Sen. Obama has complained recently that he is being called a socialist.
In fact, he joked that the McCain camp might call him a communist because he used to share his peanut butter sandwiches in elementary school.
Of course, the senator cannot be accused of being a communist because he shared sandwiches during his elementary school years. A true communist would not share the sandwiches but instead would confiscate all the sandwiches in the lunch room for distribution among the party members.
In order to remain politically correct, I will use the "duck" instead of "socialist" so as not to offend anyone.
It is clear that Obama quacks like a duck. His off-the-cuff reply to Joe the plumber, noting that his planned tax increases are aimed at "sharing the wealth," is a classic duck line that comes directly out of duck policy. Karl Marx wrote the book on duck politics and redistribution of wealth is a primary duck goal.
Obama has also not made it clear what level he intends to reach into our pockets. One statement is $250,000 and another is $200,000 and another by his duck-like VP running mate puts it at $150,000. Still, close examination of his duck plans show that even people making between $25,000 and $40,000 a year will get hit with higher taxes.
Much of Obama's tax policy is taken directly from duck party programs. Obama's tax policy includes nearly a trillion dollars in payments to people who are not paying taxes. The very proposal that people who do not pay taxes will get a check from the government is nothing but another version of state run welfare and very duck in nature.
Now it is true that ducks like to flock together and Obama is no exception. Obama is well known already for hanging out with radical leftists such as ex-terrorist William Ayers. However, Obama also belonged to a fringe political party called the "New" Party. The New Party was composed of radical left-wing ducks.
Obama even ran as a candidate of the far-left New Party. This little known fact is published online by the Chicago Democratic Ducks of America.
"Candidates must be approved via a New Party political committee. Once approved, candidates must sign a contract with the NP. The contract mandates that they must have a visible and active relationship with the New Party," states the duck Web site.
"Barack Obama, chief of staff for State Sen. Alice Palmer. Obama is running for Palmer's vacant seat," states the duck page.
Clearly Obama adheres to duck politics, because he signed a pledge to do so and even run as a duck candidate. This did not happen when Obama was in elementary school redistributing the sandwiches, but in Chicago when he started his political career as a duck.
Another duck policy is to fly away from danger instead of confronting it head on. Obama's duck national defense policy is based on cutting the military in favor of funding domestic welfare programs. Obama has pledged to cut future weapons purchases such as the F-35 joint strike fighter.
Ironically, several of America's key allies, such as Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel, are depending on the U.S. to develop the F-35. The U.S. Air Force and Navy expect to phase out 30-year-old aircraft in favor of the advanced stealth jet. Nothing would please America's enemies more than seeing the F-35 canceled.
Obama has also made it very clear that he will cancel our national missile defense program, despite the rapid development of long range weapons around the world that can strike America and our allies. Again, our allies across the globe are depending on the U.S. to help develop a real defense against ballistic missiles.
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Poland, Slovakia, the United Arab Emirates are but a few that need American missile defense technology because they see a threat that duck Obama does not.
Obama is opposed to supporting our allies, such as Israel. He has held several meetings with fellow ducks who called for a revision in America's policy. He has called for pressure on Israel to settle the "Jerusalem" question despite having pledged to support Tel Aviv.
Obama has also declared that he and his fellow ducks would meet without pre-condition with Iranian leaders. Unfortunately, the Iranians have made it clear that they have preconditions for meetings, such as an immediate cutoff of all aid and weapons sales to Israel.
Obama's duck foreign policy has the U.S. flying away from Iraq even as we stand on the brink of final victory. Obama has opposed the Iraq war to the point of voting against funding our troops in the field. He opposed the surge in Iraq and declared that it would never work.
Of course, the surge did work and, true to his duck form, Obama suddenly changed his tune and stated that he supported it after all.
While Obama says he will be tough on terrorism, his defense and foreign policy goals appear to be more than duck in fashion. One only has to wonder what pre-conditions will be set on meeting with Osama bin Laden.
It is also true that Obama is in favor of restrictive gun control like most ducks. He repeatedly supported radical gun control measures and government restrictions with the duck New Party members. Obama has even made callous reference to American gun owners as ignorant folks who "cling to their guns and their religion."
So Obama sounds like a duck, walks with ducks, his policies look like a duck and even shares the same fowl like characteristics of fleeing from threats as other feathered friends in the duck world. In fact, there are very few things about Obama that are not duck.
So America, do you want to fly with a duck or an eagle?
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