Federal and State restrictions on abortion of any kind, including the ban on Partial Birth abortions that we had to fight so hard for a few years ago. That will all be gone in the new Government that we are likely looking at. As if the millions upon millions of children that have already been killed are not bad enough, they will kill millions upon millions more that otherwise could have had a chance at life.

We will see more social programs put in place that will purport to help the poor and needy, but will do nothing more than to keep the impoverished in poverty, and fully dependent on the Government.

These four points listed here only just scratch the surface of the changes that we will see as a result of the 2008 election, again, assuming that don't see a miraculous turnaround during the night.

And listening to the Democratic rhetoric and the democratic crowds, I can't help but be reminded of the words of Senator Amidala from Star Wars, in Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, "So this is how liberty dies... to thunderous applause."

For all of those who voted for McCain/Palin, and fought so hard on the side of the right in this campaign season, do not feel that your time was wasted, we have fought the good fight, we have been on the right side of the issues, and will continue to be. Our cause is just, and our principles and ideologies are right, true and good. So, why might we have lost?

Clearly the apparent outcome of this election is not good for our Country, but as our Country has morphed into and increasingly Godless nation, we may not be getting what we want, but we are getting exactly what we deserve.