The only additions I would make are these:

1. On Iraq: before Obama called for withdrawal on timetables from Iraq (which was before he called for responsible withdrawal), Obama ran as a US Senator calling for a surge of forces in Iraq and stating that withdrawal on timetables would be an insult to our troops. He then picked war hawk Joe Lieberman as his Senate mentor.

2. On the economy: During the primary he trashed Clinton economics and lumped them in with the failed policies of George W. Bush claiming that they are one and the same; Obama also called for increased federal spending in a laundry list of leftist programs. In the first part of the general election he ran as a right-winger calling for tax cuts. Now he says his economic policy is the same as Clinton’s.

Which Obama will show up at the White House? Which plan for Iraq? Which plan for the economy?

An Obama victory is the triumph of image over substance and the replacement of democratic procedure with the popularity of the American Idol TV show.

The MSM probably said there were 600 people and ignored the thousands who waited outside for 3 hours.

I have pics and update on my site http://partizane.com/node/379

Another jaw-dropping clip from the SF Chronicle/Gate “coal” interview:

Obama: “Under my plan of a Cap & Trade system ELECTRICITY RATES WOULD NECESSARILY SKYROCKET”

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?v=e46U2Gnzpr

Bankrupting Coal is one important thing.

Obama’s advocating “skyrocketing” electrical rates is another that affects everyone: every household, every business.

And it spells economic disaster for the US economy as this plan would be unilateral. Other countries would not be affected and will be much more competitive vs. the cost of US-produced goods with sky-high energy costs, artificially inflated by the extreme anti-global warming Obama Cap, Trade, & Redistribute plan.

Please listen and spread this around.

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?v=e46U2Gnzpr

Good post on the MSM and their reporting, or lack of.

Does anyone else secretly, as I do, think it’s just INSANE that Americans look set to elect a man whose last name is one letter away from “Osama”?

I don’t mean this in any dumb rednecky “he’s a terrorist” kind of a way. What I mean is: has anyone stopped to think of the kind of psychological boost this could give the world of Islamic fundamentalism?

Their explicit goal is to dominate the world with Islam. They see the West as evil, something to be “conquered” and “converted.” They rejoice at their progress in Europe, as millions of Muslims stream into the naive social democracies of Western Europe, flood their welfare rolls, congregate in Muslim enclaves, refuse to assimilate, demand Sharia law and limits on the freedom of expression that Westerners have struggled for centuries to achieve – all the while, plotting against their hosts.

This gives them hope. Maybe Islam IS winning, they think. “It’s only a matter of time, Allah willing,” they muse. America, the Great Satan, is next on the list. The ultimate conquest.

And then, out of the mist, comes Barak Hussein Obama. A man who had a Muslim schooling. A man with a Muslim middle name. A man who has shown every sign of being the kind of leader who would do everything he could to “understand” the “plight” of Muslims. A man who has palled around with enemies of America, with terrorists, with anti-Semites and Israel haters.

A man whose last name is ONE LETTER AWAY from the name of their hero, Osama bin Laden – who committed the greatest act of terrorism on U.S. soil and who brought the country to its knees.

It’s not necessary that Americans think there’s any kind of mystical, prophetic symbolism in Obama’s name. What’s relevant is that Islamic extremists get possibly the greatest psychological boost they’ve ever had by the election of such a man to the Presidency of the United States of America.

It will embolden them. It will give them confidence. “It’s only a matter of time now,” they will think. “Our dreams will bear fruit. This is a sign from Allah. All we have to do is keep pushing. America is ours.”

It doesn’t matter how stupid YOU think this all is – what matters is that THEY will be thinking this way if Obama gets elected. But of course we’re not supposed to think like this. We’re not supposed to talk about it. It’s “racist” and “ignorant” and “bigoted” and besides, how dumb is it to judge a Presidential candidate based on his name?

This time – and for the reasons I’ve given above – I think it IS relevant.